The About Face Collective

03/05/2016

Bloor Street West between Shaw Street and Avenue Road is to be repainted for a bike lane pilot project in the late summer of this year. A consultation next week seeks public input on the plans.

01/12/2015

Interested in flexing your green thumb, but don't have time to get out of the city to do it? Think about volunteering with PACT Grow-to-Learn! We've got 5 locations across the GTA. Work with passionate, knowledgable staff who will show you the ropes when it comes to organic gardening. Plus, engage with youth and community members and pass on the passion for organic gardening right here in Toronto! http://goodwork.ca/volunteer/schoolyard-garden-interns-toronto-gta-ontario-28297

Internship in Ontario: Schoolyard Garden Interns, vol., PACT Grow-to-Learn, Toronto/GTA, Ontario, Canada. On Canada's Environmental Jobs Site, GoodWork.ca.

01/07/2015

Are you under 30? You have until February 28, 2015 to submit your creative ideas about food to Toronto Youth Food Policy Council !

This is a submissions callout for Toronto Youth Food Policy Council's new journal. TYFPC are working on a companion to their academic journal, Gathering. This new journal will be a space for youth ...

10/08/2014

Hey Artsy pals! Think about submitting to the second installment of Learnt Wisdom! This month's theme: OVER THE HILL!

CALL OUT FOR PROPOSALS! Please share widely.

Want to share a Learnt Wisdom at our next event? Check out the call out, and send an email to [email protected]

The second Learnt Wisdom will be held on October 26th, under the Dundas Bridge by the Humber River!

08/11/2014

Thanks to SKETCH Working Arts for being such great collaborators, and for posting about our Everywhere Gardens project on the blog! Check out a bit of what we've been up to.

With the help of an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant and a group of SKETCH artists, the About Face Collective kicked off a collaborative art-installation project called Everywhere Gardens. That name alludes to both the project’s “everywhere” locations (it’s featured in four food gardens around the…

07/15/2014

Progress shot of our (RE)Cycle Tree installation and collaboration with SKETCH at Evergreen Brickworks today!

07/10/2014

Final Installation of our Bee Planters were installed at PACT Grow To Learn's John Polanyi Garden last week! Thanks to all the great staff and volunteers at PACT for making our bee dreams a reality!

05/21/2014

App features GPS Route Mapping, Real-time Stats, Calories Burned, Greenhouse Gas Offset and provides data to the city to help improve cycling infrastructure! Get it!

Toronto Cycling App The Toronto Cycling App is a new, free smartphone application that will enable cyclists to contribute to the future of cycling infrastructure in Toronto. Download the Toronto Cycling App for Android or iPhone About the AppDeveloped by Brisk Synergies for the City of Toronto, the…

05/10/2014

Thanks to the trillium foundation, this bee planter installation will grow pollinator friendly flowers for all
Our bee-utiful friends! Plus, an educational plaque will be installed to help educate folks about the importance of bees and pollinators in our lives, and why organic methods are helping them thrive!

05/10/2014

Now this is what I call a worker bee! Thanks to our lovely volunteers today for helping to install the first round of our pop bottle bee planters at John Polanyi's PACT grow to Learn garden!

04/04/2014

The future home of our (Re)cycle Tree installation, part of our Everywhere Gardens collaboration with SKETCH Working Arts at Evergreen Brickworks!

04/04/2014

Feeling inspired in so many ways after our meeting @ the brickworks today! Looking forward to our re-cycle trellis install in the spring, and also stoked to make one of these natural willow fences for my front lawn this year!