Petition to make Westwood Ridge a City of Nanaimo protected park and Mount Benson a RDN protected park

The Mount Benson Preservation Society has drawn the following petition in December 2002 and proposed it to the people of the Regional District of Nanaimo and the people of the City of Nanaimo.

To support the right of the people in the community of the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) to participate in the decision-making process concerning the development of their community as it relates to the future of Mount Benson and surrounding ecosystems, sign the following petition and participate with us in the Campaign to make Westwood Ridge a City of Nanaimo protected park and Mount Benson a RDN ‘protected park'.

I have read the Petition to make Westwood Ridge a City of Nanaimo protected park and Mount Benson a RDN protected park, and I hereby sign the petition:

A check in a box means YES I want the City of Nanaimo to buy Westwood Ridge and make it a protected park, and/or YES I want RDN to purchase Mount Benson and make it a protected park.

 

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: REFORESTATION AND ENVIRONMENT PRESERVATION

The Mount Benson Preservation Society is implementing the Mount Benson reforestation project, which is designed to preserve the biodiversity of the mountain, while enhancing its landscape and helping control its climate, protecting wildlife and the green belt surrounding its slopes.

The Mount Benson Preservation Society is also reclaiming the lake and riverbank forests in the surrounding ecosystems.

 

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS

An environmental education project for students enrolled with primary schools could be run by the Municipal Governments of the Regional District of Nanaimo, this program turns nature into a classroom, where students are taken by their teachers and volunteers from the Mount Benson Preservation Society to many different types of natural environments, both well-conserved and degraded, in order to work on concepts such as the importance of maintaining natural life and rehabilitating environments that have been severely altered by human beings. Back in the classroom, they study the plants, wildlife and landscapes of the region, as well as eco-system conservation. Then they submit proposals for revitalizing degraded areas to Town Councils, which agree to implement the best suggestions.

This project was based on an initiative undertaken by the Society.

 

Corporate Structures to Promote Environmental Preservation

The General Environment Preservation Committee was established by the Mount Benson Preservation Society as the supreme decision-making organ to promote environment preservation activities. Under its direction, company activities are promoted in harmony with the environment. Under this General Committee, there are two Environment Preservation Committees, one for manufacturing and technical sectors and the other for sales and indirect sectors.