Completed Projects
Monarch Butterfly Conservation
The SNBRA Community Outreach Team has made eight Monarch Butterfly gardens across south western Nova Scotia in the Summer of 2010.
These gardens will help increase the populations of the endangered Monarch Butterfly. Monarchs miraculously fly all the way to Nova Scotia from Mexico in search of its host plant, Milkweed. Monarchs will only lay their eggs on Milkweed plants because its leaves are the sole thing consumed by Monarch larvae.
In addition to planting Milkweed in our gardens we planted several different native nectar plants which will attract Monarchs and other butterflies.
We would like to thank the Canadian Wildlife Federation, Friends of Keji, Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute, and Parks Canada for support and funding of a beautiful Monarch Garden located in Jubilee Park, Bridgetown, Nova Scotia.
UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet)
Lockeport Schools, Shelburne County. N. S.
Lockeport Regional High School and Lockeport Elementary School were the first two schools in Nova Scotia to become part of UNESCO.
The schools were welcomed into the organization April 6, 2010 and were the only schools east of Montreal with UNESCO designation.
The Lockeport Family of Schools supports education for sustainable development. They work to be stewards of the environment through activities such as beach and community clean-up events, and maintaining a greenhouse and gardens.
Lockeport Elementary and Lockeport High are nurturing, caring, and inviting places that promote restorative approaches to education and relationships.
The UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet)
Shelburne : Photography by Sheridan Harel