2005

Planetwide

July 26, 2005 
Freedom for the Mangroves Day! A Global Call For Action. For more information and events near you, contact the Mangrove Action Project at mangroveap@olympus.net 

Asia

November 29-December 2, 2005
International Society of Environmental Botanists (ISEB) & National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) announce the Third International Conference in Lucknow, India . For details visit the website: http://www.geocities.com/isebindia/index.html  or e-mail: isebnbrilko@satyam.net.in

Australia

Third Sunday Tour of the eco-development in Adelaide called Christie Walk! This inner-city development is unique in that it is being built using innovative concepts of urban sustainability like strawbale construction, roof gardening, non-toxic materials, solar power and water heating, and water treatment/re-use systems! If you are in the area, go visit this development that will, when finished, include community facilities and 27 dwellings (townhouses, apartments, and strawbale homes)! Tours are from 11AM to 12:30PM and include water and energy saving tips. To reserve a tour space: (08) 8212 6760 or email urbanec@urbanecology.org.au .For more info: www.urbanecology.org.au 

July 23, 2005
The Annual General Meeting of Urban Ecology will be held, at the South-West City Community Centre, 171 Sturt Street Adelaide. During the meeting the proposal for re-structuring Urban Ecology Australia will be discussed. For more information see www.urbanecology.org.au ,or call (08) 8212 6760, or email urbanec@urbanecology.org.au  

Europe

January 30, 2005
Schumacher College in Dartington, Devon, England has scheduled a Course "Healthy People, Healthy Planet: Holistic Perspectives on Health" given by Patch Adams, Mira Shiva, Deepak Chopra, and Simon Mills. Through February 18. Call 01803.865934 for information or go to www.schumachercollege.org.uk. 

May 1, 2005
Schumacher College in Dartington, Devon, England has scheduled a Course "Soul in Nature" given by Jonathan Horwitch, Christian deQuincey, and Stephan Harding. Through May 20. Call 01803.865934 for information or go to www.schumachercollege.org.uk. 

May 29, 2005
Schumacher College in Dartington, Devon, England has scheduled a Course "Sustainability in Practice" given by David Orr, Margie Ruddick, Matt Dunwell, and Tony Kendle. Through June 17. Call 01803.865934 for information or go to www.schumachercollege.org.uk. 

July 3, 2005
Schumacher College in Dartington, Devon, England has scheduled a Course "Economics for a Green World" given by Martin Khor, Julliet Schor, and Prasannan Parthasarathi. Through July 22. Call 01803.865934 for information or go to www.schumachercollege.org.uk. 

September 6, 2005
On-Farm Composting & the new Waste Management Licensing Exemptions is a one day practical seminar & workshop. It will be held at the University College Northhampton, England and will feature speakers from the Environment Agency, NFU, Local Authority Waste Services, and ADAS UK. Registratrion is required and may be made by contacting the Composting Association at 0870 1603270 or visit their website at www.compost.org.uk 

September 12 - 14, 2005
The Second International Conference on Sustainable Planning & Development will be held in Bologna, Italy. The Conference will address the subjects of sustainable planning and regional development in an integrated way as well as in accordance with the principles of sustainability. It has become apparent that planners, environmentalists, architects, engineers, policy makers and economists have to work together in order to ensure that planning and development can meet our present needs without compromising the ability of future generations. For more information see the website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2005/spd05/index.html

North America

Aprovecho Research Center in Cottage Grove, Oregon offers free tours on the first Sunday of the month.  The tour starts at 2:00 and is led by various members of the staff. We will discuss the different aspects of Aprovecho while giving you a chance to see the property and have some of your questions answered. No need to call in advance, just show up!More info at www.aprovecho.net or by calling 541-942-8198. 

Ecovillage Ithaca, New York offers free public tours on the last Saturday of each month at 3:00 pm. Tours meet at the FROG Common House. You do not need to make reservations in advance for the tour. Just show up! More information about Ecovillage Ithaca and the tours is at www.ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us or by calling 607-255-8276.

EcoVersity in Santa Fe, NM hosts Volunteer Garden Parties, complete with a luscious potluck, every 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 4-8 pm. Hang out with EcoV caretakers and friends, collecting seed, harvesting food, preparing the beds for winter. Then sit down to a meal and great conversation. More Info: info@ecoversity.org phone: 505-424-9797, ext. 17, www.ecoversity.org 

January 11, 2005 (for eight weeks)
Kate Cooper and Barbara Harmony will be offering a class,   Healing Water, Healing Springs.  There will be four guest lecturers: Josie Yerby, Springskeeper, Sara Firman-Pitt Aquaest Retreat, Don Nicely, creator Indian Healing Spring Sacred Sea Oil and Gerry Wass, author Homework River. For more infor about the course and registering click on the Springs Course at Eureka Springs (Arkansas) Online Learning www.eurekaol.com .  

January 21-23, 2005
School of Living Quarterly Meeting, hosted by Birthright Center in Cochranville, Pennsylvania. 

January 28-30, 2005
The Cumberland Greens Bioregional Council will hold their Winter Gathering in Nashville Tennesee.  This long weekend begins at 7:30PM on Friday and ends at 1:30PM on Sunday. The Saturday events will be held in the Brookmeade Congregational Church, 700 Bresslyn Road. Call either 615-292-0720 or 615-646-6266 for more information.  

January 30-February 10, 2005
Wisdom of the Elders: Traditional and Alternative Healing Practices of Mexico is a 12-day travel study program hosted by the exquisite mountainside ecovillage of Huehuecoyotl, near Cuernavaca Mexico. It will be a unique cross-cultural gathering  helps us explore reciprocity between cultures, traditional health systems, plant medicines, care taking the earth, and regenerating traditional cultural knowledge, memory and practices. Co-sponsored by the Ayotl Bioregional Resource Center, the Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage, and Goddard College, this exploration integrates hands-on learning with rich dialogue. (Les extiendo la invitacion a un curso sobre medicina tradicional mexicana, promovido por Suzanne Richman, hermana biorregional del Goddards college,ojalá puedan acompañarnos Inlakesh) For more information please see: www.goddard.edu/academic/mexico.html , call Suzanne Richman at 802-454-8315 x 211 or toll free at 800-468-4888 and ask for Suzanne Richman at extension 211, or email richmans@goddard.edu  

February 1-8, 2005
Workshop in Shamanism, Biology, and the Intelligence in Nature at GUARIA de OSA, “Orchid of the Osa,” Rainforest Ocean Retreat Centre aand  Ethnobotanical Gardens on the 
OSA Peninsula of Costa Rica where giant primary Rainforest kisses the sparkling Pacific Ocean. Join Jeremy Narby, author of The Cosmic Serpent: DNA, and The Origins of Knowledge, David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World, Kichua elder and Ayahuasquero healer, don Bartolo Aguinda, Plant master herbologist, don Victorio Villareal, Yoga MA Barbara Powell, and ethnobotanist, founder, and steward of Guaria de Osa Jonathon Miller. Contact Person: Dahlia Miller at info@guariadeosa.com. Tel: (510) 235 - 4313 (in California, USA).

February 12-18, 2005 and February 20-27, 2005
Interspecies is planning two back-to-back weeklong group trips to the blue whale sanctuary on the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. If you’d like more info about the trips, contact Jim Nollman by email at beluga@rockisland.com and he’ll send you the specifics. Whales and dolphins and incredible geology. Please go to www.el-santuario.com  to view photos of the plush retreat center right on the beach, where groups will be based. For more info about Interspecies check out http://interspecies.com 
 
February 21-24, 2005 
The third "Mangrove Forest Ecology, Management and Restoration" training workshop will be held at the Anne Kolb Nature Center, in Hollywood, Florida. The training site is within the mangrove restoration project at West Lake Park operated by Broward County, an award-winning project  designed by Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III, who will be teaching the course. The workshop includes an introduction to mangrove forest ecology, management options and problems, and restoration design issues.  Field trips are taken within the  West Lake Park mangrove restoration project (now 16 years old) and a new project just two years old, for a comparison. The emphasis is on cost-effective successful mangrove management and restoration.  Registration for the course is $650 and is due by January 1, 2005. Some scholarships are available.   More information can be provided by Sherry Capaz at SherryCapaz@aol.com  and www.mangroverestoration.com .

April 2, 2005       10 am – 4 pm
Spring Bees - Introduction to Backyard Beekeeping will be held by Ecoversity. Les and Beth Crowder have taught beekeeping classes for 17 years. They work in a calm and peaceful manner and  keep bees naturally without chemicals, contraptions, or expense. Much of the class time will be spent looking in beehives if weather permits. We will discus how to harvest, store, and use beeswax, honey, pollen, and propolis from the hives. EcoVersity is located at 2639 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico For more information call 505-424-9797 or check out their web site www,ecoversity.org . 

There are a number of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of Teihard de Chardin's death. There will be a symposium, speakers and events at various locations April 7-10 In New York City and April 11-12 in Washington D.C. Also see related events  on May 14, 2005 and November 17-19, 2005. For more information see www.teilhard.cjb.net 

April 6, 2005 through May 25, 2005 on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 Ecoversity will have a class, The Wild Herbs of Spring We will immerse ourselves in the study and use of edible, medicinal, and therapeutic plants of spring. Class includes outdoor plant walks, plant identification, preparations/pharmacy, wildfood cooking, and health preparations. EcoVersity is located at 2639 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico For more information call 505-424-9797 or check out their web site www,ecoversity.org . 

April 8-10, 2005
The 11th Annual HOPES Eco-Design Arts Conference: Re:Vision Re:Design Re:Solution will be held at the University of Oregon in Eugene. This conference promotes a deeper understanding and broader applications of sustainable design principles. This year there will be hands-on workshops, panel discussions, a 24-hour design charette, design callence projects, a professional showcase, and kids art projects and adventures. Contact them at http://hopes.uoregon.edu  for more info.

