Fleming College

Fleming College’s Chris Magwood will host an upcoming workshop that explores the field of sustainable building.

Magwood is the program coordinator for both the Sustainable Building Design and Construction and Sustainable Renovation programs at Fleming.

The free workshop, Does this Sustainability Stuff Really Work? will take place on Thursday, Feb. 10 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre, 2505 Pioneer Rd. in Peterborough. (The Centre was built by Magwood and students in the Sustainable Building Design and Construction program in 2009.)

Magwood will encourage workshop participants to consider building design in a new way.

Magwood has written three books on straw bale building and is the author of the forthcoming Skeptic’s Guide to Sustainable Building.

Does this Sustainability Stuff Really Work? is part of a workshop series hosted by Camp Kawartha with support from the RBC Foundation.

The Sustainable Living in the Greater Peterborough Area workshop series matches experts with community members interested in specific topics on living sustainably. It focuses on practical steps community members and businesses can take to reduce carbon emissions, retrofit homes with green alternatives, and adopt sustainable living practices. As well, it will highlight the economic advantages of adopting green approaches to business.

Additional workshops at the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre include:

• Financing the Green Economy
with Chris Ouellette
Feb. 17 at 7 p.m.

• Solar Energy and the MicroFIT program
with Simon Boone and J.P. Pawliw
March 2 at 7 p.m.

• Responsible Lending
with Chris Ouellette
March 23 at 7 p.m

• Sustainability Begins in the Garden
with Cathy Dueck
March 31 at 7 p.m.

• Eating Local – How Can it Be Done?
with Paula Anderson and By the Bushel
April 14 at 7 p.m.

• Green Building Materials and Health Impacts
with Chris Phillips
April 27 at 7 p.m.

• Stepping into Green
with Jacob Rodenburg
May 28 at 2 p.m.

• Greening Your Business
with Scott Mancini
June 9 at 7 p.m.
For more information on the workshop series, visit: www.campkawartha.ca/environmentcentre/publicworkshops.php

Drop-ins are welcome but if possible, please RSVP to 705-652-3860 or email info@campkawartha.ca

For more information on Fleming College’s Sustainable Building Design and Construction program, please visit:
http://www.flemingc.on.ca/index.cfm/go/programs/sub/display/code/SBD/style/d.cfm

For more information on Fleming College’s Sustainable Renovation program, please visit:
http://www.flemingc.on.ca/index.cfm/go/programs/sub/display/code/SBR/style/d.cfm
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