Community Events Calendar

Got Problem Kids? Here's your Problem Student Problem-Solver Conference. You name the problems and this workshop delivers hundreds of immediate, problem-stopping answers. You will leave with innovative, more effective strategies for school failure, truancy, dropping out, work refusal, violence, delinquency, bad attitudes, depression and more. College credit and clock hours are available. Free sample interventions, and free monthly Problem Student Problem-Solver magazine available at our web site, youthchg.com, or via email (dwells@youthchg.com), or call toll-free to 1-800-545-5736. Work-study financial aid is available for all classes. Call for details. Coming to many cities around the US. Also available on videotape and DVD. Call 1-800-545-5736 for information and a workshop flyer. College credit and clock hours for many disciplines offered for both live and recorded classes. On-site workshops can also be scheduled for your school, agency or conference. This class also makes a

Got Problem Kids? Here's your Problem Student Problem-Solver Conference. You name the problems and this workshop delivers hundreds of immediate, problem-stopping answers. You will leave with innovative, more effective strategies for school failure, truancy, dropping out, work refusal, violence, delinquency, bad attitudes, depression and more. College credit and clock hours available. Free sample interventions, and free monthly Problem Student Problem-Solver magazine available at our web site, youthchg.com, or via email (dwells@youthchg.com), or call toll-free to 1-800-545-5736. Work-study financial aid available for all classes. Call for details. Coming to many cities around the US. Also available on videotape and DVD. Call 1-800-545-5736 for information and a workshop flyer. College credit and clock hours for many disciplines offered for both live and recorded classes. On-site workshops can also be scheduled for your school, agency or conference. This class also makes a terrific

Grow your own fuels, become food self-sufficient, heat and light your home with solar, and convert your car or truck to run on alcohol or biodiesel. This three day course will get you started towards personal oil independence. $225, or $400 for couples, meals and lodging included.

OAEC is pleased to host this weekend workshop organized by Democracy Unlimited , an organization based in Humboldt County, CA, dedicated to building democracy and challenging corporate rule at the local level. This retreat will offer tangible strategies for participants to effectively organize in their own communities to reclaim the constitutional promise of a sovereign citizenry. Presentations and discussion will focus on the history of people’s struggles for democratic self-governance in the U.S., and analysis of how corporations, courts and legislators have manipulated law and culture to empower corporations with the constitutional rights intended for natural persons. We will focus on legal and educational strategies to more successfully organize for local democracy in our communities.

This is an introductory gathering for people interested in creating community. The only requirement at this stage is the desire to live in community and the willingness and motivation to work towards that goal. Come visit us here in southern Ohio. We are close to Athens. Noon-Tour Land and Buildings 2:00 Tea Party & Socializing 3:00 Presentation and Discussion Camp on the land after openhouse. Contact us for more information and directions hhherbals@frognet.net Cindy Parker 740-742-8901

If you want to know more about life in community or have ever considered becoming a resident of EcoVillage at Ithaca, then this workshop is for you! Enjoy a balance of nature connection, personal renewal and hands-on learning, while being immersed in an environment with green building and renewable energy systems, consensus decision-making and deep ecology. Enjoy and create delicious meals from local foods, swim in our pond, hike the land. Come experience a more richly connected way of life in our internationally acclaimed ecovillage in Ithaca, New York.

The Manifestation Celebration is a festival of ideas and possibilities. It is a tribute to the awareness that each and every one of us holds within our selves the key to our own wellbeing, our own creative self-expression, and our own sense of balance and harmony with the environment in which we live. It is a celebration of our ability to manifest the reality we seek right here, right now ~ both as independent spirits paving our own paths on this planet, and as contributors to the collective reality we all create and share together. With dynamic presentations on topics ranging from realistic sustainable solutions to the exploration of the potential for human consciousness, attendees will gain access to a wealth of valuable information. Interactive booths and workshops will provide attendees the opportunity to experience self-healing techniques, a variety of holistic healing approaches, organic foods and nutritional products, creative expression through drums and dance, symbiotic

This event is a fund-raiser for Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary and Elvin HOME, Inc. This community Samhain event includes primitive camping, showers, community fire pits w/firewood provided, seasonal rites and ceremonies, fellowship, kids' activities, drumming and dancing, etc. *Gate hours: 8:00 AM-9:00 PM. (Sunday gate hours are 10:00 AM-5:00 PM.) Parking is along Rinsa Road (our north road inside Lothlorien). Visit us on-line for complete details, updates and maps to get here.

The practice of shamanic journeying is an ancient method of accessing spiritual wisdom by developing a means of communication with helping spirits and animal allies. These tools can be used for personal growth as well as healing of the self and others. We will explore How to integrate shamanism in everyday life and empower ourselves to live a life of Spirit. If you are curious about shamanism and would like to have an opportunity to learn this ancient meditative practice, join us for a wonderful weekend of journeying and exploration!

