Composting Council of Canada

	INTERNATIONAL COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK 2007 May 6th - May 12th, 2007 NATIONAL EVENTS
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Monday May 7th	Petawawa Public Library, with Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre Community Garden Work Party Time: 11: 30AM-1PM Refreshments provided! Download the event flyer
Tuesday May 8th	Charlottetown, PEI , with ADI PEI and Island Waste Management Corporation. Garden Event and Cheque Presentation for 2006 Winners of Compost Giants! Pumpkin Growing Contest!
Wed May 9th	London Composts! With City of London and TRY Recycling, with special guest Mark Cullen (see the rest of Mark’s public appearances listed below)
Thursday May 10th	County of Peterborough, ON Teaching Garden opening, with compost to be donated by the County of Peterborough
Thursday May 17th	Sault Ste-Marie, ON Composting and Gardening event with special guest Mark Cullen. Lemieux Composting
Wed June 6th	Charlottetown PEI, with special guest Mark Cullen
	CCC Members’ and Partner’s Events
Saturday May 12	LaBrocquerie, MB Plant exchange, backyard composting and bin building demonstration, compost and compost bin sale! All profits will go towards grade 11 student exchange trip to France.
	The Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre 4th Annual Plant Sale Date: Saturday May 12th 10AM-2PM Compost Educator Volunteer Training Program Dates: May 9-11
Monday May 7 - Friday May 11	Waterdown Garden Supplies 1771 Hwy #5 West, Troy, Ontario Compost giveaway all week to celebrate International Compost Awareness Week! Monday to Friday 8AM-4PM, Saturday 8AM-noon, 5 bag limit per car Download advertisement for event
	Ville de Lévis, QC The City of Lévis, for the first time, this year, is offering information sessions on backyard composting. The sessions will be approximately 2 hours long and will allow participants to learn how to make quality compost in their yards. They will learn what materials can be composted, where to best place their composter and how to maintain it. They will also receive practical tips on the best ways to use their compost in order to grow healthy, strong plants. In addition, for each session a draw will be held for a wood composter. The dates and locations of the sessions are as follows :
	7 mai : 19h30 Hôtel de ville de Lévis Salle Polyvalente 2175, chemin du Fleuve Quartier Saint-Romuald	9 mai : 19h30 Bibliothèque Pierre-Georges Roy Salle d’animation 7, rue Mgr-Gosselin Quartier Lévis
Saturday May 12	Guelph, ON Guelph Enabling Garden Time: 9AM-12PM Annual Plant Sale
Saturday May 5th	Region of Peel, Ontario To kick off Compost Awareness Week, the Region of Peel will host the first ever Green Home and Garden Expo in Brampton at the Powerade Centre on Saturday, May 5. Some specific waste management programs profiled at the event include composting and the new Region-wide organics recycling program to help raise awareness of the importance of composting and participating in the organics recycling program to help Peel reach its goal of diverting 70 per cent of our waste from disposal by 2016.
Saturday May 12	York Region, Ontario In conjunction with Cathy’s Crawly Composters Event: Vermicomposting Workshops Location: East Gwillimbury Waste Management Facility 100 Garfield Wright Boulevard (near the northeast corner of Davis Dr. & Woodbine Ave.) Details: "Organic magic with worms" Come in and learn what is involved in setting up your own Vermicomposting system. Find out what you can do to lighten the load going to Michigan. Free admission
	Region of Waterloo, Ontario Compost Giveaway Event- Saturday May 12, Waterloo Landfill, 925 Erb St. W. Cambridge Landfill, 201 Savage Dr. Backyard Composting Workshop- Saturday May 5
	Region of Halton, Ontario Monday, May 7 to Saturday, May 12 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Halton Waste Management Site Each year during Compost Give Away, Halton Region offers compost to Halton residents free of charge. Residents will be permitted to take up to seven (7) garbage bags (or equivalent) of compost per household. Residents must bring their own bags and shovel. Residents are responsible for shoveling and bagging their own compost. During the Compost Give Away, Halton Region coordinates a food drive to support food banks within the community. Residents are encouraged to make a donation of non-perishable food items or cash. Your donations make a difference! During the 2006 spring and fall Compost Give Away events 6,689 residents came to the Halton Waste Management site and picked up approximately 3,000 tonnes of compost. In 2006, residents donated 11,000 kilograms of food and $12,650 to local food banks as part of Compost Give Away. The leaf and yard waste collected through the Region's yard waste collection program is taken to the Halton Waste Management Site and turned into high quality compost and a portion is offered back to Halton's residents.
