Danby Resilience Fair
10AM - 11AM
Air Self-Care (Fire Hall): Melissa Wrolstad will talk about air quality education from her newly released book The Air Self-Care Handbook. She will present main points from the book and bring in air sensors for demonstration purposes. There's points on pollen and farm spraying in the spring that are seasonally relevant.
Beekeeping in Danby (Pavilion): With local beekeeper John Rowley.
11AM - NOON
Soil Food Web (Fire Hall): Soil Care for Nutrient-Dense Food and a Robust Soil Carbon Sponge with Joshua Stone (weboflifelandcare.com)
Harnessing the Rain (Pavilion): George Adams will give an overview of issues and means for collecting rain water, and offer a show & tell of materials used.
NOON – 1PM
Local Hydrology and Private Wells (Fire Hall): Underground profile of soil and strata for this area, and factors of well drilling and water safety, with Q&A.
12-5PM
Lunch (Silo Food Truck) Connecting With Neighbors / Interactive Art (Pavilion Art Area): Grab some yummy Silo food and join your neighbors for lunch. Take a walk through the interactive art area and add to the project!
1PM – 2PM
The Health Care Crisis and the NY Health Act (Fire Hall): 20 min slide presentation followed by Q&A on the NY Health Act which is legislation that would provide universal health insurance coverage for all residents of NYS.
Community Games (In the grass!): Family fun and games! This session is open for all ages to join in for team-based, community-building field games. The goal is laughter! No need to be an athlete – these games are for everyone.
2PM – 3PM
Future Fertility: Safely Recycling Human Waste (Fire Hall) with author John Beeby
Eat Local Nuts! (Pavilion): Black walnuts are very flavorful, grow abundantly in the Finger Lakes, and were an important traditional food, but cracking them can be a challenge. Today black walnuts are often considered an inconvenience rather than a food-source, as most nut-crackers don't work well because the walnut husks are fleshy and the shells are very hard. This presentation demonstrates an effective hand-cracking technique to extract black walnuts as nutmeat quarters and sometimes halves, using a few simple inexpensive tools.
3PM – 4PM
Emergency preparedness: at home, in the car and on the go (Fire Hall): The Danby Volunteer Fire Department will lead a workshop on emergency preparedness, including what should go in an emergency pack for your home and your automobile and making an emergency plan with your family or housemates. They'll be on-site throughout the day with information about basic fire safety and emergency medical response, along with tours of the trucks, equipment demos, and activities and games for the whole family.
Make Your Own Herbal Medicines! (Pavilion): Suzanne Johnson will share the process of making "simplers" tincture herbal medicine. She would offer handouts about the process and ingredients, review and discuss each section and demo with an herb, as well as offer two handouts on two local herbs she loves, with properties and uses, for participants to consider making their first tinctures with.
4PM – 5PM
Community Open Mic (Pavilion): This is a creative space to come together and share everyone’s talents. Bring a song to sing yourself or to lead the group, a poem to share, an instrument to play, anything goes!
All Day
Create Interactive Art - Celebrate Community
Snacks and beverages available from Danby Food and Drink!
Groups Tabling: Danby Volunteer Fire Department, Danby Food and Drink, Town of Danby Conservation Advisory Council, Paleontological Research Institution, Emergency communications technologies (FRS, GMRS, HAM, Mesh), Web of Life Regenerative Land Care, NY Health Act, Seed Starting Workshop, and more.