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 | Participate in an easy-to-follow bioregional map-making of your own life-place. |
| Explore native habitats that coexist with urban surroundings. |
| Acquire new environmental teaching skills to share with students, colleagues, family, and friends. |
| Observe and discuss native habitat restoration activities. |
| Learn where our waters come from and where our waters should go. |
| Obtain take-home materials. |
REGISTER NOW!
Sliding scale $35-$50 (limited scholarships and work exchanges available). Cost includes workshop participation and take-home project materials.
Workshops will fill up quickly so call now to let us know which
workshop you'll attend.
Call (415) 285-6556 or email mail@planetdrum.org today
to register and/or acquire more details.
The festival will be held beside the lagoon in Leo Ryan Park, at the corner of E. Hillsdale Blvd. and Shell Boulevards. New this year is a Green Street area with various booths promoting sustainability information, services and products. Planet Drum's booth will be here.
There will also be three performance areas, arts and crafts, food, beer and boutique wines, a carnival, lagoon cruises, - something for the whole family. For more info see: http://www.fostercitychamber.com/festival/
Cultural Performers and Music, Demonstrations of alternative energy cars, Berkeley Farmer's Market, Climbing wall, Food, Craft & Community Booths
To volunteer or for more info: www.hesternet.net/
On Wednesday March 11th from 7:30-9:30pm Planet Drum Foundation and CounterPULSE’s Shaping San Francisco, will present a panel discussion and question-and-answer session that is free and open to the public. It will be held at CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission Street (near 9th Street), San Francisco.
Neil Seldman, President of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute
For Local Self-Reliance, will spearhead the first panel discussion in San
Francisco on “Local Remanufacturing Our Way out of the Recession.” Peter
Berg, Planet Drum Foundation director, and Kevin Drew, Zero
Waste Program Coordinator for the San Francisco Department of the
Environment, will join Seldman on the panel, along with local
remanufacturing entrepreneurs. Alemany Community Garden organizer, Antonio
Roman-Alcala, will facilitate the question and answer period.
“The purpose of this event is to inform the public on our need to
make products locally from local recyclables.” said Peter Berg. “Remanufacturing
provides meaningful work, closes the energy loop, and stimulates
creativity. It is a practical response to the economic slump that builds
on our physical and human resources.”
We invite anyone who is interested in jobs, the environment,
sustainability, alternatives to landfills, recycled art objects, and
public policy to attend.
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Say hello to Planet Drum staff. We'll be tabling with info, books, and beautiful handmade recycled paper journals, notebooks, etc. See you there!
See above for more information.
*Robert Hass, *Brenda Hillman, *Jane Hirshfield, *California Poet Laureate Al Young, *Joseph Lease, *Camille Dungy, *poet/percussionist Avotcja with Eugene Warren on bass, *Sonoma County Poet Laureate Mike Tuggle, *Chris Olander, *performance poets Grace Fae and Grace Tea, * Richard Silberg, * student/youth poets from River of Words and California Poets in the Schools, and *bilingual student poets from Poetry Inside Out.
Kirstin Miller (EcoCity Builders) presents Peter Berg, Planet
Drum;
"Daylighting" discussion on restoring
Strawberry Creek in downtown Berkeley, and
Kirk Lumpkin (Ecology
Center/Berkeley Farmers' Market) presents Eugene Cordero, Cool Cuisine:
Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming.
Manic D Press, Heyday Books, Ecology Center Book Tent, Tea Party magazine, California Poets in the Schools, Sixteen Rivers Press, River of Words, Planet Drum, City of Berkeley Environmental Services & more!
More info: www.poetryflash.org, 510/526-9105, mbb@poetryflash.or
Watershed Poetry Mendocino is a day long celebration using poetry, art and discussion to help raise awareness of the importance of Mendocino County watersheds, and environmental and cultural issues.*
The program begins at 8:30 am at the Ukiah Saturday Farmers' Market with speakers, performers, a watershed walk, and tabling by local/regional environmental and watershed groups and green businesses.
At 11:30 am the program will continue at TB Greene Galley with a poetry reading/Open Mic and a water/watershed awareness talk and workshop. Concurrent with the poetry and workshop will be the September TB Greene Gallery art showing, "Rivers - Photos of the Local Watersheds."
Continuing at 4pm, the program moves to Mendocino Book Company with another poetry reading of featured poets, followed by a reception hosted by Ann Kilkenny. Poets will be signing copies of their published works.
The celebration concludes with the Evening Reading at the Grace Hudson Museum beginning at 6:30 pm with eight poets reading from their works in tandem with an exhibit on Lewis & Clark. Refreshments will be served.
Among those reading during the celebration are: Jan Allegretti, Louisa Aronow, Devreaux Baker, Dan Barth, Peter Berg, Zida Borcich, Armand Brint, Sharon Doubiago, Mary Norbert Korte, Gabe Kregler, Aisha Matthai, Linda Noel, Dan Roberts, Robin Rule, Leslie Sheridan, Liam UiCearbhaill, Sandra Wade, Roberta Werdinger and Theresa Whitehill.
For more information contact Larry Sheehy, Phone: 707-485-7072 or Email: watershedpoetry@gmail.com
*Watershed Poetry Mendocino is affiliated with and modeled after the annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival held in Berkeley and sponsored by Poetry Flash.
For more info email: Katie@artsandmedia.net, call the Indy Arts office Tuesday-Friday from 10am-6pm at 415-677-9877, or visit: http://www.artsandmedia.net/expo/
For more information contact Larry Sheehy, Phone: 707-485-7072 or Email: watershedpoetry@gmail.com
For more information see www.SundayStreetsSF.com or email Susan King susan@walkSF.org
Peter Berg will be giving a presentation, "The New Green Deal" at 2:30pm, Saturday, June 21, 2008 in the Economy Neighborhood Canopy at The Big ONE (see below).
