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Local Re-conomy Celebration a Success
Well, with six events over three days, it was a marathon, but we made it through! For those of you unable to make it, here’s what happened: Friday evening Meet & Greet We had two display tables for this, from Powell River Sustainability Stakeholders and Vancouver Island University (as well as our regular TTPR display), [...]
September 26, 2011
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Tags: community currency, community way, dave pollard, debt, finding the sweet spot, frugality, local currency, local economy, local money, Michael Linton, really really free market, saving money · Posted in: Event Reports, workshops
July and August 2011 Transition Events in Powell River
Here’s what’s coming up in July and August. We also have some really exciting stuff planned for September and October, so stay tuned for more on that Food Dryer show-and-tell and Picnic Social Jul 24th Edible Garden Tour Aug 7th Alternative Cooking Methods demo Aug 13th All three of these events are co-organized by the [...]
July 17, 2011
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Tags: community event, dehydrator, events, food dryer, garden tour, picnic, powell river, transition town · Posted in: Event notices, Newsletters, workshops
Winter Food Gardening workshop: June 26th
TTPR and the Food Security Project are working on a series of food-related workshops during the rest of 2011 and into spring 2012. Our first is Sunday June 26th: Winter Food Growing with Rosie Fleury. Come along and learn how to grow your own food this winter: Now is the time to plant! The right [...]
June 16, 2011
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Green Transport Roadeo May 7th
Fed up with high gas prices? Come and explore the ways you can get around Powell River without a car. Includes demos of electric vehicles, bus tour, bike maintenance, bike skills class, and more! Bring your own electric vehicle to show and tell if you have one.
May 5, 2011
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Tags: alternative transportation, bike maintenance, bike rack, bike workshop, biking, bus, buses, community event, electric bike, electric scooter, electric vehicle, ev, public transit · Posted in: Event notices, workshops
Help Create a Better Powell River: a Day of Post-Carbon Vision Building
TTPR’s next event is our “Post Carbon Vision” day on Sunday October 24th. We’ll be spending the day, first building a picture of how Powell River could look in a post-fossil-fuel, post-CO2 world where we are less dependent on outside forces and more resilient and self-reliant, and then planning working groups, projects and activities to [...]
October 20, 2010
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Tags: business as usual, fossil fuel, post-carbon, powell river, transition, TTPR, vision, visioning · Posted in: workshops
Permaculture Design Workshop: “Visions of Resilience: Permaculture design and the Culture of Sustainability”
Be at the epicentre of the shakeup toward a more abundant, sustainable, and resilient Powell River! This two-day workshop will engage your heart, head, and hands in questions, strategies, and tools for creating a cultural shift away from dependence on fragile global systems and toward a richer, saner, and more peaceful future for our community and the world. Learn how [...]
August 18, 2010
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Solar Food Dryer Workshop
On Wed 14th July we held a hands-on “Build Your Own Solar Food Dryer” workshop at the CRC here in Powell River. 10 teams or individuals built dryers out of cardboard, clear plastic and duct tape, and took them home to play with. Ours is out in the backyard drying cherries right now: it’s a [...]
July 17, 2010
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Tags: drying food, food dehydrator, food dryer, food preservation, preserving food, solar dryer, workshop · Posted in: Event Reports, workshops
Solar Dryer Workshop – register and pay here
On Wed July 14th at 7pm, after the Kale Force meeting at the Community Resource Centre (4752 Joyce), we’ll be holding a hands-on workshop where you will build your own simple solar-heated food dryer out of cardboard and a few other simple materials. This is not a dryer that will last forever, nor is it [...]
July 6, 2010
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