Events in May 2017
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May 3, 2017 - Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
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May 3, 2017$30 each or $75 for all three [Kawartha Loons Accepted]
Permaculture Gardening is a year round project and asks that you think a certain way. Learn to garden in partnership with Nature to build a long term rewarding system that works for earth and humanity! Now is the perfect time to start!
This practical workshop is designed to help all gardeners create long term resilience in their gardening plan. This course will help you begin to think like a permaculturist, with long term vision planning, care for the earth, care for the people and creating surplus to share in mind.
You will learn how to expand your relationship to your garden creating a natural oasis rich in abundance of life, energy, diversity & produce. Learn how to break chemical dependency, use less water, build up healthy soil and design for efficiency and maximum benefit. Start adding new permaculture design elements in this year's garden!
Class I: Soil, Compost, Worms & Mulch
Wed. May 3; 6:00-8:00pm
Learn how to build your soil, 5 ways of making compost, vermiculture and how, what and why to mulch everything. We're starting from the ground up and going deep.Class II: Water, Weeds & Wetlands
Wed. May 10; 6:00-8:00pm
We’ll discuss greywater, waterways, ponds and barrels, drought, controlling weeds, and managing your wetland. Water is the key harvest to consider in every garden.Class III: Planting Guilds, Gardens and Design Ideas
Wed. May 17; 6:00-8:00pm
We’ll bring it all together by designing guilds, herb spirals, mixed gardens etc. raise beds and much more for your garden goals. Bring your site plans – let's make this personal!Pre-registration is requested.
Contact Andrea atThe Transition Skills Forum is an all-volunteer initiative of Transition Town Peterborough
Sadleir House751 George Street NorthPeterborough, ON K9H 3T2Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
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May 9, 2017 - Grieving for the World - Loss in a Changing Climate
Grieving for the World - Loss in a Changing Climate
Grieving for the World - Loss in a Changing Climate
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May 9, 2017The effects of climate change can be overwhelming with extreme weather events such as flooding and drought (both experienced locally in the last several years), markedly warmer winters, and declines in wildlife populations such as monarch butterflies – a decline with clear links to climate change. The natural world is no longer that of our childhood.
People often experience a range of emotions over these changes, including sorrow, anger, and helplessness. Indeed, the feelings are widespread enough that the American Psychological Association has just published a major report on the mental effects of climate change: Mental Health and Our Changing Climate. CBC Radio also discussed this issue on The Current on April 6.
All are welcome to this event to give people in Peterborough the opportunity to share these concerns and reasons for hope.
Sponsored by Leap Peterborough and For Our Grandchildren Peterborough.
Trinity United Church360 Reid St.Peterborough, ON -
May 10, 2017 - Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
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May 10, 2017$30 each or $75 for all three [Kawartha Loons Accepted]
Permaculture Gardening is a year round project and asks that you think a certain way. Learn to garden in partnership with Nature to build a long term rewarding system that works for earth and humanity! Now is the perfect time to start!
This practical workshop is designed to help all gardeners create long term resilience in their gardening plan. This course will help you begin to think like a permaculturist, with long term vision planning, care for the earth, care for the people and creating surplus to share in mind.
You will learn how to expand your relationship to your garden creating a natural oasis rich in abundance of life, energy, diversity & produce. Learn how to break chemical dependency, use less water, build up healthy soil and design for efficiency and maximum benefit. Start adding new permaculture design elements in this year's garden!
Class I: Soil, Compost, Worms & Mulch
Wed. May 3; 6:00-8:00pm
Learn how to build your soil, 5 ways of making compost, vermiculture and how, what and why to mulch everything. We're starting from the ground up and going deep.Class II: Water, Weeds & Wetlands
Wed. May 10; 6:00-8:00pm
We’ll discuss greywater, waterways, ponds and barrels, drought, controlling weeds, and managing your wetland. Water is the key harvest to consider in every garden.Class III: Planting Guilds, Gardens and Design Ideas
Wed. May 17; 6:00-8:00pm
We’ll bring it all together by designing guilds, herb spirals, mixed gardens etc. raise beds and much more for your garden goals. Bring your site plans – let's make this personal!Pre-registration is requested.