April 9th, 2005      10 am – 4 pm 
Ecoversity will present a class, Drought Gardening. In this comprehensive one day organic gardening course we will cover techniques for successful gardening in northern New Mexico. Emphasis will be placed on water conservation through alternative methods in wind breaks, water collection, watering, soil preparation and additives, intensive plant placement, seed propagation and mulching. The course will include hands-on and demonstration learning. Bring your own gloves, hat, lunch, and work shoes. EcoVersity is located at 2639 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico For more information call 505-424-9797 or check out their web site www,ecoversity.org . 

April 22, 2005 and April 23, 2005
Mount Shasta (California) Bioregional Ecology Center will hold their 14th Annual Earth Day Celebration and Dance. The Dance will be held Friday night and features Gregg Jones Band. The Earth Day Fair will be on Saturday.  Both events will be held at Mount Shasta City Park Upper Lodge.  Call 530-926-5655 for more information.

April 23, 2005     10am - 5 pm
EcoVersity invites you to share in our celebration of Earth Day, EARTH DAY AT ECOVERSITY, a Community Festival—free and open to the public. This joyful community festival will begin in the morning with a blessing ceremony and will be followed by a variety of activities scheduled to go on all day long.  Bring a blanket and your picnic lunch (food and drinks will also be available for purchase) and join us under the big tent for an eclectic mix of live music, dancing and drumming from all around the world. Other attractions will include Cranes for Peace, cob making, massage, acupuncture, face painting, arts and crafts vendors, magic, juggling, kite flying, chanting, bio-diesel car display and more fun and hands-on activities. EcoVersity is located at 2639 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico For more information call 505-424-9797 or check out their web site www,ecoversity.org . (Their classes are listed at the website as well.)

May 6-8, 2005
The 24th annual Kansas Area Watershed Council will be held at Camp Hammond that weekend. The theme this year is Elements of the Prairie and there will be all kinds of great workshops ncluding a Sacred Healing and Drum Journey with Marty Stemmerman, a sustainable building workshop with Michael Almon, and bird and earth awareness with Stephen Figgins. Of course, there's always lots of time to relax and connect with friends. Like always, it's family friendly. There is swimming, paddleboats and games for the kids and we'll be cooking some wonderful, earth-friendly food. Come for the weekend or just a day. For more information, call Steve Stemmerman 785-841-0028 or Pam Grout at 785-331-2495.

May 14, 2005
Teilhard's Evolutionary Thought at the Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York with speakers Kathleen Duffy, Freeman Dyson, Arthur Fabel, Donald Gray, James Skehan,SJ. and a panel discussion at the conclusion of the conference. For more info contact Valerie Hall, 845-575-3359 or valerie.hall@marist.edu  or see www.teilhard.cjb.net .

May 14, 2005        10 am – 6 pm 
Gorgeous Earth Plasters will be taught at Ecoversity. Join us for lots of hands-on plastering fun. Learn how to mix, apply, and finish beautiful and colorful earth plasters that are locally produced by American Clay. For homeowners, contractors and individuals who want to learn an invaluable skill, this class will walk us step-by-step through the complete process of creating a beautiful and natural finish on EcoVersity’s interior walls. EcoVersity is located at 2639 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico For more information call 505-424-9797 or check out their web site www,ecoversity.org . (Their classes are listed at the website as well.)

MAY 26-27-28, 2005
The Indigenous People Institute of Sierra Nevada College is presenting the 2nd Annual International History Exchange/Poetry Exchange Festival, STARRY NIGHT,  BLUSHING MOON FESTIVAL. It will be held at Sand Harbor, Incline Village, North Shore, Lake Tahoe. ( Lake Tahoe is on the California/Nevada border.) May 26 is the day for students. May 27, guests arrive and prepare. May 28, dawn to after dusk, festival. This event is not a Powwow.

This year we expect Washo singers to sing Washo songs to the powers of the universe, under a Washo Blushing Moon and to a Starry Night.  The Kupabird singers/chanters from Southern California may chant their history while the Quabajai Dancers tell of their history in  dance.  We expect a Washo historian to make us better informed about the history, culture and language of the Washishu (Washo people), and we expect to learn much about the world around us.

  On the 28th there will be a Sunrise Circle and everyone is encouraged to join the circle and offer good, healthy thoughts or prayers to the Great Universal Powers.  This Saturday Activity must begin before sunrise, allowing our Elders and us each time to gather and assemble.  Everyone in the circle will be smudged and will have opportunity to voice their thoughts – or think quietly.  To “include” in this activity is important.  To “exclude” is not a part of culture. 

For more info especially about student activities, contact:  Sheila Philpott, too97@aol.com, 775-831-6693 or Dr. Darryl Babe Wilson, DrBabeV@aol.com

May 27-June 10, 2005
The Institute for Social Ecology, whose mission is "the creation of educational experiences that enhance people's understanding of their relationship to the natural world and each other," will have a workshop/collaboration/experience titled Arts, Media & Activism. The Institute is located in Plainfield, Vermont. For more info see their website, www.social-ecology.org , phone at 802-454-8493 or e-mail at info@social-ecology.org .

June 4th & 5th, 2005   9 am – 4 pm
Ecoversity presents a Natural Dyeing Basics class taught by Liesel Orend.  Learn the basics of using natural dyes on wool or cotton yearns to create a full spectrum of colors, from subtle to brilliant! The class will cover mordanting procedures, dye bath preparation and use, and record keeping. Eco-friendly, non toxic dye practices will be emphasized, and many of the plants will be harvested from the EcoVersity garden. Students will receive samples to take home. EcoVersity is located at 2639 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico For more information call 505-424-9797 or check out their web site www,ecoversity.org . 

June 9-12, 2005
The Fourth of Resurgence Magazine's Century of the Environment series, Earth & Religion will be held at Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. More info on this three day conference is available at 845-679-8761 or www.earthandrelgion.com  

June 16, 2005   6-8 pm
The Roosevelt Island Living Library & Think Park Plan for Southpoint, will be exhibited in New York City at the Municipal Art Society, opening today from 6-8 pm.  The exhibition focuses on the present and future of the East River and will showcase other exciting plans, opportunities, and place in/on the East River. 

June 17 & 18, 2005 
A class on Rain Water Harvesting will be offered at Ecoversity which is located at 2639 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico For more information call 505-424-9797 or check out their web site www,ecoversity.org .

June 18, 2005   2 pm
Genesis Farm in Blairstown, New Jersey celebrates the turning of the season. Suggested Donation: $5. More info at www.genesisfarm.org or phone 908-362-6735.

June 22, 2005      6 pm – 9 pm 
Ecoversity's Edible Herbs & Flowers will be held on this evening.  If you are ready to have some easy, artistic fun in the kitchen, come pick edible herbs and flowers and then prepare delicious and beautiful gourmet treats to take home with you. You will be provided with vinegar in bottles to infuse with your own grouping of herbs and edible flowers, learn how to combine herbs and flowers to reach optimum taste and color for various dishes, and  make some easy salad, sandwich garnish, or appetizers to wow your dinner party guests. EcoVersity is located at 2639 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico For more information call 505-424-9797 or check out their web site www,ecoversity.org . 

June 24-26, 2005
The School of Living Anniversary Gathering will be held at Heathcote Community, Freeland, Maryland.  It will include a Friday evening a House Concert and a Saturday Evening Program. The Gathering will also include hands-on, historical/intellectual, and creative components. For more info see their website: http://SchoolofLiving.org/gathering.htm  or email: Gathering@Schoolof Living.org or telephone 814-353-0130. 

John Seed's North American Tour
John Seed and Joanna Macy will be facilitating a workshop titled Earth, Spirit, Action in northern California on the July 4th weekend. John will also facilitate experiential deep ecology workshops in June and July at the following locations: Hollyhock (Cortez Island, British Columbia; Portland, Oregon; Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; Asheville, North Carolina; Bloomington, Indiana; Boston, Massachusetts; and Boulder, Colorado. Workshop descriptions and schedules may be found at http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au . Joanna Macy¹s schedule may be found http://www.joannamacy.net/html/schedule.html .

June 25-July 23, 2005
The Institute for Social Ecology, whose mission is " the creation of educational experiences that enhance people's understanding of their relationship to the natural world and each other," will hold a series of seminars/practica/lecture titled Remaking Society: An Intensive in Social Ecology. The Institute is located in Plainfield, Vermont. For more info see their website, www.social-ecology.org , phone at 802-454-8493 or e-mail at info@social-ecology.org .

July 8-10, 2005
EarthSpirit Rising 2005: A conference on Ecology, Spirituality and Community will be held at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is the fifth year that the EarthSpirt Rising conferences has been held.  This year they will include a focus on community and will feature visionary speakers Matt Fox, Winona LaDuke, Malidoma Some', Frances Moore Lappe, and Miriam Therese MacGillis.  For more info, contact them by phone at 513-921-5124 or email at EarthSpirit-Rising@imagoearth.com .  

July 9-17 2005
The 9th Continental Bioregional Congress in North America will take place at Earthaven Ecovillage, 1025 Camp Elliott Rd, Black Mountain, North Carolina 28711. Join us, as people from throughout Mexico, Canada, Central America, and the U.S. come together to catalyze social and ecological change. We will gather together for one week to create a ceremonial village in a way that models healthy human habitation for the whole planet. Highlights for the week include: workshops on wilderness restoration, biodiesel, natural building, sustainable agriculture, local and global networking, plenaries for decision-making on continental action projects, bioregional education, music, art, ceremony, drumming, and more. We invite you to be a part of the growing bioregional movement worldwide! Visit www.bioregionalcongress.org ,call 828-669-7552 or email biocongress2004@earthaven.org  for more information and registration.
INVITACION AL NOVENO CONGRESO BIOREGIONAL CONTINETAL EN EARTHAVEN ECOVILLAGE 2005

Queridas  amigas, hermanas, amigos, hermanos

La vida continua honrando sus ciclos, unas veces largos como los de lejanas estrellas y otras veces cortos, intensos y muy cambiantes como nuestra Luna. Así mismo el movimiento mundial creado con base Biorregional, Permacultura, Ecoaldeas y más, continúan creciendo dejando por doquier semillas, que algunas de ellas ya son grandes árboles con troncos muy fuertes
y otras son unas pequeñas plantas que pronto florecerán.

