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SUMMARY:Resisting Monocultures: Unlawning and Seed Saving
DESCRIPTION:Prepare the way for spring biodiversity by unearthing lawn and collecting seeds with Lawn Lab. This workshop will take place during the weekly CCG open garden hours.  \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince early 2020\, the lawn south of Collard City Growers garden has gradually evolved into a hybrid lawn-meadow ecosystem as part of the Next Epoch Seed Library’s project “The Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory\,” aka “Lawn Lab.” Each year a little more lawn is pulled up to make way for tough\, locally-adapted wildflowers and native grasses that can survive and thrive in this challenging urban habitat. Join artist Ellie Irons in the satisfying task of unearthing low-diversity lawn grasses and spreading meadow seeds. Participants will also meet and learn about some of the meadow plants living at Lawn Lab\, and help create a seed mix to keep and share locally.  \n\n\n\nWear comfortable work clothes and bring gloves and hand tools if you have them. Tools / gloves will also be available on site.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHudson Mohawk Magazine · Resisting Monocultures: Unlawning and Seed Saving\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllie Irons is an artist\, educator\, and parent based in current-day Troy\, New York\, where the Mahicannituck and Mohawk Rivers converge. She received an MFA from Hunter College and Phd from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute focused on ecosocial art. She is currently the Co-Director of NATURE Lab at the Sanctuary for Independent Media.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/resisting-monocultures/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! workshop: documentary film making with pre-existing media
DESCRIPTION:WTO/99 is an immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40\,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights\, labor\, and the future effects of continued globalization. Join filmmaker Alex Megaro in an intimate workshop to discuss using archival footage in the creation of this documentary film. This workshop will be hybrid\, and registrants will be sent a zoom link 24h before the workshop.  \n\n\n\nWorkshop attendees will be fed a communal meal ahead of the film screening of WTO/99 at 7pm.  \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the 7pm “WTO/99” Film Screening on the Battle of Seattle\n\n\n\nAbout Alex Megaro\n\n\n\nAlex Megaro is a filmmaker who produced/edited WTO/99\, winner of the IDA Award for Best Editing\, and Driftwood\, winner of the Slamdance Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Feature. He directed the multi-award winning documentary short Krush the Wrestler\, produced/edited two seasons of the VICE documentary series Source Material\, and produced the Sheffield Doc Fest and AFI Docs official selection 8:08 How We Respond. \n\n\n\nHudson Mohawk Magazine · WTO/99 Depicts the Historic Battle of Seattle Through Archival Media
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/btm-pre-existing-media/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T170000
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SUMMARY:Fall Herbal Workshop Series: Garlic Planting & Fire Cider-Making
DESCRIPTION:5 pm: Garlic-planting at CCG with Ellie Irons  \n\n\n\n6 pm: Fire Cider at PHS with Heidi Woolever (registration required) \n\n\n\nGet your hands earthy planting next season’s garlic crop at Collard City Growers\, then move to People’s Health Sanctuary to put this year’s garlic crop to work as we make a big batch of the health tonic fire cider. \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\nLimited spots available. Registration with a $10 refundable deposit is required to hold your place. Donations recommended on a sliding scale of $0 – 30; no one will be turned away for lack of funds.* \n\n\n\n*Deposit refunds/cancellations: If you are unable to attend and notify us at least 48 hours before the event begins\, we will offer your spot to someone on the waiting list and refund your deposit. Notify irons@mediasanctuary to cancel. If you attend the event\, we will offer your $10 deposit back in cash on the day of the event. If the workshop is cancelled\, we will refund your deposit or offer you the opportunity to attend a rescheduled event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStarting at Collard City Growers\, we’ll learn about the life cycle of garlic and some helpful practices for growing it locally\, as we tuck next year’s crop into the ground. At 6 pm we’ll transition to PHS to brew up a community batch of health promoting fire cider. Full of stimulating spicy pungent aromatic ingredients\, including garlic\, fire cider warms the body\, boosts the immune system\, supports the respiratory system and aids digestion. This traditional folk remedy that has been used and shared for generations by herbalists to ward off sickness and promote health. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis series is facilitated by herbalists affiliated with the People’s Health Sanctuary Community Apothecary who are volunteering their time and sharing information for educational purposes. None of the remedies shared in these workshops are intended to diagnose or treat any disease.  \n\n\n\nThe workshop series is held on the second floor of the NATURE Lab building\, which is currently only accessible by a flight of stairs. If stairs will present a barrier to attending the workshop please get in touch in case we can accommodate your participation in another way.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/garlic-and-fire-cider/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Repair Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Resist consumerism and waste by repairing your household items with the assistance of volunteers. \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\nSatellite locations offered:  \n\n\n\nPHS Open Apothecary & Elderberry Syrup-Making\n\n\n\n…more info coming soon