Planet Drum will be happy to chat with you and show you our projects at
The Big ONE is representing a tectonic shift in our thinking about our sustainability. Come engage with fellow citizens, businesses, nonprofits and municipal agencies in workshops and hands-on demonstrations designed to create beautiful communities in the areas of Sustainability, Health, Local Food and Green Economy, Spirit and Youth Engagement. It will be held 9am -7pm, Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22, 2008 at Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. There will be music and the city's largest potluck.
The event is 100% noncommercial, absolutely free, and zero waste.
For more information and a complete list of participating organizations, visit http://www.beautifulcommunities.org. For organizations and individuals interested in participating or volunteering, email: info@beautifulcommunities.org . For directions to Sharon Meadow, visit http://www.eventswestca.com/dir.html .
Planet Drum Foundation just concluded the 2007 season of Bioregional Workshops. After the rainy season they will begin again. Call or email us to get on our Workshop Mailing List for updates. We also do private bioregional workshops for groups and organizations. Contact us for more info!
The workshops include an inspiring full day field immersion workshop in your choice of two amazing natural areas. This is a must for learning about and illustrating what makes our bioregion distinct from any other on the planet. We will explore a holistic ecological approach to identifying and understanding Northern California's unique climate, weather, soil, landforms, watersheds, and native wildlife. Emphasis is on observation of natural characteristics, discussing interrelationships and sustainability, and practicing hands-on learning techniques in amazing environments that have remained relatively unchanged for thousands of years. In the workshop, you will:
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Participate in easy-to-follow bioregional map-making of your own life-place. |
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Explore native habitats that coexist with urban surroundings. |
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Undertake new environmental teaching exercises. |
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Acquire skills to share with students, colleagues, and friends. |
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Observe and discuss native habitat restoration and/or composting activities. |
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Obtain indispensable take-home materials. |
Sliding scale $35-$50 (Limited scholarships (full scholarships for SFUSD teachers) and work exchanges available). Price includes workshop participation and project materials.
Jack Sylvan, SF Base
Reuse and Development, San Francisco
Peter Berg, bioregional pioneer, San Francisco and Bahia de Caraquez,
Ecuador
Aidan Hughes, Principal, Arup engineering and design, San Francisco
Moderator: Tim Bentley,
University of Virginia architecture professor, author
How about largely
conceived projects embedded in government and local economics to already
have enormous potential and some very serious commitment? How far can they
go toward what we are introducing here as an ‘urban fractal’ a piece,
yet a functional whole within the city, or to actually transform the whole
city by intent into an ecocity as thoroughly conceived as possible.
How “ecocity” can it get?
(www.ecocityworldsummit.org for more information)
for more info: www.hesternet.net/events.html
Earth
Day! at McLaren Park in San Franciscofor more info: www.natureinthecity.org
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An
Introduction to San Francisco |
Join Planet Drum's Chrystal Schreck and Paul Belz, innovative environmental educators, for an inspiring full day field immersion workshop in your choice of two amazing natural areas. This is a must for learning about and illustrating what makes our bioregion distinct from any other on the planet. We will explore a holistic ecological approach to identifying and understanding Northern California's unique climate, weather, soil, landforms, watersheds, and native wildlife. Emphasis is on observation of natural characteristics, discussing interrelationships and sustainability, and practicing hands-on learning techniques in amazing environments that have remained relatively unchanged for thousands of years. In the workshop, you will:
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Participate in easy-to-follow bioregional map-making of your own life-place. |
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Explore native habitats that coexist with urban surroundings. |
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Undertake new environmental teaching exercises. |
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Acquire skills to share with students, colleagues, and friends. |
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Observe and discuss native habitat restoration and/or composting activities. |
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Obtain indispensable take-home materials. |
Sliding scale $35-$50 (Limited scholarships (full scholarships for
SFUSD teachers) and work exchanges available). Price includes workshop participation and project
materials. Bring a bag lunch, good walking or hiking shoes.
Please share this announcement with friends!
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, November 9th, 10th, &
11th
San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center
http://www.greenfestivals.org/content/view/626/281/
Join us for another year at the GreenFestival! You'll enjoy more than 200 visionary speakers and 400 green businesses, great how-to workshops, green films, yoga and movement classes, green careers sessions, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine and live music. Mark your calendars and check for updates. If you want to check out the event for FREE, contact Chrystal at outreach.planetdrum@gmail.com or 415.285.6556 to VOLUNTEER and support bioregionalism!
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
http://artsandmedia.net/expo/
The Expo is the Bay Area's only grassroots connection fair for
independent arts, music and culture.
JOIN US! On Sept. 15 the Expo celebrates eight years as a unique "Free
Culture Fair" where the emphasis is NOT on selling, but making
connections, sharing resources and creating culture and community. Admission
is donation-based and no one is turned away.
Saturday & Sunday, August 18th & 19th, 2007
Solar Living Institute in Hopland, California
www.solfest.org
Admission: $30 Saturday, $25 Sunday, $45 for the weekend.
Come enjoy a weekend of sustainable living, including a PLANET DRUM WORKSHOP
on bioregionalism by Peter Berg on Saturday. You will see a truck fueled by
flowers, a garden that weeds itself, a skirt made of pure trash, car that
runs on veggies, and more! Speakers and entertainment include Amy Goodman,
Alice Walker, Bruce Cockburn, and Dar Williams. We still need volunteers. If
you want to check out the event for FREE, contact Chrystal at outreach.planetdrum@gmail.com
or 415.285.6556 to VOLUNTEER and support bioregionalism!
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An
Introduction to Alameda County
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An inspiring two-day weekend field immersion workshop conveniently located in San Francisco’s Glen Canyon Park. A wholistic ecological approach to identifying and understanding Northern California’s unique climate, weather, soil, landforms, watersheds, and native wildlife. Emphasis is on observation of natural characteristics, discussing inter-relationships, and practicing hands-on learning techniques in an amazing environment that has remained relatively unchanged for thousands of years.
