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“It is true that the planet is in a crisis. We are becoming more and more aware of the result of our actions over the years. The coefficient of light is increasing which is why we are now able to see the filth. Sometimes you despair over so much filth and think that it won’t be possible to clean it all up. This is the reason for such a deep crisis; for so many people wanting to kill; for so many d…

Puyallup Fairgrounds

Puyallup, Wash. | June 2-3, 2012

110 9th Avenue Southwest

Puyallup, Wash. 98371

Saturday Fair hours: 9:00 AM-7:00 PM

Sunday Fair hours: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM 

 

 

About the FAIR

MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRS are fun-filled, family-oriented sustainable lifestyle events. The Puyallup FAIR features practical, hands-on demos and …

What initially started as a want by students to have chickens running around the school’s courtyard transformed into a prize-winning initiative to help promote local food production.

Reynolds secondary is…

May 4th to 13th is "Feldenkrais Awareness Week!"  I have a few times set aside for new clients at a special rate of $40.00, and there are a few left - email me at renee@insideawareness.com if you are interested.  

The first ever international day of Permaculture will have events happening all around the globe plus heaps of short video interviews online with leading permaculturalists including Richard Heinberg, Rob Hopkins, Mark Lakeman (City Repair), Charles Eisenstein, …

http://peakoil.com/alternative-energy/can-renewable-energy-sustain-consumer-societies/    

This article is interesting.  It seems clear to me that once again it is a matter of both/and. We need to consume less, drive less - buy less cars and invest less in roads and weapons - and we need to divert more energy to building the solar and wind systems - and we need to make sure we are not…

Linen Project - volunteers needed

The Linen Project is all about growing flax to make into local, sustainable clothing. The project has received an infusion of money to expand the program. A proposal to the Saanich Historical Artifact Society (SHAS) is underway to grow flax on the peninsula, to harvest it and put it through all its stages…

Victoria Earth Events

Even Governments deserve a pat on the back!  We've all heard about the province of BC commitment in the budget - they're going to install electric car chargers around the province.  Notwithstanding the continued narrow-minded "growth" agenda that they seem to think will save them, the chargers are a demonstration of vision and green values living somewhere in those hallowed halls. Fabulous!

Check this site out too. The Government of Alberta is supporting a call for proposals…

Project by the People's Apothecary:

Join the Green Tongues Collective for the Opening Celebration of The People’s Apothecary; and for a tincture making workshop and a walk through the living installation/garden.

The People’s Apothecary is a medicinal herb garden and public art piece by the Green Tongues Collective.

There will be a participatory art installation in the Slide Room Gallery where documentation of the process that created the garden will be…

Resilience Festival 2012 in Guelph

Our recent Treats for Transition meeting for the Fairfield Gonzales neighbourhood drew about 25 people. Several interesting efforts, including a new Transition Cafe in the neighbourhood, are going to get started. Join our new Community Group - Fairfield Gonzales to learn more and stay in the loop.

Check out our videos from our Community Investment Forum in January at our new YouTube channel, right here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TransitionVictoria?ob=0&feature=results_main

An entire acre will feature large chestnuts and walnuts in the overstory, full-sized fruit trees like big apples and mulberries in the understory, and berry shrubs, climbing vines, herbaceous plants, and vegetables closer to the ground.

Earlier this month, planners broke ground in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood for what will be the nation's largest free and open edible landscape, the Beacon Food Forest, a project three years in the making. Established on the notion that…

The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN), with the support of organic sector groups and businesses, recently launched a 3-minute animated YouTube video to educate consumers about the threat of genetically modified (GM) alfalfa to the future of family farms and organic food.



View the 3 minute animated YouTube Video  […

Here's a message from our friends on the Transition Bus:

The Transition Bus was first a partnership with ABDÉTS students to convert a school bus to a mobile home with green technologies and process. Now, the bus is on the road working with the Transition Towns movement. Last November, we left Québec province in Canada, to seek those who are experimenting with social and economic practices based on solidarity with the goal of a prosperous and fair local development.

In January…

Please take time to fill out the CRD questionnaire to provide your input to their planning. this is an opportunity to highlight the need for sustainability to be part of the strategic plan..not the endless growth and development. it can be found at www.crd.bc.ca front page with the following information:

CRD Strategic Plan Questionnaire…

• Transition LAUNCH

Transition LAUNCH, is a 2 day course, packed with imaginative ways to delve into the practice of Transition. It provides practical tools and know-how on how to set up, run, and evolve a successful Transition Initiative. 

Go here  to indicate your interest in a Doodle Poll AND to indicate what would work best for you: an evening and a full day (Friday night/Saturday) or an evening session held weekly for 4…

Lost male brown tabby male, white boots and bib, long hair. Gone since Christmas night in VicWest/Esquimalt area. name is MAGNUS, 14 years old mellow fellow...SAD!  Please help network for him! He could have gotten locked in somewhere, be wandering and hanging around people,or??? Now it's getting so cold am very afraid for him. Have put up 60 posters. Children may notice him, when adults are too busy. Registered at VictoriaLostPets, the pound and I call SPCA every day. Also on Craigs List.…