Archive for the ‘ Permaculture ’ Category

A.B.C Visits Portland: The Urban Farm Store

Eliese Watson of A.B.C recently visited Oregon is an effort to take some time off before the busy beekeeping season comes on, but also to connect with other organizations and beekeepers. She was seeking inspirational stories of individuals eager to change the how we use our urban landscape. Before leaving, Eliese sent out an email to a [ READ MORE ]

Werner Gysi Workshops Now Open: Colony management using a holistic/biodynamic approach.

Werner Gysi is a published and much sought after speaker about Biodynamic Beekeeping, and he will be coming to Calgary on April 13th and 14th.  April 14th, 2012 Werner will be keynote speaking about  Beekeeping: The Wholistic Approach Where: Unitarian Church of Calgary, 1703 1 Street Northwest  Calgary, AB T2M 4P4 Time: 7-9pm Cost: Donation, recommended [ READ MORE ]

This Business of Bees: Livestock or Sacrosanct?

The Business of Bees: Livestock or Sacrosanct? By: Eliese Watson, Apiaries and Bees for Communities Over a dinner conversation with some close friends, I was asked the following question: Does is matter where you get your bees from? Is there a concern about ethical sourcing of bees? This question, although simple in its concern, has [ READ MORE ]

Introducing the Community Pollinator Foundation

The Community Pollinator Foundation (CPF), a not-for profit organisation, will work as a steward for public education and research on urban native pollinator species. Through collaboration with the Calgary Zoo and Dr. Robin Owen of Mount Royal University, the CPF hopes to showcase the challenges facing native pollinators through public-access programming and community research projects [ READ MORE ]

Connecting Growers to People with Land to Share

By: Simon Chauvette and Tejaswinee Jhunjhunwala Who would not want to eat fresh, organic, healthy, local food that’s free? One of the biggest drawbacks of living in a condo or apartment building is the lack of space to grow food. Community gardens are a great way of making land accessible to those people. However, even [ READ MORE ]

Canamo Earthen Building: Transforming Spaces in Calgary By Shayne Korithoski

A paradigm shift is underway in regard to how new buildings and developments are designed and constructed. Unfortunately, many projects pursuing Built Green, LEED and other forms of green certification fall short of what is truly needed at this time. Currently, buildings contribute the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions to our environment (emitting [ READ MORE ]

Learn to Build an Earthen Oven

“Earth turns to gold in the hands of the wise.” – Rumi Living in a city has left many of us disconnected from the elements of life – clean air, water, fire and earth. This disconnection is unsettling and many of us yearn for a deepened sense of purpose and connection. And nowhere is this [ READ MORE ]

Bees n’ Seeds

A.B.C teamed up with Big Sky Permaculture (www.bigskypermaculture.ca), Canamo Earth Building Technologies and the Bownesian Permaculture Project to create a funfilled Sunday Event called Bees n' Seeds. A.B.C's initiative has always been about building community through joint initiatives with other entrepreneurs with the concept of permaculture in mind: great ideas meet great actions meet great people meet great change! [ READ MORE ]

A.B.C- Now in the Bloggisphere

WELCOME! My name is Eliese Watson and I am the founder of A.B.C. So I have been thinking and thinking, what do I write in A.B.C’s first blog entry. I wanted to say something monumental, something with a community focus, something that really brings A.B.C to the surface and gives it a face. And last night [ READ MORE ]

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