People of the Transportation Issues Committee
Staff (alphabetically by first name)
- Cheyenne Dickinson, Active and Safe Routes to School Community Advisor
- Janet Barlow, Active and Safe Routes to School Coordinator
- Jen Powley, TRAX Coordinator
- Jen Scott, Green Mobiliy Grants Coordinator
- Laena Garrison, TRAX Coordinator
- Lisa Kretz, Goods Miles Coordinator
Cheyenne Dickinson
Active and Safe Routes to School Community Advisor
902-442-5055
Cheyenne Dickinson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Biology from the University of Northern British Columbia, and a Master’s degree in Resource and Environmental Management from Dalhousie University. She has worked for various environmental and conservation initiatives, focusing on ornithology, wilderness and marine conservation, environmental education, active transportation, and many things in between! Currently, Cheyenne is the Community Advisor for Active & Safe Routes to School, a program that strives to make active transportation a popular and safe choice for children, youth and their families in Nova Scotia. When not working, she enjoys anything outdoors, crocheting… and crocheting outdoors.
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Janet Barlow
Active & Safe Routes to School Coordinator
902-442-5055
Janet joined EAC as Coordinator of Active & Safe Routes to School in 2002. An environmental educator at heart, Janet has worked for 15 years with a variety of Nova Scotian non-profit and governmental organizations. She is co-author of a trail activity book called Earth Adventures in the Halifax Region: 25 Nature Trails for Fun and Discovery, and runs Sense of Wonder Environmental Education. Janet has an honours degree in Biology as well as certificates in Adult Education and Community Economic Development & Fundraising.
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Jen Powley
Sustainable Transportation Coordinator
902-429-0924
Jen Powley started work as one of the two Sustainable Transportation Coordinators in April 2008. She has worked on inclusive transportation issues for the past five years, first in her role as coordinator of the Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities and then in a volunteer capacity. Jen sees her work at the EAC as expanding the reach of her efforts to make transportation available and affordable for all persons. She recognizes that an ability to get around the community is vital for all persons. Doing this in a manner that is sustainable is vital for the planet. Jen is currently completing her Masters of land use planning at Dalhousie.
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Jen Scott
Green Mobility Grants Coordinator
(902) 429-0924
Jen studied Biology, International Development Studies, and Economics as an undergrad, then became a MES(s) at Dalhousie U. However, most of her real education happened while working on farms. Recently she has worked as an organic farm certification inspector and for GPI Atlantic as a genuine progress analyst. She loves trees, milk cows, raspberries, cycling, swimming, skiing, dancing, and making really good compost.
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Laena Garrison
TRAX Coordinator
902-429-0924
Laena’s desire to contribute to a healthy, happy and equitable environment for all life has grown throughout her years. Catching frogs and climbing trees; sleeping to the sound of crickets at her great-grandparents’ farm; gardening with her mom; and wandering her grandparents’ forest acreage with her pet dog Snoopy are among Laena’s early experiences which inspire her work today. Laena has been working with the Ecology Action Centre’s to promote sustainable transportation since September 2005. She does “walk the talk” — her two feet and her 17–year–old bicycle are her “vehicles”.
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Lisa Kretz
Goods Miles Coordinator
902-429-0924
Lisa joined the EAC in 2009 as the Goods Miles Project Coordinator. She has a PH.D in Environmental Ethics, an MA in Environmental Aesthetics, and a B.Ed. As an avid researcher and a passionate teacher Lisa loves figuring out problems and their solutions, and then providing environmental outreach about what she has learned. Environmental concerns are central to all elements of Lisa’s life: food choices, transportation choices, clothing choices, decisions about consumer goods, right down to the kind of work she finds rewarding. In keeping with the insights of Aldo Leopold, she believes “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”
Transportation Issues Committee
Phone:
TRAX: 902.429.0924
ASRTS: 902.442.5055
Fax: 902.405.3716
The Transportation Issues Committee meets on the first Monday of every month at 5:30pm. We welcome new members. Get involved today!