Join Peter Berg, author of Discovering Your Life-Place, and A Green City Program for the San Francisco Bay Area & Beyond and Paul Belz, innovative environmental educator, for an original and exciting program unlike any other offered this fall. This is a must for learning about and illustrating what makes our bioregion distinct from any other on the planet. We begin at the Chenery Street entrance to beautiful Glen Canyon Park at 10AM on Saturday and Sunday mornings. You will participate in:
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Easy-to-follow bioregional map-making of your own life-place. |
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Explore native habitats that coexist with urban surroundings. |
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Undertake new environmental teaching exercises. |
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Acquire skills to share with students, colleagues, and friends. |
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Engage in composting and restoration activities. |
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Obtain indispensable take-home materials. |
Call now to reserve your place in one of the following workshops:
October 14-15, 2006
October 21-22 November 18-19, 2006
December 2-3, 2006
Sliding scale $35-$75 (limited scholarships and work exchanges available). Price includes workshops and lectures for both days and project materials.
Workshops will fill up quickly! Call (415)285-6556 or email mail@planetdrum.org today to reserve a space and learn more details.
Bring a bag lunch, good walking or hiking shoes, and work gloves (optional).
Please share this announcement with friends!
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| Aurora Forum is part of the Continuing Studies Program of Stanford University. The Aurora Forum Workshop meets quarterly for those who want to deepen their bioregional awareness through attention to seasonal changes. On Saturday, May 13, 2006, 10:00AM–4:00PM, Aurora Forum Workshop presents: |
Join Peter Berg (Director of Planet Drum Foundation and creator of Discovering Your Life-Place) and Paul Belz (innovative environmental educator, who has developed sustainable life-place teaching techniques for children, families and adults) for two exciting bioregional education days.
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Learn bioregional map-making of your life-place from Peter Berg. |
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Hike thru native habitats which are totally isolated from the surrounding urban setting. |
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Do hands-on eco-system restoration work promoting native species. |
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Undertake new environmental teaching exercises with Paul Belz. |
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Acquire skills that can be shared with colleagues, students and friends. Plus, priceless take-home materials and readings to soak up Northern California bioregional culture. |
We begin at the beautiful Glen Canyon Park (end of Chenery Street in front of the baseball field) at 10 AM on October14th and October 15th. Bring a sack lunch, good walking shoes, and working gloves (optional). Please plan to stay till 3-4pm.
| Maruata Bioregional Celebration, Mexico, Dec, 1998 —Jan, 1999 |
| Bahia de Caraquez International
Eco-Gathering Ecuador, February 27—28, 1999 [Read Peter's Reports from Ecuador] |
| Planet Drum Foundation and Green City Project sponsored an Eco-Art Contest in March, 1999. |
| Italian Bioregional Network meeting April 30—May 1, 1999 |
| Board Meeting of the Bioregional Association of the Northern Americas (BANA) in San Francisco May 21-23, 1999. E-mail planetdrum@igc.org for information on becoming a BANA member. |
| Peter Berg will be in Keene, New Hampshire Oct. 15-16, 1999, speaking at Antioch New England Graduate School's conference, "Environmental Legacy." If you wish to contact him about making a presentation in your part of New England around that time, or if you want more information about the conference, e-mail or call after September 1st. |
| SOS! Join us at a Rescue Party+ Gift sale for Green City! |
| Fall 2002 Return to Ecuador Peter Berg and Judy Goldhaft will be returning to Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador on September 1, 2002 to continue work on the Eco City project. For more information on Eco Ecuador Works!, please see our web pages located here. |
| PDF at CBC in Kansas Judy Goldhaft will be attending the Continental Bioregional Congress on the Prairie on October 6 through October 9 , 2002 where she intends to perform Water Web and lead some workshops. |
| Spring Equinox Staff Picnic Planet Drum will hold its March staff lunch as a potluck picnic on Tuesday, March 18th, 2003. All present and previous staff and volunteers are welcome. Bring some food to share and meet at the Planet Drum office at 12 noon. (We'll go to a nearby park for lunch.) |
| Area 51 Sound Test 3-D in Indian Springs, Nevada April 11th-13th, 2003 for more info go to www.area51soundtest.com . |
| The San Francisco (CA) State Earth Fair, Wednesday and Thursday, April 16th-17th, 2003 11am-2pm. |
| Berkeley Earth Day, Saturday, April 19th, 2003 12 noon to 5pm in Civic Center Park, at Center and MLK in downtown Berkeley, CA (near Berkeley BART) |
| Expo for the Artist & Musician, Sunday, May 4th, 2003 11am-6pm at Cellspace, 2050 Bryant St. (@18th ST.) San Francisco, CA. |
| Health & Harmony Music & Arts Festival 2003, June 14-15, 2003 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, CA. For lodging and festival information go to www.harmonyfestival.com |
| Special Cinematic Event and networking benefit for the Green City Calendar. On July 19, 2003 at 8 pm, Artist Television Access (ATA) is hosting Planet Drum's screening of Les Diggers De San Francisco. ATA is located at 992 Valencia St. at 21st St., San Francisco. |
| Sometime this year (probably near the end of October) we will have a Benefit Birthday Bash. In the past these parties have included exciting guest performers, fabulous refreshments, and informational presentations. We're in the planning stages now, so if you'd like to help us, or want to perform/present at it, contact the office now. (415-285-6556 or planetdrum@igc.org ) Check here again for developments. |
| Earth Summit, October 11, 20003, 9AM-2:30 PM at New College, 777 Valencia St., San Francisco. |
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Celebrate with Planet Drum Foundation at our 30th Anniversary Party on October 25th, 2003 at the SOMARTS Gallery, 934 Brannan at 9th Street, San Francisco, 7:30-11:30PM. |
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Green Festival, November 8 and 9, 2003, at the San Francisco Design Center Concourse at 635- 8th Street. |
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Holiday Party, December 12, 2003, at New College, 777 Valencia St., San Francisco, in the Cultural Center. |
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Celebrate the Longest Night!The Winter Solstice (Summer in the South) takes place Sunday, December 21, 2003 |
| Delta Primer book signings |
Maruata
Bioregional CelebrationAn Invitation from the Mexican "family" of bioregionalists to celebrate the New Year on the beach at Maruata, Michoacan.
