June 20th , 2009 marks the date of this year’s Strawberries and Asparagus Festival in Cedarvale Park in Toronto. The event which has run for a number of years (having been re dubbed S&A 2 years back) brings together Toronto residents to celebrate the first harvests of the season and to learn/share/talk green/gardening/food and more.
After attending the festival for the past few years (even after moving away form Toronto) we have made the decision this year to not make the trip. Instead of renting the car and carbon… we have decided to spin off our own homegrown version of Strawberries and Asparagus here in Owen Sound Ontario. When I mentioned to Chris Chopik of Evolution Green that we would rather start our own festival than travel to his this June it took about a third of a second to agree it was the right thing to do.
In the following interview/conversation Chris and I discuss the details of the Cedarvale Park event and I get some practical background and organizational details needed to make our own festival a success. If others are interested in holding a Strawberries and Asparagus of their own this audio should serve as good place to get started and as Chris mentions… we should likely get around to publishing some guidelines and resources to see if we can’t get a few more community festivals to bloom next spring!
Here is one of many audio and video intereview we conducted this past weekend at the Green Living Show in Toronto. Chris Chopik of Evolution Green speaks with Martin Liefhebber of Breathe Architects (heads up …there is an autoplay audio track on the site!) about sustainable design, the future of building and the insane way we as a society live many aspects of our lives.
We will rerelease this video shorlty (when we find a little more editing time…)
The Sounds Sustainable podcast caught up again recently with Chris Chopik for a discussion of the Green Energy Act, the upcoming Green Living show and more. Chris is a Toronto Realtor with a focus on green buildings and home energy use and instructor with the Toronto Real Estate Board. Much of what Chris is up to can be followed at EvolutionGreen.com
The Sounds Sustainable podcast had the opportunity to drop by the IT360 conference a couple of weeks back to check out what’s new in GreenIT.
The Conference…
“IT360° Conference & Expo 2008 is an interactive experience for IT professionals and business executives. Faced with the challenge of shrinking budgets and limited time to test or evaluate, IT360° provides a conference of 80+ educational sessions and an informative exposition where professionals can compare applications and solutions while learning first-hand from leading companies and their experts in this immersive arena.”
Green IT…
The conference this year took a good look at what is happening in the GreenIT space
“New this year, the IT Green Feature spotlights green or sustainable information systems and technology programs throughout the industry. An IT Green seminar series will be offered at the conference, and vendors will display green initiatives on the trade show floor. Among the topics addressed at IT360° will be energy efficiencies in servers and data centres, green business leadership, hazardous material reduction, and environmentally responsible IT asset disposal.”
While in attendance we managed to record a couple of sessions to share with you from the GreenIt content stream.
June 20th , 2009 marks the date of this year’s Strawberries and Asparagus Festival in Cedarvale Park in Toronto. The event which has run for a number of years (having been re dubbed S&A 2 years back) brings together Toronto residents to celebrate the first harvests of the season and to learn/share/talk green/gardening/food and more.
