“Walking the Tsawalk, Talking the Tsawalk”: Hishuk ish tsawalk (everything is one and all is interconnected)
The Tsawalk Partnership, which kicked off in September 2009, is a coastal planning initiative created to ensure sustainability of marine ecosystems on the West Coast of Vancouver Island (WCVI) for you, me, our children, and our grandchildren.
Tsawalk is a framework for partnership.
Tsawalk is a project for change.
Tsawalk is an opportunity for people to contribute to common goals and interests.
Tsawalk is igniting inspiration for people to express how they care about this place.
Tsawalk is the vehicle that is bringing people together through a a planning process to produce vision, goals, and objectives, and to take action to achieve them.
Tsawalk is bringing together knowledge.
Tsawalk is doing things differently to get somewhere different (we don’t always know where we might end up, but hope that you’ll enjoy the ride with us).
Tsawalk is giving the voice you need to make things happen and provide tools to make a difference in WCAVI.
Tsawalk in connecting people in WCVI and empowering them to do what they are passionate about in the place where they are passionate about it.
Tsawalk embraces that we live in a unique place with converging world views.
Tsawalk is the action of remarkable individuals and groups.
Tsawalk is not doing it for you, but with you.
Tsawalk is a tool to give you the voice you need to make things happen in the Nuu-chah-nulth region.
Look out for great things on the horizon with the Tsawalk Partnership; the new website will be launched soon and promises to be enveloped in sheer awesomeness. Other highly-anticipated events include: soon-to-be-scheduled open houses at the West Coast Aquatic (WCA) offices in Port Alberni, and you joining us to check out our progress on FaceBook (become a fan!) and Twitter (called TsawalkPartners). Check out our amazing team members and learn more about Tsawalk at the Pacific Whale Festival in Tofino and Ucluelet in March 2010.
