Friday, November 6
Tours
12:00-6:30pm
Detroit Tour Leaves (pre-registration required)
Growing Power and Justice: DETROIT
The roots of environmental justice are growing strong in Detroit. A city which has been the epicenter of US industrialization and has been stripped bare from dehumanizing injustices now begins slowly building a movement for the people. Carrots grow in place of steel mills, tomatoes instead of automobile plants, and with them hope for the forgotten city.
The Detroit tour will visit a few places where hope takes root and will explore how community efforts are working day-to-day against the post-industrial mess that the city has become. Conversations with residents, activists, and entrepreneurs will range from the visionary to the concrete nuts-and-bolts of how to patiently grow justice and sustainability.
Carpools will be arranged--if you can commit to driving about 10 miles total, please contact info@nasco.coop.
Friday, November 6
12:00-3:00pm
Tour of Sunward and Great Oak Co-housing Communities
Carpools will be arranged--if you can commit to driving about 10 miles total, please contact info@nasco.coop.
3:30-5:30 pm
ICC co-op Tour
Skill Shares
3 pm - 4pm
Cloth Pad-Making
Judy Bankman, Ann Arbor Free School
Come learn how to make your own pads! In an age of corporate tampon-domination, here's a free space to learn one of the most useful DIY skills for those who menstruate.
4 pm - 5 pm
Home Remedies for Common Maladies
Jonathan Irwin, PCH, Rosehip Medics Collective, Rising Tide North America
Home Remedies for Common Maladies focuses on affordable remedies—prevention, herbal medicines, and more —for common illnesses and injuries, as well as identifying Red Flags to help guide you in deciding when to seek more definitive medical care or emergency medical services. Use our training and accompanying zine as a resource for yourself, your family, your house, or your neighborhood; the more care providers we have, the less we all have to depend on corporate medicine!
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Natural T-shirt Screenprinting
Darryl Nunn, Grand House Cooperative
No plastic here. Using home made environmentally friendly inks and natural pigments learn how to create customized t-shirts or paper prints with basic screen printing techniques.
6:30 pm - 7:15 pm
Natural Yarn to Dye For
Learn how to color yarn using dyes found naturally in your backyard. Or your spice cupboard! We'll show you what to do with that two pound bag of guff turmeric.
Skill shares of any type are welcome, and skill shares related to food are especially desired to complement the "Re-Imagining Food Systems" and "Sustainability Toolbox: Practices for Housing Co-ops" course tracks. Email info@nasco.coop if you are interested in presenting a skill share.
