Community Events Calendar

Ventura Eco-Community Potluck Sunday, November 22, 5pm A place and time to hang-out, and talk about starting an eco-community. At Ventura Urban Homestead Please RSVP Rachel Morris.

Monday, November 23, 2009 at Greenfield’s on Atlantic 5199 West Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach Two Seatings at 5 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. $30 per person Due to limited seating, reservations are required. Please R.S.V.P. By November 16, 2009 by Calling (561) 233-9009, ext. 106 or by Email to kbloodworth@crosministries.org with your name, address, telephone number, number of guests and preferred seating time (5 p.m. or 7:15 p.m.). Prepayment is accepted via credit card at time of reservation. 100% of the proceeds will go towards the purchase of food for C.R.O.S. Ministries’ Caring Kitchen and Community Food Pantries.

If you are interested in personal growth and have longed for more authenticity­ in yourself and in your relationships with others— this empowering workshop is for you. Meeting together will give you the opportunity to learn the principles and stages of, what M. Scott Peck calls, community building. Through observation and participation, you will be challenged­ to: · Communicate with authenticity · Deal with difficult issues · Welcome and affirm diversity · Bridge differences with integrity · Relate with compassion and respect Further details at www.willingchange.com

Conférence : 27 novembre de 19 h à 22 h au Chalet Pauline-Vanier de Saint-Sauveur. Identification des risques environnementaux nuisibles aux enfants, tels que les contaminants à la maison, à l’école, à l’extérieur ainsi que dans les aliments que nous consommons, l’air que nous respirons et les produits que nous utilisons. Conseils et stratégies pratiques vous seront communiqués pour réduire ces risques. Avec Michel Gaudet Vice-président et porte parole de l’Association pour la santé environnementale du Québec (ASEQ) qui est un organisme à but non lucratif dont la mission est de démontrer le lien entre l’environnement et la santé. www.aeha-quebec.ca

Learn about sustainable living for 2 weeks in a 20-year-old community in Oregon. This course explores what it means to live sustainably on different scales: as individuals, as a society, & as communities. The course explores permaculture & sustainable living through different formats, including lectures, discussions, hands-on projects, & field trips. Throughout the course students work on group on-site design projects—a great opportunity to integrate what students are learning. The curriculum includes: * permaculture ethics, principles, philosophy * reading the landscape * recognizing patterns * waste as resources * water on the land: catching, storing, & using rainwater * growing soil * natural building & retrofitting * appropriate technology * transportation & sustainability * producing & harvesting food in our yards/ communities * sustainable economics * invisible structures & social sustainability * rural, urban, & suburban applications. Learn more & register online.

"Enable the symbioses of mutual effects, letting nature work, reestablishing natural cycles" The essential areas of Holzer's Permaculture are the development of water landscapes for the ecological renaturation of the land, and the evolution of many mutually-supportive communities of plant and biotopes, which also create a self-sufficient supply of food for the people living there. In addition to dealing with these basic topics, each seminar has its own focus in such a way that the seminars can be attended individually, or as a series that complement each other.

True Holidays Celebration - ‘Tis the Season to Befriend 7:00 p.m. Doors open 8:00 p.m. One-hour program 9:00 p.m. Dancing and festivities To befriend another—active compassion—is both the common sense and the spiritual power of this holiday season. We encourage you to claim your friendships with goodwill. This season challenges us to extend our feeling and caring to all those we encounter. This mid-winter festival will prepare you for a season that includes: Hanukah, Diwali, Solstice, Christmas, Kwanza, and the New Year. There will be a program for all ages and faiths, a time to prepare your heart for the season ahead. Food and drink will be for sale in our café. There will be a silent auction. A supervised childcare area will be provided. Location: Mercer Island Congregational Church (UCC) 4545 Island Crest Way, Mercer Island ... From Seattle: I-5 to I-90 Eastbound. Exit 7B. Merge to the left lane. Travel 1.7 miles church on the right at the crest of the hill.

Natural Plaster on Cob - Workday With Teacher and Artist Betty Seaman. Free event. Just bring your helping hands and good food to share. Saturday, December 5th 9:30am to 4:30pm At Ventura Urban Homestead RSVP Rachel Morris.

