Transition Town Greater Media

Earth Day EcoTour 2025
2025-04-27 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | 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

Film Screening: Planet Local
2025-05-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Franciscan Spiritual Center, 609 S Convent Rd, Aston, PA, 19014, United States
Transition Town Greater Media presents a Film Screening and Discussion
Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution

A film by Local Futures
Wednesday, May 7, 7PM. Doors open at 6:45PM.
Franciscan Spiritual Center, 609 S Convent Rd, Aston, PA 19014
Free and open to the public, donations appreciated. Free parking adjacent to building. Please RSVP here.
Planet Local is about a quiet and transformative revolution emerging worldwide. As people work to protect and restore their local economies, their communities, and the natural world, countless diverse initiatives are demonstrating a new path forward for humanity. It’s a path that localizes rather than globalizes, connects rather than separates, and shows us that human beings need not be the problem—we can be the solution.

Community Building Picnic
2025-05-18 17:00 - 20:00 | Ray Roche Park, First Ave, Upper Providence, PA, 19063, United States
Join TTGM members for a fun picnic at Ray Roche Park in Upper Providence (behind the Walden School)! As always, it’s a BYOE (Bring Your Own Everything) potluck.
We ask that you bring a dish to share and also bring everything you need for eating – plates, bowls, cups, mugs, utensils, napkins, whatever you need to partake of the scrumptious potluck feast. You may also want to bring a chair or blanket to sit on. And we strongly encourage you to bring games, outdoor sports that can be played with a small group, musical instruments or anything else that might be fun to enjoy.
Bring friends and neighbors! Let’s get together, get to know each other, share yummy food, and play! It’s all about community.

Community Resilience Group Meeting
2025-05-19 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-06-16 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-07-21 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-08-18 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-09-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Personal home
The Community Resilience Group focuses on learning about resilience issues in food systems, water systems, energy systems and more. We are reviewing ways in which we could survey our community and create a resilience baseline to gain some indication of where we can improve.
Our group initially focused our meetings on discussing the book The Community Resilience Reader (available for free at: resilience.org). We will be shifting to exploring The Community Resilience Toolkit in order to do a community resilience assessment of the Greater Media area. You can learn more about that here.
We’re also learning about the long term impact of climate change on different regions of the country. Using the American Resiliency channel on Youtube which gives forecasts and projected outlooks for every state in our country, we compared the PA and NJ assessments. The projections for NJ are much grimmer than for PA. Something our group recognized is that the videos focus narrowly on Climate, We’re committed to exploring what Community Resilience requires within the broader polycrisis and ecological predicament we face.
In the future, the Community Resilience group will also be organizing community documentary film nights around Greater Media – coming soon!
Our regular meeting date is the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30pm. We meet at a group member’s house and you can email Will Powers for the address if you’d like to attend.

Worm Composting Workshop
2025-05-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Campbell AME Church, 33 W 3rd St (3rd & Olive), Media, PA, 19063, United States
Learn how to compost your own food scraps even if you live in a small apartment or don’t have a yard where you can compost food waste. Let the worms do it for you!
Our Zero Waste Group is hosting a free worm composting workshop on Tuesday, May 20th, 7-8PM at the Campbell AME Church, 33 W Third St, Media 19063. The Church is at the corner of Third and Olive St.
Ira Josephs will lead this fun and easy workshop, demonstrating how to create a worm composting bin from start to finish. You’ll get a handout with all the information, including where to source the simple, inexpensive materials. You could be the winner of the finished compost bin that he puts together in the workshop!
Come join us and learn this useful skill. Your garden will love all the yummy compost your worms will create for you!
Please RSVP by emailing ZeroWaste@TTGMPA.org.

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.

Film Screening—Conscious Being: The Wisdom of Joanna Macy
2025-06-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Franciscan Spiritual Center, 609 S Convent Rd, Aston, PA, 19014, United States
“The most radical thing any of us can do at this time, is to be fully present to what is happening in the world.” —Joanna Macy
Join us for a short documentary about Joanna Macy, a renowned environmentalist, Buddhist scholar, and systems thinker who has inspired thousands through her Work That Reconnects framework.
Who is Joanna Macy?
At 96 years old, Macy is one of the most influential ecological thinkers of our time. Her work helps people respond effectively to climate change and social justice issues without burning out.
Why attend?

Learn practical tools for transforming despair about the social-ecological crises into responsible active hope
Discover the Work That Reconnects framework that has helped activists and community leaders worldwide
Experience how facing difficult emotions about our planet can actually lead to greater joy and purpose

Conscious Being: The Wisdom of Joanna Macy was produced and graciously shared by Naropa University to celebrate the launch of the Naropa Joanna Macy Center for Resilience and Regeneration. This 30-minute film offers an intimate look at the basic tenets of Macy’s internationally recognized legacy of The Work That Reconnects, including her efforts addressing nuclear crisis and the principals of “deep time”–connecting with past and future generations, and what Macy presents as liberation dharma or our individual place in society as we face the spiritual dilemmas of our time.
After the film, we’ll break into small groups to discuss what resonated with us, then come together to share insights as a community.
Free and open to the public; a donation of $5 at the door is appreciated. Free parking is across the street from the building.
Please RSVP here.

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

Community Building Picnic - Houtman Park
2025-08-17 17:00 - 20:00 | Houtman Park, 448 S Jackson St, Media, PA, 19063, United States
Join TTGM members for our next community picnic at Houtman Park in Media (448 S Jackson St, Media 19063)!

