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Educational Guide launch: Roots Around the World
After years of experimenting with kids from the day camp Patro le Prévost, kids from UQAM's CPE and students from FACE who plant their seedlings at the McGill garden across the street, we are proud to seed new green projects in the school environment through this educational guide on urban agriculture "Roots Around the World". For the moment,the French version is available as "Des racines autour du monde" and the English version will be available very soon.
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Submitted by daniella on Wed, 24/09/2008 - 11:42am.
Fête des récoltes -Harvest party !
Le projet des jardins sur les toits vous invite À sa fête annuelle des récoltes!
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Submitted by ismael on Thu, 11/09/2008 - 9:31pm.
A new garden at UQAM
A new garden was created by students in Environmental Sciences at UQAM. Activities organised at this entirely self-managed garden will allow students to explore urban gardening and social involvement. The garden's produce will go to the red roof church for distribution to the homeless.
Posted to: Nos histoires / Our stories | Community Involvement | Gardening Techniques and Dissemination
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Submitted by ismael on Wed, 06/08/2008 - 2:58pm.
Yoga on the rooftop !
Yoga classes at Claire Morissette garden
Every Thursday mornings from 9h to 10h (Design pavillon, 1440 Sanguinet, 6th floor). It’s right before the gardening session. Voluntary donation of about 8$ suggested. Cancelled in case of rain.
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Submitted by ismael on Wed, 06/08/2008 - 1:29pm.
Alternatives' Days 2008
Alternatives’ Days 2008 will take place from august 22 to 24th 2008 in Saint-Alphonse-de-Rodriguez. This global solidarity summer school from Alternatives includes workshops, debates, and discussions focusing on political and socioeconomic policy at home and abroad. In attendance will be more than 100 stakeholders from America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Camp Papillon, 210, av. Papillon, St-Alphonse-de-Rodriguez
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Submitted by isabelle on Tue, 29/07/2008 - 11:04am.
Internships information evening
We are presently recruiting for internship and accompaniers positions of the Quebec Sans Frontière program. Internships positions are available in Cuba, Bolivia, Mali and Montreal.
Alternatives’ Internships Program for 2008-2009 offers internships funded by the Québec Sans Frontières Program of Québec’s Ministère des relations internationales.
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Submitted by isabelle on Tue, 29/07/2008 - 10:58am.
Cuban permaculture workshop
Oliveris is a cuban intern at Alternatives and he is going to give us a very interesting workshop about urban agriculture in Cuba. He’s going to talk about composting, alterning cultures, using bees and a lot more about the garden he works in, in the hart of his living town :Sancti Spiritu.
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Submitted by isabelle on Thu, 17/07/2008 - 3:18pm.
Annual B.B.Q. at the Roulant's garden !
Come and celebrate for the community garden of Santropol Roulant. Thursday, July 31st from 17h to 22h. Great food, music, dance and a lot more !
www.santropolroulant.org
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Submitted by isabelle on Thu, 17/07/2008 - 3:11pm.
Garden Party rain or shine !
in case of rain, the party will be at the MacDonald Harrington Building of McGill School of Architecture.
Submitted by ismael on Thu, 19/06/2008 - 9:28pm.
Permaculture Workshop
Join Claude William Genest for an Intro to Permaculture Design next Thursday, June 12th, from 4-7pm at the McGill Edible Campus Garden.
Permaculture is an ethical system of ecological design the goal of which is to create human habitat that is aesthetically beautiful, ecologically beneficial and financially profitable. Permaculture is a philosophy of working with and not against nature to create regenerative landscapes and Gardens of Eatin' !
Edible Campus Garden (in front of Burnside Hall, McGill University Campus, 805 rue Sherbrooke W.)
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Submitted by Tim on Wed, 11/06/2008 - 4:35pm.