Learn about microplastics pollution and create a mosaic tile from community-gathered plastic waste with artist Nicole Chochrek and Water Justice Lab. Visit the pop-up outdoor studio of Broken Plastics artist Nicole Chrochrek for some hands-on art-making and education about plastic pollution. For more than a year, NATURE Lab has hosted one of Nicole’s microplastics recycling […]
Learn about the benefits of mulching and composting as we ready the garden for winter. Facilitated by arborist Christian Grigoraskos, this event will take place during our weekly CCG open garden hours. Maintaining a blanket of organic matter to keep the micro-life in your soil happy is paramount to a successful garden with plants that […]
Bass, clarinet, and vocal loops weave rhythmic tapestries of original Sufi and Ancient Egyptian spiritual compositions. A portion of proceeds will benefit Palestine and Sudan. Abu Zeyn أبو زين creates rhythmic tapestries by weaving live guitar, clarinet and vocal loops with soulful improvisation. He is a child of the Nile River and the Arabian Desert. […]
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. Since 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 […]
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 […]
Join us for a screening of the documentary film about the Battle of Seattle, where 40,000 activists hit the streets of Seattle, WA to block a major World Trade Organization conference, an event seen by many as setting the tone for mass mobilization movements at the start of the century. WTO/99 will be screened and […]
5 pm: Garlic-planting at CCG with Ellie Irons 6 pm: Fire Cider at PHS with Heidi Woolever (registration required) Get 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 […]
Resistance takes many forms, and sometimes it looks like gathering together, making a little trouble, and dancing! Join us for a Halloween dance party fundraiser celebrating the people, creativity, and community that make our work for social and environmental justice possible. Come in costume, bring your friends, and spend the night dancing, connecting, and building […]