The Housing Outside the Box Symposium will bring community members together to discuss the opportunities that exist for creative solutions for affordable, appropriate housing in our community. With a focus on […]
In Transition 2.0 is an inspirational immersion into the Transition movement, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You’ll hear about communities printing their own money, growing […]
Climate Change and the Human Prospect documents the vision created at the Climate Change and the Human Prospect: A Thinkers Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. On […]
Are you interested in learning more about how to create simple, beautiful, hand made gifts for the holidays? Would you like ideas on how to use recycled materials and every […]
BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal? The movie exposé of biomass burning. NS suffers terribly from this! “This film elicited a powerful and passionate response from our audience this year with […]
Note: this program has been rescheduled due to storm warnings for our original date. Please join us on Feb 3rd! Are you interested in learning about fermented foods, and discovering […]
Wondering what it's like to live without a connection to the electric grid and with no electric bill? Then this 2 hour presentation and discussion is for you. Some of […]
Due to the forces of globalization, our economies today can be described as leaky buckets. Nova Scotia has a 35% 'leakage rate' of dollars flowing out of the economy, resulting […]
Incisive, no nonsense, take no prisoners. Joan Baxter’s brilliant exposé “The Mill – Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest” tells the story of shocking government/industry collusion and a community that […]
This afternoon workshop will explore different aspects of climate change emergency preparedness. As we move into a new era of weather extremes and sea level rise, homeowners, neighbourhoods and communities […]