A chance to learn about the land we live on.
The UNESCO Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Interpretive Centre, in the Killam Brothers Building in Yarmouth, will be opening to the public on July 1st.
The centre will balance the conservation of nature and cultural heritage with sustainable resource development and provide tools for education.
Chairman of the Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Association David Sollows says one of the main exhibits is the Interactive Science Atlas.
The software application will increase access to ecological data.
“We’ll have some of our students on and they’ll be demonstrating the Interactive Science Atlas that has just been newly developed,” says Sollows. “It will be available for use in Nova Scotia schools this coming fall. It’s a powerful learning tool that has access to so many different components about what we can learn about the place that we live.”
The center’s opening will be part of the Town of Yarmouth’s day of reflection.
Sollows says they will be trying in their own way to show respect to Indigenous people.
“It’s also a chance to stop and think about our Indigenous brothers and sisters and the grief that many of them are feeling at this time as we come to terms with trying to understand each other and how we can live in a true sense of community,” says Sollows. “That’s kind of the spirit in which we hope to move forward as people living in this area.”
He added they are encouraging attendees to wear orange to the centre’s opening.
