Our Perma culture group has been busy working on a plan for the development of the annexed lands in Barrie.  We have looked at Perma culture principals and LEED ND for guidance and have come up with several recommendations and ideas for a walkable, sustainable community in Barrie’s south end annexed areas.   We made a presentation [...]

Our First Backyard Bounty class was held on July 18th 2011.  It was a follow up from our gardening class. Several people got together to examine what to do with all of the “stuff we had grown in our gardens.” The focus of the classes were to prepare simple, real food that comes from our [...]

Mike Fox from Transition Barrie and Gary Machan from the Barrie Community Health Centre make a presentation to Barrie council on the topic of local food on Monday the 26th of September. The presentation focused on the health, environmental and economic benefits of local foods. The purpose was to request that the City of Barrie develop [...]

Join us on September 21st for our monthly meet up.  It will be held at our usual spot on the second floor of City Hall in the Huronia Room.  There will be signs to direct you.  This month we will be screening the award winning film “the Economics of Happiness” by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick [...]

Co- sponsored by The Huronia Unitarians and Transition Barrie A guided discussion group that will challenge the prevailing worldview presented to us by media, our power elites and financial interests. The goal is to change consciousness which will enable more of us to begin the work that has been called the great turning or the [...]

Transition Barrie & Barrie Community Health Centre Present PRESERVING THE HARVEST –  A Canning Workshop with Chef Emerie Brine from Bernardin canning supplies company.  Ever wanted to try your hand at making jam or preserves? This popular canning workshop demonstrated methods to safely preserve your garden bounty.  Chef Emerie Brine make 3 recipes followed by [...]

August 17th from 7pm till 9pm City Hall 2nd floor Huronia Room   PRESERVING THE HARVEST   So you planted a garden! Watered, weeded, nurtured and harvested. Now what! Our August Meet-up will be a discussion of various methods of saving the fruits of your labour. Canning, freezing, dehydrating, pickling etc. We plan to host [...]

Kim Keckes from Moondance Organic Gardens held a very successful full season gardening workshop for Transition Barrie at 121 Mary Street. Here is an outline of what the classes entailed. 1) March 28th 6:30 to 8:30: Planning your veggie garden (Site requirements, what to grow, ordering/purchasing seeds, basic garden tips and ideas) 2) April 18th [...]

Transition Barrie is presenting a series of visioning sessions and design charettes to explore the possibilities for developing the City of Barrie’s annexed lands to the south thru the principles of Permaculture. Hosted by Steve Dearlove, the intent and goal of these charettes is to come up with a conceptual layout/plan to present to the [...]

Thomas Homer-Dixon, Professor at the Centre for Environmental and Business in the Faculty of Environment, at the University of Waterloo, wrote an excellent piece for the Globe and Mail in 2006 about how to deal with an increasingly uncertain future. It is as useful today as it was then – click here for the article.