While this is not an "official" bioregional gathering, it is an opportunity to spend time in a beautiful area on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the company of interesting folks from Mexico and around the world. In addition to informal opportunities for learning, inspiration and cultural exchange, some talking circles to discuss the possibility of organizing future bioregional events in Mexico are also planned.
Program includes bioregionalism and Green City (Peter Berg, Planet Drum), mangrove restoration (Motohiko Kogo, Actmang Japan), organic agriculture (Ramon Zuluaga, Colombia), and indigenous sustenance (Auki Tituana, mayor of canton ecologico Cotacachi in Imbaburra, Ecuador). Ecuador's Environment Minister will also attend. Declaration of Caraquez as an eco-city and Mangrove Day Celebration. Entertainment and fiesta, of course. Contact Planet Drum for details (see "Feedback" to email us.)
[Update: Read Peter's Reports from Ecuador]
Contact morettig@iol.it (see "International Bioregional Contacts").
Help pay Green City's rent at this benefit party by becoming a Green City Member, making a donation, or buying a gift.
| February, 2000. Peter Berg is back in Ecuador to work on the hillside revegetation project around Bahia de Caraquez Feb 15, 2000, then Salt Lake City, Utah Feb 16-20, 2000, to meet with local groups and Guard Fox Watch about the upcoming Winter Olympics. Contact Peter for info at planetdrum@igc.org. |
Hear about the exciting effort to create an ecological and sustainable city as a way to restore Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador after devastating El Nino mudslides and a major earthquake.
Planet Drum Foundation's founder Peter Berg will make a presentation about his bioregional restoration work, introduced by the Consul General of Ecuador, Dr. Fernando Flores. Photos and recycled paper handcrafts will also be shown.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn first-hand about a model that can make sweeping changes in urban environments throughout the world.
Light refreshments. Contributions gladly accepted. Sponsored by the Consul General of Ecuador.
When: December 8, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Fort Mason Center (The Firehouse), San Francisco.
For further information and directions, call Planet Drum Foundation at (415)285-6556, or e-mail us at planetdrum@igc.org.
Peter Berg will be leaving for Ecuador January 14, 2001 and staying through February 23, 2001. He will return by way of New York City to make a presentation at a Teach-in and Conference on Technology and Globalization in the New Millennium at Hunter College February 24-25, 2001. (Sponsored by International Forum on Globalization.)
Kansas Area Watershed Council's 20th Annual Gathering "How We live the Bioregional Vision in our Lives" April 27-29, 2001, preceded by a Bioregional Discussion on April 26-27. For more information contact carynken@cjnetworks.com, phone 785-843-0253, or write Box 1502, Lawrence, KS 66044.
[Update, May 31, 2001: Read the first dispatch sent back from this Bioregional Tour of Asia.]
May 8 (Tue) — Arrive Kansai International Airport (KIX), 4PM. Train from Osaka to
Kyoto. Stay at Kyoto Seika University's Sawaragi-so guest house. (Contact: KSU
International Office, tel. 702-5199)
May 9 (Wed) — Late afternoon workshop session with KSU students & welcome
May 10 (Thu) — Ryukoku University, Seta, Kyoto presentation 11AM-3PM
May 10 (Thu) — Late afternoon workshop with Kyoto Seika University students
May 11 (Fri) — Lecture for Japan Design Society, 6:00-9:00PM at Dawn Center at
Temmabashi (Keihan line), Osaka, limited seating. (Contact: yomosa@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp)
May 12 (Sat) — Public lecture at Kyoto Seika University, 2pm-4pm (Contact: KSU
International Office, tel 702-5199)
May 12 (Sat) — Lecture for Kyoto Net+Kiko Forum+Tennen Design, 6:00-9:00PM, at Co-op
Center 4F, South-Eastern corner of Karasuma & Ebisugawa Sts., limited seating
(Contact: yomosa@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp)
May 13 (Sun) — Global Environmental Culture bio-regional seminar Osaka, 1-5PM
(Contact: gec@jade.dti.ne.jp)
May 14 (Mon) — Meiji Gakuin University Guest House, Yokohama (Contact:
oiwa@k.meijigakuin.ac.jp)
May 15 (Tue) — Meiji Gakuin University presentation
May 16 (Wed) — Overnight in Tokyo
May 17 (Thu) — Aoyama Gakuin University presentation, Tokyo (afternoon) (Contact:
evanoff@sipeb.aoyama.ac.jp)
May 18 (Fri) — Tokyo Noko University, Fuchu presentation
May 19-23 — Open
May 24 (Thu) — Arrive Aomori (Contact: tel 090-1437-0191, maruyama@aomori-u.ac.jp)
May 25 (Fri) — Aomori University presentation and workshop
May 26 (Sat) — Aomori community group workshop
May 27 (Sun) — Aomori community group, teachers, city agency staff presentation
May 28 (Mon) — Aomori excursion
May 29 (Tue) — Travel to Osaka
May 30 (Wed) — Depart Osaka for Shanghai, China
June 11-15 — Beijing, China
June 15-20 — Ulan Bator, Mongolia
June 20-22 — Beijing, China
You're invited to a Sonoma County bioregional gathering with Planet Drum Foundation.
Lively discussion - great company - community building - delicious libations - an opportunity for local bioregional networking.