Tenemos en puerta la invitación al Noveno Congreso Biorregional Continental en Earthhaven Ecovillage, que tendrá lugar en la biorregión de Katuah, en la Cordillera Azul al sur de Carolina del Norte, EU de Norte América del 9 al 17 de julio, 2005.

Te invito a que visites la pagina www.bioregionalcongress.org Informes en México: Laura Kuri  Email: lakuri@laneta.apc.org
AYOTL AC Tel- fax 01.777.309.8104 (Cuernavaca)

July 21,2005    7pm
Join Nina Zelavansky at Ecoversity in Santa Fe, New Mexico, hosting FULL MOON DRUMMING with the Healing Drum, as she explores the healing and joy of rhythm. $7 for adults, $5 teens, free to children 5 years and under. For more information call 505-424-9797 ex.17 or email info@ecoversity.org or visit www.ecoversity.org .

July 23, 2005
Genesis Farm will be holding a series (see Oct. 1 and Oct. 22, 2005)of public lectures in Blairstown, New Jersey. The admission charge is $25. Today's topic is Economics Enters its Ecological Phase, with Judy Wicks, founder of the White Dog cafe. For more information contact Genesis Farm, 41A Silver Lake Road, Blairstown, NJ 07825,telephone: 908-362-6735, email: genesisfarm@tellurian.net website: www.genesisfarm.org 

July 29-August 1, 2005
The 25th Annual Hat Creek Gathering will be  held in a meadow about 1km along the Hat Creek Road, near Lillooet , British Columbia, Canada. The Gathering is our collective statement of opposition to  destructive development.  It is also our collective celebration of the things we love and value:  these beautiful hills and waters, good food, music, shared ideas, appropriate technology, community, family, and all the other things that will make a sane world possible.  For exact instructions to the Gathering and what to bring contact: hatcreek@yalakom.com or Box 678, Lillooet, B.C., V0K 1V0, Canada

July 25-29, 2005  10 am until 3:30 pm daily.
Educators of students grades K-12 are invited to attend the 4th Annual  Teacher Institute on the Environment at Rogers EEC in  Sherburne, New York. Registration is required, contact the center directly for more information. Phone: (607) 674-4017,
Fax: (607) 674-2655 or E-mail: rogers@gw.dec.state.ny.us 

July 30,31, 2005
Explore native and introduced Medicinal Plants of the Siskiyou Region with The Siskiyou Field Institute. Learn identification and uses, and discuss ethical harvesting, processing and storing of herbs.  Emphasis will be on experiential education—forming a relationship to the place, developing awareness of medicinal plant ecology and practicing care-taking of wild stands. It will be at Poker Flat, California. To register or for more information visit their website http://www.thesfi.org , write  PO Box 2169, Cave Junction, OR 97523, or call 541-592-3777.

July 31, 2005    3:00 PM
Come in from the heat for a special benefit screening of Atomic Cafe and select shorts from the Nuclear Free Great Basin Film Festival! Atomic Cafe is a documentary collection of 1960s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety. It has been described as "disturbing", "hilarious" , "stunning"...This is a benefit screening for the Action for Nuclear Abolition campaign- a project of Shundahai Network www.shundahai.org . Admission is $10.00 at the door of the Tower Theater,  900 S. 900 E. Salt Lake City, Utah. This event is sponsored by the Salty Bunnies. For more information, call 801-533-0128

August 6-9, 2005 
The Power of Words Conference: Transforming Yourself and the World through the Spoken, Written and Sung Word will be held at Goddard College's historic and lush campus in Plainfield, Vermont. The conference features Grace Paley, Thandiwe Shiphrah, Deidre McCalla, Katherine Towler, Kathleen Adams, and two dozen writers, storytellers,educators, activists and artists.  There will be workshops, performances, celebrations, open mics, and time to relax in the gardens or stroll in the forest. To register, please email Paule Kline at klinep@goddard.edu , or TLAconference@goddard.edu . For a complete schedule, please see www.goddard.edu  (and go to  Transformative Language Arts concentration).

August 13, 2005    Noon – 7:00 PM
Check out the hottest music & environmental festival at Burning River Fest 2005 held at Voinovich Park (just behind the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Great Lakes Science Center) in Cleveland, Ohio. Burning River Fest is the only outdoor, not-for-profit festival of its kind in Northeast Ohio. It was created to highlight vital natural resources, raise awareness of environmental issues affecting our region and promote cleaner waterways, while educating the community through programs, music and art on how to sustain a cleaner and healthier community and quality of life. Many of the area’s environmentally focused non-profit organizations will be showcased. The party celebrates the champions of our local, natural resources. Proceeds will be used to support local environmentally focused non-profits. This event will also be EcoCity Cleveland's annual member party, and we will present our Bioregional Hero Awards. See you there! For more info and program updates see www.ecocitycleveland.org 

August 19-21, 2005
Join us at the Twin Oaks Community Conference for three days of networking, learning, sharing, and celebrating with people interested in or involved in cooperative or communal lifestyles. in Louisa, Virginia. Contact 540-894-5126, conference@twinoaks.org, or www.twinoarks.org/conference. 

August 27, 2005
CATs Organic Fair at Halvorsen Park by the waterfront in Eureka, California will attempt to create the world's largest salad (bring your own bowl)! There will be gardening and buying information to live a healthier life, vendors, music and a general good time supporting CATs fight for the elimination of toxic chemicals and pesticides in our environment. For more information , to volunteer, or set up a booth, calll 707-445-5100 or email organicfair@alternatives2toxics.org .

August 27, 2005  10am-4pm
Les Crowder will be teaching FALL BEEKEEPING at Ecoversity in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While fall normally feels like the end of a year, for a beekeeper autumn is also the beginning of the next cycle. Learn how to evaluate a hive's conditions and prepare it for winter from one of our most popular teachers. For more information call 505-424-9797 or email info@ecoversity.org or visit www.ecoversity.org .

August 27 & 28, 2005  10AM - 6PM
The Third Annual Sacred Mountains Festival will be held at Hoo Hoo Park in McCloud, California.This colorful grass roots festival features continuose entertainment-speakers, music, dance, information, book signings, exotic food, vendors, etc. The event is a fundraiser for Himalayan  and Native American Grass Roots projects. Camping available nearby.  For more info contact SacredMtns@FinestPlanet.com or phone 510-644-1777. 

September 1 (evening) - 4, 2005
The Klamath River Traditional Ecological Knowledge Rafting Trip will begin at Happy Camp, CA. This three-day river trip will provide a glimpse into how indigenous people sustained themselves for thousands of years from the lands around them. Specific topics covered will be traditional ecological knowledge, indigenous management practices, fire ecology, fish ecology, and natural history, including uses of plants and fishing techniques. To register or for more information contact The Siskiyou Field Institute by visiting their website http://www.thesfi.org , or write  PO Box 2169, Cave Junction, OR 97523, or call 541- 592-3777.

September 10, 2005    9AM-4PM
Panther and Squaw Meadows Restoration Day is a work/play event which will include planting native seed starts and collecting  seeds to be propagated during the winter. Meet at the Old Ski Bowl parking lot on Mount Shasta, California at 9AM, or at the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center , 211 East Alma St. at 8:30AM.

September 11, 2005  4 PM program, 5:30 potluck
The Kansas Area Watershed Council (KAW Council) announces a series of monthly community gatherings, each focused on one angle of what it means to live a sustainable, vibrant life in the prairie bioregion. Each gathering features a lively program followed by a potluck. KAW Council, one of the continent’s oldest bioregional organizations, promotes continual discovery, protection and celebration of our home in the prairie bioregion, and sustainability in all aspects of our lives. The monthly community gatherings are open to everyone – please contact us at 785/843-0253 or carynken@mindspring.com  if you need childcare, would like to join the KAW Council listserv, or learn more about KAW.

On this date Images + Imagination = "Imag(e)- ination, will be held at Learning for Life Center, 1709 SW Randolph Ave., Topeka,Kansas, contact: LaVetta at 785/633-9999. This evening will be an opportunity for us to share our slides, photos, videos and DVD's. Bring images of your vacation, your work, your family, your artistic images, your creative photographs, movies, videos, or DVD's to share. We will have a potluck after the movies and popcorn.

September 16, 17, 18, 2005
The Jefferson Nature Center in Medford, Oregon is coordinating a creative working gathering working gathering called Marking Our Place. 20 regional nature and place writers and 10 regional visual artists will work in teams of two writers and 1 visual artist. There will also be college level and youth level teams. Local naturalists and tour guides will take the teams to urban, rural, and wilderness places for inspiration. The teams will create products celebrating our region. Products created will be showcased in a publication released at a special event December 10, 2005 and through a series of 4 readings/exhibits in public venues. Involved artists will receive a stipend and meals. To participate, send a page or less describing why you'd like to be involved with the project by July 1, 2005 to Susan Cross/Marking Our Place, 311 Left Fork Humbug Creek Road, Applegate, Oregon 97530 or by email: scross@mind.net . She can also provide more info about the project.

