Transition NDG Events and Activities

Date Event/Activity Place

2012 October 26 Film – Transition 1.0 Unitarian Church November 9 Film – Transition 2.0 NDG Food Depot November 22 Film – Garbage Warrior NDG Food Depot November 30 Film – Economics of Happiness Coop La Maison Verte December Potluck NDG Food Depot 2013 January 11 Ice Storm Party – Story telling & discussion about resilience NDG Food Depot January 19-21 Transition training with Pamela Boyce Simms Saugerties, NY February 14 Swap NDG Food Depot March 6 Peak Oil & the New Economy film evening: There’s No Tomorrow NDG Food Depot + Sacred Economics, and interview with Charles Eisenstein March 9 Biodynamic Gardening Workshop (Marc Gagnon) + potluck NDG Food Depot April 4 Permaculture & the Future of Food film evening with Graham Coop La Maison Verte Calder: How to survive the coming crises with permaculture (Geoff Lawton) + The Man Who Planted Trees May 9 Film – The People’s Supermarket Coop La Maison Verte June 8 Celebrating Community St. Thomas Church June 13 Inspiring TED talks film evening: growing food in cities, creative Coop La Maison Verte entrepreneurship for youth, ideas for improving streets in your neighbourhood June Making self-watering containers Co-op La Maison Verte + Lesley Winter’s home July Launch of Incredible Edibles planters, year 1 Sherbrooke St. July 6 Presentation on Transition at Northeast Permaculture Frelighsburgh Convergence November 22 Swap NDG Food Depot November 26 Film – Money & Life Coop La Maison Verte 2014 January 17 Potluck evening – Positive Solutions with Permaculture, Guest: NDG Food Depot Graham Calder January 22 Film – Occupy Love Loyola Chapel February 21 Potluck evening - Local Economies + Swap, Douglas Jack NDG Food Depot March 7 Soap making Workshop with Gardens without Borders NDG Food Depot March 21 Potluck evening – Understanding and dealing with food waste; NDG Food Depot Guests: Max Godber & Cameron Stiff April 18 Potluck evening – Incredible Edibles & Story-telling NDG Food Depot April 24 Taking apart pallets with Joseph Gagné NDG Food Depot April 26 Incredible Edibles - Building self-watering containers Eco- Quartier April 27 Incredible Edibles – seed starting workshop Lesley Levy’s home May 2 Presentation + discussion on alternative/renewable energies with Coop La Maison Verte André Fry May 16 Potluck evening – The Wonder of Weeds with Monica Giacomin NDG Food Depot May 29 Incredible Edibles – Starting an Urban Edible Garden with Sherbrooke & Draper Gardens without Borders May 31 Incredible Edibles – Planters launch Coop La Maison Verte June 7 Incredible Edibles & 100 in 1 day: Making a kids Garden Sherbrooke & Draper June 8 Incredible Edibles – Making an Herbal Spiral with Gardens Sherbrooke & Draper without Borders July Incredible Edibles – presentation at QC Permaculture Convergence Frelighsburgh July 26 Tour du bloc – Tour du monde; with NDG Community Council Sherbrooke St. July 28 Meeting Concordia/German students to talk about food security, NDG Food Depot Transition and Incredible Edibles September 11 Su Sokol presents her book Cycling to Asylum + Zvi Leve Coop La Maison Verte animating a conversation about cycling in NDG September 19 Potluck Evening – A Sacred Journey to the Amazon with the NDG Food Depot Pachamama Alliance; Guest: Sonya Girard September 27 Incredible Edibles - Daisy & the Wonder Weeds concert Theatre Lavallée in Parc Lafontaine October 7 Film - Voices of Transition Coop La Maison Verte

