Whether you belong to a faith community or are simply interested in building resilience through urban food forests, this session offers an opportunity to learn about an exciting new initiative in Waterloo Region. Divest Waterloo is launching a project to support the creation of food forests in partnership with faith communities across our region.
This project is powerful not only because it naturalizes landscapes, creates habitat and attracts native pollinators with low-maintenance, drought-tolerant native species but also because it builds community. By supporting ongoing engagement with the land that sustains us, it has the potential to change the relationships that citizens across the region have with our ecosystem. These are all critical elements of resilience in the face of the climate crisis.
Join us to hear Dr. Andrew Judge (Mko’Mosé Indizhnikaz), an Anishinaabe scholar and teacher, kick off our project by sharing his knowledge of the Indigenous land-based sustainability practices that allowed the original peoples in this region to thrive.
Nicola Thomas, a Food Forest consultant and founder of Grand River Food Forestry, will share examples of her good work and describe how she will support project participants.
We are grateful to Faith & the Common Good for their sponsorship and to the Region of Waterloo for their financial support through the Community Environmental Fund.
Register here for this free event.
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