Date: Friday, August 10, 2001
Time: 7 pm potluck followed by presentations beginning at 8 pm
Place: New College in Santa Rosa - 99 Sixth St. by Wilson (parking at 7th Street &
Wilson)
* Planet Drum co-founder Judy Goldhaft will perform "Water Web," her acclaimed one-person performance piece that's not to be missed
* Planet Drum director Peter Berg will report on bioregional projects in Ecuador and recent travels to Japan, China, and Mongolia
Suggested tax-deductible donation: $15-$50 per person.
The Planet Drum Foundation (www.planetdrum.org) was formed in 1973 to provide a bioregional approach to ecology that emphasizes living-in-place with natural systems, community self-determination, and regional self-reliance. For the last 25 years, Planet Drum has been supporting urban sustainability and restoration ecology in Northern California and around the planet. Bioregionalism is an essential, grassroots alternative to globalization.
If you are unable to attend, but would like to support Planet Drum's work, please send a check to: Planet Drum Foundation, P.O. Box 31251, San Francisco, CA 95448.
Any questions about the benefit at New College? Call Martin A. Lee at 707-431-7932 or email devlee@ap.net. Share this email with your friends.
August 17, 2001. Peter Berg has returned to Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador, to continue work on the Eco City project. Traveling with Peter are two new Planet Drum volunteers, Scott Farber and Edward Smallwood. Peter's dispatches will be posted on the new Dispatches/August/2001 page. His faithful readers anxiously await these reports of progress from the Southern Hemisphere.
On July 19, 2003 at 8 pm, Artist Television Access (ATA) is hosting Planet Drum's screening of Les Diggers De San Francisco. Come see an inspiring film about San Francisco activists in the late 60's and connect with other current fighters of the good non-profit fight! ATA is located at 992 Valencia St. at 21st St., San Francisco. Cost is $5 at the door to support ATA and more Green City Calendar events. Use of public transportation is encouraged!/Muni #12,14,26,27,48,49,67/BART 24th St. and Mission Station.
Sometime this year (probably near the end of October) we will have a Benefit Birthday Bash. In the past these parties have included exciting guest performers, fabulous refreshments, and informational presentations. We're in the planning stages now, so if you'd like to help us, or want to perform/present at it, contact the office now. (415-285-6556 or planetdrum@igc.org ) Check here again for developments.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided at this free event. Join Gina Quincy, Planet Drum's Membership/Outreach Manager, and the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council in a workshop, Greening SF, the original grassroots movement. Learn about the many faces of urban sustainability and the bioregional perspective.
LEARN about ECUADOR'S exciting Eco-City project: ECO-BAHIA!
Peter Berg's talk & images of Ecuador Projects
WATCH Geoff Hoyle's A DANCE OF DEATH and Tunuviel Luv's FIRE MAGIC
SEE the ABADA-Capoeira SF Dancers
DANCE to the live bi-continental music of RUM!
Dia de Los Muertos Art exhibit introduced by Rene Anez
WIN any one of over 50 valuable raffle prizes or bid in our silent auction! Who knows...you may be the highest bidder on an overnight stay at a luxurious eco-friendly hotel, a weekend stay at a hot spring resort, dinner at a local restaurant, theater passes, natural products, books, CDs, original artwork, and much more.
We are celebrating 30 years of bioregionalism and we want you to join in our fun. Call us at 415-285-6556 for your ticket to celebrate. ($12 in advance, $15 at the door...$3 discount for those in attending masked or in costume!)
Contact the office now. (415-285-6556 or planetdrum@igc.org )
Planet Drum will be hosting the "Kitchen Table", roundtable discussions and sessions. On Saturday from 2-2:45 Planet Drum will hold a Mapping Your Bioregion workshop, and on Sunday from 1-1:45PM Planet Drum will hold a session titled Green City Networking Calendar for coalition building. All are welcome.
This is the second Green City Calendar Networking event. In celebration of Bay Area activists and organizations to further cultivate urban sustainability coalitions. 5:30 'til 9PM. Door prize, live music, refreshments and more. This event is free.
The Winter Solstice (Summer in the South) takes place Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 11:04pm (just before midnight) Pacific Daylight Time. Time to gather and celebrate the longest night. Join Planet Drum's friends on the beach at the edge of the Pacific. Meet at the Ocean Beach in San Francisco for a bonfire and to see the sunset on Sunday Dec.21. (The solstice moment is at 11:04 PM that night.) Bring any or all of the following: yourself, warm clothes, wood to burn, musical instruments to play, food to share, and friends. We'll be there from 4PM til the sun is down...maybe longer, maybe not. We'll be at Ocean Beach near Lincoln Avenue...go straight to the beach turn left...see you there !
The California Delta, which is the major source of
water for Los Angeles and
the largest tidal estuary on the West Coast, is critical to the
economy and ecology of California. It is one of the most contested
landscapes in the United States, and its future is likely to be
decided through a public process. Wolff uses a brief history,
photographs, a lexicon, and a deck of narrative playing cards to
present information about this important region in ways that are
accessible to broad audiences. The book's goal is to spur discussion
about the Delta's future.
John King described the project in the San Francisco Chronicle as " a calm new book so seductive that it drew me out to visit the weave of levees and sloughs east of Antioch for the first time in 14 years."
Please bring your water story, family and friends...translation and children's activities will be provided to this community event.
