Jason Brown

Alex Fraser Research Forest invited participants to reflect on their relationship with resource management and consider the potential of contemplative forestry at a workshop on September 20. The Cariboo Wood Innovation Training Hub (CWITH) hosted the event. Eight participants from the ‘spiritual’ to the ‘traditional’ side of forestry management took part in workshops facilitated by Jason Brown, an affiliate forestry professional with the Forest Professionals of British Columbia. The purpose of the workshops was to explore the idea of contemplative forestry, which meets two opposing views of how to manage forests in the middle. Brown has piloted a program at Simon Fraser University which uses contemplative practice to build resilience in the face of climate anxiety and ecological grief. …CWITH’s next workshop will be on value-added wood products in October, headed by Jason Fisher, executive director of the Forest Enhancement Society of BC.