Contact Andrea atThe Transition Skills Forum is an all-volunteer initiative of Transition Town Peterborough
Sadleir House751 George Street NorthPeterborough, ON K9H 3T2Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
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May 12, 2017 - An Evening of Stories of the Land
An Evening of Stories of the Land
An Evening of Stories of the Land
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May 12, 2017Stories of the Hiawatha First Nation
With Laurie Carr, Chief, Hiawatha First Nation and Caleb Kinew Nini Musgrave, Owner/Head Instructor at Canadian Bushcraft, an organization focused on Traditional land skills.
Date: Friday, May 12, 2017
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Place: The Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough
775 Weller Street (at Medical Drive), an accessible location.
Cost: $5-10 donation or pay what you can. Free parking.This is the fourth of an occasional series of events where Indigenous storytellers share stories of this region - where we’ve come from and where we are going – together.
For more details, or for information about accessibility, please see our website at www.peterboroughunitarian.ca or contact Rev. Julie Stoneberg (705) 741-0968, Email:
The Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough775 Weller St.Peterborough, -
May 16, 2017 - Can we continue to “meat” like this
Can we continue to “meat” like this
Can we continue to “meat” like this
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May 16, 2017Is a healthy diet a sustainable diet? How can we eat to promote a healthy ecosystem while also enhancing our own health? In order to meet the demands of future food needs, a shift toward more sustainable diets is urgently needed.
This event will explore the reasons why this shift is needed, how the environmental sustainability of individual foods and diets are measured, current recommendations in this evolving area and where and how these concepts have been applied to dietary guidelines. The session will conclude with a discussion about actions you can take to integrate these concepts into other levels of food policy.
FREE. EVERYONE WELCOME. REGISTER ON THE EVENT WEBSITE
Peterborough Public Health185 King StPeterborough, -
May 17, 2017 - Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
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May 17, 2017$30 each or $75 for all three [Kawartha Loons Accepted]
Permaculture Gardening is a year round project and asks that you think a certain way. Learn to garden in partnership with Nature to build a long term rewarding system that works for earth and humanity! Now is the perfect time to start!
This practical workshop is designed to help all gardeners create long term resilience in their gardening plan. This course will help you begin to think like a permaculturist, with long term vision planning, care for the earth, care for the people and creating surplus to share in mind.
You will learn how to expand your relationship to your garden creating a natural oasis rich in abundance of life, energy, diversity & produce. Learn how to break chemical dependency, use less water, build up healthy soil and design for efficiency and maximum benefit. Start adding new permaculture design elements in this year's garden!
Class I: Soil, Compost, Worms & Mulch
Wed. May 3; 6:00-8:00pm
Learn how to build your soil, 5 ways of making compost, vermiculture and how, what and why to mulch everything. We're starting from the ground up and going deep.Class II: Water, Weeds & Wetlands
Wed. May 10; 6:00-8:00pm
We’ll discuss greywater, waterways, ponds and barrels, drought, controlling weeds, and managing your wetland. Water is the key harvest to consider in every garden.Class III: Planting Guilds, Gardens and Design Ideas
Wed. May 17; 6:00-8:00pm
We’ll bring it all together by designing guilds, herb spirals, mixed gardens etc. raise beds and much more for your garden goals. Bring your site plans – let's make this personal!Pre-registration is requested.
Contact Andrea atThe Transition Skills Forum is an all-volunteer initiative of Transition Town Peterborough
Sadleir House751 George Street NorthPeterborough, ON K9H 3T2Think Like a Permaculturist - Resilient Garden Workshop Series
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May 28, 2017 - DANDELION DAY - Healthy Lifestyles
DANDELION DAY - Healthy Lifestyles
DANDELION DAY - Healthy Lifestyles
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May 28, 2017Transition Town Peterborough's annual focus on natural healthy living as part of building a prosperous, resilient community
Millennium Parkfoot of King St.Peterborough,