“The experience of true community is a unique way of communicating, of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings without fear or guilt.” writes Scott Peck in his book “The Different Drum – Communitymaking and Peace” (in German: Gemeinschaftsbildung – Der Weg zu authentischer Gemeinschaft). Elements and wisdom from the quakers, native talkingstick-circles, the AA-groups and the Tavistock are brought together in this form of “communitybuilding”. Scott Peck discovered 3 stages (pseudocommunity, chaos, emptiness) that each group passes on the way to authentic community. Pseudo and chaos is well known in each relationship. But how to walk through the stage of chaos? In this workshop you can experience how some simple guidelines lead you through emptiness in the stage of true community. We also travel on your place if there are min. 10 people for a workshop. Further details and more workshops at

As every year, we celebrate this time of joy and contemplation together with our guests who are welcome to arrive as early as 20 December and assist with the Christmas decoration and preparations. On Christmas Eve we will celebrate Christmas in the woods, perform a nativity scene, sing Christmas carols, play music and time to connect with one another, eating biscuits and giving each other gifts. Between Christmas and New Year's Eve, there will be a daily evening programme. Our guests often like to spend the daytime skiing, sledding or going for walks with new and old friends, browsing at books in the library or simply enjoying and experiencing wintry nature. Conversational circles, focusing on spiritual themes and fire ceremonies, provide an opportunity of deepening the experience gained by yourself or together with others. We celebrate the turn of the year by contemplatively and joyfully looking back and ahead, and welcoming the New Year with a magnificent great bonfire.

Come to Costa Rica and the True Nature Education Center for this incredible Music Retreat. Take time and space to nurture your creative capability as we bring in the New Year cultivating a deeper understanding of the power of ourselves through music.The retreat will be held at the True Nature Community.

Come to Costa Rica and share in this exciting and tranformational retreat with instructors Katy Knowles, Kristin Luna Ray, and Joshua Canter. There are many types of yoga, and it is said that Karma Yoga, the action of serving others, is one of the greatest forms of spiritual practice. During this one week program in Costa Rica we will have the opportunity to practice Karma Yoga, along with asanas, meditation, chanting, and "Adventure" excursions. This retreat will take place at the True Nature Community and Education Center. True Nature is an intentional community and holistic education institute located in the Southern Pacific region of Costa Rica. True Nature is nestled in the village of La Florida, a beautiful Costa Rican village, overlooking the great pacific ocean. For more info visit the website posted.

Join master teacher Scott Pittman for this Permaculture Certification Course. The course will be held at the True Nature Community and Education Center, an intentional community based in the Southern Pacific Region of Costa Rica. For all info visit: www.Permaculture.org www.TrueNatureCommunity.org

“The experience of true community is a unique way of communicating, of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings without fear or guilt.” writes Scott Peck in his book “The Different Drum – Communitymaking and Peace” (in German: Gemeinschaftsbildung – Der Weg zu authentischer Gemeinschaft). Elements and wisdom from the quakers, native talkingstick-circles, the AA-groups and the Tavistock are brought together in this form of “communitybuilding”. Scott Peck discovered 3 stages (pseudocommunity, chaos, emptiness) that each group passes on the way to authentic community. Pseudo and chaos is well known in each relationship. But how to walk through the stage of chaos? In this workshop you can experience how some simple guidelines lead you through the stage of emptiness in the stage of true community. We also travel on your place if there are min. 10 people for a workshop. Further details and more workshops at

ZEGG-Forum is an awareness and transparency process for groups of 12 to 25 participants. It is an artistic way of personal sharing; a stage for whatever is happening inside us. Here our true motivations, our deep feelings, longings, ideas and emotions can shine through. Forum offers greater clarity, transparency and cohesion for groups involved and personal growth, empowerment and healing for individuals. It was developed 30 years ago by ZEGG as a tool to create trust and transparency in communities. One key goal it to train more Forum facilitators in the US. You will get to know the method of Forum and its underlying ideas/world view, train deep inner listening and presence, and heal relationships through transparency. Facilitators: Ina Meyer-Stoll and Achim Ecker live at ZEGG for 25 years and have long experience with Forum. They have been deeply involved in its development and have trained communities in Europe, S-America, USA. They live in

“The experience of true community is a unique way of communicating, of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings without fear or guilt.” writes Scott Peck in his book “The Different Drum – Communitymaking and Peace” (in German: Gemeinschaftsbildung – Der Weg zu authentischer Gemeinschaft). Elements and wisdom from the quakers, native talkingstick-circles, the AA-groups and the Tavistock are brought together in this form of “communitybuilding”. Scott Peck discovered 3 stages (pseudocommunity, chaos, emptiness) that each group passes on the way to authentic community. Pseudo and chaos is well known in each relationship. But how to walk through the stage of chaos? In this workshop you can experience how some simple guidelines lead you through the stage of emptiness in the stage of true community. We also travel on your place if there are min. 10 people for a workshop. Further details and more workshops at

ZEGG-Forum is an awareness and transparency process for groups of 12 to 25 participants. It is an artistic way of personal sharing; a stage for whatever is happening inside us. Here our true motivations, our deep feelings, longings, ideas and emotions can shine through. Forum offers greater clarity, transparency and cohesion for groups involved and personal growth, empowerment and healing for individuals. It was developed 30 years ago by ZEGG as a tool to create trust and transparency in communities. One key goal it to train more Forum facilitators in the US. You will get to know the method of Forum and its underlying ideas/world view, train deep inner listening and presence, and heal relationships through transparency. Facilitators: Ina Meyer-Stoll and Achim Ecker live at ZEGG for 25 years and have long experience with Forum. They have been deeply involved in its development and have trained communities in Europe, S-America, USA. They live in a committed and polyamorous partnership.

