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AVES is a new kind of landscaping business―we are a values-driven company that offers ecological expertise to the private homeowner.
Current landscaping practices tend to:
AVES offer practices that go against the grain. By conceiving and coordinating ecological development in a decentralized manner, AVES is making the proper space for nature to flourish―one household at a time.
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Direction
Our clear objective enables us to lead the way
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Resoluteness
We do not yield to fads or external pressure
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Insight
We embrace the complexity of the natural world
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Durability
Our solutions rooted in logic are made to last
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Decentralized ecological development as put-forth by AVES is the product of my lengthy self-actualization journey.
As a young boy, I spent an enormous amount of time exploring nature and the life it supports. Naturally, I planned on making a living in ecology: I obtained higher education degrees in ecological technology and environmental biology and worked on various projects for numerous organizations ranging from the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada (Paprican) to Environment and Climate Change Canada (CWS branch). While working inside our institutions, I realized that central planning and the managerial hierarchies were at cross purposes with my values and aspirations: It quickly became evident to me that 1) we needed a post-institutional, human-scaled ecological option that is rooted in our local culture and 2) the best way to achieve this is by designing and building landscapes for private homeowners. Thus, in the spring of 2020 I combined my experiences in ecological research, urban greening and entrepreneurship with my knowledge of social theory―all while returning to university to study landscape design―in order to found AVES and offer real solutions to the ecological challenges we face. My hope is to provide an alternate model that will reinvigorate society and render it sustainable. |
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