Find your nearest repair group in the UK
https://communityrepairnetwork.org.uk/find/
Find your nearest repair group in the UK
https://communityrepairnetwork.org.uk/find/
#Toronto - Saturday, February 21st! #RepairCaféWorkshop at George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre – #Patching and #Mending
Saturday, February 21, 2026 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre
50 Sousa Mendes St, Toronto
"Learn how to repair holes in your #clothing. This includes patching jeans for repair and embellishment or mending smaller holes. #HandSewing approaches will be the focus, including #WhipStitch, #RunningStitch, #BlanketStitch and #WovenMends.
Basic supplies will be provided. Please bring scissors and garments to be repaired."
Source:
https://repaircafetoronto.ca/rc-events/repair-cafe-workshop-patching-and-mending/
Book a free spot to attend here - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/repair-cafe-workshops-tickets-1982547274266?aff=oddtdtcreator
#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesToronto
#FixIt #RepairCafes #MendingWorkshop #ReuseRestoreRepair
#NarrowsburgNY - Tusten #RepairCafe
Saturday, February 21, 2026
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Tusten Town Hall (under the Tusten Theater) 210 Bridge Street Narrowsburg, NY, 12764 United States (map)
"The next Tusten Repair Cafe will be held on Saturday, February 21 from 10am - 1 pm. The cafe will be held in the Tusten Town Hall which is located under the Tusten Theater at 210 Bridge Street in Narrowsburg, NY. The snow day will be Saturday, February 28th from 10 - 1 in the same location.
FMI:
https://www.repaircafehv.org/calendar/2025/2/22/tusten-repair-cafe-reskedded-from-21-yka76-zp5gx
#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesHudsonValley #RepairCafes #RepairCafesNY #RepairCafe #FixIt
#ReuseRestoreRepair
#NarrowsburgNY - Tusten #RepairCafe
Saturday, February 21, 2026
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Tusten Town Hall (under the Tusten Theater) 210 Bridge Street Narrowsburg, NY, 12764 United States (map)
"The next Tusten Repair Cafe will be held on Saturday, February 21 from 10am - 1 pm. The cafe will be held in the Tusten Town Hall which is located under the Tusten Theater at 210 Bridge Street in Narrowsburg, NY. The snow day will be Saturday, February 28th from 10 - 1 in the same location.
FMI:
https://www.repaircafehv.org/calendar/2025/2/22/tusten-repair-cafe-reskedded-from-21-yka76-zp5gx
#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesHudsonValley #RepairCafes #RepairCafesNY #RepairCafe #FixIt
#ReuseRestoreRepair
#Toronto - Saturday, February 21st! #RepairCaféWorkshop at George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre – #Patching and #Mending
Saturday, February 21, 2026 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
George Chuvalo Neighbourhood Centre
50 Sousa Mendes St, Toronto
"Learn how to repair holes in your #clothing. This includes patching jeans for repair and embellishment or mending smaller holes. #HandSewing approaches will be the focus, including #WhipStitch, #RunningStitch, #BlanketStitch and #WovenMends.
Basic supplies will be provided. Please bring scissors and garments to be repaired."
Source:
https://repaircafetoronto.ca/rc-events/repair-cafe-workshop-patching-and-mending/
Book a free spot to attend here - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/repair-cafe-workshops-tickets-1982547274266?aff=oddtdtcreator
#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesToronto
#FixIt #RepairCafes #MendingWorkshop #ReuseRestoreRepair
#VirtualEvent - #Maine #NativePlants Short Course
Wednesdays, 6 pm
Last session is on February 25, 2026
"Join Program Manager Andrew Tufts for an online introductory short course on Maine Native Plants!
February 25: Top Plants and Tools for Picking Them — We will introduce our favorite native plants for your home, as well as the various resources we use to choose them. We will also address where to find these plants."
Pre-registration required.
FMI and to register:
https://maineaudubon.org/events/native-plants-short-course/
#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #NativePlants #Foraging #SpendTimeInNature
#VirtualEvent - #Maine #NativePlants Short Course - The Birds of Maine
Wednesdays, 6 pm
February 18, 2026
"Join Program Manager Andrew Tufts for an online introductory short course on Maine Native Plants!