September 23-25, 2005
The end of cheap abundant oil represents an unprecedented challenge for humanity. We envision a more cooperative, just and equitable world of small local communities. The Second US Conference on "Peak Oil" and Community Solutions will explore
• The implications of Peak Oil.
• An in-depth look at changes in agriculture.
• The characteristics of a new economy.
• Peak Oil’s effect on our financial system.
• Alternatives to oil and our high energy way of life.
• The communities of the future.
• Ways to transition and answers to "What should I do now?" It will be held on this long weekend in Yellow Springs, Ohio. For more information or to register visit www.communitysolution.org .

September 24, 2005    2 pm
Genesis Farm in Blairstown, New Jersey celebrates the turning of the season. Suggested Donation: $5. More info at www.genesisfarm.org or phone 908-362-6735.

September 24, 2005 10am-8pm
Ecopalooza 2005, Mendocino County's First Annual Expo of Green Living, will take place Saturday September 24th from 10am-8pm in the Downtown Plaza Park and Convention Center in Ukiah, California to celebrate environmental awareness of Mendocino County and the Redwood Northcoast Bioregion. Planet Drummers will be tabling, doing a 2 hour bioregional mapping workshop and participating in a poetry reading.  Info at www.ecopalooza.com 

September 24, 2005
Mark your calendars for EcoVersity’s Birthday Harvest Party. The campus is at 2639 Agua Fria, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  For more info call 505-424-9797 ex.17, email info@ecoversity.org or visit www.ecoversity.org

October 1, 2005
Genesis Farm will be holding a series (see July 23 and Oct. 22, 2005)of public lectures in Blairstown, New Jersey. The admission charge is $25. Today's topic is Religion Enters its Ecological Phase, with Mary Evelyn Tucker, Prof. of Religion, Bucknell University. For more information contact Genesis Farm, 41A Silver Lake Road, Blairstown, NJ 07825,telephone: 908-362-6735, email: genesisfarm@tellurian.net website: www.genesisfarm.org 

October 4-21, 2005 
Planet Drummers will be touring New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Connecticut and Maine with presentations, workshops and performances— "The Bioregional Basis Of Urban Sustainability" Click to see their schedule. 

October 5, 2005
The first Petrocollapse Conference will be held  at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center in New York City. Besides covering peak oil and what to expect from "petrocollapse," the conference will offer panels such as the role of government and what people can do to improve their ability to cope with an expected crash in petroleum supply. The conference will, among other things, clarify the role of the market in determining how severe will be the effect of shortage stemming from geological depletion. For more info and to register go to http://www.petrocollapse.org 

October 6-9, 2005
The Action in Place Conference:Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability will be held at Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont.This gathering of community leaders, activists, educators, artists, scholars will  address place and regionally based initiatives for community, economic, and environmental sustainability. In addition to featured speakers including Peter Berg,Ken Lassman, and Giovanni Ciarlo, over fifty presenters will explore these issues from diverse perspectives.For information, visit: http://www.goddard.edu/academic/actioninplace.html

October 6-10, 2005
Quaker Earthcare Witness Annual Meeting & Gathering will be held at Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, near Chesterton, Indiana. Through guided natural history walks, outdoor worship, and environmental activities, the Indiana Dunes will be explored, experienced and "perhaps ground our spirits in places of wonder." For more information and to register contact Quaker Earthcare Witness, 173B N. Prospect St., Burlington Vt 05401, telephone: 802-658-0308 or email info@quakerearthcare.org . Their website is www.quakerearthcarte.org 

October 7-9, 2005
The California Indian Conference and Gathering 2005 is an annual event for the exchange of views and information among academics, educators, California Indians, students, tribal nations, native organizations and community members. Past topics have included: native languages, histories, tribal law, political and social issues, repatriation, economic development, storytelling, arts, dance, song and other traditions. All topics focusing on California Indians are welcome; however, our main themes for this year's conference will be health, education, natural resources and arts as they relate to traditional knowledge. It will be held at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. For more information contact: Adrienne Colegrove-Raymond abc1@humboldt.edu  or Lyn Risling lr4@humboldt.edu Co-Chairs, Planning Committee, Student Academic Services Outreach, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, (707) 826-4791, http://www.humboldt.edu/~cic/

October 7-9, 2005
You are invited to OACC 26 --The Twenty-Sixth Annual Convening of the Ozark Area Community Congress! All those who love and care about the Ozarks are invited to gather together once again to celebrate, appreciate, and learn from this incomparable part of the Earth and each other. OACC is a celebration of the Ozarks and all things ecological! OACC26 will be held at the Ananda Kanan Ozark Retreat Center, Willow Springs, Missouri. Ananda Kanan is approximately 5 miles southwest of Willow Springs, and 18 miles north of West Plains, Missouri at 3157 County Road 1670, Willow Springs, MO.

OACC IS...
-The first and longest-standing bioregional congress on Earth.
-An ecologically-aware, child- and family-friendly community village where together we learn, play, relax, and take care of each other.
-A meeting place for exceptionally creative and talented people, growers, activists, small business folk, musicians, writers, innovators.
-A place to network and get informed about significant issues affecting our lives in the Ozarks, in an ecological context.

For questions or more information contact OACC coordinator Michelle Gurley at oacc26@yahoo.com ; or 417-881-3947 or visit www.ozarkareacommunitycongress.org  

October 9,2005    4 PM program; 5:30 potluck 
The Kansas Area Watershed Council (KAW Council) announces a series of monthly community gatherings, each focused on one angle of what it means to live a sustainable, vibrant life in the prairie bioregion. Each gathering features a lively program followed by a potluck. KAW Council, one of the continent’s oldest bioregional organizations, promotes continual discovery, protection and celebration of our home in the prairie bioregion, and sustainability in all aspects of our lives. The monthly community gatherings are open to everyone – please contact us at 785/843-0253 or carynken@mindspring.com  if you need childcare, would like to join the KAW Council listserv, or learn more about KAW.

On this date the topic is Our Sustainable Future in the Kansas Area Watershed— A look ahead with a bioregional understanding for a sustainable future for ourselves, our families, and our neighbors in this place we call home. We will share our goals and visions for a sustainable community in the times ahead. Come think, listen and share. It will be held in the Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, 1263 N. 1100 Rd., Lawrence, Kansas 66046, contact: Mark at 841-7446. 

October 14-16, 2005
The 4th annual Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference will be held in Traverse City, Michigan! It aims to connect neighbors & provide sustenance for body and mind. Bioneers is a nonprofit organization that promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth and communities. For more info go to www.glbconference.org/ 

October 14-16, 2005
The 16th Annual Bioneers Conference will be held in San Rafael, California. For more info look at their web site: http://www.bioneers.org/conference/

October 15, 2005
The Bioregional Approach to Sustainability, with Peter Berg will be followed by a workshop and discussion on Mapping and Locating Ourselves in Our Bioregion will be held at the Jones Auditorium, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington St., New Haven, Connecticut. The schedule will be 10:00AM— Registration and Coffee,10:30—  Talk and Discussion, 12:30PM Lunch, 2:00-4:00 Workshop. There will be no charge for the morning lecture, but contributions will be appreciated. For more info or to pre-register call Fred Cervin at 203-389-7711 or e-mail him at Fred.cervin@sbcglobal.net.  

October 21 - 23, 2005
Enjoy a Wild Salmon Weekend at Oregon Caves Chateau, Cave Junction, Oregon. This weekend celebration will begin with a presentation about the Chinook salmon life cycle on Friday evening. Saturday morning we will visit two locations to see spawning Chinook salmon, watch for leaping salmon at Little Falls on the Illinois River, and visit a Darlingtonia fen. Then before returning to the lodge we'll do a bit of wine tasting at a local winery! Saturday evening, bat expert Tony Kerwin will give a bat presentation followed by a short night hike. Sunday morning a Park Service guide will take those who don't have to leave on an interpretive hike. To register or for more information contact The Siskiyou Field Institute by visiting their website http://www.thesfi.org , or write  PO Box 2169, Cave Junction, OR 97523, or call 541- 592-3777.

October 22nd, 2005 
The 25th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures will be held in Stockbridge, Massachusetts with Nancy Jack Todd and other speakers to be named. See www.smallisbeautiful.org for updated information.

October 22, 2005
Genesis Farm will be holding a series (see July 23 and Oct. 1, 2005)of public lectures in Blairstown, New Jersey. The admission charge is $25. Today's topic is Education Enters its Ecological Phase, with Patricia Mische, founder, Global Education Associates. For more information contact Genesis Farm, 41A Silver Lake Road, Blairstown, NJ 07825,telephone: 908-362-6735, email: genesisfarm@tellurian.net website: www.genesisfarm.org 

October 22, 2005
Twenty-Fifth Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures will be held at the First Congregational Church, Stockbridge, with Nancy Jack Todd, Thomas Linzey, and Christopher H. Budd. For more info or to register see http://www.smallisbeautiful.org or contact efssociety@smallisbeautiful.org or write E. F. Schumacher Society, 140 Jug End Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230.

November 3, 2005   6PM
The Environmental Support Center will hold a 15th Anniversary Celebration  in the Public Welfare Foundation's True Reformer Building, 12th and U Streets, NW in Washington DC.

November 6, 2005    9/10AM
Farm Aid in Bethany, NH! NH! Roger Uihlein is putting out a call for people of all skill levels to join him in a work day at SHEPHERD’S FARM, located on Litchfield Turnpike (Rt. 69) in Bethany. Carpentry and general cleanup will be the order of the day, as well as the opportunity to walk around the farm and its immediate area. Wear work clothes and bring hand tools.

This effort will contribute toward the future food SUSTAINABILITY of the New Haven area and toward BIOREGIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS. Dana and Sarah are struggling to keep their farm viable. We want to make sure they are here in the future when we will be needing them.

Please join us! Meet at the Never Ending Bookstore, 810 State Street in New Haven, at 9:00 a.m. OR meet at Shepherd’s Farm at 10:00 a.m. For further information call Roger at 773-9510.

