GEL Ecomarket & Transition Guelph

Sustainability week is coming to a close, and to finish off we attended the GEL Eco-market downtown Guelph at St. Georges Anglican Church. This event was a showcase and connection opportunity for 'green' businesses, local non-profits and municipal initiatives working toward sustainability and community resilience. This was part of Resilience 2011, a festival coinciding with S-week at the University and Earth day (March 26th 8:30-9:30) organized through Transition Guelph (which we encourage you to look into). Transition Guelph stems from transition initiatives, which are emerging and evolving approaches to community-level sustainability. They are starting to appear in several parts of the world, and Guelph hopes to be the second transition town initiative in Canada! Go to the Transition Guelph Website  to find out more about these 'scalable microcosms of hope.' Resilience 2011 is an opportunity to connect people within the community of Guelph and promote Transition Guelph.

The planners of the Resilience 2011 festival highlight that:

"Our intention for the Festival is to capture the community's imagination - to inform, build momentum, and inspire people to take action to help build resilience, both personally and in the community at large. What's more, we want to celebrate the great work that is already being done by the many organizations, businesses and individuals who are taking steps to make Guelph a sustainable, resilient community, for ourselves and for our children."

We had the opportunity to talk to many people from the Guelph community about family planning and how it can contribute to a more sustainable planet.


What steps can you take to make our community more sustainable and resilient for the future generations?