October 11 Incredible Edibles – Putting away the planters and putting Sherbrooke & Draper compost on the Solar Gardens October 19 Incredible Edibles – Planting Garlic and tulip bulbs at the Solar Sherbrooke & Draper Gardens October 17 Potluck evening – What is Transition? Jane & Kathy NDG Food Depot November 4 Film - Poubelle Province Coop La Maison Verte November 14 Transition Team, Pamela Boyce Simms Kathy’s home November Transition Training, Pamela Boyce Simms The Hive 15,16 November 21 Potluck evening with Carolina Echeverria NDG Food Depot November 23 Knitting & Sewing Circle Gryphon Tea Room December 2 Film evening – Consumed (Guest: Jason Prince) Coop La Maison Verte 2015 January 16 Potluck evening, Stefan Sobkowiak, Miracle Farms NDG Food Depot Urban Permaculture Orchard, Beyond Organic February 3 Film Evening – Aftermass (with NDG Cycling Association) Coop La Maison Verte February 20 Alveole, Urban Beekeeping as a Social Catalyst NDG Food Depot

March 3 Film Evening - Cowspiracy March 6 Potluck evening – Gina Cenciose, NDG Food Depot Non-Violent Communication March 25 How to Adopt a Plant-Based Diet, Holistic Nutrition Workshop, Coop La Maison Verte Danielle Levy

March 28 How Do I get Involved in Transition? The Hive March 28 Table at Westmount’s Earth Hour Victoria Hall

April 7 Film evening – Transforming the City with Urban Agriculture/ Coop La Maison Verte Transformer La Ville April 11, 12 Introductory Non-Violent Communication Workshop with Gina Loyola Chapel Cenciose April 17 Potluck evening – Starting the Season off right: Sharing NDG Food Depot knowledge about urban agriculture / Bien commencer la saison: partageons des connaissances en agriculture urbaine, Lauren Pochereva, Action Communiterre April 18 Incredible Edibles Seed Starting Workshop Eco-Quartier April 23 TNDG perspective on Wealth Inequality presentation NDG Community Council

May 5 Film evening – Permaculture Blitz avec/with Geoff Lawton Coop La Maison Verte May 13 Post-Austerity Economics with JOATU Coop La Maison Verte May 15 Potluck evening – Public & Community Art, Melanie Stuy NDG Food Depot May 16 Incredible Edibles Self-Watering Container Workshop Eco-Quartier May 31 Incredible Edibles Launch! Eco-Quartier

June 6 Incredible Edibles Solar Gardens planting Sherbrook & Draper July 31 Incredible Edibles Planters Tour Somerled and Walkley

August 15 Swap + upcycling old clothing workshop NDG Park Art Hive August 22 Herbal Medicine Tea Workshop NDG Park Art Hive

September 28 Gift Culture & Emerging Economies, Robin McKenna & Vanessa Loyola Chapel Reid

October 13 Film evening – Election ad film clips Coop La Maison Verte October 17 Swap NDG Art Hive October 29 Designing for Change, Graham Calder, P3 Permaculture Coop La Maison Verte

November 3 Skill Share – Bread-making with Colette Van Haaren Kathy’s home November 3 Film evening – The Corporation Coop La Maison Verte November 4, Knitting Circle Members’ homes 11, 18, 25 Nov. 8, 11, 13, 14 Skill Share – Vegan Cooking with Cym Gomery Cym’s home November 19 Permaculture Book Club (with P3) – first meeting L’Esprit Sport November 25 Ethical Investment Club presentation Coop La Maison Verte

December 1 Film Evening – Just Eat It Coop La Maison Verte Dec. 2, 9, 16 Knitting Circle Members’ homes December 3 Skill Share – Bread-making with Colette Van Haaren Kathy’s home December 12 Knit-a-thon for Syrian refugees (collaborator, with community partners) Ecole Rudolf Steiner

2016 January 9 Radical Resthomes with Janet Torge Kathy’s home Jan, 13, 20, 27 Knitting Circle Members’ homes January 25 Transition Resilience Coop AGM Sonya’s home January 26 Living Soils Workshop with Vivian Kaloxolis Coop La Maison Verte

February 2 Film evening – The Wisdom To Survive Coop La Maison Verte February 24 Urban-Rural Connection – Farmers, Land Trusts, etc. (with HFC) Café Zephyr February 25 Permaculture Book Club (with P3) L’Esprit Sport