Nov 11 and 12, 2005 (Beginner) and/or November 13 and 14, 2005 (Intermediate)
A two-part course in the Mycology in SW Oregon with alternating lab and field sessions will be held in Ashland, Oregon. The first two days are geared towards beginners and will focus on skills required to use identification keys to identify common fungi. The following two days are recommended for intermediate to advanced fungal students. Collecting will be in the diverse Siskiyou slopes near Wagner Butte. To register or for more information contact The Siskiyou Field Institute by visiting their website http://www.thesfi.org , or write  PO Box 2169, Cave Junction, OR 97523, or call 541- 592-3777.

November 13       4 PM program, 5:30 potluck
The Kansas Area Watershed Council (KAW Council) announces a series of monthly community gatherings, each focused on one angle of what it means to live a sustainable, vibrant life in the prairie bioregion. Each gathering features a lively program followed by a potluck. KAW Council, one of the continent’s oldest bioregional organizations, promotes continual discovery, protection and celebration of our home in the prairie bioregion, and sustainability in all aspects of our lives. The monthly community gatherings are open to everyone – please contact us at 785/843-0253 or carynken@mindspring.com  if you need childcare, would like to join the KAW Council listserv, or learn more about KAW.

On this date the topic is Transformational Education. How can we transform our selves and our world through education? We are all learners and we are all teachers. What types of educational opportunities do you "wish" you had experienced? How do we wish to "educate" (from the Latin  meaning "to draw out") and experience transformation in our selves, our families, our tribe, and our communities (both local and global)? It will be held at the Learning for Life Center, 1709 SW Randolph Ave., Topeka, Kansas, 60004. contact: LaVetta at 785/633-9999. 

November 13, 2005  6-9PM
Jefferson Nature Center presents Marking Our Place, a place-based series of noteworthy  writing and art inspired by remarkable places and created by resourceful artists and naturalists. On this date a showcase will be held at the Medford Central Library Large Room in Medford, Oregon. For more information  call Susan at 773-1039 or email scross@mind.net 

November 17-19, 2005
Teilhard's Legacy: Rediscovering Fire is a conference to celebrate 50 years of Teilhard's scholarship
with speakers John Haught, Ursula King, Thomas King, andJames Salmon will be held at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For more info email Kathleen Duffy at kduffy@chc.edu or see www.teilhard.cjb.net 

November 18, 2005 
EPIC's (Environmental Protection Information Center) Annual Meeting will be held at the Mateel Community Center in Redway, California. Nancy Miyamoto will prepare a gourmet dinner and Joe Craven and his four-piece Django Latino band will keep everyone dancing. Call 707-923-2931 for more info.

November 19, 2005   11AM-1PM
There will be a Tour of the Los Angeles, California Eco-Village. Reservations are required. Call 213/738-1254 or email crsp@igc.org. See details for this event and other upcoming events at L.A. Eco-Village at www2.ic.org/laev/ 

November 20, 2005   6-9PM
Jefferson Nature Center presents Marking Our Place, a place-based series of noteworthy  writing and art inspired by remarkable places and created by resourceful artists and naturalists. On this date a showcase will be held at the Ashland Branch Library in Ashland, Oregon. For more information  call Susan at 773-1039 or email scross@mind.net 

November 20, 2005   3 - 10 pm 
Los Angeles (California) Eco-Village, 117 Bimini Place, LA 90004, presents Special Guests from Mexico with presentations, veggie potluck, and dialogue plus music making with Giovanni Ciarlo & Kathleen Sartor. Presenters will include information about Huehuecotyl Ecovillage near Mexico City, the Ecovillage Network of the Americas, sustainable education programs, Mexico City's steps to move the city toward sustainability and urban ecovillages, and sustainable community work in Tzajala (Chiapas area), Peru and with the Vision Council Earth Guardians. There is no fee (donations accepted) but reservations are recommended: Call 213/738-1254 or email crsp@igc.org. See details for this event and other upcoming events at L.A. Eco-Village at www2.ic.org/laev/ 

December 3, 2005  10-11:30AM
New Jersey Audubon Society presents exciting nature programs for children ages 5-10.  Nature doesn’t stop in the winter! Take a short winter-time hike and discover the things animals leave behind. Animal Tracks costs $5 NJ Audubon members and $7 non-members. To register or for more info, contact Tara Casella, Essex County Environmental Center, 621-B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068, or phone 973-228-8776

December 4, 2005    1:00PM
Walking the Watershed in  New Haven, Connecticut. The New Haven Bioregional Committee invites you to join them for a walk along the Mill River. They will meet at the home of Nathan Bixby, 73 Nash Street, in the Orange Street area. From there we will walk to East Rock Park and on trails through the Park running along the River all the way up to the Eli Whitney Museum on Whitney Avenue. The walk will take two to three hours and will proceed at a leisurely pace, with stops for rest and also conversation with a couple of experts who will be joining us. Those who wish to will continue from the Eli Whitney up to Playwrite’s Restaurant in Hamden for food, more talk, and whatever. If you have any questions, call Fred at 203-389-7711.

December 7, 2005    7-9PM
The Sierra Club Essex (NJ) Chapter invites you to Holiday Gift Shopping, Nothing Could Be Simple. Clare Mayer of Garden State Earth Institute addresses the stresses of holiday shopping. Most people know they spend too much money, time and energy gift shopping and say they would like to cut down; but every year it’s the same old story, talk and gripe. Are you ready to turn a stressful ordeal into a challenging rewarding experience?  This interactive workshop will point the way. Engage in a lively discussion and exchange afterwards.  Snacks and refreshments included. Free and open to the public.To register or for more info, contact Tara Casella, Essex County Environmental Center, 621-B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068, or phone 973-228-8776

December 10, 2005
An event to present the results of the Medford, Oregon  Marking Our Place workshop will be presented. The Jefferson Nature Center in Medford, Oregon is coordinating a creative working gathering working gathering called Marking Our Place. 20 regional nature and place writers and 10 regional visual artists will work in teams of two writers and 1 visual artist. There will also be college level and youth level teams. Local naturalists and tour guides will take the teams to urban, rural, and wilderness places for inspiration. The teams will create products celebrating our region. Products created will be showcased in a publication released at a special event December 10, 2005 and through a series of 4 readings/exhibits in public venues. Involved artists will receive a stipend and meals. For more information, contact Susan Cross/Marking Our Place, 311 Left Fork Humbug Creek Road, Applegate, Oregon 97530 or by email: scross@mind.net . 

December 10, 2005     11AM-1PM
Papermaking and Crafts for the Holidays with the Environmental Center staff who have been saving colorful office paper for you to make your own holiday paper.  Also, create a craft in honor of winter and help decorate the Center for the holiday season. $5 per child, $7 per adult, $9 per family (1 adult and up to 2 children). To register or for more info, contact Tara Casella, Essex County Environmental Center, 621-B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068, or phone 973-228-8776

December 11, 2005       4 PM program; 5:30 potluckThe Kansas Area Watershed Council (KAW Council) announces a series of monthly community gatherings, each focused on one angle of what it means to live a sustainable, vibrant life in the prairie bioregion. Each gathering features a lively program followed by a potluck. KAW Council, one of the continent’s oldest bioregional organizations, promotes continual discovery, protection and celebration of our home in the prairie bioregion, and sustainability in all aspects of our lives. The monthly community gatherings are open to everyone – please contact us at 785/843-0253 or carynken@mindspring.com  if you need childcare, would like to join the KAW Council listserv, or learn more about KAW.

On this date the topic is Telling Stories of Place. Telling stories of place can help us form bonds to the land around us as well, raising our bioregional awareness and helping hold us together as a bioregional people. Come to listen, come to share, come for tips on how to develop your own stories.  It will be held at the Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, 1263 N. 1100 Rd., Lawrence, Kansas. Contact: Stephen, 832-1340.

December 15, 2005 7-9PM
Winter Solstice: Celebrations and Traditions at the Essex County (New Jersey) Environmental Center. Winter Solstice is a special time of year celebrated by many cultures throughout the world. Many countries' modern winter holiday traditions have their roots in ancient Winter Solstice celebrations.  Learn how different cultures celebrate during this special time of year and participate in some modern traditions.  Our telescope will also be available for viewing the moon and stars on this special night!  Free and open to the public.  To register or for more info, contact Tara M Casella, Essex County Environmental Center, 621-B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068, or phone 973-228-8776

December 17, 2005    7 pm
Genesis Farm in Blairstown, New Jersey celebrates the turning of the season. Suggested Donation: $5. More info at www.genesisfarm.org or phone 908-362-6735.

South America

September 17-29, 2005
The traveling bioregional caravan will be in Alto Paraiso, in the heart of Brazil, to host a 13 days gathering for Bioregional Action groups from the whole continent. A Vision Council for Bioregional Action - the call of the hummingbird, "Beijaflor Call". 

We know it will be difficult for many of you to meet with us in Brazil, but even a few, would be a great support to our southern bioregions, and some of you speakers and presenters of the Movement, would add a lot to the coming Council. Wish us good luck, and please contact us, through our page, www.ochamado.org or directly to me, subcoyotealberto@yahoo.com . 

Coordinator in Mexico:
Arnold Ricalde            despertares222@yahoo.com.mx
Organi-K                   TEL:  011-52-55-5276-1543
Odin Ruz                odinruz@hotmail.com
Huehuecoyotl       TEL: 001-52-73-93-95-5011

2004

Planetwide Events

September 22, 2004 
World Carfree Day Check it out at http://www.worldcarfree.net/wcfd 

September 11 - 21, 2004
11 Days of Global Unity, an international celebration, will be held in more than 100 cities worldwide. There will be festivals, live concerts, coordinated civic actions, broadcasts, webcasts and public signings of the Declaration of Interdependence. These events hope to raise awareness about humanity's major challenges, and accelerate action towards sustainability and peace. For more information, contact  www.11Days.org or www.WeTheWorld.org/11days .