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Greg Bartow, SFPUC's Hydrologist & Groundwater Manager,describing historic uses of groundwater in San Francisco and highlighting historic maps and uses in the Islais Creek Valley & Watershed |
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Carole Schemmerling, President of Urban Creeks Council showing many case studies of creek restoration |
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Peter Berg, Founder of Planet Drum Foundation and longtime advocate of Bioregionalism and Watershed consciousness |
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Judy Goldhaft of Planet Drum Foundation performing an original Water Movement / Poem, Water Web |
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Bonnie Ora Sherk, Founder & Director of A Living Library, showing our new community park & gardens that includes the Islais Creek - A work in progress created by our children, neighbors, and friends |
It will be held at San Miguel Child Development Center and Living Library Gardens,300 Seneca Street (cross streets: Oneida Ave & Delano), off San Jose Ave. on Saturday, January 31, 2004 9:30 am -12:30 pm
For more details, See http://www.alivinglibrary.org/dialogue2.html
The S.F. Recreation and Park Department presents San Francisco Ecological Restoration Conference
on Saturday, April 3 from 8:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. at the
Josephine P. Randall Museum located at 199 Museum Way in San Francisco
Topics the conference will include "Ecology of Invasive Plants," "The Politics of Nature" more. Planet Drum's Director, Peter Berg, will be
speaking and other staffers will be tabling. Both adults and youth invited
to this free event. Directions to the museum are at at the www.randallmuseum.org
or (415) 554-9604.
Gina Quincy, Planet Drum's Membership and Outreach Manager will be holding a bioregional mapping workshop on April 21, 2004 from 7-9 P.M. at the Whole Foods Market, corner of California and Franklin Streets, in San Francisco. The workshop is informative and fun . It is free and will be held in Peet's Coffee area of the store.
April 22, 2004 Peter Berg will be speaking as part of a lecture—reading series examining the heart of how we create meaning in our world. There will be three readers at each event with music breaks between readings. There will be a brief introduction beforehand plus time for questions or conversation at the close of the readings. Light refreshments will be served at each event. The evening will last from 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. and takes place at The Medford Public Library at 205 Central in Medford, Oregon. For more information call Susan Cross at 541-773-1039 or email scross@mind.net.
The 34th Annual Berkeley Earth Day will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2004 from noon to 5 P.M. in Civic Center Park, at Center and MLK in downtown Berkeley (near Berkeley BART). There will be music, theater, Kid's Eco-Art making area, alternative energy demonstrations, Farmer's Market, climbing wall and Planet Drum Foundation will be tabling there.
Held on April 24, 2004 from to 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Mount Shasta City Park. Music, displays, children’s activities, food, and fun for all. In the Upper Lodge at 2:30 p.m., Planet Drum Director Peter Berg will be speaking. The title of Peter's talk is "Bioregional Alternatives to Global Monoculture" and it will be: "a report and discussion of ways that people in different life-places are identifying themselves in terms of local ecology rather than opting for globalization." At 4:00 p.m. an herb walk will be held at the headwaters of the Sacramento River in the spring area. Mount Shasta, California. Call (530) 926- 3397 or E-mail shastamedicine@snowcrest.net .
Planet Drum will be tabling at this event again this year. There will be a series of free presentations and workshops from April 25-May 1, 2004 and then the Expo itself will be held on May 2, 2004. The Expo and many of the workshops will be held at CELLspace, 2050 Bryant Street (at 18th Street) in San Francisco. For more information email expo@artsandmedia.net. You can also call them at 415-419-2406 — but the email will get you a quicker response.
The Coho Confab - a watershed conference where
participants will learn about watershed restoration techniques and
ecology, network with the watershed community and collaborate while
camping together from August 13-15, 2004 in scenic Samuel
P. Taylor State Park in West Marin.
Attendees will learn about how to test water quality, design and
implement a successful ecological restoration project, improve dirt
roads in a watershed, recharge your aquifer with rains gardens,
explore juvenile salmonids underwater and learn about their ecology,
assess the health of stream habit through the Rapid Bioassessment
technique, collect native plant seeds and cuttings for restoration
projects, rescue and relocate stranded juvenile salmonids from drying
tributaries. There will also be tours of several local creek habitat
restoration projects and a discussion in the afternoon on effective
strategies for watershed groups as well as songs and stories about
salmon.
Special Guests include Frank Ross - member of the Coastal Miwok Tribe
(whose ancestors lived on these lands) who will open the conference
and share stories and songs throughout the weekend and Richard Gienger,
visionary restorationist and founder of the Coho Confab who will share
the history of the Confab.
Families are invited to participate in the conference or come for the
kid's activities. There will be two hour kid's activity programs
on Saturday and Sunday and lots of great hiking trails and scenery.
Registration Fees (due by August 6th) $75-100. Fees cover
camping, food from Friday Dinner through Sunday Lunch and the
Workshops - a great deal!For more information, schedule, or to
volunteer go to http://www.spawnusa.org/events.html
,call 415-488-0307 X102, or email Spawn@Spawnusa.org
| On September 10, 7-9 PM hear about The
Second Wave of Ecology, transforming a devastated Ecuadorian city
into the first bioregional "Ecocuidad". Peter Berg, international bioregional spokesperson,
will
present descriptions and photos from five years work in revegetation,
recycling, and education activities. Discussion on the future of
ecology action to follow. At the Theater of New College, 777
Valencia Street, SF, Admission $7-12 (sliding scale). Ecuadorian
handmade recycled paper stationery for sale.
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The 7th Annual PROGRESSIVE FESTIVAL will be
held in Petaluma, California on Sunday, September 26th, 2004, 11am
to 6pm. This year's Festival will feature:
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Peter Berg and Judy Goldhaft will make a Planet
Drum Tour in Japan with
talks, workshops and performances from September 15-October 19,
2004. If you are in the vicinity and want to attend, please
write or email for further details. There is open space in the
schedule and enough time to add more appearances in other
places. If you want to arrange a talk, workshop, or performance,
please contact Planet Drum Foundation immediately because dates are
filling in quickly. Email : mail@planetdrum.org
or telephone: 415-285-6556 or fax: 415-285-6563. |
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September 17-18 - Matsumoto City Agencies, Nagano |
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September 19-20 - Public Workshop and Performance, Hakuba, Nagano |
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September 23-27 - Kagoshima, Kyushu |
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September 30 - Rikkyo University, Tokyo |
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October 2 - Cafe Slow, Tokyo |
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October 8 - Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo |
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October 12 - Meiji Gakuin, Yokohama |
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October 13 - Musashi Technological, Yokohama |
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October 16 Public Discussion with Nanao Sakaki and Keibo Oiwa, Tokyo
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Spring Equinox is a time to celebrate the close of cold winter days and the start of warm sunny days. We would like to usher in the renewal of diverse life with you; our friends and fellow activists.
