50 Strong and Counting!

Well, a mighty thank you is due to each and everyone of you who has joined us in the SUDS Club–we have surpassed out goal of 50 members! This is an incredibly encouraging vote of confidence from the community we're hoping to serve. It confirms our belief that Antigonish is the exactly the right kind of place for something like The Townhouse. We've already enjoyed meeting a lot of great new people through this venture, and we look forward to meeting even more once our doors are finally open. We look forward to sharing more news on that front with you over the coming weeks and months...


While we have hit our goal we can still accommodate a few more members before we're maxed out. If you found out about all this late in the game, or otherwise feared you'd missed the deadline, you may still be in luck–just fill out the form or e-mail us to find out about some of the other ways you could play a vital part in the Townhouse start-up. 




UPCOMING EVENTs!
In other news–for those of you interested in local food and sustainable agriculture, environmental activism, social justice, or who just enjoy meeting and learning from remarkable people, you won't want to miss the chance to hear Vandana Shiva, speak right here in Antigonish.


 Feb. 26th: Transforming Local and Global Connections, 9:30 am at the COADY. For details click here. Shiva is an exciting and powerful speaker, an activist, physicist, author, and a winner of the Right Livelihood Award (aka "The Alternative Nobel Prize"). To give you a sense of the calibre of impressive and influential individuals this award recognizes, I'll just note that other winners include Ken Saro-Wiwa, David Suzuki, and Francis Moore Lappé. There will be a Just food-fair in conjunction with Shiva's visit, a vegetarian lunch provided by VOICES and Select Nova Scotia, and information on local food initiatives (possibly including The Townhouse).


Feb. 18th: Antigonish International Film Festival presents an afternoon getting to know Dr. Vandana Shiva in preparation and anticipation of her visit to Antigonish. Come one and all to "BULLSH*T" a film about Dr. Shiva with provocative film clips from Youtube and vigorous discussion to follow. As one of the organizers, Jeff Parker, put it,"There will also be live internet youtube videos and extensive discussion time to help digest her insights. She is everything the occupy movement could, should or ever would ever want to be! She is about "Thriving" not just surviving the war!" Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 AT 2:30 People's Place Library Main St. Antigonish.

"The primary threat to nature and people today comes from centralising and monopolising power and control. Not until diversity is made the logic of production will there be a chance for sustainability, justice and peace. Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative."

- Vandana Shiva

Once again, thank you so much for the tremendous support and encouragement!

Rose & Terry