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March 15, 2010

Event: ECO-art Camp
Sponsor: Town of Oakville
Location: Iroquois Ridge Community Centre
1051 Glenashton Drive Oakville, Ontario
Details: ECO-art Camp March Break 2009 Ages: 8 to 12 years Days: Monday to Friday Time: 9 am to 4 pm Location: Iroquois Ridge Community Center Maximum: 20 participants
For more info please contact Environmental Policy Coordinator: Trisha Leszczynski from the Town Manager's Office by phone: 905-845-6601 ext. 3948 or email: tleszczynski@oakville.ca

March 16, 2010
2:00 pm

Event: Worm Workshop - "The Wonder of Worms"
Sponsor: Toronto Public Library - Goldhawk Park Branch
Location: 295 Alton Towers Circle, Toronto
Details: Learn all about worms and vermicomposting. Discover how to convert organic matter (food scraps and paper) into nature's finest fertilizer. Find out how worms benefit the environment. During the presentation, vermicomposting is explained from set-up to harvest.

April 12, 2010
9:00 - 11:00 am

Event: Green Connections Networking
Sponsors: York Small Business Enterprise Centre (York Region)
Location: East Gwillimbury Civic Centre - 19000 Leslie St., Sharon
Details: This is a new initiative that will encourage the greening of your small business through peer to peer mentoring with like-minded individuals.
For further information please contact Cathy: 1-888-775-9495
email: cathy@cathyscomposters.com

April 12, 2010
7:30 pm

Event: Organic Magic with Worms
Sponsors: Gilford & District Horticultural Society
Location: Churchill Community Centre - 6322 Yonge, Innisfil, ON
Details: Learn all about worms and vermicomposting - a viable solution for apartment dwellers and their wet waste. Discover how to convert organic matter (food scraps and paper) into nature's finest fertilizer. Find out how worms benefit the environment. During the presentation, vermicomposting is explained from set-up to harvest.

April 23 - 25, 2010

Event: Green Living Show
Sponsors: Various
Location: Direct Energy Centre - 100 Princes Blvd. Toronto
Details: The Green Living Show is Toronto’s largest green consumer show dedicated to educating the public about easy and workable solutions for leading a sustainable lifestyle.
Join Cathy for worm composting demonstrations in the Kids Zone.

June 28, 2010
7:30 pm

Event: Organic Magic with Worms
Sponsors: Oro-Medonte Horticultural Society
Location: Oro-Medonte Community Arena - 71 4th Line N, Guthrie, ON
Details: Learn all about worms and vermicomposting - a viable solution for apartment dwellers and their wet waste. Discover how to convert organic matter (food scraps and paper) into nature's finest fertilizer. Find out how worms benefit the environment. During the presentation, vermicomposting is explained from set-up to harvest.

** Past Events **

March 8, 2010
9:00 - 11:00 am

Event: Green Connections Networking
Sponsors: York Small Business Enterprise Centre (York Region)
Location: Aurora Town Hall 1 Municipal Way (off Wellington St.)
Details: This is a new initiative that will encourage the greening of your small business through peer to peer mentoring with like-minded individuals.
For further information please contact Cathy: 1-888-775-9495
email: cathy@cathyscomposters.com

March 6, 2010

Event: 2nd Annual Environmental Leadership Forum
Sponsor: Environmental Stewardship Pickering
Location: 1 Esplanade, Pickering
Details: Our Leadership Forum invites community leaders and interested residents from across the city to take part in workshops that help empower both community groups and individuals to take action.