Meeting of interested singles and couples seeking to form Colorado EcoVillage. This will be the first community dedicated to joining entrepreneurs who own and operate virtual assistant businesses together for support, sharing and growth.

Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Time: Event runs from 4pm-6pm. Location: The Freeschool Community Building, 610 Columbia Street, Olympia, WA 98501 This event is completely free of charge. If you are interested in building and living in ecovillages, housing co-ops, landtrusts, affordable student housing, tent cities, educational housing, hostels or any type of shared housing group, please join us at this event! We will have a free table area for people to place their flyers. If you are in an ecovillage or community group (formed, forming or reforming) and would like to make a 10 minute presentation please contact us. Contact us through the email list on our website and sign up on the email list to find out more information about events which are happening before then. It is a Finger-food (snack food) Potluck style meeting. Open to all. As we are an ecovillage group, please bring your own cups, silverware and plates to cut down on disposable plates/utensils.

Skyrocketing oil prices, mounting geopolitical tensions, grave economic realities, and dangerous climate changes are threatening our lives and communities like never before. By acting now to reduce household energy use and re-localize economic production, we can create resilient, sustainable communities that will be able to weather the coming economic and ecological storms. At this groundbreaking conference participants will explore sound strategies for curtailing energy use in the areas of housing and food – including both theory and practice. We’ll examine the long energy decline of the 21st century, the psychological barriers to rapid change, and the challenge of persuading our communities to embrace local, low-energy living. Presentations by John Michael Greer, Dmitry Orlov, Richard Heinberg, Robert Waldrop, Katrin Klingenberg, Peter Bane, Pat Murphy, and Megan Quinn Bachman.

How to grow shiitake mushrooms for food and profit. Half-day course begins with brunch: 10 am to 3 pm with Frank Michael, Cliff Davis, Albert Bates and Will Bates. $50.

Learn how to install your own solar panels and achieve energy independence for your community with this course from Ed Eaton of Our Sun Solar. Past participants have gone on to install solar panels on their homes and start their own solar installation business. Topics covered include Solar Energy Perspective and PV, Applications, Designing for Efficiency, Solar Site Analysis, Basics of Electricity, Series and Parallel Connections, Mounting Techniques and Hardware, The PV Effect, Types of Modules, Module Specifications, Temperature, Insolation, Dissimilar Modules, Batteries, Controllers, Inverters, Measuring Voltage and Amperage, The National Electrical Code, Wire and Wiring and Wire Sizing, PV System Sizing, PV Water Pumping, plus there will also be hands-on sessions, several review quizzes, and a question/answer period.

Nationally renowned cohousing pioneers Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett will present a cohousing slideshow/lecture in Northfield (40 miles south of Minneapolis/St. Paul). A reception featuring local foods and music by The Zillionaires kicks the evening off at 6:30. The slideshow, with Q and A time, will run from 7:00 to 8:30. The Zillionaires return to the stage from 8:30 until 10:00. A cash bar will be open throughout. Whether you’re a cohousing newbie or veteran, this promises to be a fun and informative evening! Location: Grand Event Center, 316 Washington Street, Northfield, MN. Cost: $12

Nationally renowned cohousing pioneers Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett are coming to Northfield, Minnesota (40 miles south of Minneapolis/St. Paul) to offer their introductory workshop for forming cohousing. This is an invaluable resource for early-stage groups seeking to understand the fundamentals of the cohousing development process. While portions of the workshop will focus on development of Buffalo Commons Cohousing in Northfield, the curriculum is directly applicable to development of other cohousing communities, and individuals from other areas/communities nationwide are encouraged to attend. Katie and Chuck will focus on the nuts and bolts of cohousing development, providing a comprehensive overview and a roadmap for forming communities. Cost: $250 (by October 24th; $300 after the 24th). Second household member half-price.

Grace is the power that may overcome all violence because it is at home in the hearts of all human beings. (Sabine Lichtenfels) The GLOBAL GRACE DAY is a special initiative by a growing movement of individuals all over the world. The movement cannot and should not be identified with a specific group or organization; it is an expanding movement of those who have started to develop the quality of GRACE in their hearts. You will recognize them not by their signs and signals, but by the way they behave, act and talk.

We have all seen those pesky 2-liter plastic bottles littering the countryside. If you are like us, you have imagined that there must be something useful we could do with that bit of rubbish. Well, there is... Come spend the day with us learning how to build your own greenhouse using discarded pop bottles. This simple, attractive little structure actually works quite well... Allowing you to get a head start on your spring planting or keeping your plants green year-round. The Workshop Agenda includes: * Orientation/ quick tour of Blue Rock Station. * Framing the greenhouse. * Cutting the bottles. * Placing and fitting the pop-bottle walls. * Putting it all together. * Foundation options for your greenhouse. This pop bottle greenhouse concept was tested and developed at the Sustainable Communities Initiative in Scotland.