Australia

September 19, 2004
Third Sunday Tour of the eco-development in Adelaide called Christie Walk! This inner-city development is unique in that it is being built using innovative concepts of urban sustainability like strawbale construction, roof gardening, non-toxic materials, solar power and water heating, and water treatment/re-use systems! If you are in the area, go visit this development that will, when finished, include community facilities and 27 dwellings (townhouses, apartments, and strawbale homes)! Tours are 90 minutes long and include water and energy saving tips. To reserve a tour space: (08) 8212 6760 or for more info: www.urbanecology.org.au 

September 28, 2004—October 2, 2004
Creating Ethical Communities Now: Footprints, Pathways, and Possibilities, Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) 13th Biennial Conference will be held in Adelaide. The conference aims to develop practical, demonstrable and community-based approaches to an ecologically sustainable and socially just society.  Field-based workshops include one presented by Urban Ecology Australia called: Changing the Climate of Opinion:Education and Ecocities Dr Paul Downton, principal of Ecopolis Architects P/L and Mark Wildy, education officer at the Global Education Centre, Adelaide.For more information phone 08 8212 6760 or email urbanec@urbanecology.org.au .

October 17, 2004
Third Sunday Tour of the eco-development in Adelaide called Christie Walk! This inner-city development is unique in that it is being built using innovative concepts of urban sustainability like strawbale construction, roof gardening, non-toxic materials, solar power and water heating, and water treatment/re-use systems! If you are in the area, go visit this development that will, when finished, include community facilities and 27 dwellings (townhouses, apartments, and strawbale homes)! Tours are 90 minutes long and include water and energy saving tips. To reserve a tour space: (08) 8212 6760 or for more info: www.urbanecology.org.au 

November 21, 2004
Third Sunday Tour of the eco-development in Adelaide called Christie Walk! This inner-city development is unique in that it is being built using innovative concepts of urban sustainability like strawbale construction, roof gardening, non-toxic materials, solar power and water heating, and water treatment/re-use systems! If you are in the area, go visit this development that will, when finished, include community facilities and 27 dwellings (townhouses, apartments, and strawbale homes)! Tours are 90 minutes long and include water and energy saving tips. To reserve a tour space: (08) 8212 6760 or for more info: www.urbanecology.org.au 

December 19, 2004
Third Sunday Tour of the eco-development in Adelaide called Christie Walk! This inner-city development is unique in that it is being built using innovative concepts of urban sustainability like strawbale construction, roof gardening, non-toxic materials, solar power and water heating, and water treatment/re-use systems! If you are in the area, go visit this development that will, when finished, include community facilities and 27 dwellings (townhouses, apartments, and strawbale homes)! Tours are 90 minutes long and include water and energy saving tips. To reserve a tour space: (08) 8212 6760 or for more info: www.urbanecology.org.au 

July 7 to 11, 2004
Five day course on eco-innovation and sustainable development. Held at ANU in Canberra. From 9.00 to 5.00 each day. This course presents new ‘systems design’ concepts and methods for restoring human and environmental health and productivity, while improving the economy.  It updates participants on principles and strategies for analysing, designing, implementing and monitoring sustainable systems of 'eco-development'.  Suitable for any graduate.  Notable guest speakers. For details, email janis.birkeland@anu.edu.au,  or phone:  02 6125 2224.

July 18, 2004
Third Sunday Tour of the eco-development in Adelaide called Christie Walk! This inner-city development is unique in that it is being built using innovative concepts of urban sustainability like strawbale construction, roof gardening, non-toxic materials, solar power and water heating, and water treatment/re-use systems! If you are in the area, go visit this development that will, when finished, include community facilities and 27 dwellings (townhouses, apartments, and strawbale homes)! Tours are 90 minutes long and include water and energy saving tips. To reserve a tour space: (08) 8212 6760 or for more info: www.urbanecology.org.au 

July 21, 2004
Healthy Parks - Healthy People will be presented by the Adelaide Parklands Preservation Assn. with Professor Lawry St Leger as the keynote speaker. The cost is $20.  To reserve call 8263 5168

July 23-25, 2004
Cultivating Community & Gravel Hill Gardens Bendigo invite you to attend the 4th Annual Community Gardens Gathering will be held at Wesley Point Camp & Conference Centre, Bendigo. It will be an informative and inspirational weekend for anyone interested in community and school gardens, sustainable urban agriculture, the national network of community gardens and city farms, community development, etc. The gathering is an opportunity for people to come together to share, learn and network through open discussion sessions and talks by speakers from a broad range of projects across Australia. COST: $80 Individuals/$100 Organisations. Includes meals on Friday,Saturday and Sunday, accommodation Friday and Saturday nights in four-six person cabins. Registration closes 16th July. Queries on (03) 5442 7699 or emaillisa_rutland@aussalvaltionarmy.or.au 

August 15, 2004
Third Sunday Tour of the eco-development in Adelaide called Christie Walk! This inner-city development is unique in that it is being built using innovative concepts of urban sustainability like strawbale construction, roof gardening, non-toxic materials, solar power and water heating, and water treatment/re-use systems! If you are in the area, go visit this development that will, when finished, include community facilities and 27 dwellings (townhouses, apartments, and strawbale homes)! Tours are 90 minutes long and include water and energy saving tips. To reserve a tour space: (08) 8212 6760 or for more info: www.urbanecology.org.au 

North America

January 17 - 28, 2004
WISDOM OF THE ELDERS; Traditional and Alternative Healing Practices Of Mexico is a 12 day intensive  integrating experiential, hands-on learning and rich dialogue. It is co-sponsored by the Health Arts and Sciences: Nature, Culture and Healing program of Goddard College, Ayotl Bioregional Resource Center, and Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage. It will be held at Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage in the mountains of Tepoztlan, near Cuernavaca,  Mexico. A complete description of the event, fees, people involved, and a link to Huehuecoyotl's webpage can be found at Goddard College's website:
 www.goddard.edu/academic/MEXICO.html or telephone 800-468-4888 ext. 211 and ask for Suzanne Richman.

May 1,8, 2004
On two Saturdays from 9-5pm get hands-on experience with a wide range of earth plaster colors and finishing techniques as we re-plaster parts of EcoVersity's (in Santa Fe, New Mexico) interior. Step-by-step instruction for covering natural and conventional surfaces, including previously painted drywall. This is a great way to green-up conventional homes, replace toxic paints, create stunning walls, and have fun!  Tuition is $160. Register at http://www.ecoversity.org/ . The class will be taught by Keeley Meagan, author of Earth Plasters for Straw Bale Homes.

May 7-9, 2004
Fire in the Dark, the 23rd annual Kansas Area Watershed Council spring gathering, is devoted to sharing, exploring and forging visions of light in a world that, at times, appears dark. We create our community in the woods, our art, our food and ultimately, "our experience." We see the spring gathering as an alternative to mass culture and consumer society and as an antidote to the passivity, anonymity and alienation of modern society. It will be held Camp Hammond, 20 minutes west of Lawrence, Kansas on Hwy. 40. Come for the weekend, a day, or even an afternoon! Kid-friendly! Camping and cabin-space available. For more information,  including how you can participate in helping create this event, costs, and registration, please contact Caryn Goldberg or Ken Lassman at 785/843-0253, carynken@mindspring.com or Jerry Sipe at 842- 5772.

May 7-9, 2004
Join Aprovecho in Cottage Grove, Oregon for a weekend workshop on Medicinal Herbs. Stay in our strawbale dormitory, enjoy all organic meals and 40 acres of peaceful forest. Contact them for fees and registration at 541-942-8198 by phone or apro@efn.org by email or 80574 Hazelton Road, Cottage Grove, OR 974-24, or visit their website at www.aprovecho.net . 

May 10-14, 2004
Sustainable Living Skills Workshop at Aprovecho Research Center in Cottage Grove, Oregon is a week-long hands-on intensive study of Appropriate Technology, Sustainable Forestry, and Organic Gardening. Stay in our strawbale dormitory, enjoy all organic meals and 40 acres of peaceful forest. Contact them for fees and registration at 541-942-8198 by phone or apro@efn.org by email or 80574 Hazelton Road, Cottage Grove, OR 974-24, or visit their website at www.aprovecho.net . 

May 15, 2004 
To see wildflowers at Oxbow Falls (near New Berlin, New York) from 9 AM to Noon, meet at the Rogers Center at the main parking lot.  Registration required, call 607-674-4017.

May 17-21
Join Aprevecho in Cottage Grove, Oregon for an Alternative Technology Stove Camp workshop.  Contact them for more details at 541-942-8198 by phone or apro@efn.org by email or 80574 Hazelton Road, Cottage Grove, OR 974-24, or visit their website at www.aprovecho.net . 

May 20-22, 21004   
This is the first of three Earthaven Experience Weekends. (The other two are on July 9-11 and October 8-10.) Enjoy an overview of life at Earthaven Ecovillage, a 60-member,
10-year-old intentional community in the mountains southwest of Asheville, North Carolina.  There will be tours of Earthaven's sustainable systems, delicious vegetarian meals, workshops in innovative building systems, intentional communities, agriculture/permaculture, and a medicinal plant walk.Costs: $100 per person includes 6 meals. Accommodations:  camping,$7/night, or indoor lodging at additional cost (828-664-0067). For more information contact: rodkimryE@earthlink.net , info@earthaven.org , www.Earthaven.org , or Rod at 828-669-7552.

May 22, 2004
Cicada 17th Birthday Party – Celebrate the historical return of the seventeen year periodical cicada with a fun and inormative program at the Imago Earth Center. 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 700 Enright Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio, 513.921.8455.

May 22, 2004
From 9-11AM there will be a Wildscape Garden Work Day at the Rogers Center (near New Berlin, New York). Call ahead to Register 607-674-4017.