Saturday May 12	City of Barrie, Ontario Truckload Composter Sale! Norseman Plastics Earth Machines $15.00 each (Barrie residents only). Time: 8AM-4PM Location: Canadian Tire parking lot AND Home Depot parking lot.
Sunday May 6th	Resource Conservation Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Outdoors at the Assiniboine Park Conservatory 1-1:45 pm: Basic Backyard Composting Workshop (free) 2-3 pm: Learn How to Build your own Bin Workshop (free) 3:30-4:30 pm: Build your own Compost Screen Workshop ($6)
Tuesday May 8th	Resource Conservation Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB At the Eco-Centre, 3rd floor, 303 Portage Avenue 7-8 pm: Make your own Vermi-Composter Workshop ($13)
Saturday May 26	The City of Winnipeg’s One Day Only Compost Bin Sale Time: 8 am to 4 pm Locations: St. James Civic Centre, Kildonan Place Shopping Centre, Garden City Shopping Centre, St. Vital Centennial Arena Cost: $25 tax included (subsidized by the City of Winnipeg* and the Province of Manitoba)*
Sunday May 6 - Saturday May 12	MUN Botanical Garden, St. John’s Newfoundland Come to MUN Botanical Garden and celebrate composting! EXHIBITS & INFORMATION: View MMSB, Ever Green Recycling and Botanical Garden compost displays. Free composting information will be available in our field centre. COMPOST DEMONSTRATION GARDEN: Visit our compost demonstration garden, located between the Agnes Ayre gazebo and the Friends' wildlife garden. VERMICOMPOSTING: Take a close look at our indoor worm bin (vermicomposter). THREE CHEERS FOR COMPOSTING FAMILY PROGRAM: Bring the family along for special Family Day Programs on May 6 celebrating composting. In addition to exhibits and information, the following will take place throughout the day: · Nature Hikes · Compost Crafts & Games · Story Time · Discovery Trail · Garden Tours · Face Painting · Nature Hikes to Oxen Pond / Duck Feeding FREE LUNCHTIME LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS: Drop by the Garden between noon and 1 p.m. to attend one of the following free lunch time compost information demonstrations. Registration is not required for these demonstrations. Monday, May 7 - The ABC's of Composting, by Joy Carter-Barfoot, Education Assistant, and Costa Kasimos, Research Assistant Tuesday, May 8 - Vermicomposting (Worm Composting) by Anne Madden, Education Coordinator Wednesday, May 9 - Getting The Most From Your Soil by Roy Stares, Assistant Gardener Thursday, May 10 - Waking Up Your Spring Garden Bed by Carl White, Head Gardener Friday, May 11 - Hanging Baskets, by Tim Walsh, Nursery Manager For more information please contact: Anne Madden Education Coordinator MUN Botanical Garden Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7 Telephone: (709) 737-8590 Fax: (709) 737-8596 Email: amadden@mun.ca
Date Various	Fredericton Backyard Composters, Fredericton, NB Sale of backyard compost bins and public seminar May 6th: 7th Annual Composter Sale! Boyce Farmers Market May 7th: Fredericton mayor will proclaim the launch of Composting Week! May 10th: 2 hour session on composting at Killarney Lake Lodge, led by Master Composters of the Fredericton Backyard Composters
Public Appearances	Mark Cullen, spring 2007 Mark Cullen is a spokesperson and major supporter of The Composting Council of Canada. This spring, with the launch of his new book “a Sandbox of a Different Kind” the Council and its members are getting involved in many events jointly with him. The events marked in green will have CCC and/or CCC member participation. Tues. May 1 – Brandon Wed. May 2 – Winnipeg Wed. May 9th – London Ont Thurs. May 10 – Peterborough Fri. May 11 – Perth noon to 2 p.m. Sat. May 12 – Beaver Valley Stone – CFRB remote Wed. May 16th – Regina Thurs. May 17th – Sault St. Marie Sat. May 19th – Tommy Thompson Park - CFRB remote Wed. May 23rd – Sudbury Thurs. May 24th – Thunder Bay Tues. June 5th – NFLD – St. John’s Wed. June 6th – Charlottetown PEI Thurs. June 7thth – Moncton Wed. June 13th – Canadore College ‘Artsperience’ 6:30 p.m.