Develop your self-sufficiency skills at Bridgewater's first Up!Skilling Expo! Have you always wanted to start keeping chickens in your back yard for eggs, or fermenting your own kombucha? Join us for a day of demonstrations of a wide variety of skills like this! Attend five 1 hour workshops throughout the day to learn skills like […]
Do you want to learn about traditional ways of preserving foods? The tried and true. Please join us for a fun-filled day of building food resilience. We'll learn why we preserve food & how it relates to our modern world and future. Methods covered will include: Canning (hot water bath), Dehydrating & Vacuum Packing, Freezing, Fruit […]
Already Done! Already Harvested! A record amounts of veggies were harvested this year - 421 pounds!!! All the veggies were donated to the St Margarets Bay Food Bank. The garden was harvested earlier than planned - conditions were such that they just had to be harvested quickly. This garden is maintained by volunteers to […]
This workshop will consist of a presentation followed by a tour of a nearby modern off-grid home. Some of the topics the presentation will include: o Introduction to off-grid o Types of off-grid systems o Off-grid for new construction o Off-grid as a retrofit for existing houses o Components of off-grid systems o Energy use […]
Recent scientific research has indicated that training in compassion, using simple contemplative activities and practices, can deepen and broaden our ability to express, and act upon, the compassion that is inherent in all human beings. In this session we will explore the elements of compassion training that facilitate compassionate action. Imagine what it would be […]
In celebration of 2015 International Year of Soils, Phil Warman, PhD, PAg, will present a lecture and discussion on the importance of building and maintaining good soil health for home, garden, and farm. With the participation of the audience and the use of a few props, Phil will describe the fundamental differences between soil and […]
Food Producers - if you're looking to start, grow or promote your food related business, the Dragons would like to hear from you! Gentle Dragons is a popular event and venue to pitch your plan, get great feedback, and enjoy local food and conversation. Transition Bay is proud to co-sponsor this event with FarmWorks (www.farmworks.ca), […]
Like so many of you, we see the need for compassion to play a more prominent role in our personal and professional lives, and in society altogether. Recent scientific research has confirmed that compassion training, using simple contemplative activities and practices, can deepen and broaden our ability to express, and act upon, the compassion that […]
Voices of Transition presents innovative, inspirational – and concrete – solutions to the food security challenges we humans are increasingly facing. It is a fully independent, 65 minute-long documentary that examines the danger posed to agricultural production by energy and resource scarcity. It depicts organic agricultural alternatives in France, the Transition Towns movement, and urbanized food production […]
This workshop focuses on a unique and innovative system never before offered in any public presentation. The system has brilliant features making it particularly useful in cold (or any) climate while being elegantly simplified. It is the result of 55 years of experience by a retired physics professor and has been perfected in a series […]