UPCOMING COURSES & EVENTS
Please note there is NO Frink Maple Fest Planned for 2010.
5th Annual Sustainable Living Symposium
Saturday March 20th Workshops and Trade Show at Loyalist College
Sunday March 21st
Green Homes Tour in Prince Edward County
Highlighting local experts through interactive
participant sessions and over 50 local businesses, organizations and
products in a Trade Show.
Local, affordable, and do-able lifestyle solutions for right now will be
demonstrated and discussed at the 5th Annual Sustainable Living
Symposium. Local experts will show you how to implement earth-friendly
and cost-effective solutions such as urban food gardens, energy
efficient renovations and reno's for healthier living, renewable energy,
new home design, rooftop solar, the feed-in-tarriff program, home and
business owner incentive programs and more.
The focus is on local solutions, local services, and local businesses.
You'll work with your neighbours and local experts to find out how to
make a difference today, for a sustainable tomorrow.
$50 Full Weekend
$40 Saturday Only (lunch included)
$15 Sunday Only (bring a lunch)
REGISTER ONLINE
www.quintesustainability.ca for more information and to register
REGISTER EARLY! SPACES ARE LIMITED.
Bird Identification
Course
at the H.R. Frink Outdoor Education
Centre with Naturalist Terry Sprague
Commencing January 17, 2010
Register at
http://naturestuff.net
The
six week course introduces you to the more common families of birds and
shows you how to recognize them by profile and mannerisms. The course
will focus on hawks and owls, warblers and vireos, sparrows, blackbirds,
wetland birds, thrushes, wrens, swallows and mimics, but will also show
you how to separate various species of woodpeckers, shorebirds, geese
and ducks, and you will leave this course convinced that the flycatcher
family really isn’t that difficult at all.
Pre- Registration
Required. Don’t wait! Register today as this course tends
to fill very quickly! To register for this course, please contact the
instructor
TERRY SPRAGUE. Registration for this course is open now,
and payment is required by November 01, 2009.
DATES:
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Sunday, January 17
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Sunday, January 24
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Sunday, February 07
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Sunday, February 14
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Sunday, February 21
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Sunday, February 28
FORE MORE INFO CLICK ON
THE LINK BELOW
http://naturestuff.net/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1072&Itemid=30
Thank You to our 2009 Donors to the Annual Silent
Auction Fundraiser held in September
Stirling
Festival Theatre
Ducks
Unlimited
Quinte
Conservation
Rona
Cashway
Chisholms
Lumber
Kelly's
Guardian Drug Store
Natural
Themes Native Plant Nursery
Murray
Hills Farms
The King's
The
Burrough's
The
McCallum's
Derek
Dafoe
The
Wagner's
PAST
EVENTS
WINTER FAMILY ACTIVITY DAY
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 1- 4 PM
Snowshoe Hikes (snowshoes are provided and weather permitting)
Guided Nature Hike with Terry Sprague "Exploring Nature in Winter"
Build your very own bird feeder
Family Snow Sculpture Contest (weather permitting)
Campfire and Bannock Making
And more...
Admission $10 per family, $5 per adult, $2 per child
All proceeds support projects at the Frink Outdoor Education Centre
Download a poster for posting in your community click the thumbnail
image to the right.
