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For those who never got a sewing badge in Boy Scouts or Girl Guides, learn how to sew on a button, mend a seam and hem a garment, all by hand.  For greatest satisfaction, bring your own mending. Equipment such as needles and thread will be supplied.Cost: $5 or pay-what-you-canRoom: #204See More

ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Inc. is a non-profit renewable energy co-operative that is developing a 500 kW biogas plant on the grounds of the Toronto Zoo. The plant will turn the Zoo's annual manure output and food waste from GTA-based grocery stores into electricity, heat, fertilizer and cash for the Zoo – and our primary investors, individual Ontarians.Come out to learn more about ZooShare and the biogas plant it's developing at the Toronto Zoo. We'll be available to answer questions about…See More

Participate in a Permablitz June 26th @ 10am!!! (pick up at 9:30).  Contact Toyin (email at bottom) for location. If you would like to learn a lot while having a great day in the garden this opportunity is for you.As a Permablitz Day of the Blitz Volunteer, you will get...Basic gardening training Skill share and in depth, hands on knowledge of permaculture (project based)Community engagement and yummy organic feastsKnowledge exchange, resource sharing and permaculture networking Seed collection…See More

TRANSITION TORONTO invites you to an All Members & Public MeetingAs requested by our members in our recent survey:See a detailed presentation on what the Transition Towns social movement is aboutLearn how Transition Toronto (TTo) approaches transitioning our large cityHear some ‘testimonials’ from active members and how their Transition group got started (or the challenges they face trying to)We will include time for a Q&A and a short Open Space group work component. Bring a friend or…See More

The Permaculture Project GTA is developing a curriculum for a series of workshops to facilitate a shift the skills base in our communities, and would like to consult with Transition Toronto membership and the public on how this curriculum can best serve Torontonians. Join us to decide which skills are most essential and practical, and how they should be shared.  This curriculum can only be meaningful if it reflects the collective genius of the community.

Transition Toronto and Zeitgeist Toronto are partnering to show "The Turning Point" (http://www.theturningpointfilm.com/), a film about people succeeding in Transition. Let's see what we can adopt from this film and implement in Toronto!Please bring a food item to share, event is free but there is a suggested donation of $5. All collections will go directly to Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland who produced the film. We can host a maximum of 30…See More