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Tanner Freeman
Sustainability Minor Requirement
GOALs VISUALS
THE EXPERIENCE So the goal of the owners and all the staff is to
foster a wilderness destination that provides SUSTAINABILITY
“comfort” to its guests, staff and visitors, while
My internship experience for being in ecological harmony with this special place
Sustainability Capstone was with the Cabot Cabot Shores along Indian Brook, Church Pond, The Cabot Shores Vision of “Green
Shores Wilderness Resort on Cape Breton and the Atlantic. The goal is to retrofit the current Resort”
buildings, structures and exemplify human
Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. My major in activities to a more sustainable level. As well as The Cabot Shores Vision of being more
Recreation Management with an to add additional recreation areas, more gardens, sustainable starts with acknowledging the
International concentration and the and better equipped building to make the responsibility to be good stewards of the
Capstone requirement is what led me to experience more healthy and enjoyable to all. The land which Cabot Shores sits. The 55 acres
future planned advancement toward the vision of a
work at Cabot Shores last summer from “Green Resort” at the main Indian Brook location, 180 acres
June 14, 2011 to August 11, 2011. My work at Breton Cove, and 6 acres at the Wreck
included a series of multidisciplinary projects Cove property that all have fragile ecological
and jobs, although working in every part of biodiversity issues. The two of the
the Resort operation; I focused on properties that have buildings and
sustainable building projects, property infrastructure are clearly not yet energy
maintenance and upkeep of systems, and efficient, but slowly getting there. The
the team leader for the implementation of properties have huge populations of moose
short-term and long-term plans and projects and a diverse amount of other delicate plant
for me and the current staff as well as
THE OUTCOME and animal species. Respect and continued
developing forecast plans and project I had little carpentry or structural building stewardship and attendance to air quality
concepts for future staff to complete. experience prior to my internship. I had zero and water quality in the outstanding land and
experience with building foundations, laying pathways of Cabot Shores is very important,
pavers, or planning and constructing natural stone as I learned quickly in my first week. For
PROJECTS SKILLS
stairways. I had no prior knowledge to with example, while developing wilderness trails
chickens or what needed to be considered when that safely allow the guests and other visitors
Projects building a chicken coop in Nova Scotia. I did not
My entire project set that I was project leader to view wildlife and the magnificence of the
The new additions to the lodge near the know how to build an earthen plastered cob oven
and was participant succeeded. The or what was required of such a difficult wilderness; we worked to mitigate the
beginning of my attendance at the resort degradation of the flora and disturbance of
multiple systems of sustainability that all the undertaking. I did not know anything about solar
were recent which called for me to learn panels, solar hot water heaters, or passive heating fauna.
projects were based on provided for
about and maintain different projects like systems in application or practice. I was clueless
consideration of all planning and
examining the 32 sq ft solar hot water heater to electricity values or concerns and did not
considerations. I have the set plans for the
with a clear day rating in ‘Category C’ at understand residential circuitry systems. Now I The benefits of learning a myriad of
existing project initiatives and future projects. know the foundation of all these concepts and
about 8.9 kWh/day and 30kBtu/day made by multidisciplinary dimensions of sustainability
I hope that future employees will tweak and practices.
Thermo Dynamics Ltd. has had a profound impact on my view and
research more ideas and concepts to
addition and of two Cansolair solar hot air improve upon the systems to further perspectives on the sustainability paradigm.
panels on the exterior of the lodge was the increase the level of sustainability. The take away skill sets, research abilities,
next project completed. When the sun is out and systems understanding in which I now
it provides a warm flow of air to heat the hold due to my involvement with the
main lodge Cansolair Solar Max 240 Sustainability minor curriculum at the
consists of a four by seven solar collector. It University of Arkansas and my invaluable
has 15 vertical columns of cylindrical shape experience during my capstone internships
which makes the surface exposed to the sun has been a positive stepping stone to my
greater. The same cylindrical shape allows future in my sustainability focused future
the Solar Max to receive solar radiation for a endeavors.
longer period due to the angle of incidence
of the sun hitting the solar panel.
This poster was prepared in partial fulfillment of SUST 4103 Sustainability Capstone