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  • Planning Ahead in the Age of Oil Depletion on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

    Frances Oommen HISTORY written in approximately 2003?
    Posted by Frances Oommen, Fri Apr 11 2008, 10:21am
    This article was written a few years ago before we started Cape Breton LETS etc. (Click on "printer friendly" to read this article more easily). ... (read more)

  • Update on local activities in Cape Breton

    Frances Oommen
    Posted by Frances Oommen, Fri Apr 11 2008, 6:55am
    Cape Breton LETS. Our group now has 21 paid up members. Three vendors at the Cape Breton Farmer's Market are members. Community Garden, New Waterford. Last year land was donated, land was cleared, vegetables were grown and sold at the Cape Breton Farmer's Market. Film Festival on Sustainability was held on Friday nights... (read more)

  • Green Thumb Kids 2007

    Frances Oommen
    Posted by Frances Oommen, Sun Oct 7 2007, 11:48am
    This year 73 students participated! Last year there were 44. This year several Green thumb Kids and their parents came back with some of their harvest which they sold to the regular customers at the market. Both children and parents enjoyed the activity and learned so much about nature and growing their own... (read more)

  • Cape Breton LETS pot luck social held on November 4 2006

    Frances Oommen
    Posted by Frances Oommen, Sat Nov 25 2006, 5:14pm
    Approximately nine Cape Breton LETS members shared supper and got to know each other on Saturday, November 4. A good time was had by all. People described what they had to offer and what they needed, and people told about the trades they had made. An information table... (read more)

  • New article about The Green thumb Kids

    Frances Oommen
    Posted by Frances Oommen, Sat Nov 25 2006, 4:23pm
    Please see www.capebretonfarmersmarket.com for an article about The Green thumb Kids programme.... (read more)

  • New LETS group formed in Cape Breton. Cape Breton Hours is the currency.

    Frances Oommen, Cape Breton Farmer's Market, October 16 2006
    Posted by Frances Oommen, Mon Oct 16 2006, 5:15pm
    Over the summer we had three meetings and then launched our Cape Breton LETS group. LETS stands for Local Exchange and Trading System. Our members decided that we would use Cape Breton Hours as our currency, rather than Green Dollars, as this is more respectful as it treats... (read more)

  • Program cultivates a new crop of gardeners.

    Laura Jean Grant, Cape Breton Post, Sydney NS 19 June 2006
    Posted by Frances Oommen, Fri Jun 16 2006, 5:07pm
    Organizers of a new program are hoping to grow interest among children in planting and taking care of their own vegetables. The Green Thumb Kids program began Saturday at the weekly farmer's market at the Sydney Marine Terminal and involved children picking up been seeds and tomato plants, which will... (read more)

  • Recent activities in Sydney

    Posted by Frances Oommen, Wed Jan 18 2006, 7:56pm (2 comments)
    Please go to www.eos.postcarbon.org (Sydney Outpost)to read about events which have been taking place in Sydney (Nova Scotia) These events have been educating people about oil depletion, planning for the future etc. If you would like to arrange to show "The End of Suburbia" to a group of your friends at your... (read more)

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