Got Problem Kids? Here's your Problem Student Problem-Solver Conference. You name the problems and this workshop delivers hundreds of immediate, problem-stopping answers. You will leave with innovative, more effective strategies for school failure, truancy, dropping out, work refusal, violence, delinquency, bad attitudes, depression and more. College credit and clock hours available. Free sample interventions, and free monthly Problem Student Problem-Solver magazine available at our web site, youthchg.com, or via email (dwells@youthchg.com), or call toll-free to 1-800-545-5736. Work-study financial aid available for all classes. Call for details. Coming to many cities around the US. Also available on videotape and DVD. Call 1-800-545-5736 for information and a workshop flyer. College credit and clock hours for many disciplines offered for both live and recorded classes. On-site workshops can also be scheduled for your school, agency or conference. This class also makes a terrific

Reconciling the need to meet basic human needs with concern for the sustainability and regeneration of the natural world is the essence of permacultural design. This course will expose you to the basic principles and applications of permaculture with a variety of lectures, discussions and hands-on activities in OAEC’s 80-acre garden, community and wilderness. Topics will range from water catchment to erosion control, organic and polycultural food production, natural building, site design, and more.

Do you dream of establishing a land-based intentional community or education center? This course is designed to help you actualize that dream. Presentations and detailed hand-outs will cover topics such as visioning; how to find land and finance a purchase; the various legal forms available for holding land (limited liability company, corporation, land trust, etc.); organizing as a for-profit or a nonprofit; group decision-making process (meetings, agreements, facilitation, agenda management, conflict resolution); financial organization of your community; legal and insurance issues and costs; dealing with zoning and regulations; and long-term planning. We will also tour OAEC’s community and educational center, including our gardens, permaculture projects, natural buildings, and the community’s kitchen and food system.

Got Problem Kids? Here's your Problem Student Problem-Solver Conference. You name the problems and this workshop delivers hundreds of immediate, problem-stopping answers. You will leave with innovative, more effective strategies for school failure, truancy, dropping out, work refusal, violence, delinquency, bad attitudes, depression and more. College credit and clock hours available. Free sample interventions, and free monthly Problem Student Problem-Solver magazine available at our web site, youthchg.com, or via email (dwells@youthchg.com), or call toll-free to 1-800-545-5736. Work-study financial aid available for all classes. Call for details. Coming to many cities around the US. Also available on videotape and DVD. Call 1-800-545-5736 for information and a workshop flyer. College credit and clock hours for many disciplines offered for both live and recorded classes. On-site workshops can also be scheduled for your school, agency or conference. This class also makes a terrific

This four-day intensive residential training is designed to promote and support the creation of North Coast community-based watershed groups. This training is specifically designed for teams of three to four residents, with each team representing a local watershed. You will learn about watershed processes, salmonid ecology, water quality monitoring, in-stream restoration, biotechnical engineering, uplands erosion control, road restoration, native habitat restoration, sustainable forestry, community group process, and funding opportunities for watershed groups. Your team will develop a watershed group formation plan during the training and commit to facilitating the creation of a community-based group in your home watershed. Enrollment is limited and subject to an application process intended to select committed watershed-based teams.

Led by Laird Schaub and Ma'ikwe Schaub-Ludwig, the program consists of eight three-day weekends spread out over two years. Each weekend session will be held in the context of live facilitation held by host communities in the Mid-Atlantic/Southeastern region (MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, Eastern TN/KY). Integrative Facilitation is an approach to group dynamics built on a solid understanding of human development, sensitivity to undercurrents in the room, playfulness and appreciation. The program begins the weekend of September 18-21, 2008 and ends the weekend of June 3-6, 2010. Program is open to individual participants and host communities or cooperative organizations.

Got Problem Kids? Here's your Problem Student Problem-Solver Conference. You name the problems and this workshop delivers hundreds of immediate, problem-stopping answers. You will leave with innovative, more effective strategies for school failure, truancy, dropping out, work refusal, violence, delinquency, bad attitudes, depression and more. College credit and clock hours available. Free sample interventions, and free monthly Problem Student Problem-Solver magazine available at our web site, youthchg.com, or via email (dwells@youthchg.com), or call toll-free to 1-800-545-5736. Work-study financial aid available for all classes. Call for details. Coming to many cities around the US. Also available on videotape and DVD. Call 1-800-545-5736 for information and a workshop flyer. College credit and clock hours for many disciplines offered for both live and recorded classes. On-site workshops can also be scheduled for your school, agency or conference. This class also makes a terrific