March 1 Film evening – Inhabit Coop La Maison Verte March 8 How to make Lip Balm / Jardins sans Frontières Café Zephyr March 11 Herb workshop with Lisa Lewak Kathy’s home March 19 Radical Resthomes with Janet Torge Kathy’s home TNDG Info Table at Westmount’s Earth Hour Victoria Hall March 24 Permaculture Book Club (with P3) L’Esprit Sport March 29 How to Make a Terrarium / Jardins sans Frontières (full) Café Zephyr

April 1 TNDG meeting with Marc Garneau (Jane & Kathy) Riding office April 5, 7 pm Film evening – Waste Land Coop La Maison Verte April 5, 2 pm Seed Starting Workshop – IE and Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi CJE April 7, 7 pm Season Extension: Spring, Fall & Winter Gardening! Réseau de Coop La Maison Verte jardinage du Sud-Ouest et Verdun cancelled April 7, 7 pm Permaculture Book Club (with P3) Café in Mile-End April 12, 6 pm Urban Permaculture Garden Design / Jardins sans Frontières Café Zephyr April 14, 6 pm IE Planters Somerled – meeting with community Eco-Quartier April 20, 6 pm Sourdough Bread Skillshare Fundraiser/Lea Stillinger & Wendi Wendi’s home Peterson April 22, 6 pm Waste (with Eco-Quartier) Eco-Quartier April 26, 6pm Sprouts & Microgreens / Jardins sans Frontières Café Zephyr April 30, 10 am The Work That Reconnects with Rebekah Hart cancelled 5145 Decarie

May 3, 7 pm Film evening – Symphony of the Soil Coop La Maison Verte May 9, 7 pm Gardening in Small Spaces/ Urban Seedling Coop La Maison Verte May 10, 6 pm How to Make a Pallet Garden / Jardins sans Frontières Marcil Green Alley/Tanya May 14 Garage Sale May 15 IE Somerled Planters Cleanup and Soil Amendment Metro Somerled May 21, 10 am IE Planters Launch with Eco-Quartier Metro Somerled May 27, pm TNDG & IE tables as part of their garden launch & market going NDG Food Depot outdoors May 29, 1 pm IE gardens at old Post Office - planting Sherbrooke & Wilson

June 2, 1 p.m. IE CJE – adding the soil CJE

July 20, 6 pm IE picnic with storytelling Somerled Park July 26, 7pm Sourdough Bread Skillshare Fundraiser/Lea Stillinger & Wendi Wendi’s home Peterson

Aug. 6, 3:30 pm Tour of the IE planters Somerled Aug. 9, 10 am IE Monkland – adding the soil Monkland & Montclair Aug. 12, 1 pm Presentation on Transition with others at World Social Forum UQAM Aug. 27 IE Table at Arts Week Walk Sherbrooke & Wilson

Sept. 6, 7 pm Film Evening – Placemaking shorts (Max Godber, facilitator) Coop La Maison Verte Sept. 16, 10 am IE consultation with Vivian Kaloxolis (Docterre) about soil Somerled planters Sept. 19, 7 pm Salted Herbs Workshop with Jane Barr Café Zephyr

Oct. 2, 10 am Swap Art Hive Chalet, Parc NDG Oct. 3, 7 pm Talk by Marty Nasralla, Valhalla Café Zephyr Oct. 4, 7 pm Film Evening – US Election Ads (Jason Prince & Jason Hughes) Coop La Maison Verte Oct. 30, 10:30 Closing IE Somerled planters & soil amendment Somerled

Nov. 1, 7 pm Film Evening – This Changes Everything (Bob McBride, facilitator) Coop La Maison Verte Nov. 15, 7 pm Knitting Circle (restarts) Jane’s home Nov. 16, 7:30 Standing Rock – Conversation & fundraiser (with Carolina Coop La Maison Verte pm Echeverria & Coop Maison Verte)

Dec. 3 Kombucha workshop (Irina Grecu) Kathy’s home Dec. 6, 7 pm Film Evening - Demain Coop La Maison Verte Dec. 8, 7:30 pm Permaculture Book Club (restarts) Kathy’s home Dec. 10/11 Lesley’s fundraiser for TNDG Lesley’s home