This year Planet Drum Foundation will be honoring Spring on Sunday, March 20, by watching the sunset, playing music, eating shared food and being merry.
Please join us in San Francisco at Ocean Beach where Lincoln Avenue meets the ocean at about 5:00pm.
Bring warm clothes (layers are always good), musical instruments (optional but very welcomed), beach chairs, blankets and something to drink &/or eat to share.
See you there, Planet Drum Staff
Join Peter Berg (Director of Planet Drum Foundation and creator of Discovering Your Life-Place) and Paul Belz (innovative environmental educator, who has developed sustainable life-place teaching techniques for children, families and adults) for two exciting bioregional education days.
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Learn bioregional map-making of your life-place from Peter Berg. |
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Hike thru native habitats which are totally isolated from the surrounding urban setting. |
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Do hands-on eco-system restoration work promoting native species. |
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Undertake new environmental teaching exercises with Paul Belz. |
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Acquire skills that can be shared with colleagues, students and friends. Plus, priceless take-home materials and readings to soak up Northern California bioregional culture. |
We begin at the beautiful Glen Canyon Park (end of Chenery Street in front of the baseball field) at 10 AM on May 14th and May 15th. Bring a sack lunch, good walking shoes, and working gloves (optional). Please plan to stay till 3-4pm.
| Berkeley Earth Day 2005, Saturday April 23rd 12noon-5pm in Civic Center Park, at Center and MLK in downtown Berkeley (near Berkeley Bart) |
| Ecofest, www.ecofestival.org, Saturday and Sunday June 4th & 5th 2005 10am-5pm in downtown Fairfax at the Fairfax Pavilion, Marin County |
Peter Berg, Director of Planet Drum Foundation and author of numerous books and articles on bioregional approaches to ecological problems, will tour Japan for three weeks in July 2005.
Mr. Berg will report on recent URBAN SUSTAINABILITY ACCORDS signed at UN World Environment Day "Green Cities" Conference of Mayors in San Francisco, the most significant international environmental agreement since The Kyoto Protocols. He will present public talks and workshops on various aspects of urban sustainability and ecological cities as follows:
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July 4-5 - Kyoto - Kyoto Seika University |
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July 6 - Aitcho - Eco Plaza Nananohana Building - "Nananohana Project Meet" |
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July 7 - Nagoya - "Talking about the future with Peter Berg" - Ding Dong Dang, Sasashima Satellite Site 18:30-21:30, 1,000 yen (w/1d), (phone 080-3614-0717 for Ukai) |
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July 8 - Nagoya - Fujimae Wetland |
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July 9 - Nagoya - 'Tokai Greenway Kick Off" - Souken GIS Hall 13:00-17:00, 1,000 yen (phone 070-5459-8935 for Anzai) |
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July 10 - Tokyo - BeGood Cafe - "Memory of Future", Tokyo Daikanyama Ballroom, 16:30-18:30, 1,500yen or Earthday community currency (phone 03-5773-0225) |
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July 11 - Nagoya - "Greenway Alliance" - Civic Pavilion, Seto Site of Aichi Expo 10:00-13:30, free (phone 070-5459-8935 for Anzai) |
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July 13 - Nagoya - "Green City Association" |
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July 14 - Nagoya - "Environmental Dynamite Kick Off" - Civic Display Hall in Sasashima Satellite Site 15:00-17:00 and 18:00-20:00 |
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July 16-17 - Nagano - Toyooka Village (phone 0265-35-6707 for Yoshida) |
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July 19-21 - Oshimaumi - Green Pacific Rim (phone 03-3991-2034 for Mochidate) |
Please contact mail@planetdrum.org or telephone (415)285-6556 if you want to attend or to request more information about these events.
Join Peter Berg (Director of Planet Drum Foundation and creator of Discovering Your Life-Place) and Paul Belz (innovative environmental educator, who has developed sustainable life-place teaching techniques for children, families and adults) for two exciting bioregional education days.
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Learn bioregional map-making of your life-place from Peter Berg. |
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Hike thru native habitats which are totally isolated from the surrounding urban setting. |
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Do hands-on eco-system restoration work promoting native species. |
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Undertake new environmental teaching exercises with Paul Belz. |
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Acquire skills that can be shared with colleagues, students and friends. Plus, priceless take-home materials and readings to soak up Northern California bioregional culture. |
We begin at the beautiful Glen Canyon Park (end of Chenery Street in front of the baseball field) at 10 AM on June 4th and June 5th. Bring a sack lunch, good walking shoes, and working gloves (optional). Please plan to stay till 3-4pm.
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The Sixth Annual Expo for the Artist and Musician, a resource service and networking fair for the art community will be held September 10th, 2005 from 11am-6pm at SomArts, 934 Brannan Street (at 8th St.), SF. Info at 415-861-5302. |
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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 |
Peter Berg, Director of Planet Drum Foundation and author of "Discovering Your Life-Place" and "A Green City Program", will tour New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and Connecticut in October 2005. He will be speaking on "The Bioregional Basis Of Urban Sustainability". At some venues he will also lead a Watershed Mapping Workshop and community discussions.
Judy Goldhaft, Managing Director of Planet Drum Foundation and performer, will also be touring and will present "Water Web" at several venues.
