EcoSociety MarketFest this Friday, July 23^rd

What’s better on a warm summer evening than a lively festival of music, dance and celebration on Baker St, downtown Nelson? Come on down and partake of the celebration this Friday! Marketfest will take place on the 200 and 300 block of Baker St. from 6:00 – 10:00pm.

There are some great bands playing for us: the Baladi Moon Dancers, Joel West, morphreek, Q City, Earplay, and Cattle Annie and the Crooked Corral. You will also find a dazzling display of items from 50 different vendors with products ranging from fantastic food to home grown produce through to hand made jewelry. Last but not least we are delighted to present a Kid’s Tent, which is new this year.

For more information about Market Fests, email: rmleong22@gmail.com or phone Rose Leong 250-825-4034

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Jumbo Wild Hike

Saturday August 21^st

As many of you know, Jumbo Pass (a beautiful area in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia) has been under the threat of ski resort development for over 20 years. There are strong arguments against the development in this area, from both an environmental as well as economic perspective, and many people are understandably opposed to it. Yet for some reason, this development proposal refuses to die.

Alissa Perry is organizing a hike on Saturday August 21st in support of keeping Jumbo Pass wild. During the hike, she will collect footage in order to produce and online video to raise awareness of the Jumbo Pass issue and inspire further action in opposition of development. This action was inspired by my involvement with the Redfish School of Change 2010, a field school sponsored by GreenLearning Canada, Pearson College, and the University of Victoria Environmental Studies program (more information at schoolofchange.ca).

Take action!

Let your boots do the talking, and join Alissa on August 21st in support of a wild Jumbo! Also, please pass on this email to anyone else you think might be interested. Please contact Alissa for more information at alissa_avens@hotmail.com

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Natural Beekeeping presentations and workshops

Top Bar Hive, Natural Beekeeping Presentation

Nelson Library basement meeting room, 10am to 1pm Saturday 31st July 2010

The first year with a top bar hive, honeybee genetics and the importance of natural

bee behaviours and working with bees in a chemical-free and input-free way.

Cost: $5.00 payable at the door

Natural Beekeeping Class Workshop

Mad Dog Farm, 9am to 12pm Sunday 1st August 2010

v     Benefits of input free bee keeping for both honeybee and humans alike .

v     The life of the hive, bee genetics and natural behaviours, the super organism.

v     Basics of working in a TopBar hive

v     Installing bees, working the hive, harvesting honey.

v     Swarming (collecting swarms and importance of swarming)

v     Processing honey, wax, pollen and propolis with a top bar hive

Location: Mad Dog Farm, 1911 Irving Road, Tarrys, Castlegar

Cost: $25.00 payable at the door

Please register with the office and bring a chair to sit on and refreshments for yourselves.

Claire Anderson (the course leader) started working with honeybees using an organic

and input free approach 3 years ago when she got her first top bar hive.

Since then, in addition to working with her own hives, she spends her time helping

the local community of Boulder, Colorado with their bees through Bee Doctoring,

swarm catching and mentoring people about bee guardianship and working with

honeybees in an organic and chemical free way that supports the honeybees

immune system and natural genetic behaviours. She has traveled throughout

Colorado with Backyard Hive coteaching natural beekeeping classes and recently

attended the Organic Beekeeping Conference in Oracle, Arizona and the Sweet

Spring Sting Symposium in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Claire cares deeply about the importance and vibrancy of the honeybees. Her passion for honeybees has lead her to start Lemon Balm Hives and she is excited to share this natural way of bee guardianship with the Kootenays.

Please contact the Kootenay Local Agricultural Society, 1911 Irving Road, Tarrys, Castlegar, V1N 4N6 Tel: (250) 399 4809 Email: klasociety@shaw.ca Web: www.klasociety.org

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100 Mile Herbs

Wednesday, June 30 at 7:30 pm in the Library basement

You don’t have to travel anywhere close to 100 miles to enjoy five friendly 100-mile herbs that can “improve your health and change your life,” according to Shatoiya de la Tour. The local author will discuss these and other aspects of 100-mile health, including uses, recipes, and herbal anecdotes,  at a special event to share information and raise money for the Nelson Municipal Library on Wednesday, June 30 at 7:30 pm in the Library basement.

De la Tour—educator, lecturer, author, and flower essence practitioner— has spent 35 years steeped in the teachings of the plant world. With her husband Richard she tended the Dry Creek Herb Farm and Learning Centre in Auburn, California before moving north to Nelson. In addition to Earth Mother Herbal, she has authored The Herbalist’s Garden and The Herbalist of Yarrow, a Fairy Tale of Plant Wisdom.

A book sale and signing will follow de la Tour’s talk. For every book sold at the event, five dollars will be donated to the library.

Kootenay Local Agricultural Society, 1911 Irving Road, Tarrys, Castlegar, V1N 4N6

Tel: (250) 399 4809 Email: klasociety@shaw.ca Web: www.klasociety.org