2017 Jan. 19 Permaculture Book Club Irina’s home Jan. 20 TNDG presentation at Climate Café Westmount Park Church Jan. 26 Popup #1 Zephyr Café Knitting skillshare with Colette (2 p.m.) IE presentation with Jane (5 p.m.) Sour Dough workshop with Lea and Wendi (7 p.m.) Jan. 29 Gut Self Care Workshop with Brandee Safran L’Esprit Sport Jan. 30 Popup #2 Zephyr Café Sour Dough workshop with Lea and Wendi (4:30 p.m.) Introduction to Fermentation - Recipe: Kimchi with Monica & Satoshi (7:15 p.m.) ?

Feb. 6 Popup #3 Zephyr Café Inner Transition: Intro to Non-Violent Communication, Jane Barr Benefits of Fermented food - Recipe: Sauerkraut with Monica and Satoshi (3 p.m.) Community Resilience in Face of Emergency #1 (7 p.m.) Feb. 8 Nature in the City - L'Anse-à-l'Orme Sue Stacho Coop La Maison Verte Feb. 11 Nature in the City - L'Anse-à-l'Orme – walk L'Anse-à-l'Orme Feb 13 Popup #4 Zephyr Café Inner Transition: Into to Meditation, Jane Barr Composting, Vermicomposting and the new food waste collection system with Nikki (3 p.m.) ? Potluck and Speaker evening – Joey El Khoury (6 p.m.) Feb. 14 Film Evening - Prof. Norman Cornett Coop La Maison Verte Feb. 16 Permaculture Book Club Cym’s home Feb. 20 Popup #5 Zephyr Café Inner Transition: Intro to NVC part II – Empathy, Jane Barr Radical Resthomes with Janet Torge (3 p.m.) Potluck and Speaker evening – Blake Poland (6p.m.) Feb. 21 Nature in the City – Meadowbrook & La Falaise with Lousie Coop La Maison Verte Legault & Lisa Mintz Feb. 25 Nature in the City – Meadowbrook - walk Meadowbrook Feb. 26 Nature in the City – La Falaise - walk La Falaise Feb 27 Popup #6 Zephyr Café Inner Transition: Sound and Centering for Meditation, Kara Johnston Garbage Audit with Nikki (3 p.m.) Potluck and Speaker evening - Graham Calder (6 p.m.)

March 1 Nature in the City – Technoparc Wetlands with Joel Coutu Coop La Maison Verte March 5 Nature in the City – Technoparc Wetlands - walk Technoparc Wetlands March 6 Popup #7 Zephyr Café Inner Transition: Creating Inner Balance using Sound & Meditation techniques, Sonya Girard Mosaic Art with Sonya (3 p.m.) Hudson Food Collective ( 6 p.m.) March 13 Popup #8 Zephyr Café Inner Transition: The Work That Reconnects Making the Vision Board with Sonya 7 p.m. Drumming Party March 20 Mending with Owen Brush Zephyr Café March 21 Nature in the City – Following the St. Pierre River Coop La Maison Verte March 24 Herb First Aid Kit with Iman Khailat Kathy’s home March 27 Disaster Resilience – Learning to build a rocket stove with Steve Zephyr Café Leckman March 28 Film Evening – The Divide (rescheduled) Coop La Maison Verte

April 3 Starting Seeds with Kathy and Sonya Zephyr Café April 6 Meeting with group from Taiwan (Satoshi, Hélène, Kathy) Zephyr Café April 7 NVC with Carolyne Dupré Kathy’s home April 11 Film Evening – all the time in the world – disconnecting to Coop La Maison Verte reconnect April 12 Natural Cosmetics with Iman Khailat Iman’s home April 24 Soil with Vivian Kaloxilos Coop La Maison Verte