Let’s gather our community to connect, eat, and play! Bring your own everything* plus a dish and/or beverage to share. (Don’t forget your serving utensils!) TTGM will supply the tables. We’ll play some fun outside games (bring your favorite!) and just get to know our neighbors better. A “Free Table” of small giveaway items will also be hosted by Cindy. Unclaimed items will be donated to the Media FreeStore. We will also have a kid’s craft activity! Plentiful street parking! (Note: Houtman Park does not have restrooms.)
While we do have some activities planned, this is a “Be” not a “Do” kind of event — a chance to relax, connect, and enjoy time together. No pressure, just presence.
Check out our Facebook event page – invite your friends and neighbors! It’s all about community. See you there!
*BRING YOUR OWN EVERYTHING: For this event, that means:
– cups, dishes, and flatware
– water
– chairs – TTGM will supply the tables.

Inner Transformation Group Meeting
2025-09-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
The purpose of the Inner Transformation group is to provide us real-world benefits of becoming more emotionally resilient during tough times. This work also helps us to make decisions in the absence of substantial data or authority to guide us. We cannot expect the government, corporations, society, or religion to always be there when we need them. Aligning with Transition Town Greater Media’s practice and philosophy of self-sufficiency, we are learning to make the best decisions possible in crisis when too little or too much information is coming at us. To do so, we make use of many different paths, including communing with Nature, Shamanism, Quakerism, Buddhism, Native American wisdom, quantum physics, meditation, strengthening intuition, and receiving direct messages from the Spirit. All paths lead to the same place and all are valuable.
Please join us for lively discussions and information sessions on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Come when you can; no commitment is needed.
Email: LeeTTM606@gmail.com to be placed on the mailing list for announcements and reading material.

EcoFest 2025!
2025-09-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Heritage Park, 5th & Broomall St, Media, PA, 19063, United States
Join us for the 3rd Annual Media EcoFest!
Saturday, Sept 27th,10am–2pm
Heritage Park, 5th & Broomall St, Media PA 19063
Enjoy food, music, activities for kids & adults, and great resources from more than 30 local environmental and community groups.
Have lots of fun and even learn something cool! Go on a scavenger hunt, get a packet of native plant seeds to create your own pollinator garden, paint your own mosquito dunk bucket, try riding an e-bike! We’ll also have coffee & desserts from Cafe Isla and water ice from Sunset Slush available. Ride your bike to EcoFest—our famous bike valet will be there!
Rain location: Media Providence Friends School Gym, just one block south of Heritage Park, at 4th & Broomall St, Media, Stay tuned for details if the weather looks threatening.
Curious to know who will have a table at EcoFest? Here’s the list!
Transition Town Greater Media (of course!) + Green Wagons/Tree Tenders/Shade Tree Commission + Media EAC/Bee City + Xerces Society + Delaware County Natural Resources/Urban & Community Forestry + Media Fair Trade + Pennsylvania Resources Council + League of Women Voters + CRC Watersheds + Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research + PA State Rep O’Mara + PA State Senator Kearney + Rot Star Compost + Solarize Delco + Altair EcoVillage + RedBud Native Plant Nursery + The Edge Farms + Media-Upper Providence Free Library/Native Seed Library + Bird Town PA/Audubon Society + Tyler Arboretum + Sierra Club Delaware County Green Team + Media Farmers Market + PennEnvironment + Clean Energy Co-op + Solstice Home Performance + KlineRentNride (e-bikes) + Media Arts Council + TTGM Bike Valet!

Find the Clue to Saving Energy in Your Home
2025-11-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Media Borough Parlor Room, 301 N Jackson St, Media, PA, 19063, United States
Follow the clues in this interactive workshop, a practical guide to saving energy in your home—without spending money—and working as a community to cut down on our environmental footprint.
Sunday, November 2nd, 7–8:30PM
Media Borough Parlor Room, 301 N Jackson Street, Media 19063
Free parking in the Media Borough Parking Lot and on nearby streets
The airwaves are rife with claims about how to save gobs of energy in your home—usually employing purveyors’ products or services. While plenty of these pitches have merit (at least in part), they usually involve the outlay of thousands—sometimes tens of thousands—of dollars. But there are ample opportunities to achieve deep savings in most homes with little to no investment. The key is “energy behavior,” and it doesn’t have to mean shivering (or sweating) in the dark!
After the residential workshop, we’ll broaden the view and present a short clip from futurist Nate Hagens on the prospects for energy “transition” in the world, followed by group discussion. Come and learn about a few approaches that can help you save big on your bills while lowering your impact on the planet—and how that might fit into a different future.
Free event; donations appreciated
About the speaker: Phil Coleman is an energy savings specialist, with more than 30 years in the industry, including 27 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory designing energy conservation programs and policy for the US government.

Green Sunday Holiday Craft Fair 2025
2025-11-09 13:00 - 17:00 | Media Providence Friends School Gym, 4th & Broomall St, Media, PA, 19063, United States
Transition Town Greater Media is hosting the 14th Annual Green Sunday Holiday Local, Small Business, Handmade Craft Fair on Sunday, Nov 9th, 1–5PM. It’s part of our vision of a community that celebrates local talent creating
handmade goods. It’s both a response and an alternative to the commercialism of Black Friday & Cyber Monday.
Green Sunday hosts 50 juried vendors, featuring unique handmade gifts, raffle baskets with handmade items from the vendors, and a fun, frenzy-free shopping experience! Everyone is welcome, so bring your friends and family—there’s plenty of fun for all!
You will find a selection of handmade and upcycled gifts including clothing, purses, jewelry, soaps, candles, woodworking, home accessories, and more—all wonderful gifts that anyone would love to receive! Kids can enjoy making their own holiday gifts or decorations while you shop as long as you like.
Admission is free, and so is parking. We have reserved the lot at 4th and Olive St, right next to the gym entrance, for your parking convenience.
Our thanks to Media Friends Meeting and Media Providence Friends School for generously donating the MPFS gym for our venue! Both the School and the Meeting are environmental champions who contribute enormously to our community.
