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Submitted by heron on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 3:02pm.

Please Join Us for an Evening Report-Back From The EARTH ACTIVIST TRAINING

Ideas To Enliven And Inspire From Our Experience at a Recent Two-Week Intensive Training in SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND REGENERATIVE ACTIVISM!

Have you always wanted to Learn About…

  • Restoring Degraded Land
  • Observation and Awareness
  • Spriritual Connection with Nature
  • Permaculture Basics

The Evening Will Include:

Slideshow Presentation from our experiences at the training

Experiential Song and Earth-Based Ritual

A Hands-On Permaculture Project to restore degraded land: making seed balls!

When, Where:

Wednesday February 20, 2008 7:15-9:15 PM Olympia Freeschool 610 Columbia St. Olympia, WA

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Submitted by chad360 on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 3:21pm.

Hello All, I am posting to announce a formative meeting for TerraCommons, a local green movement, at the Traditions Cafe in Olympia, WA (their website sis down right now, so here is the cafe info: Traditions is open from 9-6 Monday through Friday; located at 300 5th Avenue SW in Olympia, 360-705-2819).

Agenda for 12-5-07
Meeting at Traditions fair trade café
5-7pm

Opening Poem
Introductions
Approve agenda
Approval of minutes
------------------------10 minutes

Looking back –

Report back – Washington State Incorporation
Finance report
Artesian well project
------------------------ 5 minutes

Approve by-laws
Selection of officers
Approve application for 501(3)c
------------------------ 10 minutes

Looking forward –

Edible forest garden demonstration project
------------------------ 15 minutes

EcoCity Olympia Convergence / Olympia Village Building Convergence (name TBD)
----------------------- 1 hour 5 minutes


Review meeting
What decisions are made?
Who is doing what?
What worked and didn’t work?
Next meeting(s)
---------------------- 15 minutes

Hardcopies of the bylaws are availble at the meeting, and community input is welcome.

TerraCommons

 

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