Consumable Earth – Kamloops

November 29th (last Sunday of every month)
Doors open at 5:30 dinner at 6pm
At Church of Nazarene, 7th and Columbia, left side door, downstairs

Please bring:
A Vegetarian or Vegan dish for about 8 people, eggs and dairy are ok
Recipe or list of ingredients is mandatory
Your own plate, cutlery, and cup
A suggested $3 donation

After dinner: Ellen Duncan will share her experience working as a Dietitian with Qwemtsin Health and Interior Health and how her working life and home life converge a passion for food sovereignty.

Earthcare Kamloops is a non-profit group of caring citizens who promote a plant-based diet, and support sustainable, local farming practices.  We strive to create a healthier, more connected community by discussing environmental and health issues at our monthly Vegetarian potlucks.(September to May)

PRESS RELEASE from the City of Kamloops – Internet Helps Kamloops Commuters Go Green

Kamloops— Kamloops commuters now have an additional alternative to driving alone to work.
The City of Kamloops, in partnership with BC’s Commuter Connections, is providing a free ride
matching service to local area residents through their on-line ride matching program,
www.carpool.ca.

“Carpool.ca takes about two minutes to use”, says Anne Marie Thornton, Director of Commuter
Connections, a BC-based non-profit that is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
through the implementation and promotion of ridesharing. “Commuters enter in their own
information and instantly receive a match list of potential carpoolers. The site is free, easy to use,
and secure. In addition to ride matching services, the Carpool.ca website contains a variety of
information and resources including a cost calculator and carpool etiquette tips.”

Commuters simply visit the website www.carpool.ca., choose “Kamloops” from the list on the
“Find a Carpool” page and fill out an on-line form. After submitting their information, participants
instantly receive a list of potential carpool matches. All information is kept strictly confidential.
By providing commuters a fast and convenient way to find carpool matches, the City of Kamloops
hopes that the introduction of this travel demand management program will help to further reduce
vehicle emissions and alleviate increasing traffic congestion. The www.carpool.ca service is used
throughout Canada, with over 8,000 registrants and growing.
The total annual cost for the program is $7,000 of which $6,000 is sponsored by the BC Climate
Exchange, a program managed by the Fraser Basin Council, and the remaining $1,000 is
contributed from the City of Kamloops.

When: Sunday November 15, 2009 at 2:00pm-6:00pm (Third Sunday of Month)
Where: 2853 Bowers Pl, Kamloops, BC
Contact: Caroline Cooper at 250.374.4646

We will be hosting a Weston A. Price Foundation Potluck. Please bring one nourishing traditional dish to share with others. If you are unsure of what a nourishing traditional dish is, please read Dietary Guidelines and Dietary Dangers. Please bring a list of ingredients for the dish or a copy of the recipe. This is for those people with food allergies or sensitivities to even properly prepared nourishing traditional foods.

We will be discussing the formation of a herd share program for Kamloops. If you are interested in raw milk, please come to this meeting.

November 14 - Food Gathering

You are invited to share your knowledge and enjoy great food. The motivation behind this event is to get local growers and consumers to start dialoguing – sharing their knowledge / skills / expertise / etc. Although they want to get people talking they are by no means limiting the dialogue to local growers – all are welcome.

10-4pm
Neskonlith Hall.
5km West of Chase.

Suggested donation $2.
For more information contact Judy – 679 3082 or Illona 679 8421

With the change of each season there is a new set of tasks and jobs and projects that arises. Shortly before the frost hit my girlfriend and I filled out pockets with paper bags and with a pencil behind my ear we wandered through her yard gathering seeds that will be planted next spring. I’ve come home on more than one occasion now carefully clutching a handful of seeds that I knocked off a flower head while walking the streets of my neighborhood.

Having recently moved into a home that I plan on spending the next decade in I would like to get a head start on whatever I can in regard to the gardens for the coming spring. I’ve been talking to people who garden and filling my head with all the sorts of tasks that I can do now before the ground freezes so that I will be better prepared to get my garden growing next year.

Next up: Raised beds.

It turns out that building and preparing a raised bed is a perfect fall activity. Building them now and filling them with earth, leaves, compost, manure and/or straw will give the soil lots of time to settle before I try to plant things in them in the spring. Fortunately I have a stockpile of wood neatly stacked along one of my fences that I have recently taken an interest in. In particular the 12′ x 36′ cedar boards that I have now decided will be what I use to build my raised garden beds.

There is 15 yards of gravel coming to my house later this week. The gravel will become what my beds sit on. The entire area will be gravelled so that I don’t have to deal with weeds and to provide good drainage for my boxes.

I’ve screwed together 6 3ftx6ft  frames that will become my beds. Each of them is held together at the corners with a wedge of 2×4 (also from the scrap pile) that has it’s pointy part sticking down. The idea is that they will serve as little stakes that keep the beds in place and provide the boards with some support. I guess. I don’t know I just read this all on the internet and copied what people told me to do. I’ll keep you posted about how they hold up.

Next project… indoor winter greens…