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10/4 New York City - WBAI radio, Interview/discussion - Midnight -1:30AM |
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10/6 New York City - CUNY Public Lecture, 6:30-9PM - www.cuny.edu |
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10/8 Plainfield, Vermont - Goddard College, "Action in Place: Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability" conference - Conference Lecture 10:45AM - www.goddardcollege.edu |
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10/9 Brattleboro, Vermont - Mountain Brook Center, Public Workshop/lecture 2-4PM - mountainbrookcenter@yahoo.com |
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10/10, 10/11 Syracuse, New York - SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry lecture. Classroom lectures & public presentation - kto@mailbox.syr.edu |
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10/13 Ithaca, New York - Sustainable Tompkins (County) Community Group, Public Lecture/workshop/performance - 6:30-9PM - gaynicholson@aol.com |
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10/14 Ithaca, New York - Cornell University, Classroom lectures/performance - rfy1@cornell.edu |
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10/15 New Haven, Connecticut - Public talk and workshop 10AM-4PM, Jones Auditorium, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington Street, pre-registration call (203) 389-7711 |
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10/20 Essex County, New Jersey - Essex County Environmental Center, Public Lecture/workshop 7-9PM - tcasella@parks.essexcountynj.org |
Berg works with ecological city groups in North and South America, Asia and Australia, and contributed to the 2005 UN "Green Cities" Conference of Mayors that produced The Urban Sustainability Accords, the most significant international ecological agreement since The Kyoto Protocols. He believes making cities ecologically sustainable will be at the forefront of 21st Century issues and will describe activities that can make this transformation possible.
Planet Drum Foundation initiated urban sustainability programs in Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador including extensive revegetation with native species, appropriate renewable energy, city-wide composting, creation of a "wild park", cultural celebrations, and the first community Bioregional Education Program based on Berg's innovative essay, "Learning to Partner with a Life-Place".
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Half of the world's population now living in cities isn't merely demographically important. The greatest significance is learning to survive as an urban species, Homo sapiens urbanus. |
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For cities to be truly ecological they must be based on local ecology itself. A primary goal for city dwellers will be to restore and maintain bioregional natural systems such as watersheds, soil, and native plants and animals. |
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Cities are presently net consumers of resources and producers of garbage. They must increasingly become producers and reusers of what their residents need to survive. |
Goldhaft's WATER WEB is a twenty minute performance with words and
movement that celebrates water and describes our complex relationship to
it. It has been described as a dance/narrative, a lyric poem, and a rap
and movement eco-performance. Pultzer prizerwinning poet and eco-philospher
Gary Snyder says, "Judy Goldhaft's Water Web is a unique dance which
delights and instructs, and takes down the arbitrary boundary between art
and information..."
| Planet Drum will be tabling in the "Kitchen Table" area at The Green Festival in San Francisco on November 5 & 6,2005.
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Dharma Realm University presents A Special Lecture, Peter Berg speaking on "The Bioregional Basis of Ethic and Urban Sustainability" and Judy Goldhaft performing "Water Web" on November 6, 2005 at Doa Yuen (Confucius) Hall at The City of 10,000 Buddhas, 2001 Talmadge Road, Ukiah. |
| Peter Berg will speak on "The Bioregional Basis for Urban Sustainability" at SPUR's November 15, 2005 bag-lunch, 12:30-1:30pm at the SPUR (San Francisco Planning & Urban Association) offices, 312 Sutter Street, Suite 500, San Francisco. $5.00 SPUR non-member fee requestedThis is Peter's only talk here in San Francisco this fall. You will learn in detail that for cities to be truly sustainable, they must be based on local ecology itself. "We must increasingly become producers and re-users of what our residents need to survive", emphasizes Berg. Peter will also be describing how "wild corridors" can be created here in San Francisco.There will be time for questions and discussion.
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Aurora Forum Workshop presents "Bioregionalism
with Peter Berg". This workshop will engage participants in a
variety of activities that will awaken bioregional awareness.
These include:
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Planet Drum is excited to announce a very unique benefit event, TWO DAYS ONLY on January 14, 2006 from 1-6PM and January 15, 2006 from 11AM to 5PM. In partnership with SUN BOW Trading Company, we are holding a benefit Rug Sale and Silent Auction at City Ballet School, 32 Otis Street, near Market and Gough in San Francisco. Join us for this exciting event where you can purchase beautiful prayer rugs, carpets, nomadic utility bags & unusual textiles.
Sun Bow Trading has made over 95 trips along the Silk Road, from Koyna to Kashigar and have explored remote villages in Western and Central Asia. They have personally selected carpets, kilims, soumaks, fabulous utility bags & other ethnographic one-of-a-kind textiles for our BENEFIT SALE. Prices will be fabulous and the first of the year is a great time to spruce up your décor. Best of all, Sun Bow is donating 30% of all sales goes to Planet Drum!
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Directions to City Ballet School:
Going East on Market Street (toward the Ferry Building)
Right on Gough
Left on Stevenson Alley
Right on Brady
Left on Colton to dead-end
Unlimited parking is available in several lots ($1 is requested for parking
in the lots by City Ballet)
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The Oregon Creek Advocacy (OCA) is hosting a free event
on Friday, February 24, 2006 at 6-9 PM
at Distillery 209, Pier 50 Shed B,
San Francisco, CA. The event, which is open to the public, will
discuss our mission, explain volunteer opportunities for summer 2006,
and provide a forum for the OCA staff to answer all of your questions.
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April 21, 2006 from 7-9PM at Marc Kasky
& Cat Carr's house in the Presidio at 64 Funston. It will be an evening of festivity &
fundraising to support Planet Drum's local bioregional education programs
and the San Francisco Bay Area Green City Calendar, eco-city development in Ecuador, &
and other Planet Drum projects. There will be a raffle, silent
auction, other surprises, and light refreshments . Please call 415-285-6556
(or check online maps) for detailed directions.
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