Earth Rhythms
Earth Rhythms is a sole proprietorship legally registered with Nova Scotia Joint Stocks as Earth Rhythms Tourism Services. Earth Rhythms is listed on the Tourism Nova Scotia website as a recognized tourism operator. The owner and operator of Earth Rhythms is Celes Davar.
Celes Davar
Celes Davar, Experience Designer, Guide, Coach & Storyteller
Celes Davar is a biologist, photographer and walker. He is passionate about connecting people in his community to those who wish to learn about local culture, art, live music, and food. He’s a foodie, who loves preparing food, learning about food culture, and introducing guests to local foods. He is also a lover of live roots and folk music believing that our songwriters today are some of our best contemporary poets.
Celes is a guide, choreographer, and storyteller. He is trained as a biologist and as an international climate change presenter (Climate Reality Leadership Corp). He is dedicated to coaching and helping local people share stories about their life, culture, and what they love doing as life-work. He works throughout Canada helping people and their communities express their traditions as stories and interactive experiences for travellers.
His company is award-winning, having won the Travel Manitoba award of distinction for leadership in tourism when they were residents in Manitoba. He is well-known as a facilitator, storyteller, and guide throughout Atlantic Canada. He is passionate about exploring ways for us to lower our ecological footprint. He and his wife live in an energy efficient Passive House designed by their son. They drive low emission vehicles.
For over 30 years, they have been influencing chefs, caterers, transportation companies, and guides to practice zero waste, and use local foods as part of all menus. More recently, Celes has become a strong advocate, coach and mentor to tourism businesses throughout Canada, to learn how to build tourism businesses that regenerative in practice. In 2025, he awarded the IMPACT Sustainable Tourism Award.
For more information about Celes’ work with multiple communities and destinations in Canada, please see his LinkedIn profile.
“I believe that our communities have unique stages for experiences, that are intimate, authentic and speak to the community’s core values. Our experiences are designed to use community facilities and little known nature-based locations as part of the overall visit to our destination.”
Celes and Susan live in a Passive House, energy efficient home on South Mountain in the Gaspereau Valley, where they have protected 70 acres of 150 year old old growth Wabanaki forest, with the support of the Nova Scotia Woodlands Trust.
Collaborating Partners
Leann Grosvold, Elann Consulting
Dr. John Coulton, Department of Community Development, Acadia University
Lesley Robb, Swell Impact
Susan Davar, Susan Davar Pottery