Beyond Attitude Consulting acknowledges we operate in Mi’kma’ki – the unceded territory and ancestral homeland of the Mi’kmaq First Nation. Our relationship is based on a series of Peace and Friendship treaties between the Mi’kmaq First Nation and the Crown, dating from 1725 to 1779. In 1999 the Supreme Court of Canada, in R v Marshall, upheld the 1752 treaty “which promised Indigenous Peoples the right to hunt and fish their lands and establish trade.”
We also acknowledge that we work and play in many unceded territories and ancestral homelands of Indigenous Peoples across North America, and respect the rights and traditions of the many First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples therein.
We are all Treaty People.
Behaviour Change and Backyard Composting
In 2010, Lura Consulting (http://www NULL.lura NULL.ca) worked with the Township of Langley (http://www NULL.tol NULL.ca) to increase backyard composting. Funded by FCM (http://www NULL.fcm NULL.ca/), the project sought to use Community-Based Social Marketing to build upon the success of the Township’s existing Backyard Composting efforts (http://www NULL.tol NULL.ca/Current-News-Initiatives/Initiatives/Home-Composting).
Last year, I delivered a webinar through Tools of Change. There was a fee for attending, but now the recording of the webinar (http://toolsofchange NULL.com/en/case-studies/detail/663) is available for free.
In addition, I blogged about this project earlier and included the link to the project report (http://www NULL.beyondattitude NULL.com/2011/06/26/backyard-composting-cbsm-report/).
Incidentally, we are currently working on a backyard composting project with the City of Beaconsfield (http://www NULL.beaconsfield NULL.ca/) in Quebec. We will provide information later this year when the project is complete.