Entries from October 2007

October 23, 2007

Cuba Comes to Town!

The recent Film Night hosted by Tweed Green-Up and St. John’s United Church was a great success! The documentary, The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, wonderfully highlighted the Cuban approach to combating oil dependency by turning to community-based eco-energy solutions, such as small, local, organic farms, wide-scale public transportation, solar heating, and [...]

October 3, 2007

Welcome Gerann!

We are delighted to extend a belated welcome to Gerann Murphy as Tweed Green-Up’s first paid staff person (whom we share with the Friends of Stoco Lake and the Hastings Stewardship Council)! A big thanks to Jim Pedersen, Hastings Stewardship Council Coordinator, for initiating the idea and doing all the necessary paperwork to successfully [...]