Join master teacher Scott Pittman for this Permaculture Certification Course. The course will be held at the True Nature Community and Education Center, an intentional community based in the Southern Pacific Region of Costa Rica. For all info visit: www.Permaculture.org www.TrueNatureCommunity.org

UPSTATE NY PERMACULTURE CONSULTA Save-The-Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010 The Alchemical Nursery will be hosting the 2010 Upstate NY Permaculture Consulta regional networking and skill share event on Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 10am - 5pm. This event, which was inaugurally held in Ithaca during February 2009, is coming to Syracuse for 2010, and you are invited to participate. In preparation, You are also invited to a PERMACULTURE POTLUCK & PLANNING MEETING on Saturday November 14, 7:00 pm at the Gear Factory (200 South Geddes St, Syracuse, NY) to start the process of pulling together the program, resources, and action steps to make for a successful Consulta event. RSVPs appreciated, but not required (feel free to just show up if you can make it), at http://www.meetup.com/Permaculture-and-Urban-Homesteading/calendar/11764706/ You should join us for this meeting & potluck if you'd like to conduct a skill share or presentation at the event, partner your organization with ours for

Come share in an exciting and unique travel & service opportunity to Costa Rica. Through this journey you will have a true opportunity to experience the authentic rich culture of this incredible country while doing work to support the people, communities, and the preservation of the land and the environment. Site #2 of the program will be at the True Nature Community and Education Center, and intentional community based in La Florida, Costa Rica.

The association Kollektivhus NU and the Department of Urban Planning and the Environment of The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) is organising an international conference on collaborative housing, to take place in Stockholm, Sweden, 5-9 May 2010. The plan is to provide a forum for researchers, housing companies, politicians and activists to meet and discuss experiences of different models of living. The conference is expected to give an overview of current international knowledge, and to identify areas for future research. The programme includes study visits to intentional communities, keynote lectures by prominent researchers and housing sector leaders, workshops about various themes, exhibitions, display of books and information material, cultural and social events.

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, http://www.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.

Community Building Workshop “The experience of true community is a unique way of communicating, of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings without fear or guilt.” writes Scott Peck in his book “The Different Drum – Communitymaking and Peace” (in German: Gemeinschaftsbildung – Der Weg zu authentischer Gemeinschaft). Elements and wisdom from the quakers, native talkingstick-circles, the AA-groups and the Tavistock are brought together in this form of “communitybuilding”. Scott Peck discovered 3 stages (pseudocommunity, chaos, emptiness) that each group passes on the way to authentic community. Pseudo and chaos is well known in each relationship. But how to walk through the stage of chaos? In this workshop you can experience how some simple guidelines lead you emptiness in the stage of true community. Facilitators: Nadja Sumichrast (CBiB, London) und Sabine Bartscherer (Vienna). We also travel on your place if there are min. 10 people for a workshop. Further details and more workshops:

ZEGG-Forum is an awareness and transparency process for groups of 12 to 25 participants. It is an artistic way of personal sharing; a stage for whatever is happening inside us. Here our true motivations, our deep feelings, longings, ideas and emotions can shine through. Forum offers greater clarity, transparency and cohesion for groups involved and personal growth, empowerment and healing for individuals. It was developed 30 years ago by ZEGG as a tool to create trust and transparency in communities. One key goal it to train more Forum facilitators in the US. You will get to know the method of Forum and its underlying ideas/world view, train deep inner listening and presence, and heal relationships through transparency. Facilitators: Ina Meyer-Stoll and Achim Ecker live at ZEGG for 25 years and have long experience with Forum. They have been deeply involved in its development and have trained communities in Europe, S-America, USA. They live in a committed and polyamorous partnership.

