Events
Regina Home Economics for Living Project Presents
2nd Annual “Growing Community”
Roast Beef Fundraising Dinner
In support of living skills programming for children and families
Date: Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Time: 6:00 till 8:00 p.m.
Place: Whitmore Park United Church, 336 Durham Drive
Cost: $20.00 ($10.00 charitable tax receipt issued)
Meal: Roast beef, cabbage rolls, buns, gravy, roasted potatoes, salads, hot vegetables and dessert
*** SILENT AUCTION
Tickets are available by calling 347-7877
or e-mail rehelp@sasktel.net
Ticket deadline is April 29th.
Jim Settee: The Way Home
A Story of Transformation and homecoming
Directed by Saskatoon's own, Jeanne Corrigal (will be in attendance)
Tuesday May 11, 2010, 7:00pm at the Regina Public Library Film Theatre (Free Admission)
On a summer day in the late 1950s, Jim Settee arrived at Kingsmere Lake, Saskatchewan, called by a desperate team after a three day unsuccessful search for a lost boy. In two hours Jim tracked that boy over six miles of muskeg. Fifty years later, the filmmaker’s search for how Jim brought that boy back leads her into our universal search for home, and into her own personal homecoming. This is the story of Jim’s remarkable life as a tracker, historian, advocate, and spiritual mentor. It is also a story of transformation for those he touched, and a legacy for all people on our varied journeys ‘home’.
Saskatoon Director Jeanne Corrigal in attendance
Special remarks by Buddhist teacher Donald Rothberg and by Elder Joseph Naytowhow
See attached Poster. Hang at your workplace!
You may download the proposed public market guidelines here: http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=cececa75-012...
Comments are due May 14.
PLEASE FORWARD THROUGH YOUR NETWORKS
You Are Invited to a "Training for Transition" Workshop On May 15 and 16!
PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BY EMAILING rooted.uofs@gmail.com
What: 2-Day Workshop
When: 9 am to 4:30 pm on Saturday May 15 and Sunday May 16
Where: University of Saskatchewan, Agriculture Building Room 2E17, Saskatoon
Cost: $25 for low-income, $50 for medium income, $100 for high income. We accept cash or check, which can be paid upon arrival to the workshop.
How to Register: email us at rooted.uofs@gmail.com...PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! ALREADY REGISTERED? SEND IN A CONFIRMATION EMAIL ANYWAY!
Food: the workshop will be a potluck style! Bring out your favorite dish to share, but keep in mind that many of participants will be vegetarian. Also avoid nuts.
Coffee/Tea and other Refreshments, as well as dishes and cutlery will be provided!
Training for Transition Workshop
This two day workshop is intended to introduce and allow for practice of skills required to initiate the very successful “Transition Town” model of local response to global challenges. Learn how to: initiate a transition group in your community; build awareness of peak oil, climate change and economic instability; and engage citizens from all walks of life in neighborhood or community projects. This is a very full two days of learning. From the practical (organizing Open Space sessions and planning awareness activities) to the theoretical (principles of resilience and theories of change), you will leave the session better equipped to offer transition leadership in the place you call home.
Course Objectives Include:
Understanding the context for transition;
Understanding the Transition Towns model as it has evolved so far – from inspiration to working groups;
Gaining knowledge of the main steps of transition;
Working out a plan of action for yourself and your community;
Understanding the inner and outer aspects of transition;
Having the elements of an inspiring talk on Transition Towns and
Enabling educators to share transition concepts and actions with their students.
Who Should Attend?
The workshop is for anyone interested in strengthening a community wide response to the converging trends of fossil fuel dependence, climate change and economic instability. Anyone is welcome to attend! We are particularly hoping to have representatives from various local Environmental and Social Justice Organizations, as well as the Community Associations.
Behind the Scenes:
Rooted and Transition Saskatoon are pleased to present this workshop in conjunction with the Office of Sustainability, SEN and ESSA, as part of a series of events and activities beginning this spring. Our goal is to find ways to support existing, and encourage new, activities that all contribute to the transition of the Saskatoon region to a powered down, sustainable future. These activities will include; film screenings, public discussions on topics including regional food sovereignty, The "Great Reskilling Skill-Share Series", participation in the 350.org Global Work Party on October 10, and more!. We welcome new members at all levels of involvement!
