Consumable Earth – Kamloops

May 2, 2009 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Join the Council of Canadians, Citizens for a Just Peace and Kamloops District Labour Council for the 33rd Annual Walk for Peace, the Environment and Social Justice.

There will be music, speakers, activities for kids, sign painting and the walk starts at noon. Gather infront of Stuart Wood Elementary at 245 St Paul St at 10.30 am.

Contact Anita Strong for more information 250.377.0055

I was reading the events at Access Kamloops and came across this one. I also picked up some information about it at the Kamloops Farmers Market on opening weekend.

The Kamloops Urban Hen Movement is having a week long event! It’s got movies, lectures and workshops. Go to Omelettes for Everyone for the schedule.

Continue reading AgriCULTURE Week – April 27 to May 3, 2009…

Boutenko talk: Green Smoothie Revolution

The Boutenkos are the authors of some of the most popular Raw Books and DVD’s such as:

· ‘Greens for Live” · “Fresh – the Ultimate Live Food Cookbook” by Sergei & Valya · “12 Steps to Raw Foods” · “Greens Can Save Your Life” – DVD · “Reversing the Irreversible” – DVD by Valya

April 21: Kamloops
Time: Tuesday, 6-9pm
Location: The Thompson Hotel & Conference Centre in the Conference
Room 650 Victoria St.
Cost: General Public $15 / RawBC* members $10
(Price includes sample of green smoothie and raw appetizers)
RawBC membership is available at the event
Contact: Esther 250-376-0887 or email: rawkinana@gmail.com
RSVP: As space is limited please reserve your seat prior with the contact above.

On Earth Day this year, consider doing something for Mother Earth, such as:

• Organize a neighbourhood clean up.
• Buy environmentally friendly cleaning products or try using natural cleaners such as vinegar, lemons or baking soda.
• Reduce the amount of resources you use and generate less waste.
• Pack a litterless lunch, reusable items can be 45% less expensive and they have approximately 89% less waste than single use lunches.
• Composting reduces household waste by 30% and helps decrease greenhouse gases generated from our landfill. * Reuse items before discarding them.
• Donate used goods to local charities, shops or schools.
• Post items on the TNRD Reuses website to give away or sell up to $99
• Recycle materials that can be made into new products.
• For materials not accepted in the curbside program, please visit Recyclopedia at TNRD Reuses for alternate options.
• Buy Local. For every pound of local food you buy, you save a quarter pound of C02 emissions and also support local businesses.
• Turn off your computer monitor if you are going to be away for 15 minutes or more, the monitor uses 75% of a computers’ electricity.
• Use a layer of organic mulch around plants to reduce evaporation and save water.

In our community:

Chase’s Haldane Elementary School is celebrating Earth Day on April 20th with an assembly, tree planting, gardening, birdhouse building and more! For more information on this event click here

**For more information on Earth Day please visit the Earth Day Canada website

April 18, 2009
9am – 1pm Aberdeen Village Center, 1395 Hillside Way – Come to the west end of the parking lot by Pacific Way

Help us dispose of electronic waste the right way! Bring your unwanted e-waste to our Earth Day event on Saturday, April 18th for our e-waste recycling. Only the first 100 residential drop-offs will be accepted. We can take computers, monitors, keyboards, mice and printers. Laptops less than four years old will be donated to the Developing World Connections charity. ReStore volunteers will be onsite to see if any old PCs can be refurbished as well.

Contact Email: kamloops@1800gotjunk.com www.encorp.ca/electronics

Someone near us is building an earthship and they want you to come and see what they are doing!

If you have seen the movie ‘The Garbage Warrior‘ then you know what the heck I am talking about. If you haven’t the movie begs the question what do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you’re renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing. For 30 years New Mexico-based Reynolds and his green disciples have devoted their time to advancing the art of “Earthship Biotecture” by building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities where design and function converge in eco-harmony.

The Burkholders are building an earthship in Darfield BC and are sharing their journey and the story on their blog. Also they could use some old tires. Not random tires but fairly specific ones to simplify their constructive process.

"They MUST be 245, 235 or 225 as we use them like bricks so the thickness has
to be the same.  Diameter (anything after the R on the tire) doesn't matter.
We certainly appreciate any donations of these sizes!  And after going
around the tire shops for the last 6 months, there is certainly no end of
tires....a real eye opener."

We would love to go out and visit when they start constructing walls and would like to arrange a group of people who are interested. I imagine they are pretty busy so showing a larger group around once would take up less of their time than a whole bunch of people lots of times. Comment or post here to express your interest and we’ll make it happen!

The first markets of the year, offering bedding plants, early veggies, baked goods and art work, will be held:

Saturday, April 18th
8am-12noon
3rd & St Paul Street
(in front of Stuart Wood School)

Wednesday, April 29th
8am-2pm

5th & Victoria Street
(in front of the library)

For more information visit Kamloops Farmers Market.
See you there!

This post was originally found at http://soundkamloops.org an amazing site dedicated to changing thoughts to action.

Kamloops

E-Waste Collection (hosted by 1-800-GOT-JUNK)

Help us dispose of electronic waste the right way! Bring your unwanted e-waste to our Earth Day event on Saturday, April 18th for our e-waste recycling. Only the first 100 residential drop-offs will be accepted. We can take computers, monitors, keyboards, mice and printers. Laptops less than four years old will be donated to the Developing World Connections charity. ReStore volunteers will be onsite to see if any old PCs can be refurbished as well.
Date: April 18, 2009
Time: 9am – 1pm

Location: Aberdeen Village Center, 1395 Hillside Way – Come to the west end of the parking lot by Pacific Way

Contact Email: kamloops@1800gotjunk.com
www.encorp.ca/electronics

Why Urban Hens?

Growing our own food is one of the best ways that people can make an impact by become more sustainable. Vegetable gardens are a great start to producing food in your backyard but by raising egg-laying hens people can introduce a home grown protein source into their diet. It creates not only food security but food sovereignty on an individual, community and global level. It may be a small, innocuous thing to have a chicken or two or three in your back yard, but it is the principal of it that makes it important. It is having the right to provide yourself as much of your own food as possible. It will improve food security in the city. It is about allowing people the dignity to legally become as sustainable as possible in a world that is quickly moving in the other direction. It is about individuals realizing that eating locally will make a difference. It is about the freedom to use land to its full extent to feed people. And it is about empowering Kamloops citizens to become more self-reliant, more food secure, and more able to step outside in the morning and collecting their fresh, very nutritious and very local eggs.

There is a unique intrinsic satisfaction that comes with occupying one’s time and energy collecting fresh food from the land you live on. What better way to start making a positive individual and social change than in your own back yard at, literally, the grassroots level?

Read a short report on the benefits or email Bonnie Klohn at b_klohn@yahoo.com for more info.
This is a project of the Thompson Rivers University Eco Committee

For some great articles on building your own coops and general chicken care

A Winner Of CMHC’s EQuilibrium™ Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative

KAMLOOPS, February 13, 2009 — A Kamloops builder and developer team made up of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) Central Interior Chapter, and Thompson Rivers University, has been chosen to build one of three new CMHC EQuilibrium™ Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative homes, the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced today.

read the full article at CMHC