Nicholas Peat
Founder and chief ecological designer.
Nicholas Peat is a multidisciplinary artist, certified prescribed burn worker (per Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources), and the founder of EcoStrategy PEC, an ecological restoration and design company based in Williams Treaty, Prince Edward County, Ontario, that offers a wide array of ecological restoration services.
Prior to founding EcoStrategy, he worked for several years in conservation lands management, performing ecological restoration and invasive species control on a number of sites of ecological significance under threat.
His professional art practice spans many media and explores how motivated, affirmative action can be highjacked as antidote to pessimism, malaise, and the fear of imminent doom.
He holds a Master’s of Fine Art (M.F.A.) from the University of Saskatchewan, and A Bachelor’s of Art (B.A.) in Geography from Queen’s University. He is currently attaining his certification in Landscape Design from the University of Guelph.
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A note on our logo:
EcoStrategy derives its symbolic emblem from an ancient ~300 year old Northern Red Oak at Prince Edward County’s western shore, near North Beach Provincial Park.
The two purple bands make reference to the 2-Row Wampum of 1613: North America’s first treaty document made between the Haudenosaunee and the Dutch.
At EcoStrategy, we believe the best way for us to be good citizens, upholding and honouring our original treaty obligations, is to heal the land in every and any way possible.