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/repair-cafe/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Fall Herbal Workshop Series: Open Apothecary & Elderberry Syrup-Making
DESCRIPTION:1 – 4 pm Open Apothecary  \n\n\n\n2 – 3 pm Elderberry Syrup Making workshop (registration required) \n\n\n\nThe community apothecary at the People’s Health Sanctuary will be open for browsing from 1-4 pm\, with an elderberry syrup-making workshop from 2-3 pm. This is event is happening in tandem with a Repair Cafe at the Sanctuary’s main space. This event is part of the large event Repair Cafe. \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\nLimited spots available for Elderberry Syrup Making. Registration with a $10 refundable deposit is required to hold your place. Donations recommended on a sliding scale of $0 – 30; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStop in to explore how plants contribute to the body’s healing and browse the Community Apothecary library\, teas\, and tinctures. At 2 pm bioregional herbalist Tara will lead a group in creating a community batch of core immunity strengthening Elderberry syrup using locally grown elderberries. The group will discuss the many healing gifts and teachings Elder offers us\, and each participant will take home their own little bottle of delicious deep purple Elderberry syrup. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTara (she/they) is a bioregional folk herbalist\, medicinal herb grower\, remedy maker\, and catalyst. Tara brings people and plant kin together to deepen our connections to each other and the ecosystems we share. She is committed to cultivating a strengthened sense of place and well-being through collective actions and encourages all of us to regularly engage with plants that grow in our bioregion while guiding the co-creation of herbal remedies through hands-on workshops.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis series is facilitated by herbalists affiliated with the People’s Health Sanctuary Community Apothecary who are volunteering their time and sharing information for educational purposes. None of the remedies shared in these workshops are intended to diagnose or treat any disease.  \n\n\n\nThe workshop series is held on the second floor of the NATURE Lab building\, which is currently only accessible by a flight of stairs. If stairs will present a barrier to attending the workshop please get in touch in case we can accommodate your participation in another way.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/elderberry-syrup-making/
LOCATION:People’s Health Sanctuary\, 3319 6th Avenue\, 2nd Fl\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:FOIL Workshop for Information Transparency
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop where you will be guided through the process of submitting a FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) request. This Law provides the public with a “right to know” by providing access to governmental records. Join the civic journalists of Hudson Mohawk Magazine in support of more information transparency.  \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\nThe New York State government website states: The Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”)\, Article 6 (Sections 84-90) of the NYS Public Officers Law\, provides the public right to access to records maintained by government agencies with certain exceptions.“Record” means any information kept\, held\, filed\, produced or reproduced by\, with\, or for this agency\, in any physical form whatsoever including\, but not limited to\, reports\, statements\, examinations\, memoranda\, opinions\, folders\, files\, books\, manuals\, pamphlets\, forms\, papers\, designs\, drawings\, maps\, photos\, letters\, microfilms\, computer tapes or disks\, rules\, regulations or codes.If you would like YOUR records from this agency\, you may not have to file a FOIL request. Find out more.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/foil-wksp/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T173000
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SUMMARY:Fall Herbal Workshop Series: Digestive Bitters
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Rebecca Hein \n\n\n\nJoin us for a hands-on class exploring Digestive Bitters\, the classic herbal remedy that supports gut health.  \n\n\n\n\nClick here to register\n\n\n\n\nLimited spots available. Registration with a $10 refundable deposit is required to hold your place. Donations recommended on a sliding scale of $0 – 30; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this hands-on workshop\, we’ll taste and experience a variety of bitter and aromatic herbs\, while learning how these plants support digestion and a myriad of other health benefits. We will make a bitters tincture together for PHS and you will learn to craft your own at home. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Hein is a community herbalist and urban farmer. Founder and owner of Underground Alchemy\, she has been making herbal remedies grown on what were vacant lots in Albany’s South End since 2011. Her work is driven by a desire to connect people and plants\, support community health and empowerment\, and position herbalism in the struggle for accessible healthcare. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis series is facilitated by herbalists affiliated with the People’s Health Sanctuary Community Apothecary who are volunteering their time and sharing information for educational purposes. None of the remedies shared in these workshops are intended to diagnose or treat any disease.  \n\n\n\nThe workshop series is held on the second floor of the NATURE Lab building\, which is currently only accessible by a flight of stairs. If stairs will present a barrier to attending the workshop please get in touch in case we can accommodate your participation in another way.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/fall-herbal-workshop-series-bitters-with-rebecca-hein/
LOCATION:People’s Health Sanctuary\, 3319 6th Avenue\, 2nd Fl\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
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