May 1 Prebiotics (Satoshi & Monica) Zephyr Café May 4 Vermicomposting with Beth Sissons Lea’s home May 8 Kombucha with Irina Grecu Zephyr Café May 9 Film Evening - No Land, No Food, No Life Coop La Maison Verte May 11 Story telling with Brenda Keesal (Nature) Kathy’s home May 15 NVC with Carolyne Dupré Zephyr Café May 22 Mantras and Meditation (Kara) Zephyr Café May 26 TNDG Board – NVC with Gina Cenciose TBD May 27 IE Launch – Sherbrooke netween Melrose & Wison May 29 NVC with Carolyne Dupré Zephyr Café May 30 Seed Bomb Workshop Zephyr Café

June 3 Garage Sale (rain date June 4th) Sherbrooke & Wilson June 5 A herbal medicine gardening class, Mark Reynolds Zephyr Café June 8 Design your own Ultimate Balcony Garden, Urban Homestead Zephyr Café June 13 Film Evening – Cultural Creatives – The (R)evolution Coop La Maison Verte June 20 Science of Diet & Health Workshop – The Wholistic Approach, Métèque Steven Scott June 22 Summer Solstice: A Sacred Sound Healing Journey Métèque June 27 Science of Diet & Health Workshop – The Diet We Have Evolved Métèque to Eat, Steven Scott June 29 5 a 7: garden beds tour and tea tasting CJE

July 4 Science of Diet & Health Workshop – Evolution of the Human Métèque Diet: From Farming to Industrial Cuisine, Steven Scott July 6 AGM Zephyr Café July 10 Mantras and Meditation (Kara) Zephyr Café July 11 Science of Diet & Health Workshop – The Nutritarian Diet & the Métèque Importance of Beans, Steven Scott July 18 Science of Diet & Health Workshop – The Human Digestive Métèque System & the Processing of Carbohydrates, Fat, Protein & Micronutrients, Steven Scott July 25 Science of Diet & Health Workshop – Your Second Brain: The Métèque Digestive System Part Two, Steven Scott

August 1 Science of Diet & Health Workshop – Toxic Hunger & Reversing Métèque Obesity & Diabetes, Steven Scott August 7 Mantras and Meditation (Kara) Zephyr Café August 8 Science of Diet & Health Workshop – Oil & Fat, & Reversing Heart Métèque Disease, Steven Scott August 20 St. Pierre River Bike Ride, Louise Chenevert August 22 Science of Diet & Health Workshop – Animal Protein, Cancer & Métèque Autoimmune Disease, Steven Scott August 29 Science of Diet & Health Workshop – , Steven Scott Métèque August 30 Proportional Representation, Cym Gomery Coop La Maison Verte

September 6 Block Therapy Intensive Lea’s home September 7 Making Herbal Remedies for the Coming Winter, Mark Reynolds Zephyr Café September 11 Coyote Program, Connecting with Nature, Steve Leckman Zephyr Café September 12 Film Evening – What the Health Coop La Maison Verte September 13 Block Therapy Intensive Lea’s home September 18 Mantras and Meditation (Kara) Zephyr Café September 20 Block Therapy Intensive Lea’s home September 27 Empathy & Self Empathy, Gina Cenciose Métèque

October 2 DIY – Body Products, Pamela Fillion Zephyr Café October 10 Film Evening - Montreal Municipal Elections, Jason Hughes Coop La Maison Verte October 12 Permaculture Book Club Kathy’s home Mantras and Meditation (Kara) Zephyr Café October 16 Leap Manifesto, Bob McBryde Zephyr Café October 19 Sonya’s home October 23 DIY - Affordable & Sustainable Cleaning Zephyr Café Storytelling with Brenda Keesal – On Beauty Lesley’s home Oct.29, 2 to 5 p.m. Sacred Garden Steven Martyn Métèque October 30 Intro to Ayurveda, Dominic Tambuzzo Zephyr Café

November 2 Transition Villeray film evening November 13 Mantras and Meditation (Kara) Zephyr Café November 14 Film Evening – Food Coop Coop La Maison Verte Nov 18/19 NVC Weekend Workshop, Gina Cenciose Loyola Chapel

December 12 Film Evening - The Greenhorns Coop La Maison Verte Updated September 20, 2017