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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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SUMMARY:Water Justice Lab Open House
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of our Water Justice and Media Lab End of Season Celebration. \n\n\n\nJoin Riverkeeper and NATURE Lab along with our community science volunteers\, fellows\, family and friends to celebrate the seventh season of Water Justice Lab. Youth fellows will be on hand to share different aspects of Water Justice Lab\, from microplastics research to macroinvertebrate life in local streams\, as well as demonstrations of our water testing process. The open house will be followed by a community meal celebrating the many volunteers who make the project possible before we move to the Sanctuary main space for a 7pm screening of short films on local environmental themes\, including the youth-produced media lab video about local water ecologies! \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\nSchedule:\n\n\n\n\n4:30 pm: Water Justice Lab open house (1st floor of NATURE Lab)\n\n\n\n6:00 pm: Community meal and volunteer appreciation (2nd floor of NATURE Lab)\n\n\n\n7:00 pm: Films screened at Sanctuary main space. Register for the screening here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWater Justice Lab (WJL) is a collaborative program between Riverkeeper and NATURE Lab. Through our water quality monitoring program and related programming\, WJL educates communities about water justice\, aides in developing the advocacy capacity of North-Central Troy\, and strengthens a network of environmental justice advocates focused on water issues within the Hudson River (Mahicannituck) Watershed. This event celebrates the work of our high school youth fellows and community science volunteers. This year Water Justice Lab youth fellows were joined by a youth media team\, made possible thanks to a successful spring ‘26 fundraiser. Media Lab (ML) fellows documented the 6 week summer Source to Estuary program\, producing a film which will be presented at the evening portion of the celebration event.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/water-justice-lab-open-house/
LOCATION:NATURE Lab\, 3319 6th Ave\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open House
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SUMMARY:Water Justice and Media Lab End of Season Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Our end-of-season Water Justice Lab celebration will feature films on local ecology and environmental issues\, including the premier of a short video created by Media Lab fellows. Water Justice Lab (WJL) is a collaborative program between Riverkeeper and NATURE Lab. This year youth fellows were joined by a youth media team\, made possible by a successful spring ‘26 fundraiser. Alongside this youth-produced film we’ll share other short films on local ecology and environmental issues\, including The Nature of Nature: Biodiversity in the Hudson Valley\, a 2025 film featuring local organizations like the Hudson Taconic Land Trust and Outdoor Promise. The films will be followed by a panel discussion with local environmental advocates and researchers. This event will be preceded by an open house at NATURE Lab.  \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/wjl-ml-finale-2026/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Screening
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