PLEASE FORWARD THROUGH YOUR NETWORKS
You Are Invited to a "Training for Transition" Workshop On May 15 and 16!
PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BY EMAILING rooted.uofs@gmail.com
What: 2-Day Workshop
When: 9 am to 4:30 pm on Saturday May 15 and Sunday May 16
Where: University of Saskatchewan, Agriculture Building Room 2E17, Saskatoon
Cost: $25 for low-income, $50 for medium income, $100 for high income. We accept cash or check, which can be paid upon arrival to the workshop.
How to Register: email us at rooted.uofs@gmail.com...PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! ALREADY REGISTERED? SEND IN A CONFIRMATION EMAIL ANYWAY!
Food: the workshop will be a potluck style! Bring out your favorite dish to share, but keep in mind that many of participants will be vegetarian. Also avoid nuts.
Coffee/Tea and other Refreshments, as well as dishes and cutlery will be provided!
Training for Transition Workshop
This two day workshop is intended to introduce and allow for practice of skills required to initiate the very successful “Transition Town” model of local response to global challenges. Learn how to: initiate a transition group in your community; build awareness of peak oil, climate change and economic instability; and engage citizens from all walks of life in neighborhood or community projects. This is a very full two days of learning. From the practical (organizing Open Space sessions and planning awareness activities) to the theoretical (principles of resilience and theories of change), you will leave the session better equipped to offer transition leadership in the place you call home.
Course Objectives Include:
Understanding the context for transition;
Understanding the Transition Towns model as it has evolved so far – from inspiration to working groups;
Gaining knowledge of the main steps of transition;
Working out a plan of action for yourself and your community;
Understanding the inner and outer aspects of transition;
Having the elements of an inspiring talk on Transition Towns and
Enabling educators to share transition concepts and actions with their students.
Who Should Attend?
The workshop is for anyone interested in strengthening a community wide response to the converging trends of fossil fuel dependence, climate change and economic instability. Anyone is welcome to attend! We are particularly hoping to have representatives from various local Environmental and Social Justice Organizations, as well as the Community Associations.
Behind the Scenes:
Rooted and Transition Saskatoon are pleased to present this workshop in conjunction with the Office of Sustainability, SEN and ESSA, as part of a series of events and activities beginning this spring. Our goal is to find ways to support existing, and encourage new, activities that all contribute to the transition of the Saskatoon region to a powered down, sustainable future. These activities will include; film screenings, public discussions on topics including regional food sovereignty, The "Great Reskilling Skill-Share Series", participation in the 350.org Global Work Party on October 10, and more!. We welcome new members at all levels of involvement!
Dear Members and Supporters of RCE Saskatchewan,
A portion of the upcoming 5th International RCE Conference in Curitiba, Brazil, is dedicated to a Continental Meeting of RCEs in the Americas. I am pleased to announce that thanks to the Video Conference Service of Environment Canada we have been able to arrange a local venue for RCE Saskatchewan members and supporters to participate by video conference in the meeting. The following are the meeting details:
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m (Saskatchewan time)
Location: Room 186.1, Education Building, University of Regina (see attached map)
In addition to representatives of RCEs in the Americas in Curitiba and our Regina venue, we will also be having participation from sites in Vancouver (RCE British Columbia North Cascades), RCE Montréal, and RCE Greater Sudbury.
You will find attached both the meeting agenda (in English and French) along with the minutes from the RCE of the Americas meeting held last year in Montreal.
I look forward to your participation in this exciting event.
Best wishes,
Roger Petry, Co-coordinator, RCE Saskatchewan
A special session at is being held at the upcoming ASAC Conference (http://asac2010.uregina.ca/). The session is on "Capacity and Collaborations in Business Sustainability Research" see attached. The session is available to Conference attendees at no additional charge. We are also making it available to others on a cost recovery basis (see registration form on the registration link on the conference website). We think this session might be of interest to you and some of your colleagues. Please spread the word. We want as broad and diverse a group as we can assemble.
http://www.cbd.int/2010/country/?country=ca (2010 is UN Year of Biodiversity).
