Storytellers

This page presents a list of storytellers as they are confirmed. Our goal is at least ten storytellers. (If you are interested to share your story please click this Storyteller Link)

Storyteller host: Edward Wedler 

Leif Helmer: small schools as hubs

David Whitman: Return of the Native

Attended school here in Lawrencetown, graduated from Acadia and taught school in Halifax for three years, then returned in 1973 and taught at the local school in town. Became very involved in many aspects of rural and small community living. 

Lynn Roscoe: software developer

Bob Maher: Keeping the community in college

Bob Maher, neo-Geographer

 











John Fisher talks about 'parallel institutions'.For myself, the question is how can we reinvent existing institutions and thereby, make better decisions about our environment. My experience has been with post-secondary education institutions like NSCC, Acadia and MUN. I will frame my story in relationship to the Annapolis County Economic Plan 2050.

Timothy Habinski: Small is Beautiful -- the Creative Economy
In 2009, I relocated my family and luthiery business Timothy Harps to Annapolis County. The niche nature, and export focus of my business made the transition possible, but it was the unique profile of the community itself that drew us here. I believe that some of the most exciting future possibilities for sustainable rural development in Nova Scotia arise from recognizing and celebrating that uniqueness, and from devising a strategy to attract, support and develop a diversity of small businesses within the creative economy.

Klaus and Shirley Langpohl: Natural Beekeepers

As environmentalists, we responded to TREPA's challenge to
help with the environment by doing a project rather than giving them just money. So our Question was simple: Why are the Honey Bees dying? This was six years ago and the honey bee has lead us on quite a journey. Our story is about this journey and what the honey bee has taught us.

Alex Cole: Little Foot Yurts (letter read at The Road to Georgetown)

Barbara Bishop: Paradise Reclaimed

 

Our tiny village has a proud history of academic, commercial, and agricultural excellence. With the loss of our school, our businesses, and the railroad, we struggled for social sustainability. We have found that without a strong voice, we are vulnerable to such disrespect as proposed dumps! We have always fended off such disrespect with our own self-respect and action. We found our sustainability in offering gifts to others around us- times and places to be active, healthy, and connected. We want our community to be a place that is a community, not a ribbon of real estate along the road. It's working!

Doug Dockrill: How my Grandmothers fritters inspired me to create a Community Kitchen

 Under-utilized kitchens in community halls, church halls and fire halls can be upgraded and become creative small food business incubators, linking local farm producers and consumers. Shared use community kitchens will redefine must-have rural economic infrastructure.

Kevin Goodlad: If 'Chicken Bones' can work, why not 'Walk The Lobster'?

"I have travelled The Globe.
I have seen The Rockies, The Andes, The Alps & Scotland,
... for simple beauty, "Nova Scotia" outrivals them all." ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
'Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got til it's gone'
JONI.
'...The sun was setting in the west,
The birds were singing on every tree.
All nature seemed inclined to rest
But still there was no rest for me.'
FTNS
(I've left my storyline intro a little vague but wanted to remind us about NS's huge appeal to those who travel, coupled with well know lyrics of charming rural freshness plus our restless tradition as busy Bluenosers..many transplanted.) 


Everyone loves a story.
A SURVEYOR'S STORY by PHIL MILO We are looking for a great cross section of stories to match our theme "Redefining Rural". 

We invite you to share with our storytellers.

Five minutes for each storyteller tells of their experience or ignites us with their passion on a topic that might change the way we work, live or play in rural Nova Scotia. If they can motivate us, inspire us, inform us, and make us cry, laugh, or smile with their story then it will have been worthwhile.

If you have questions you can email us at road2georgetown@gmail.com