June 5, 2004
This one-day workshop, Creating a Life Together, will be held at Greenfire, earth regeneration center, a small farm and research center in the Ohio River Basin bioregion. It is led by Leafe Christian, long time editor of Communities magazine, and explores practical tools to grow ecovillages and earth-caring communities. Ms. Christian offers workshops nationwide on the process of forming new ecovillages and intentional communities. Held in Marshfield, Ohio, 45766. Ms. Call 740.664.4028 or email bogangreenfire@msn.com.

June 22, 2004
At 7PM Josh Bus-well-Charkow from the California Wild Heritage Campaign will present an illustrated talk about proposed new wilderness areas in Northwestern California at the Northcoast Environmental Center in Arcata, California. For more information call 707-442-8992.

June 25-27, 2004
Registration is now open for Local Currencies in the 21st Century: Understanding Money, Building Local Economies, and -Renewing Communities, an E. F. Schumacher Society conference at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Confirmed plenary speakers include Margrit Kennedy, Edgar Cahn, Bernard Lietaer, Richard Douthwaite, Mary Beth Raddon, David Boyle, Thomas Greco, and honored guest Dwarko Sundruni. For more information or to register on-line, visit http://www.localcurrency.org  or write to E. F. Schumacher Society, 140 Jug End Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230 or phone 413-528-1737.

June 25-27, 2004
Cultivating Connections and Image present Earthspirit Rising: A Conference Celebrating Earth as a Teacher at Midway College, Lexington, Kentucky. It will be a weekend with theologian Diarmuid O'Murchu and naturalist Connie Barlow, and will include plenary sessions and many varied nreak-out sessions.  Contact Mark Steiner for more information and registration, telephone: 502-897-2721, email: EarthasTeacher@aol.com .

July 3, 2004
The Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC) in Arcata, California is hosting three river rafting trips this summer.  Each trip includes an practical educational component and all proceeds will benefit NEC.  This trip is geared toward the thrill of white water and will have an expert discussing river fisheries.  Call 707-677-3494 to reserve space.

July 9-11, 21004   
This is the first of three Earthaven Experience Weekends. (The other two are on May 20-22 and October 8-10.) Enjoy an overview of life at Earthaven Ecovillage, a 60-member,
10-year-old intentional community in the mountains southwest of Asheville, North Carolina.  There will be tours of Earthaven's sustainable systems, delicious vegetarian meals, workshops in innovative building systems, intentional communities, agriculture/permaculture, and a medicinal plant walk.Costs: $100 per person includes 6 meals. Accommodations:  camping,$7/night, or indoor lodging at additional cost (828-664-0067). For more information contact: rodkimryE@earthlink.net , info@earthaven.org , www.Earthaven.org , or Rod at 828-669-7552.

July 10, 2004 at 9–11am 
The Hampton, Virginia Public Works Educational Programs is looking for boaters, paddling enthusiasts and community volunteers to help clean up the stormwater BMPs at several sites. The cleanup, which is part of the ongoing Hampton Shoreline Shakeup, will take place rain or shine.  For more info and to register call 757-727-6325.

July 17, 2004 at 9–noon 
The Three Fivers Project of the Heartland Bioregion is sponsoring a Finger Lakes Trail Hike in Upstate New York  at the Rodgers Center.  Call 607. 674.4017. 

July 24,25. 2004
Bioregionalists in bioregions near Vermont will use this weekend as an opportunity to come together in a mini bioregional council.  Laura Kuri will attend and she has much to share from her organizing work in Mexico and contacts with bioregional organizers in Brazil. This will be a time for many of us who are not on the steering council for the next Congress at Earthaven to get an update on the status of things and see how best we might help with pulling together that event.  Giovani Ciarlo will be in VT with Kathleen that weekend. He has suggested an informal hang-out time Sat. evening, July 24th, and a council Sunday morning.  Suzanne Richmond has offered her house in Plainfield, Vermont for this, and is hoping that we might all go to participate in the Bread And Puppet theater nearby Sunday afternoon at 3. Anyone who would like to participate in this bioregional fest in the Winooski watershed should contact Tad  Montgomery,118 Washington Street, Brattleboro, VT  05301,(802) 251-0502.

July 23-25, 2004
School of Living Quarterly Meeting, hosted by Julian Woods Community in State College, Pennsylvania.  Please call 814-355-8026 if you are planning to attend. 

July 24, 2004, 8a.m.-5p.m.
With recent legal changes that allow Greywater systems to be installed without a permit, New Mexico is in the forefront of the Greywater revolution. The Ecoversity presents a Greywater systems workshop to learn to reuse this valuable resource properly and effectively, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with greywater specialists Melissa McDonald and Nate Downey. It will be oriented towards building and landscaping professionals, owner builders, and sustainability enthusiasts.  Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn how you can save water, contribute to the local watershed, and save your trees and plants. Contact Ecoversity for registration, information and other classes 505-424-9797, www.ecoversity.org .

July 27, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.   
The Three Fivers Project of the Heartland Bioregion is sponsoring "Discover Edible Wild Plants" with Jane Swingle and Barb Collins in Upstate New York  at the Rodgers Center.  Call 607. 674.4017. 

July 30-31, August 1-2, 2004
The 24th HAT CREEK  GATHERING
Once again we send out the call to gather at Hat Creek (B.C. Canada) to celebrate our unity with Mother Earth and each other and to appreciate the beauty of the meadows and woods of Hat Creek.  Twenty-four years ago we began the opposition to B.C. Hydro’s plans to develop a coal-fired thermal power plant in the area where we gather. Today they want to extract methane gas from the coal beds underlying this valley. All of this has been attempted while ignoring the existing Title and Rights to this area of both the Secwepemc and St’at’imc. This gathering is our collective statement of opposition to these plans. It’s also a time to celebrate life, community, food, music, each other.

People start trickling into the camp during Friday, bringing camping gear, food to add to the communal kitchen, crafts or produce to barter, towels for the lake, information to share, ideas for workshops over the weekend, musical instruments, costumes, and dances, songs or poems to share. The time we spend together is mostly informal and there’s always room for spontaneous happenings or focused discussions. The overall mood is one of excitement and joy in meeting together again in this special place.

        This year we have a couple of requests:
We need more folks for the set-up crew. Please come either Thursday afternoon or Friday early  to be of help. If you can let us know ahead of time that you’re coming, we’d appreciate it.

Because of the extreme dryness of this already very dry ecosystem, we ask people to be super careful about fire. Please bring extra water and water containers,  rakes, shovels, mattocks,  "piss" cans, Coleman stoves and lamps. 

We’d like to remind folks that making the Gathering happen is the responsibility of everyone there. Please bring at least enough food to feed yourself and more. Please volunteer to help. Leave your dogs and alcohol at home. 

For more information and directions how to the gathering Contact:  Robin at michurro@ hotmail.com or Box 1599, Lillooet, B.C. V0K 1V0

August 7th, 2004
Join the Ecoversity for this FREE event, Implementing the Precautionary Principle in New Mexico: a call to Action and Celebration - All Day,  in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Carolyn Raffensperger  brings this paradigm shift to life with stories from the front lines of social change!  We will hear success stories as activists work to move government and corporations away from the standard of "How much harm is acceptable?" when introducing a product or permitting an industry to pollute instead to "How little harm is possible?" Contact Ecoversity for registration, information and other classes 505-424-9797, www.ecoversity.org .

August 7-8, 2004 9a.m.-4p.m.
With recent legal changes that allow Greywater systems to be installed without a permit, New Mexico is in the forefront of the Greywater revolution. The Ecoversity presents a two-day Greywater systems workshop to learn to reuse this valuable resource properly and install it effectively, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with Mary Lou Singleton and Peter Gallo. It will include NM's new laws, plumbing basics for beginners, biomediation, and growing food and medicine safely with recycled water.  Contact Ecoversity for registration, information and other classes 505-424-9797, www.ecoversity.org .

August 8,2004
Join Santa Fe, New Mexico's premier herbalists, Tomas Enos and Janet Snowden for a High Mountain Desert Walk to learn local plant wisdom, lore and practices. The cost is $65 and it will be from 9AM to 4PM.  Contact Ecoversity for registration, information and other classes 505-424-9797, www.ecoversity.org .

August 21, 2004
From 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM the Lancaster County Parks and Reecreation Department is hosting a Strawbale Construction Workshop presented by East Coast Alternative Building Center in York , Pennsylvania. The cost is $60 and includes all workshop materials and lunch (vegetarian).  Pre-register by calling 717-295-2055.

August 20-29, 2004
Work-Study Tour In Yucatan's Mangroves A short mangrove-replanting project on the Caribbean coast of Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico is being considered for these dates. Depending upon interest and numbers of volunteers, this tour will help restore degraded mangroves and help rescue or care for threatened baby sea turtles. At least 10 volunteers are needed to firm up plans for this tour. For more information, please contact Alfredo Quarto at mangroveap@olympus.net 

August 22, 2004
The Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC) in Arcata, California is hosting three river rafting trips this summer.  Each trip includes an practical educational component and all proceeds will benefit NEC.  This trip will be in the Hoopa Gorge and will focus on tribal lore, including native plants and basket making.  Call 707-677-3494 to reserve space.

