Solar Village Events Connecting in Your Community
Toronto Urban Ag Practitioners Symposium
Sharing Experience, Finding Solutions
Location: Ultimate Solar Powered Natural Home, Hockley Valley
Date: Saturday, November 4, 2017, 10am-5pm
This one day symposium will bring together eco-entrepreneurs to share their experiences and work together to find solutions. The current business environment for food and food waste based eco-enterprises, trying to operate within the circular economy poses many challenges. This symposium retreat will bring together the founders from Wastenot Farms (Jocelyn Molyneux), Waterfarmers (Evan Bell), Better Current (John Wilson), and Waterwheel Farms (Alec Wheeler), and others to be added soon. The agenda for the day will provide a morning session for each entrepreneur to honestly and openly discuss the many challenges they face. In the afternoon, the group will work through a facilitated process to work on solutions for each of the main challenges discussed.
Contact: John Wilson wilsonjd9@gmail.com
Pricing: $50/person
Note: Event date is tentative until we confirm several attendees.
Solar Off-Grid, Straw Bale and Aquaponics Workshop
Learn hands-on with John Wilson
Location: Ultimate Solar Powered Natural Home, Hockley Valley
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2017, 10am-5pm
This one day workshop will introduce participants to solar off-grid, straw bale building construction and aquaponics food production. Each participant will get a chance to work directly with these sustainable technologies, learning the basics of each through a hands-on demonstration. First, the workshop will cover and implement a solar panel system complete with solar charge controller, batteries, and inverter. Second, participants will build a small straw bale structure, learning how to stack, prepare and sew the bales together, providing the basic knowledge for building almost anything. Lastly, participants will work together to build an aquaponics system complete with poly tunnel greenhouse, fish tank, grow beds, and basic plumbing techniques.
Contact: John Wilson wilsonjd9@gmail.com
Pricing: $295/person
Note: Event date is tentative until we confirm several attendees.