Event
Urban Sustainability workshops
Saturday, February 9, 2013 10:00to15:00
Centennial Centre
the Ceilidh, 21111 Lakeshore Road, St Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, CA
Price:
FREE
Interested in urban sustainability skills and systems design?
Come to an all-day workshop with Scott Kellogg of the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center: community-based sustainable solutions. Scott is an experienced teacher, activist, ecological designer, and father. He is currently earning a Masters in Environmental Science from Johns Hopkins University.
Topics will include:
- Aquaponics
- Microlivestock
- Rainwater harvesting, greywater filtration, and urban hydrology
- Low-intensity bioremediation using plants, fungi and bacteria
- Beekeeping and silkworms
- Microgreens production, raised bed gardening, and perennial food systems
- Bioshelters, greenhouses, and season extension techniques
- Kitchen culture: apartment-scale sustainability
- Reconciliation ecology: promoting biodiversity in the city
- Vertical and rooftop farming
- Autonomous energy: veggie oil vehicles, methane digesters, and bicycle electric generators
- Ecological micro-economies
- Mushroom inoculation: take home a bag of edible oyster mushrooms to grow!
For more information on the Radix center and Scott, visit http://radixcenter.org/. Don't forget to bring a lunch!
Scott Kellogg
Scott is an experienced teacher, activist, ecological designer, and father. He presently lives in the Albany Free School Community in Albany, New York. He is currently earning a Masters in Environmental Science from Johns Hopkins University.
He has extensive experience designing and building numerous sustainable systems and has taught numerous workshops and multi-part sustainability courses in locations as diverse as Mexico, East Timor, Canada, and inner city America.
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