August 27-29, 2004
21th Annual Twin Oaks Women's Gathering  There will be camping, music, workshops, drumming, performances, swimming, sweats, mudpit, great food, creative activities! Childcare provided. Wheelchair accessible. Sliding scale $40-$140. For more info, write to Women's Gathering, 138 Twin Oaks Rd, Louisa, Virginia 23093, email: gathering@twinoaks.org ,  phone: 540-894-5126, or visit our website: http://www.twinoaks.org/community/women/

September 3-5, 2004
Twin Oaks Communities Conference: Ecovillages, communes, coops, CoHousing, and more. A weekend of workshops, community-building, and fun! We'll explore topics such as intentional relationships, group decision-making, and living sustainably. $85 (sliding scale) for food and tenting. We welcome community seekers and members alike. Louisa, Virginia. For more info see our website at: www.twinoaks.org/conference or contact: 138 Twin Oaks Rd, Louisa VA 23093, phone: 540-894-5126. email: conference@twinoaks.org

September 11, 2004 at 3pm
The Ozark Resource Center's 9th Annual Benefit River Concert will be held at Elixir Farm on Bryant Creek in Missouri. There will be music, silent auction, exhibits, food & beverages. This event benefits Ozarks Resource Center and Yellow House Community Arts Center. Adults admission is $7, ages 12-18 $3, and kids are free.  For more info contact whiteoak@train.missouri.org . 

September 11-26, 2004
The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA), offers a Permaculture Design Certification Course being held in Nevada City, CA.  We will be designing a 200+ acre site, which currently houses a residential Quaker high school.  We plan on designing the site for food, energy and income self-sufficiency, along with creating a biological endowment fund to stabilize the economic base of the school.This course includes a one-day intensive workshop on Livestock in Permaculture Design on September 18 taught by Joel Salatin, an ecological farming pioneer.  We welcome work trade and other creative trades to cover the course tuition. If you are interested in this amazing permaculture opportunity and would like to do work trade, we are open to creative suggestions (for example, massage for the course instructors).  Please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss this option.  We also are offering  a limited number of two for one deals on tuition (the second person will still be responsible for their food and lodging.) For more information visit their website http://www.permaculture.com/ or email farmerdave@permaculture.com .

September 12–15, 2004
The Second Annual National Conference On Coastal & Estuarine Habitat Restoration - Weaving Restoration Into The Tapestry of Coastal Life takes place in Seattle, Washington. While addressing restoration challenges and successes around the country, the Second National Conference will also highlight the unique resources and restoration efforts in and around the Pacific Northwest. It will focus on advancing the knowledge, pace and success of coastal and estuarine restoration and enabling nonprofit and community organizations, government agencies, tribes, businesses, and academic and research institutions to network. For more information, visit www.estuaries.org or contact Nicole Maylett 703-524-0248.

September 18, 2004 from 9am to noon or longer
Volunteers from across Chenango County, NY will be picking up litter, metal , and tires from rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds to celebrate the Nineth Annual River Clean-Up. Call Laura Carey 607-674-4017 or David Benenati 607-336-1640 for more info. 

September 18, 2004 from 8am to 9pm
The Mid-Hudson Valley People's Assembly,  A Social Forum about "RECLAIMING OUR DEMOCRACY" Understanding and Acting on Local, National, Global Issues, will be held at the Central Valley Elementary School. Rt. 32, Central Valley, NY. (Across from Woodbury Common at the intersection of Exit 16 of NYS Thruway, Rt. 17 and Rt. 6)  For more information email: info@midhudsonvpa.org/ or phone:845.987.2321.

September 18-22, 2004
The 10th annual Rail~Volution conference, Rail~Volution 2004, will be held in Hollywood, California. This is one of the few conferences to focus on transportation it brings together a unique cross-section of concerned citizens, business leaders, academics, elected and federal officials, planners, and transit operators. Though it is fairly expensive, they offer scholarships to citizen activists. More information is available at their website, www.railvolution.com or toll-free at 800-788-7077.

September 23, 2004 from 9:30 am ­ 4:15 pm
The Conference on Rainwater Harvesting will be held at the Seattle, WA Center. This conference brings together people working in rainwater harvesting including system designers, architects and engineers, home owners and developers, installers and builders, state and local government regulators and others, to talk about their common interests, share their knowledge, network, and lay the foundation for expansion of rainwater harvesting as part of sustainable community development in the Northwest. View the Conference Schedule or Register on-line at http://www.engr.washington.edu/epp/arcsa

September 30 - October 2
Sustainable Resources Conference 2004, An International Forum Connecting People with Hands-on Solutions to World Poverty will be held at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. There will also be Pre-conferences Sept. 27-29 and Post-conferences Oct. 3-5. for more information visit their website http://www.sustainableresources.org/sr2004/program.html 

October 3rd, 2004
Ecopalooza  2004: Niagara’s 1st Annual Expo Of Green Living, Alternative Architecture And Wicked Tunes. Ecopalooza proves that living green is living good! Join us for a celebration of green living and bioregional awareness. There are environmentally responsible, economical options open for nearly every choice we make. Many local business are thriving while providing non-toxic, earth-friendly products and services. A growing number of people are interested in and even passionate about alternative building methods and materials. Solar and wind power are no longer just the territory of fringe consumers. Come on out and join some like-minded folks. Bring the kids! See what they can make using good ol' mud. Sample some vegetarian cuisine, pick out some fresh organic produce, try your hand at straw bale building, all while listening to the area's best musicians. ECOPALOOZA CELEBRATES THE GREENER SIDE OF THE NIAGARA BIOREGION! For more info see our website at: www.ecopalooza.com or contact: 143 Church Street, Welland, ON, L3C 4P1,Canada. Phone: 905-714-9912. Email: info@ecopalooza.com 

October 3, 2004
Elfin Permaculture's 9th Annual Permaculture Design Course Online begins on this date. Students in the six-month course complete four reports including a full permaculture design report, follow weekly reading assignments, and participate in questions and discussion via email. For more details about the course, visit the Barking Frogs web site, http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/onlinecourse.htm 

October 8-10, 2004   
This is the first of three Earthaven Experience Weekends. (The other two are on May 20-22 and July 9-11.) Enjoy an overview of life at Earthaven Ecovillage, a 60-member,
10-year-old intentional community in the mountains southwest of Asheville, North Carolina.  There will be tours of Earthaven's sustainable systems, delicious vegetarian meals, workshops in innovative building systems, intentional communities, agriculture/permaculture, and a medicinal plant walk.Costs: $100 per person includes 6 meals. Accommodations:  camping,$7/night, or indoor lodging at additional cost (828-664-0067). For more information contact: rodkimryE@earthlink.net , info@earthaven.org , www.Earthaven.org , or Rod at 828-669-7552.

October 8-10, 2004  
The 25th annual (and consecutive) Ozark Area Community (Bioregional) Congress - OACC 25 - will convene this coming October 8-10, at Ananda Kanan International Retreat Center near Willow Springs, Ozarks. Celebrating a quarter century ("25 years into the 500-year plan") of bioregionalism at the first and longest-standing bioregional congress - OACC. Contact David Haenke, dhaenke@webound.com .

October 14, 2004 at 7:30 PM
Join the International Forum on Globalization as we host the opening event of the Northwest Social Forum in Seattle, Washington and launch the new edition of our book, Alternatives to Globalization: a Better World is Possible. 

The IFG panel event will include: Maude Barlow (Council of Canadians, Canada), Walden Bello (Focus on the Global South, Thailand), John Cavanagh (Institute for Policy Studies, U.S.), Tony Clarke (Polaris Institute, Canada), Martin Khor (Third World Network, Malaysia), Jerry Mander (International Forum on Globalization, U.S.), Vandana Shiva (Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, India), Lori Wallach (Public Citizen, U.S.) and others. For more information, please visit the International Forum on Globalization website at www.ifg.org or call us at 415-561-7650.

October 14-17, 2004 
The Global Womens Gathering will bring together indigenous women elders from around the world with women
activists from western culture for three days of sharing and dialogue on the healing and sustainability of our communities and the planet. The Gathering is being held at the Menla
Mountain Retreat and Conference Center in Phoenicia, NY, and is organized by the Center for Sacred Studies.
for reservations and information see the website, www.globalwomensgathering.org  or call 845-758-5519.

October 14 - 17
The Northwest Social Forum in Seattle, Washington will convene to unite social movements and discuss alternatives to corporate globalization which we can all implement today. The Forum also marks the five-year anniversary of the "Battle of Seattle" and turns our attention to the better world that we all know is possible. For more information visit the Northwest Social Forum website at www.nwsocialforum.org .

October 15-17, 2004
School of Living Quarterly Meeting, hosted by Common Grounds in Lexington, Virginia.  Please call 540-463-1070 if you are planning to attend. 

October 16-19, 2004
The Community Food Security Coalition and Growing Power will co-host the 2004 gathering, Celebrating a Decade of Community Food Security, in Milwaukee, WI.It will be an exciting and invigorating confrence with workshops, receptions, plenaries, and field trips. To register or for more info check them out at www.foodsecurity.org .

November 12-14, 2004
The community Solution will hold their annual fall Conference, The Community Solution to Declining Oil  this weekend.
More information and registration at their website, www.communitysolution.org .

November 19th 2004
Interspecies will have its first gallery show opening of pen and Ink images of many species of whales and other marine mammals at the Friday Harbor Whale Museum, in the Puget Sound, WA area on this date. See http://interspecies.com/ for more info.

December 6–10,2004
 The First National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration Through Integration of Science, Planning and Policy will take place in Orlando, Florida. Conference updates are found at http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ecosystem 

South America

July 26, 2004 
Join in and celebrate Day of the Defense of the Mangrove Ecosystem, "FREEDOM FOR THE MANGROVES". The Day will be commemorated in the international, regional and national levels. 

"Freedom for the Mangroves" is committed to strengthening the local organizational processes and to generating favorable public opinion for the defense and community management of the mangroves. It is also dedicated to the development of alliances with organizations and institutions in the regional and international level to accomplish the mission of recovery, protection and conservation of this very valuable natural resource, especially through restoring illegal and abandoned shrimp ponds to their original mangrove ecosystem.

Actions that will take place in Ecuador

On July 26, a national event will take place in the city of  Bahia de Caraquez. The big celebration during the Day of the Mangroves will gather ancestral users of the mangroves of the entire Ecuadorian coast in Bahia de Caraquez as well as the local and national media.

The following activities will take place: