Crossroads Educational Vegetable Garden – Spring Planting

St Margarets Bay Crossroads 5209 Saint Margarets Bay Road, Tantallon, Canada

Join us on Saturday, May 7th from 9:30 to 11:30am as we plant the crops for the eleventh season for the Educational Vegetable Garden. Last year, we grew over 500 pounds of vegetables for the St Margarets Bay Food Bank. We will be planting onions, potatoes, carrots, beets, kale, chard, parsnips and cabbage. Come and […]

Did You Know You Can Eat That?

Virtual Everywhere, Canada

Thursday, September 22nd, 7:00-8:30pm Join Melanie Mulrooney, Dawn Smith and Bob Cervelli for an evening walk through a list of everything that you can eat that you probably didn't know about. HINT:  It's a long list - whether its those parts of vegetables you usually throw away, plants already growing in your yard or ornamental […]

You, energy, and fossil fuels – a footnote to the end of the current era

Tantallon Public Library 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada

This presentation is about energy. Why it is important, why it is going to change your life, and some things you might want to think about. Join us for this timely and critical workshop about energy, with host Cam Farnell. This event is free (donations appreciated!), and takes place at the Tantallon Public Library.

Seedy Saturday

St. Luke's United Church Lower Hall 5374 St Margarets Bay Rd., Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada

Transition Bay has partnered with the St Margarets Bay Gardening Club on: Seedy Saturday  March 18, 11:00am to 4:00pm St Luke's United Church, Upper Tantallon Robert Cervelli, Transition Bay, will be speaking on Climate Victory Gardens at 12:45. 15 Vendors in the Lower Hall with lunch & snacks available for sale.

PLANET LOCAL: A Quiet Revolution

Tantallon Public Library 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada

Join us for a screening of the short film PLANET LOCAL: A Quiet Revolution, followed by a community discussion. PLANET LOCAL is about a quiet and transformative revolution emerging worldwide. As people work to protect and restore their local economies, their communities and the natural world, countless diverse initiatives are demonstrating a new path forward […]

Crossroads Educational Vegetable Garden – Spring Soil Prep

St Margarets Bay Crossroads 5209 Saint Margarets Bay Road, Tantallon, Canada

Join us in preparing the soil for our 12th Season!  We will be adding compost, amendments and prepping the soil for spring planting.  We will be there rain or shine.  Each year, Transition Bay volunteers grow about 500 pounds of vegetables from these four raised beds for the St Margarets Bay Food Bank.  They greatly […]

Gardening for Butterflies and Other Pollinators

Tantallon Public Library 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada

Join Carter Feltham from the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute (MTRI), who will talk about the institute, some of the projects they work on, pollinators, and in-depth about the endangered Monarch butterfly. Find out what butterflies and pollinators need to survive and how you can make your home a pollinator sanctuary. Also, learn more about MTRI’s […]

Crossroads Educational Vegetable Garden – Spring Planting

St Margarets Bay Crossroads 5209 Saint Margarets Bay Road, Tantallon, Canada

Join us for Spring Planting! We will be planting Swiss chard, kale, beets, onions, parsnips, turnips, cabbage, potatoes and carrots - all fairly easy to grow and store into the cold season. Each year, Transition Bay volunteers grow about 500 pounds of vegetables from these four raised beds for the St Margarets Bay Food Bank. […]

The International Transition Movement

Virtual Everywhere, Canada

The Transition Movement is a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world in the face of the world’s huge challenges (climate change, social inequality, economic decline, resource depletion and so on). Transition started in England in 2005 and rapidly spread worldwide to over 48 countries, 23 Transition Hubs and thousands of […]

Off-Grid Living

Tantallon Public Library 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada

Back by popular demand !  We are thrilled to present this lively and informative workshop with Cam Farnell.  Are you wondering what it’s like to live without a connection to the electric grid and with no electric bill?  Then this 2-hour presentation and discussion is for you. Some of the topics that will be covered: […]