Compost Workshop at Malahat Community Garden

The Community Food Network organized and funded a compost workshop at the Malahat Community Garden on Friday, September 23, 2022. It was taught by Kayla Siefried from the Compost Education Center and was a hands-on demo of making outdoor compost and general tips and tricks and uses for compost. The gardeners received kudos from Kayla for having a very pollinator friendly garden.

Attending was Sandy Joe (lead gardener), Shane Sylvester (seasonal gardener) and Darren James (assistant gardener).

Please reach out to seannaj@nautsamawt.com if you would like to host a compost workshop in your community or if you'd like the notes from this workshop.

Youth Opportunity - Introduction to Podcasting Training Program

Good Influence Films is offering Indigenous Youth an opportunity to take a hands-on, 15-week training program in podcasting and digital storytelling.

The program is online and open to Indigenous youth residing in Canada, with a priority to youth living in rural and remote areas. If you are a young changemaker between 20 and 35 with a desire to share stories from your community and host cross-cultural conversations, apply today!

Participants will graduate from the Introduction to Podcasting Training Program with 3 completed episodes which will be released on the Indigenous 150+ podcast platform. The participants will also be provided with a professional microphone or $100 towards additional gear if they already have a suitable microphone.

Twelve (12) individuals will be invited to participate in the Introduction to Podcasting Training Program.

Program dates: Week of March 21st, 2022 – July 16th, 2022

Deadline to apply: March 6, 2022

For more information:

https://goodinfluencefilms.com/training

Indigenous Youth Home Energy Forum

Did you know that Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE) Network has a forum for Indigenous Youth Home Energy? This forum provides a place for Indigenous youth to discuss and discover home energy conservation. This is a space for Indigenous youth to connect with each other, ask questions and share stories. The goal is to inspire youth to learn more about the impacts of energy on the land, consider careers in the energy sector, and take energy conservation actions in their community.

The Indigenous Youth Home Energy forum offers educational, career and internship opportunities in the energy and sustainability sectors. Here, you can connect with other Indigenous youth, share your experiences, engage in open conversations, and learn about what makes a home sustainable. Tradition and culture are essential to sustainable Indigenous housing, and youth are invited to sharing your vision for the future.

This forum was inspired by a workshop in May 2021 by Aboriginal Housing Management Association and Fraser Basin Council. The workshop featured Indigenous panelists working in the Indigenous housing sector. Indigenous youth highlighted the importance of culturally appropriate housing and expressed their support for a stronger voice in the development of sustainable communities.

For more information on the forum and its purpose, do not hesitate to get in touch with Sara Fralin (AHMA) sfralin@ahma-bc.org or Tom Welfare (FBC) twelfare@fraserbasin.ca.

To join the forum, you need to first sign up for the ICE Network and then join the forum:

https://icenet.work/spaces/45/indigenous-youth-home-energy

Michelle mentoring Frank at T'Souke First Nation installing photovoltaic cells