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June General meeting at Quadra Community Centre

June 5, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
Hi Everyone, the next general meeting is going to be Tuesday June 5 in Room 3 at the Community Centre.There's plenty to discuss and celebrate:Car StopTimeBankanything you'd like to add..?See More
May 11
Jon MacRae is now a member of Quadra Island Ning
May 6
Mike Gall commented on audrey neri's group Transportation
"The Car Stop initiative is now officially underway!!!!! 17 signs were put up yesterday and with a little luck, the remainder will be installed before the end of the week. The program came in under budget and the signs look great.Our job is now to…"
Apr 29
Dionne Lapointe-Bakota commented on Philip Stone's group Food Security
"Great news Helene :)  Keep us posted."
Apr 23
Helene Lepage commented on Philip Stone's group Food Security
"Morning! our baby chicks hatched last night ! after many tribulations, power outages, moving the eggs under the wood stove and covering our little home made incubator with my Cowichan sweater almost half hatched anyway!. I love it when mother nature…"
Apr 20
Mike Gall commented on Derek Jean's page Car Stop Program in the group Transportation
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"Here is the latest on the Car Stop.... the aluminum sign backing has all been cut to size and we are waiting on the funding to come through for the next phase. Once the check has been deposited, we can proceed with purchasing the…"
Apr 11
Profile IconDeb Cowper and Krista Zelizney joined Quadra Island Ning
Mar 27
Dionne Lapointe-Bakota replied to Tara Taylor's discussion School Garden needs some muscle!
"We'll definitely try to be there for one or both of those days."
Mar 27
 

Welcome to the Quadra Ning!

Quadra Island is an amazingly close-knit community and here's a perfect forum to forge ties and communicate with one another. The main reason for creating this network was to enable better, faster dialogue around the Quadra Island Transition Initiative but the potential for all sorts of sharing and networking for Quadra's groups and organizations is enormous. Become a member and get connected!

 

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GROUPS - please keep posts in each group related to that groups' topic items.

FORUMS - General discussions may be better posted here.

SEARCH - don't forget you can search for topics, content is growing - top right!

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School Garden needs some muscle! 1 Reply

Hi everyone, the school garden is finally moving forward after getting the district approval, and the PAC is organizing work bees for March 31 and April 7 from 1 to 4 pm.  The goal on these days is…Continue

Started by Tara Taylor in General. Last reply by Dionne Lapointe-Bakota Mar 27.

Community Resilience 1 Reply

Community ResilienceI just found this link and thought it might be of…Continue

Started by Tara Taylor in General. Last reply by Philip Stone Mar 22.

Transition Meeting February, 27 2012. 4 Replies

A very good dialogue on many inter-related topics ensued last night. Highlights included:A discussion about a new way of managing the bartering of labour and skills: …Continue

Started by Sheldon Etheridge in General. Last reply by Allen Perkins Mar 5.

Grant Opportunities 2 Replies

Hi Everyone,I stumbled upon a grant today that I thought might be a nice fit for the Transition group.  The community greenhouse came to mind, but other people might have some ideas.  The deadline is…Continue

Started by Dionne Lapointe-Bakota in General. Last reply by Dionne Lapointe-Bakota Feb 24.

Blog Posts

Transition Weekend Report - Nov. 12-13 2011

Thoughts from the Transition Weekend

 

Some were concerned that the gap between our last meeting in April and this weekend in mid November was too long and momentum had been lost. But by the close of proceedings on Sunday morning the twenty plus islanders who took part left energized and excited to breath new life into Quadra Transition.

 

In all over thirty showed up at the Quadra Community Centre and took part in discussions and workshops on November 12 & 13…

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Posted by Philip Stone on November 14, 2011 at 15:00 — 1 Comment

 
 
 

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Project Ideas

Created by Philip Stone Nov 13, 2011 at 3:33pm. Last updated by Philip Stone Nov 14, 2011.

Ideas from On vs. Off Grid discussion at Transition WEekend

Created by Derek Jean Nov 14, 2011 at 12:48pm. Last updated by Derek Jean Nov 14, 2011.

Ideas from Biofuels discussion at Transition Weekend

Created by Derek Jean Nov 14, 2011 at 12:27pm. Last updated by Derek Jean Nov 14, 2011.

Notes Home

Created by Philip Stone Nov 13, 2011 at 3:12pm. Last updated by Philip Stone Nov 13, 2011.

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