ZEGG-Forum is an awareness and transparency process for groups of 12 to 25 participants. It is an artistic way of personal sharing; a stage for whatever is happening inside us. Here our true motivations, our deep feelings, longings, ideas and emotions can shine through. Forum offers greater clarity, transparency and cohesion for groups involved and personal growth, empowerment and healing for individuals. It was developed 30 years ago by ZEGG as a tool to create trust and transparency in communities. One key goal it to train more Forum facilitators in the US. You will get to know the method of Forum and its underlying ideas/world view, train deep inner listening and presence, and heal relationships through transparency. Facilitators: Ina Meyer-Stoll and Achim Ecker live at ZEGG for 25 years and have long experience with Forum. They have been deeply involved in its development and have trained communities in Europe, S-America, USA. They live in a committed and polyamorous partnership.

Coho/US presents its annual conference in Boulder, CO on June 16-20. It will immerse you into the Cohousing world. Its the perfect way for people to develop an in-depth understanding of Cohousing through tours, workshops, and rubbing shoulders with all of the best-known Cohousing activists and professionals. It is particularly valued by members of forming community groups and established communities who want to help their communities thrive.

“The experience of true community is a unique way of communicating, of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings without fear or guilt.” writes Scott Peck in his book “The Different Drum – Communitymaking and Peace” (in German: Gemeinschaftsbildung – Der Weg zu authentischer Gemeinschaft). Elements and wisdom from the quakers, native talkingstick-circles, the AA-groups and the Tavistock are brought together in this form of “communitybuilding”. Scott Peck discovered 3 stages (pseudocommunity, chaos, emptiness) that each group passes on the way to authentic community. Pseudo and chaos is well known in each relationship. But how to walk through the stage of chaos? In this workshop you can experience how some simple guidelines lead you through the stage of emptiness in the stage of true community. We also travel on your place if there are min. 10 people for a workshop. Further details and more workshops at

“The experience of true community is a unique way of communicating, of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings without fear or guilt.” writes Scott Peck in his book “The Different Drum – Communitymaking and Peace” (in German: Gemeinschaftsbildung – Der Weg zu authentischer Gemeinschaft). Elements and wisdom from the quakers, native talkingstick-circles, the AA-groups and the Tavistock are brought together in this form of “communitybuilding”. Scott Peck discovered 3 stages (pseudocommunity, chaos, emptiness) that each group passes on the way to authentic community. Pseudo and chaos is well known in each relationship. But how to walk through the stage of chaos? In this workshop you can experience how some simple guidelines lead you through the stage of emptiness in the stage of true community. We also travel on your place if there are min. 10 people for a workshop. Further details and more workshops at

ZEGG-Forum is an awareness and transparency process for groups of 12 to 25 participants. It is an artistic way of personal sharing; a stage for whatever is happening inside us. Here our true motivations, our deep feelings, longings, ideas and emotions can shine through. Forum offers greater clarity, transparency and cohesion for groups involved and personal growth, empowerment and healing for individuals. It was developed 30 years ago by ZEGG as a tool to create trust and transparency in communities. One key goal it to train more Forum facilitators in the US. You will get to know the method of Forum and its underlying ideas/world view, train deep inner listening and presence, and heal relationships through transparency. Facilitators: Ina Meyer-Stoll and Achim Ecker live at ZEGG for 25 years and have long experience with Forum. They have been deeply involved in its development and have trained communities in Europe, S-America, USA. They live in a committed and polyamorous partnership.

ZEGG-Forum is an awareness and transparency process for groups of 12 to 25 participants. It is an artistic way of personal sharing; a stage for whatever is happening inside us. Here our true motivations, our deep feelings, longings, ideas and emotions can shine through. Forum offers greater clarity, transparency and cohesion for groups involved and personal growth, empowerment and healing for individuals. It was developed 30 years ago by ZEGG as a tool to create trust and transparency in communities. One key goal it to train more Forum facilitators in the US. You will get to know the method of Forum and its underlying ideas/world view, train deep inner listening and presence, and heal relationships through transparency. Facilitators: Ina Meyer-Stoll and Achim Ecker live at ZEGG for 25 years and have long experience with Forum. They have been deeply involved in its development and have trained communities in Europe, S-America, USA. They live in a committed and polyamorous partnership.

As out-work closes for year. In-door activities Re-vive. -motto: Collect water and seed, be with them who do, set tasks for boys and girls, make rooms for flocks and birds, and Strangers Too. - WE will be forming events for Spring-time also. However, we become quite quickly aware that community, as relationship, exaggerates tensions that we feel: the tension between our autonomy and the demands of community organization; the ever-present tension between competing commitments; the impact of community dynamics on marriage, family, child-rearing - are just some of the stresses that begin to shape our lives as members. We are hoping to bring together individuals from many groupings to share in good conversation. - Cost: $30 ? no, nothing. come if you can come. cost is you time and ideas. -