All posts by Manda Aufochs Gillespie

Manda Aufochs Gillespie is a writer. She’s the author of the Green Mama series of books (https://thegreenmama.com/books/) and the publisher of the award-winning website thegreenmama.com. She is also a mother, neighbour, and founder of Folk University (folku.ca) on Cortes Island.

A Quadra Compilation CD comes to Folk U Radio

On Friday Oct 14 Manda Aufochs Gillespie welcomed Quadra Island based sound gurus Jim Thievin and Dylan Alps to Folk U Radio. They are the creators of a Quadra compilation cd we will be hearing more about in the coming months and years. It was born during the pandemic, when the music industry was essentially dead. They had a few rules: the music had to be original and under 5 minutes in length. 

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Live Folk U @ CCEDA Tent on Friday Sept 23, 2022

Cortes Islanders Celebrated Life on Glorious Earth & Create Culture on Folk U last Friday with live music from the Awakeneers, interviews with the Creative Culture Guide Website development team, and discussion of Creative Culture and Sustainability on Cortes Island.

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Are you Ready???? Live Folk U

Originally broadcast on April 26, 2022

Are you ready for a major disaster?

Folk U joined Cortes Island’s Emergency Responders, Cortes Radio’s emergency communications team, & your neighbours on Friday April 22nd at 1 p.m. to learn more about what will happen in the case of a sustained, long-term disaster and what YOU can do to help ensure you and your family are ready.

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Wild Revival LIVE on FolkU Radio under the CCEDA Tent

Heather Wolf and Nicholas Moon of Wild Revival joined host Manda Aufochs Gillespie for wild music, tasting wild ferments, and an opportunity to ask the wild questions.

Everyone was welcome outdoors under the CCEDA tent in the Cortes Commons and simul-cast on Cortes Community Radio at 89.5FM CortesRadio.ca.

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