Feb. 21, 2010
2:00 pm

Event: Vermicomposting Presentation
Sponsor: Richters Herbs
Location: 357 Highway 47, Goodwood, ON
Details: Free Lecture with Cathy Nesbitt, Cathy’s Crawly Composters Vermicomposting is the practice of using nature’s recyclers, the lowly worm, to break down food scraps into nutrient rich compost. The result is an odourless black casting material that is terrific fertilizer for the garden. Cathy Nesbitt, chief worm advocate, will show you how easy it is to do vermicomposting in your home.
Free Admission

Feb. 20, 2010
9:00am - 5:00 pm

Event: 2010 Conference: Your Food, Your Choice: Grounds for Change
Sponsor: Canadian Organic Growers - Toronto Chapter
Location: University of Toronto Conference Centre
89 Chestnut St., Toronto
Details: Do organic pigs get swine flu? Why did McCain’s say no to Genetically Modified Organism’s (GMO’s) in the potatoes for their French fries? Can we trust others to know what is best for us? It’s time to make hard choices about the food we eat. When our leaders won’t, what can we do to ensure we are doing the best for ourselves, our families and our health? How can we make the best choices? Be sure to check out the Cathy Crawly Composters booth on Vermiculture.
$65 ($85 after January 31); $55 COG members.
Includes organic lunch! Info: 416-466-4420
Follow this link to register online.

Feb. 21, 2010
12:30 - 6:00 pm

Event: Seedy Saturday (on a Sunday!)
Sponsors: Toronto Community Garden Network, Seeds of Diversity
Location: Artscape Wychwood Barns - 601 Christie St. Toronto
Details: It's time to plant a seed about attending Toronto's Seedy Saturday 2010. Come and see a unique mix of seed and gardening supply merchants, environmental groups providing interesting workshops. Learn what it takes to setup your own vermicomposter. See how easy it is to setup, maintain and harvest your own vermicomposting system. What size do I need? What can I feed the worms? How often do I feed them?
Help the environment - let worms eat your garbage!
Admission is by donation, $2 recommended or pay what you can.

Note: This is one of our favourite events and each year it just gets better and better!

Feb. 10, 2010
8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Event: Guiding you through the marketing jungle
Sponsor: BCC
Location: Glenway Golf Club - 470 Crossland Gate, Newmarket
Details: What are you doing to grow your business? Join us for this inspirational day of experiential learning? Find out how to brand your business. How to attract the attention of the media. How to get onboard with electronic and social media groups. Gift Certificates available for the entrepreneur on your list.
Join Cathy, Bob and Cheryl and learn how to get the most from your marketing efforts!
To register call 1-888-775-9495 or follow this link to register online.

Feb. 2, 2010
8:30 am - 8:00 pm

Event: 2010 International Networking Day
Networking and Business Mastery
Sponsors: Unleash PR
Location: Estonian House - 958 Broadview Ave, Toronto
Details: Connect with over 350 business owners and professionals for International Networking Day. Informative talks on Networking Mastery as well as Business Mastery.
Cathy's Crawly Composters will be sponsoring organic waste collection to help keep this event Green!
Cost: Whole day: $35 ($50 at door), Afternoon only: $25 ($35 at door). Register online, for more info phone: (416) 865-3274 or email: jenniferbeale@unleashpr.com

Jan. 30 - 31, 2010
Sat. 9 am - 5:30 pm
Sun. 9 am - 4:30 pm

Event: 29th Annual Guelph Organic Conference
Sponsor: Various
Location: University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
Details: Canada's Premiere Organic Event!
This four-day event will feature over 150 booths, workshops, seminars and expert panels. Be sure to visit us at booth #101.
On Saturday January 30 at 11:00 am - check out Cathy's presentation on "Practical Worm Ranching - For Farm & City". After the presentation, SQUIRM - The Cathy's Crawly Composters Story will be screened.

Free admission to marketplace - Free Weekend Parking.

Jan. 11, 2010
(9:00 - 11:00 am)

Event: Green Connections Networking
Sponsors: York Small Business Enterprise Centre (York Region)
Location: York Region Administration Centre - 17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket, (Committee Room B)
Details: This is a new initiative that will encourage the greening of your small business through peer to peer mentoring with like-minded individuals.
For further information please contact Cathy: 1-888-775-9495
email: cathy@cathyscomposters.com

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