Schedule & Exhibitors List
Schedule
10:00 am - Doors open
10:30 am - Panel Discussion: "Slow down, you move too fast" with Rebecca LeHeup-Bucknell of Slow Food the County; Bob Garthson, President, Ecological Farmers of Ontario, Central Region; Linda Gregg, Villa St. Joseph Retreat community garden (Masters of Divinity working on doctorate in Ecology); Tannice Goddard, Yoga instructor, "Bringing awareness through Yoga". Where are we going? How fast to do we want to get there? This will be a group discussion among participants with questions from the audience.
12:00 - 1:00 pm - Shapenote Singing with Elizabeth Barlow. You are invited to join in this group singing experience based on this traditional form as seen in the movie "Cold Mounatin". No experience necessary!
1:30 pm - Panel Discussion: "The importance of community in a time of change" with Bridget Campion, Ethics Professor, Trent University; Grant Elliot, (environmental) science teacher and Canadian participant in the NASA Phoenix Mars mission; Pat Hall, natural health consultant; Janet Laughton, "Awakening the Dreamer", Pachamama Alliance movement. The climate is changing. We're running out of cheap oil. At the same time we continue to grow, grow, grow! We are facing an uncertain future, and the best way to do it is by working together. Another group discussion with questions from the audience.
3:00 - 4:00 pm - Closing concert: Celtic-inspired music from multi-instrumentalists Saskia Tomkins and Steafan Hannigan! You won't want to miss this special appearance by two outstanding British musicians!
This year's exhibitors (confirmed):
ACO Port Hope Branch - sustainable architectureAg Advisory Committee - farming practices, land stewardship
Alderville Black Oak Savanna - restoration of the savanna & prairie
Algonquin College - skill training
Arbonne skin care - health and wellness products
Belch Bison Burgers - healthy fare
Black Creek Pioneer Village and Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation
Bramble Brae Farm - info organically grown produce
Bridget Gallagher's Fair Trade - handcrafts
Burnham Family Farm Market - local food, farming practises
Camborne Orchard and Bakery - vegetarian, allergy & gluten free food
Camel's Back Construction - strawbale construction
Cobourg Health Shoppe - green products for home and body
Cottage Gardener - heirloom plants and seeds
Cowboy Mimes - hand screenprinted fare trade t-shirts and tops
Create Some Space - organizing your recycling
Davis' Your Independent Grocer - GREEN products
Durham Electric Vehicle Association
Durham Environment Watch - information on incineration
Eco Mum - children's clothes - mostly hemp , cloth diapers etc.
Fun Green Power Inc. - wind, solar and more
Furby House Books - ecology subject matter
Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority - promoting stewardship
Grow Tasty Certified Organic Nursery - edible plants, garden amendments
Hoover Home Heating/Solar Max Heating System - efficient systems
Kathryn McHolm - garden inspired arty items etc.
Northumberland Stewardship Council - MNR landowner programs/ideas
Norwex Enviro - cleaning without chemicals
Carrie Osborne - recycled arty items, bags etc.
Peaceful Arts - natural body products
Polar Bear Geothermal - geothermal heating system
Porcupine Creek Farm - herbs - culinery, teas, personal products
Port Hope Environmental Advisory Committee - initiatives
Port Hope Agricultural Society - info Fall Fair
Port Hope Area Initiatives
Port Hope Public Library
Quantrill Chev Cadillac - fuel efficient vehicles
Resolutely Outmoded - Elizabeth Barlow - simplicity
Restoration Depot - eco paints, roofing material etc.
Rona Cashway Building Centre - eco products
Second Spring -Traditional Chinese Medicine
Shelter Valley Folk Festival - 2008 Labour Day weekend information
Smallbones - handmade soap, beeswax candles, bio-bags
Soap Factory Products - eco laundry etc.
G.K. Sproule Construction - energy saving wooden sash windows
Sunshine Publishing – gardening and garden planning books
Suntree - fare trade coffee etc., cleaning products, bulk food
Tradition Home Designs - recycled/restored buildings
The Trailer Perk - solar perked fare trade coffee and other food
TSH Totten Simms Hubicki - building and energy design
Valley Pines Organics/Ecological Farmers Assoc. Ontario
Vancouver Aquarium's TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
Vandermeer Toyota - fuel efficient vehicles
Veridian - electricity supplier promoting energy efficiency
Vosburgh - energy saving window coverings etc.
Wanda Corey - goat's milk body products
WBFN (Willow Beach Field Naturalists)
Wild Ginger Native Plant Nursery
They Practise What They Preach:
Tom Lawson - vermiculture - composting with worms
Ross Parlette - cisterns, water conservation
Mark VanderVennen - Greasecar - vegetable oil/diesel
