Evolver Calgary July Spore: The Great Reskilling

Come down and join Evolver Calgary this Sunday at Prince's Island Park as we spend the afternoon outside, enjoying the beautiful sunny day learning many useful, practical skills while having a blast under the sun! Once again our bamboo geodesic dome will be set up as our home base.

Read on to check out our fantastic line up of speakers!

For the last 50 years, throw-away consumer culture has led citizens of industrialized societies... to forget many of the basic survival skills that have sustained humans for generations. Today, the impending challenges of peak oil and climate change leave our communities susceptible to the shocks and instability of centrally distributed hierarchical systems for life support. Facing the prospect of a world with drastically reduced access to energy and material goods, a rising network of Transition Town advocates, urban homesteaders, permaculture activists, and DIY proponents are retraining communities to manage their own food, shelter, waste, transportation, health, clothing, and models of exchange.

This month, Transition US and The Evolver Social Movement will explore the pioneering organizations and individuals who are empowering us to build vibrant, resilient, and sustainable communities as part of “The Great Reskilling.” The 40+ regional Spore chapters will feature workshops teaching anything from sock darning to bee keeping, cycle maintenance to rooftop gardening, aquaponic systems to natural building, solar panel installation to bread making, herbal walks to alternative currency.

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UPDATE FRIDAY JULY 15 - SCHEDULE FOR THE AFTERNOON :)

PEANUT BUTTER TABLE:
1:00 - 1:30 = Yoga with Jenelle
1:30 - 2:00 = Urban Agriculture and Local Activist Organizing with Grant Neufeld
2:00 - 2:30 = Solar Greenhouse Building with Dustin
2:30 - 3:00 = Energy Conservation and Clean Generation in the Home and Office with Darryl Kaminski, President of Think Energy Inc.
3:00 - 3:30 = Permaculture and Soil Repair with Luke from Verge Permaculture
3:30 - 4:00 = Vermicomposting (worms) with Pat and Mark from Worms at Work

JAM TABLE:
1:15 - 1:45 = Hoop making with Kora
1:45 - 2:15 = CPR skills with Christy
2:15 - 2:45 = Amazonian Plant Medicines, Culture, and the Science of Curanderismo with Amanda
2:45 - 3:15 = Water: The Great Mystery with Maher Kebbeh
3:15 - 3:45 = Parenting: Wholistic Nurturing of Children with Michelle Robinson
3:45 - 4:15 = Time Exchange with Matt

If we have more confirmed we will adjust the schedule :) Hope to see you there!
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There will also be an all afternoon, mini "old and used items swap" - feel free to bring down a few items that you have been meaning to get rid of at your house and leave them at our dome in the park - if you see something that you would like to take, feel free to take it!

Also open during the afternoon will be "Ras' Repairs" - bring down anything that you have at home that you have been meaning to fix and haven't had a chance to - Ras will be there with tools to help you fix it up!

And as always, bring down your outdoor toys (poi, hoops, frisbees, footballs, etc.) for a beautiful afternoon in the sun! :)

Much love,
Evolver Calgary ♥