Celebrate Canadian Gardening with New Wave Horticulture – May 9

Subject: re: Celebrate Canadian Gardening event tomorrow, Tuesday May 9th at 7PM, Jean Pigott Place Ottawa!
Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 17:23:18 -0400
From: info@compost.org

Hello,
We’re hoping you and the members of your association will be interested in an event planned for tomorrow at Jean Pigott Place in Ottawa, at 7PM!

Tickets are $20 and are available at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebrate-gardening-in-canada-with-albert-mondor-tickets-33082268957
All proceeds are being directed to the Ottawa Food Bank and Debra Dynes Family House.

The speaker is celebrity garden expert Albert Mondor, and his topic, New Wave Horticulture, is described below.
New Wave Horticulture is an original, surprising and sometimes downright mystifying way to grow edible and ornamental plants where normally they perhaps would not grow. It’s not necessarily avant-garde technology, but rather a vision of an utilitarian urban horticulture, focused on recovery, recycling as well as addressing food and environmental challenges of tomorrow. Green walls, urban agriculture, foodscaping, composting, tiny plants and gardens, reclaimed and recycled landscaping materials and phytotechnology are a few topics Albert Mondor will discuss.

We hope to see you there!
Danielle Buklis
The Compost Council of Canada

Bike to Work Month

From: Mandy Wilson <mandy.wilson@envirocentre.ca>
Sent: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 2:55 pm
Subject: May is Bike to Work month – get your community involved!

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With the support of our core partner: The City of Ottawa, along with other great community organizations; we are working toward getting more people to try commuting by bike!

Last year, there were over 2,500 participants who cycled more than 8 times around the planet!

This year, we’ll be giving away over $10,000 in prizes throughout the month.

We are including our Workplace Handbook and Poster to help you get things rolling:
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Naloxone Workshop – May 17

MCA Naloxone Workshop May 17 from 7 to 8pm.pdf
MCA Naloxone Workshop May 17 from 7 to 8pm.docx

Yard Worker Available

Just graduated from University and looking for a full-time job but in the meantime I can rake leaves, dig up a garden or do any small jobs around your home.

Let me know if you need my help.

Will Egan 613-728-1945 or wegan25@gmail.com

Thanks
Will Egan
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Old Home Earth Day Event – April 22

From: Angela Keller-Herzog < akellerherzog@gmail.com>
Date: 19 April 2017 at 17:11
Subject: Invite: Old Home Earth Day Event – Sat Apr 22

Hello Everybody,

A warm invite for you to drop by the Glebe Community Centre for Earth Day. We have put together a pretty fabulous program for people interested in home energy retrofits, energy incentives, new technologies, decarbonizing our homes!

We have speakers, mini-workshops, discussion corners, and tradefair-style info tables. Start is at 10am with a Power-Up light breakfast and panel discussion. Lots of stuff going on till 3pm.
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Walk in the woods with naturalist Owen Clarkin – April 22 – Reminder

For full details, see the original post.

Join naturalist Owen Clarkin for a walk through the Champlain Woods and various streets to learn how to identify trees when there are no leaves present.

When: 22 April – rain or shine
Time: 10 am – noon
Where: Champlain Park Fieldhouse
Event organized by: Catherine Shearer

Refreshments at the Fieldhouse following the walk where Owen will continue to answer questions.

Ottawa Park Summit – April 22

Ottawa Park Summit

April 22, 2017, 1 – 5 PM

Join us on Earth Day for this FREE event!

This innovative event will bring together people from across the City of Ottawa that are active in their local parks to generate ideas and build momentum for better parks in our great city. This will include keynote speakers on critical issues, discussions among city park staff and community partners, as well as breakout workshops on specific issues such as community gardens, park naturalization and tree planting, and investing in local parks.

More information (l’information en français aussi) and registration at http://www.ecologyottawa.org/park_summit

17 04 13 park summit poster.pdf

SpringTide Youth Charitable Craft Fair – June 10

SpringTide

Ottawa’s Youth Craft Fair

SpringTide craft fair is an amazing opportunity for the youth of Ottawa to do some charity work and make some money. There are only a few rules to this craft fair: only handmade products, only youth vendors (age 8-16), donate at least 25% of proceeds to a registered charity. So get creative and apply today!

[Spring Tide - Ottawa's Youth Craft Fair]
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