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The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) invites you to take part in a virutal presentation by Rosmarie Lohnes of Helping Nature Heal followed by a hands-on workshop on Living Shorelines. The workshop will be held on Tuesday June 28 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Cocagne Community Park, adjacent to the Cocagne Marina, 130 Marina Street, Cocagne.
Cocagne – The Cocagne Community Park has won a Greener Greenspaces recognition award from The Society for Organic Urban Land Care.
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Cocagne (online)
The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) invites you to its 2021 Expo-info to present the achievements of 2020-2021 and to hear your suggestions.
September 16, 2021
Cocagne
Collaboration among several organizations on the east coast of New Brunswick has ensured the success of the Living Shorelines workshop, a natural method for managing coastal erosion. The coastal restoration projects took place in Caraquet on August 24, behind the Super 8 avenue du Carrefour, and in Cocagne, on August 26 at the Cocagne Marina.
July 28th, 2021
Cocagne / Caraquet - Organizations to offer hands-on workshops entitled Living Shorelines: A Natural Way to Manage Coastal Erosion.
23 juin 2021
Cocagne - The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) invites you to a butterfly outing this Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 9:30 am at the Cocagne trail, Centre 50 parking lot, 10 Villa street in Cocagne.
May 26th, 2021
Cocagne - Cocagne Country Colours and the Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) are hosting a family workshop for natural dyes with Bernadette Goguen and Marie-Claude Hébert on Sunday, June 13, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Marcel Goguen farm at 475 ch. Cocagne Sud in Cocagne.
April 22, 2021
Cocagne - The GDDPC is launching a collection of testimonials called Citizens for Climate as part of Earth Day to inspire others to adopt behaviours to adopt behaviours for a smaller ecological footprint.
March 29, 2021
Cocagne - In the context of reducing our energy footprint, the GDDPC hosted a consultant from NB Power's Community Energy Efficiency Program (https://www.saveenergynb.ca/en/save-energy).
January 13th, 2021
Cocagne/Grande-Digue - The GDDPC in collaboration with the "in Giadino" garden club hosts a seed exchange a little bit different this year. This is how we will proceed:
December 16, 2020
Cocagne - Cocagne Country Colours is launching its first holiday sale and welcomes you to the offices of the GDDPC, 118 Cocagne Cross in Cocagne.
November 24, 2020
Cocagne - The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group, in collaboration with the Cocagne Emergency Measures Planning Committee is selling 72-hour Emergency Kits for the citizens of Cocagne.
March 10, 2021
Cocagne - The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group, in collaboration with the Cocagne Emergency Measures Planning Committee is selling 72-hour Emergency Kits for the citizens of Cocagne.
November 3, 2020
Cocagne - The PCSDG is proud to announce that the Council of the Rural Community of Cocagne adopted the Climate Change Adaptation Plan at its regular meeting on October 13, 2020.
October 22nd, 2020
Cocagne – The GDDPC invites you to its annual general assembly, on Sunday November 1, 2020 at 2 p.m. on the virtual platform zoom.
October 22nd, 2020
Cocagne – The GDDPC invites you to its annual general assembly, on Sunday November 1, 2020 at 2 p.m. on the virtual platform zoom.
August 12, 2020
Pokemouche/Shediac - New partnership between organizations on the east coast of New Brunswick to offer workshops on a natural approach to dealing with coastal erosion.
July 6, 2020
New Brunswick - The authors of the Transition Pact (June 2020) offer us 101 ideas for recovery, including ideas against food waste (in French).
April 8, 2020
Cocagne - Shorebirds face many challenges and there are simple tips to better protect them according to the inventory conducted in 2019 by Denise Maillet, coordinator of the SENB Piping Plover Project at Birds Canada.
January 29, 2020
Grande Digue - Last week, thanks to the Gaia project educational program, 3rd year students in Mrs. Josée's class and 5th year students in Mrs. Joline class carried out a one-day audit of waste produced at school in order to better understand the different types of waste and possibly create a waste management plan.
Nov 19, 2019
Sackville - The Monarch butterfly generated a lot of interest during the presentation of the Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) at the Mount Allison University Watershed Caucus meeting this November.
October 18, 2019
Cocagne - Since the beginning of October 2019, several students from Cocagne, Grande-Digue and Notre-Dame schools have been planting trees on their schoolyard and in the community in collaboration with the Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (PCSDG).
August 21, 2019
Cocagne - This summer during Acadian World Congress in Cocagne, more than 60 people visited the PCSDG booth at the marina of Cocagne. People shared with us their concerns and advice regarding the changing climate. These comments will inform the climate change adaptation plan for the Cocagne watershed. In addition, visitors have discovered Monarch butterflies in caterpillar, chrysalis and adult form.
July 18, 2019
Dieppe - As part of this workshop we explored Dre Catherine Mah's evaluations from the Dalhousie University Food Policy Lab in conjunction with the organization SENB Foods about municipal food policies.
THE 11TH OF JUNE 2019
We had a meeting at the Cocagne marina to talk about the adaptation of climate change in Cocagne and Grande-Digue.
8 June 2019
Cocagne - There was a natural dyeing workshop where we created natural dye and tried in on diffrents types of fabric. This workshop took place at the Marcel Goguen farm in Cocagne on June 8, 2019. Several people participated in this colorful activity. This is the first activity in the "Colors of the Country" project.
May 29, 2019
Cocagne - Environment, Community, Health Observatory Network (ECHO) held its annual conference and Cocagne hosted researchers and partners from British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick on May 29 2019.
May 30, 2019
South-East NB - This spring, the Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (PCSDG) in collaboration with the Cap-Pelé and Beaubassin watershed group, Vision H2O installed more than 20 nestboxes for tree swallows that were manufactured by Louis- Émile Cormier, naturalist of Cocagne.
April 14, 2019
Grande-Digue - Seventeen eager participants attended the workshop led by Rosemary Tayler and organized by the Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group in the village of Grand Digue just north of Moncton, New Brunswick, along the Northumberland Strait.
