Join us for the all-day Up!Skilling Festival: Feed | Build | Repair at the Mahone Bay Centre, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. The Festival is jointly hosted by Transition Bay and the Town of Mahone Bay. We are recruiting 20-25 Skillers - each teaching a valuable and practical craft, skill or trade. Confirmed Skillers: Ropework, knots […]
Join us for another great film, followed by discussion: Kiss the Ground. The solution is under our feet. Narrated and featuring Woody Harrelson, Kiss the Ground is an inspiring and groundbreaking film that reveals the first viable solution to our climate crisis. Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely […]
Join us for the screening and discussion of the 35 minute film: Closer to Home: Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis. A film by Local Futures and Cyrus Sutton. Produced and directed by Helena Norberg-Hodge and Anja Lyngbaek. We live in a time of multiple crises, from climate chaos, poverty, and war to […]
Join us for a Community Read and Discussion! The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer releases November 19! Her previous books, Gather Moss and Braiding Sweetgrass, are highly acclaimed and beloved for their blend of science and Indigenous ways of knowing. This new book is sure to bring forth […]
It's still winter, but its the time we plan for our garden seeding needs for the coming growing season. Bring your seed catalogs, your seed lists, and your own extra saved seeds. Join others for a Seed Planning Party! We will compare catalogs and our our notes, learn from each other, and perhaps make bulk […]
Our health cannot be separated from the earth that nourishes us. The growing epidemic of chronic illness is deeply entwined with a disconnected culture, degradation of the earth and societal inequalities. Many are embracing herbal medicine as a path to empowered healthcare that connects us with our own bodies, each other, and the natural rhythms […]
Join us at Seedy Saturday! A great gardening event sponsored by the St Margarets Bay Garden Club, featuring over 12 different vendors and a great slate of speakers. Transition Bay will be one of the vendors, so visit our booth. At St Lukes, 5374 St. Margaret’s Bay Road, you will be able to access the […]
Now is the time to plan your garden with an eye toward food preservation! Come learn about food preservation methods, the easiest foods to grow and preserve, and how to plan your garden with preservation in mind. Join us for a great conversation led by Transition Member Dawn Smith. This two-hour workshop will be held […]
Food is a topic on many people's mind. Whether your interest is price, quality, availability, or all three, this workshop will discuss how the permaculture design system can be employed at your home as a gateway to increasing food sovereignty. Join Shayne White on May 4th for this valuable Sunday afternoon workshop at the Tantallon […]
We live in times of globalized trade, with just-in-time deliveries of essential goods from vast parts of the world. In these days of increasing tariffs and trade disputes, how can local communities build economic resilience and local sovereignty for their basic needs? Join Robert Cervelli and other members of Transition Bay for thought--provoking discussions on […]