[sust-mar] Building Resilient Communities: Bioregional Solutions for Climate Action

[Phil Ferraro]

Building Resilient Communities:
Bioregional Solutions for Climate Action and Local Prosperity
August 14–16 | The PEI Farm Centre & Little River Farm

Day 1: Thursday August 14 – Mutual Aid, Collective Visioning & Integration
             At the PEI Farm Centre. 420 University Ave. Charlottetown

Morning 10:00 a.m.

     Welcome,
     Permaculture Designs, Green Roofs, Organic Gardens,
     Orchard & Vineyard
         Phil Ferraro, Institute for Bioregional Studies

     Community Harvest in the Legacy Garden

Lunch: at the Farm Centre

Afternoon

     Cultivating Wellness: Nature-Based Activities
         Farm Centre Horticulture Team

     Creating Resource-Sharing Food Hubs
         Ann Higgs, Growers Station Food Hub

     Unity in Diversity: Cultivating Equitable Communities for 
Sustainable Futures
         Shun-Yun Hu, Social Entrepreneur and Mindset Coach-in-Residence 
at Fort Erie International Academy

     Ecological and Social Impacts of Shoreline Restoration
         Li-Yi Cheng, Tse-Xin Organic Agriculture Foundation

     Rethinking Social Transformation, Ecology, Democracy, and Utopia – 
Part I
         Dan Chodorkoff, Institute for Social Ecology


Dinner: Shared Meal at The Farm Centre
Day 2: Friday August 15 – Climate 
Adaptation & Resilient Communities

Morning 10:00 a.m.

Welcome & Introductions, Tour of Little River Farm:

     Soil Health and Water Stewardship for Climate-Resilient Agriculture
         Roger Henry, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

     Regenerative Agriculture: Cultivating Flavour through Sustainable 
Practices
         Kevin Petrie, Inn at Bay Fortune Farm

Lunch: Garden Lunch at Inn at Bay Fortune

Afternoon

     Electric Converted & Remanufactured Vehicles
         Natal Antonini, Upcycle Green Tech

     Paving the Way to PEI’s Net-Zero & Infrastructure Resilience
         Dr. Kuljeet Grewal, Sustainable Design Engineering UPEI,

     Adapting Renewable Energy to Mitigate Climate Challenge
         Marianne Rodgers, PEI Wind Institute


Dinner: at Little River Farm

Evening Presentation:
     Rethinking Social Transformation. Ecology, Democracy, and Utopia – 
Part II
         Dan Chodorkoff, Institute for Social Ecology

     Group Discussion:
     Designing a Local Mutual Aid Framework Scenario Planning &
     Community Preparedness
     Facilitated by; Andy Horsenell, Founder Social Enterprise Solutions and
     Executive Director, Centre for Local Prosperity


Evening Back at the Land:     Stargazing, (Perseid meteor shower reaches 
its peak this week!),
                 Open Mic in the Big Tent
                 Group Reflections and Discussions
                 Enjoy a calming, reflective space to share experiences



Day 3: SaturdayAugust 16–
 From Resistance to Renewal: Laying the Groundwork for an Ecological Society


     These sessions present adaptive design and emergency preparedness 
strategies—skills that are vital for managing high-stress environments 
and offer pathways to sustainable and collaborative living.

Morning, 10:00 a.m.

Peecycling: Home scale recovery and recycling of nutrients
and Creating more affordable, environmentally sustainable communities:
Low cost, low tech solutions to environmental problems.
     Earle Barnhart and Hilda Maingay - New Alchemy Institute-Green Center

Lunch: At Little River Farm

Afternoon:
Net-Zero Design and Building of Commercial and Residential Buildings
         Calina Ferraro, Vice President, Introba Engineering
         Valentine Gomez, P. Eng; Certified Passive House Designer
         Ole Hammarlund, Architect, BGHJ Architects

Sustainable Ocean Foods in the Social Ecologies of Islands: Ideas for PEI
         Barry Pearce, Ecological Aquaculture International , LLC;
         Professor II, Faculty of Biosciences & Aquaculture,
         Nord University, Bodø, Norway

Dinner: Catered by BoonoonoonoosPEI (Boonoonoonoos is a Jamaican saying 
to express love. In plain English, it translates to "special person". 
When you have a loved one with you on vacation, you might want to refer 
to him or her as a "boonoonoonoos friend" to express your feelings.)

Evening:
Visioning a Future Together;
     A discussion on the future communities we wish to build. Using 
prompts such as "What does an ideal future look like?" and "How can we 
live collaboratively in harmony with the planet?" Participants will 
create a shared vision.
     Facilitated by;  Lil MacPherson, Centre for Local Prosperity, and
             Wooden Monkey Restaurants


Open Mic & Storytelling Night and Group Reflections


For more information write to Institute for Bioregional Studies 
ibs_pei at yahoo.com