February 18: The Birds of Maine — Learn more about many of the most common species of birds that share our landscapes. We will profile some of Maine’s avian residents and visitors, and look at what our landscapes should do for them."
Pre-registration required.
FMI and to register:
https://maineaudubon.org/events/native-plants-short-course/
#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #NativePlants #Birding #SpendTimeInNature #GardeningForBirds #Wildlife #MoreFlowerLessLawns
#VirtualEvent - #Maine #NativePlants Short Course - The Birds of Maine
Wednesdays, 6 pm
February 18, 2026
"Join Program Manager Andrew Tufts for an online introductory short course on Maine Native Plants!
February 18: The Birds of Maine — Learn more about many of the most common species of birds that share our landscapes. We will profile some of Maine’s avian residents and visitors, and look at what our landscapes should do for them."
Pre-registration required.
FMI and to register:
https://maineaudubon.org/events/native-plants-short-course/
#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #NativePlants #Birding #SpendTimeInNature #GardeningForBirds #Wildlife #MoreFlowerLessLawns
#VirtualEvent - #Maine #NativePlants Short Course
Wednesdays, 6 pm
Last session is on February 25, 2026
"Join Program Manager Andrew Tufts for an online introductory short course on Maine Native Plants!
February 25: Top Plants and Tools for Picking Them — We will introduce our favorite native plants for your home, as well as the various resources we use to choose them. We will also address where to find these plants."
Pre-registration required.
FMI and to register:
https://maineaudubon.org/events/native-plants-short-course/
#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #NativePlants #Foraging #SpendTimeInNature
Forse (he/him)
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The #Moroccan #FoodForest That Inspired an #AgriculturalRevolution
These ancient forest gardens may be more relevant than ever.
by Eric J. Wallace April 1, 2019
"It was 1975 and Geoff Lawton was wintering with friends in Morocco. Camping on beaches north of Agadir, they’d been surfing for weeks when locals told them about Paradise Valley. Located along the Tamraght River in the High Atlas Mountains, it promised 5,200-foot vistas, blue-green waterfalls, and lush, rainforest-like vegetation.
"Lawton, then 21, was on his first trip outside the U.K. 'Tourists had yet to ‘discover’ the area, so the culture was very much preserved,' he says. 'For me, it was like going back to Biblical times.'
"The dirt road to the Valley climbed through a barren, arid landscape into rural hills studded with mud brick homes. Twenty kilometers in, the group stopped at the tiny village of Inraren for directions. Lawton went to relieve himself in a roadside wood.
" 'I remember thinking it was odd that this lush, green forest should be bursting from the desert,' he says.
"Stepping inside, things got stranger. The air felt cool, almost misty. Growing in the shade of tall date palms were trees, vines, and shrubs bearing bananas, tamarinds, oranges, figs, guavas, pomegranates, lemons, limes, mulberries, carobs, quince, grapes, and other fruits and nuts. Following a footpath through the grassy understory past groves of olive and argan trees, Lawton discovered a cluster of fenced-in vegetable and herb gardens—most about a quarter-acre in size. Here and there, goats were tethered to posts. Chickens clucked through the underbrush and roosted in trees. Gazing down a leafy corridor, he spotted a man leading a donkey. Its saddlebags brimmed with produce.
" 'I felt like I’d wandered into some kind of ancient organism,' says Lawton. “I had goosebumps all over.'
"Totaling about 65 acres, the food forest was a remnant of one of the world’s oldest #sustainable systems of agriculture. While its origins have been lost to history, scientists agree it is at least many centuries old. Some, including Lawton, date its establishment to 2,000 years ago. When asked about the forest’s age, villagers shrug.
" 'I have no idea how old it is or when our ancestors first began gardening here,' says 45-year-old Abdelmajid Ziyani, a construction worker and member of a local argan and olive oil cooperative. 'But I know it has been here for centuries.' "
Read more:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-permaculture-food-forests
Related video - "The 2000 Year Old Food Forest in Morocco - Discover Permaculture with Geoff Lawton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-b_C7a_es
#SolarPunkSunday #ForestGardens #UndergroundSprings #Permaculture #AncientFoodForests #SustainableAgriculture #History #AgricultureHistory #Histodon #TraditionalAgriculture
