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Stand up for Food Sovereignty - Support Michael Schmidt at Grey Bruce Health Unit

October 13, 2011 from 10am to 11am

Hungry for real food? Stand together for food sovereignty.Support Michael Schmidt to keep government out of our kitchens!Bring support signs, bring friends.See More

Lishui Springford is attending the event Oct 9, 2011

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Lishui Springford replied to Shane Jolley's discussion 'Owen Sound Chicken (and other fine creatures) Bylaw' in the group Transition Owen Sound

this by-law might be an important one: http://lin.ca/resource-details/9344 It looks pretty typical of municipal by-laws from this part of the world here's a little legal tidbit on this: if this is the correct by-law, then it is unenforceable.…

Jan 19, 2011

Lishui Springford replied to Shane Jolley's discussion 'Owen Sound Chicken (and other fine creatures) Bylaw' in the group Transition Owen Sound

So what we should talk about is the parameters of the changed by-law. We could re-write it the way we'd like it and then submit that to council, continuing to address the intent of the original by-law, which is to prevent smelly, noisy, and…

Jan 10, 2011

LocalMotive on Grey County Life at Rogers Television - Cable 53

October 18, 2010 from 11am to 12pm

Shane Jolley will be discussing the LocalMotive Project with Diane Foulds and Dave Carr on Grey County Life.Rogers cable channel 53.See More

Lishui Springford might attend Shane Jolley's event Oct 15, 2010

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Tuber-Tub 2000 Debut at Owen Sound Farmer's Market

October 23, 2010 from 9am to 11am

TUBER-TUB 2000 TO DEBUT AT THE OWEN SOUND FARMER’S MARKETThe LocalMotive Project and Saugeen River CSA invite the public to polish some tubers on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM at the Owen Sound Farmer’s Market.The Tuber-Tub 2000 is a pedal-powered root veggie washer built by Shane Jolley for the Saugeen River Community Shared Agriculture farm. Cory Eichman, owner of the Saugeen River CSA has been exploring ways to reduce dependence on electricity and fossil fuels, through the use of…See More

Lishui Springford is attending the event Oct 15, 2010

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Ang Freeman and Lishui Springford are now friends Sep 28, 2010

LM Regional Strategy Meeting at Anne Finlay-Stewart's House

August 27, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm

A strategy meeting for those interested in the broader regional development of the LocalMotive Project.We will be thinking about some long term goals for the project, as well as looking at issues such as local/regional governance and the upcoming Municipal elections.Please RSVP.See More

Lishui Springford might attend Shane Jolley's event Aug 17, 2010

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Lishui Springford replied to Terri & Robert Hope's discussion 'Business growth that replace imports is good growth' in the group The Business of Transition

There are many, many business opportunities that can't take place in the current era of cheap oil and imports from China. As these begin to dwindle, local opportunities will start to surge. The problem is that people aren't preparing that…

Jul 5, 2010