Thursday, August 27
2:00pm Arrival and set up time
2:00pm – 6:00pm Free School Construction Workshop and Work Party :
Straw-bale Cabin
(with Volker Klum, Back field)
IN MEMORY OF LESLIE BRUCE
6:00pm Dinner feast
8:00pm Movie in the barn: “Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma”
(with Abad Khan, Barn Amphitheatre)
9:30pm Music Jam by the Campfire
Friday, August 28
7:00am Croissant making workshop – Part 1
(with Geoff Tanner, Kitchen)
8:00am Breakfast feast
9:00am Opening and welcome
(with everyone, Big Barn aka. Main Stage)
10:30am Break
10:45am Workshops Session 1
Rooftop Gardens 101 - Growing food in unconventional spaces
(with Tim Murphy, Big Barn)
Investigative research on the web: skill for activists and independent media
(with Tim Groves, Barn Loft)
Energy for the Common Man
(with David Swan, Back Yard/ Pod)
Community engagement tools and transition towns
(with Clara Stewart-Robertson and Rachel Derrah, Front Lawn/Front Room)
Fruit tree grafting
(with Paul Baker, Middle Lawn/Garage)
12:15pm Lunch
1:45pm Workshop Session 2
Maritime medicinals
(with Ashley Crane, Barn Loft)
The New university project
(with Pioneering students: Hugh, Kyle, Nathalie and Mary Beth, Big Barn)
Coffee-Recycling: industrial design to inform social change
(with Adam Fairweather, Back Yard/Pod)
Tour with the camera (basics)
(with Sina Wagner, Middle Lawn/garage)
Croissant making workshop – part 2
(with Geoff Tanner, Kitchen/Front Room)
3:15pm Break
3:30pm Discussion Period 1
(Meet at the Big Barn aka Main Stage)
The Dialogue of Desire - sex, under the influence (with Rena Kulczychi)
Discussion on gender and sexuality (with Amanda Stevens)
Other topics to be proposed
5:00pm Free Time
6:00pm Dinner
8:00pm Movie in the barn: “The Age of Stupid”
9:30PM Music with Tony Reddin and others
Saturday, August 29
7:00am Ice-cream making workshop – Part 1
(with Aaron Beale, Kitchen)
8:00am Breakfast
9:00am Workshops Session 3
Learn how to play the banjo
(with Zac Crouse, Big Barn)
Mining resistance and international solidarity
(with Kathryn Anderson, Barn Loft)
People’s Food Policy Kitchen Table Conversation
(with Pat Kerans, Front Lawn/Front Room)
Analog forestry
(with Dana Kittilsen, Middle Lawn/Garage)
It's better to build boys than to mend men
(with Ben Sichel, Back Yard/Pod)
10:30am Break
10:45am Workshops Session 4
Solidarity, from Colombia to Palestine
(with: Waleed Kadray and David Parker, Barn Loft)
The Joy of Grief
(with Roy Ellis, Back Yard, Pod)
Weed walk
(with Silas Magee and Jayme Melrose, meet at Middle Lawn – Rain or Shine!)
The Cornerstones of Sustainable Agriculture; Cover cropping and Crop rotation
(with Owen Roberts, Front Lawn/Front Room)
12:15pm Lunch
1:45pm Discussion Period 2
(Meet at the Big Barn aka Main Stage)
The Dialogue of Desire - sex, under the influence (with Rena Kulczychi)
Discussion on gender and sexuality (with Amanda Stevens)
Other topics to be proposed
Ice-cream making workshop – Part 2
(with Aaron Beale, Kitchen)
3:15pm Break
3:30pm Games and physical activities:
Kick-ball (with Janna Graham, “Colony” Field across Highway)
Capoeira (with Zak Miller and Kiersten Holden, Front Lawn)
Yoga (with Angela Day, Back Yard)
6:00pm Dinner
7:00pm Sourdough bread making workshop – Part 1
(with Jessica Ross, Kitchen)
8:00pm Musical Soiree and Big Barn Dance Party with Tim Crabtree, Zac Crouse and others
Sunday, August 30
7:00am Sourdough bread making workshop – Part 2
(with Jessica Ross, Kitchen)
8:00am Breakfast
9:00am Workshops Session 4
Kirtans - bhakti yoga in the form of devotional chanting
(with Av Singh, Shaani Singh, Kaia Singh, Karen Shepard, and Janice Bush, Big Barn)
Popular education - basics and tools
(with Wilf Bean, Barn Loft)
Photojournalism techniques: story telling through photos and words
(with Stan Moeller, Middle Lawn/Garage)
Deep Democracy: The Art of Working with Groups
(with Aftab Erfan, Back Lawn/Pod)
10:30am Break
10:45am Workshops Session 5
Introduction to and history of sea kayaking
(with Paul Cunning, Barn Loft)
The roots of injustice and the fair-trade movement
(with Satya Ramen, Big Barn)
The Art of architecture
(with Bernd Hermanski, Front Lawn/Front Room)
Saying "Yes" to anti-capitalism
(with Ted Rutland, Back Lawn/Pod)
12:15pm – 2:00pm Lunch and Closing Ceremony