Transition Town Greater Media

Zero Time to Waste - Kicking Off a Zero Waste Holiday Season
2024-11-16 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Media-Upper Providence Free Library, 1 East Front St, Media, PA, 19063, United States
In partnership with the Media-Upper Providence Free Library, the Delaware County’s Office of Sustainability will provide a 101 on Zero Waste, including information about our impacts of current waste practices, how waste moves through the waste stream, and more.
The program will conclude with tips for a Zero Waste holiday season and an interactive demonstration on waste-free gift wrapping!

Cultivating a Local Peace Economy
2025-04-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Providence Friends Meeting, 105 N Providence Rd, Media, PA, 19063
Cultivating a Local Peace Economy is our answer to the culture of war, dissension, and greed. Had enough of us vs them mentality? Ready to find ways to work together to create an economy that works for all of us, based on trust and caring for each other. An economy that helps our communities thrive while bringing us joy and a sense of belonging?
Gather together to share ideas, local projects, and building communities of trust and care. Join Transition Town Greater Media and CODEPINK’s co-Founder Jodie Evans at Providence Friends Meeting, 105 N Providence Rd, in Media PA on Wed, April 9th. We will be highlighting some important local projects and initiatives that embody the Local Peace Economy, encouraging us all to divest from the war machine and the war economy that drives it.
Let us know if you can join us – please RSVP here.

Earth Day EcoTour 2025
2025-04-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Media Borough Hall, 4th St between Monroe & Jackson St, 301 N Jackson St, Media, PA, 19064, United States
Media’s Environmental Advisory Council is partnering with TTGM to stage a fun, half-mile guided walking tour to highlight the natural world and environmental issues of the day.
Subject experts will give a brief talk at each of seven information stations, including Water Management, Biodiversity, Traffic Calming, Tree Canopies, Government Environmental Actions, Environmentally Sound Lifestyles, Renewable Energy, and Native Landscaping.
Tours will leave every 20 minutes from the 4th Street parking lot behind Media Borough Hall and end at Heritage Park, 5th and Broomall St. Please use this form on Media Borough’s website to sign up for a time slot. Walk up participation will be limited to space available.
Interested in helping as a volunteer tour guide? Please email: Woody Kotch at hrkotch@gmail.com

Media Garden Tour 2025
2025-06-14 10:00 - 14:00 | Media (see map), Media, PA, 19063, United States
The Media Recreation Board is sponsoring their 2nd Annual Media Garden Tour on Saturday, June 14th, 10AM–2PM. Everyone is invited to enjoy the local gardens listed on the Garden Tour Map. We look forward to sharing all the beauty, care, and creativity that will be showcased! (Rain Date is June 15). We encourage you to be sure to visit gardens marked as including native plants, and learn how important they are in supporting our birds and beneficial insects. Of particular note is the beautiful Water Management Native Plant Ecosystem at the Media-Upper Providence Library, 1 E Front St, Media, designed by Refugia Design, complete with informational markers.

Backyard Biodigester Workshop at Edge Farms
2025-06-28 10:00 - 16:00 | The Edge Farms, 3410 Conestoga Rd, Glenmoore, PA, 19343, United States
Join us at The Edge Farms’ First Annual Hands-On Biogas Workshop and Backyard Biodigester “Make and Take”.
Sign up by May 31st for a $50 discount using the code “EARLYBIRDIES”!
Alexandra and Blake, owners of The Edge Farms, will be building their own biodigesters. Other participants get a chance to join a team and begin to build their own!
We will be following the book, How to Build a Solar CITIES IBC Tank Biodigester, with its author, world renowned Janice Kelsey, co-founder of Solar CITIES. Check out her TEDx talk on YouTube! Each person who signs up for the Make-and-Take Now ($400) or Practice & DIY Later ($350) ticket options will receive a copy of this hands-on manual at the event. Others who are practicing with a team of people, attending to Gain Experience ($75) or just thinking about building their own backyard biodigester (Free) can also purchase a copy to reference as a downloadable PDF.
We will prepare many materials for building them, as well as all of the tools and resources from the kit needed to build the main body of a biodigester. We will have a very informative display set up, complete with mobile classroom and kitchen so you can see biogas in action!
We are also offering a FREE same-day tour of one of the Solar CITIES biogas proving grounds right here in Chester County, just 1/4 mile away, where a local family has been cooking with biogas and gardening with the live fertilizer for over a decade.
Pot Luck Lunch. Please bring food to share in community, as we will be sitting down together for Q&A and idea sharing.
Proposed Agenda for the Day:
Arrive by: 9:30AM
Program begins: 10:00AM
Pot Luck lunch: 12:00 Noon
Hands-on Construction of a Biodigester: 12:30PM
Closing discussion & tour: 4:00PM
