August 6th through 8th, 2004 Earthaven Ecovillage
<http://www.earthaven.org/> near Black Mountain, NC
You are invited to a gathering of permaculture activists, natural
builders, organic growers, medicine makers,and cultural evolutionaries.
Recharge your spirit in the company of your tribal sisters and brothers
in the rich forested valleys of the Southern Appalachian Bioregion.
Some of the Events: Bioregional Organizing - Slides - Organic Gourmet
Cookery - Plant and Seed Exchange - Barter Exchange - Permaculture
Classes - Plant Walks - Display Booths - Earthaven Tours - Open Space
Process - Storytelling - Saturday Night Extravaganza - Kids Activities -
Creative Merrymaking
Affinity Circles: Making a Living on the Land - Permaculture -
Alternative Economics - Natural Building - Organic Growing -
Eco-spirituality - Community Building - Integrated Agriculture- Creating
Sacred Space - Community Health
Cost: $100 for 3 days
after July 15th, price is $115
Includes 2 nights camping and 7 hearty vegetarian meals
Pre-gathering Workshops Include:
Aug 4 & 5, Wild and Fermented Foods with Sandor Katz and Frank Cook -
$160. Runs from 10AM on Wednesday to 4PM on Thursday. Price includes
tuition, hand-outs, camping, and 4 meals.
Explore the permaculture edges of fermented and foraged food. In this
intensive two-day workshop we'll get hands-on experience wildcrafting,
weed eating, and fermenting many different things, including herbal
elixir meads, tempeh, kefir, idli, sourdough, amazake, sauerkraut,
kimchi, miso, and injera. Join renowned plant teacher Frank Cook, and
Sandor Ellix Katz, author of Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition,
and Craft of Live-Culture Foods, for this culinary multi-cultural
extravaganza..
Aug 5, Introduction to Permaculture with John (Otter) McBride and Winn
Mallard - $60. Runs from 10-4 on Thursday and includes tuition,
hand-outs, and lunch.
Whether youâEUR^(TM)re an old hand at Permaculture or this is your first
dip, Otter John and Winn will be offering up a fresh perspective on the
foundations of sustainability. Be prepared to participate! The vision of
cooperative culture can be accessed through the _expression of our
creative arts. We will be co-creating a somewhat cacophonic
cross-cultural collaboration connecting us to our own collective
consciousness communally. Join us for a day of enlightening and
experiential cultural _expression.