Sustainability
Upcoming Doctoral Defense
Thursday, 29 September 2016 – 12:30pm – Room 203
The Native American Dream: Ojibwe Woman Leads Sustainability Movement Off Reservation
The Native American Dream: Ojibwe Woman Leads Sustainability Movement Off Reservation
Raising chickens, rabbits, and goats, and producing enough organic crops to keep a family of three plus friends and neighbors well fed brings to mind hay barns and fields amid a rural landscape.
But the farm-like environment of Monycka Snowbird’s property sits in the center of Colorado Springs, a city of more than 440,000 residents. Snowbird and her two daughters butcher their own meat, collect eggs and milk, and make cheeses and soaps in addition to growing and harvesting a variety of vegetation, which flourishes on about a tenth of an acre.
Urban farming—also known as urban homesteading or backyard or micro farming—isn’t rare, but what makes Snowbird’s endeavors unique is the mix of indigenous knowledge, techniques, and values the Ojibwe mother of two infuses into the food and household products she makes and teaches others to practice.
“You can’t be sovereign if you can’t feed yourself,” says Snowbird, 40, borrowing a line from Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe), an environmental activist and founder of Honor the Earth. “One of the ways colonizers controlled Indian people was to take our food sources away. Let’s reclaim our food.”
Snowbird works with both Native and non-Native organizations throughout the Pikes Peak region to educate and promote the benefits of urban food production. She leads educational classes for children and adults, including seed cultivation, plant recognition, harvesting, livestock butchering, and more.
Job – UBC Sustainability Scholars Summer 2015, Due: Apr. 7, 2015
Call for Applications – UBC Sustainability Scholars Summer 2015
The UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) is pleased to offer UBC graduate students the opportunity to work in funded sustainability internship projects this summer. Projects are available with both on and off-campus sustainability partners. Current graduate students at UBC Vancouver, from all academic disciplines, are eligible to apply.
The application deadline is 4:30pm Tuesday April 7th 2015.
Further information on the available projects can be found at our website: http://sustain.ubc.ca/get-involved/students/ubc-sustainability-scholars
Sustainability of Small Communities: Why and How, Parksville, BC
Date: October 2nd 7pm-8:30pm; October 3rd 9:00-3:30pm PDT
Cost: Free
Address
The Beach Club Resort
181 Beachside Dr
Parksville, BC V9P 2H5
Canada
Hosting Organization
International Sustainability Education Foundation
Event Description
What makes communities sustainable economically, socially and environmentally? How can sustainability be achieved in small communities? What are some of the inspiring international examples?
Join us for this workshop:
Evening talk on Oct 2nd – ‘Whistler’s Journey: making sense of Sustainability’. Listen to the story of Whistler’s journey to becoming one of the world’s most sustainable tourism based communities.
Morning of Oct 3rd – learn from experts in the morning about the following topics:
Regional economic development in Canada and the US
Sustainability planning in BC and internationally
Afternoon of Oct 3rd –
Contribute to the discussion through facilitated session in the afternoon: What does the future hold for small communities in Canada? What makes your community a desirable and sustainable place to live?
Registration Instructions
Please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/ e/sustainability-of-small- communities-why-and-how- tickets-12481040127
Or RSVP at info@sustainabilityeducation. ca
Website for more information and speakers:
http://www. sustainabilityeducation.ca/ events–publications.html
Contact e-mail for more information
info@sustainabilityeducation. ca