To: Permaculture ibiblio <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Bioregional Congress
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:17:04 -0400
The 10th Continental Bioregional Congress will be held Oct. 4-11, 2009
on The Farm, one of the continent's premier ecologically-based
communities, in Summertown, TN. In the ceremonial village of the
congress, we will share and celebrate stories of place, model the
communities we wish to support and create, and organize for ecological
and cultural restoration. The congress will pilot the a bioregional
curriculum – a toolbox of practices focusing on building, sustaining and
relocalizing communities; reinvigorating culture and arts; and
grassroots organizing for ecological restoration and policy change. The
congress includes large group plenaries, ceremonies and celebrations;
small group talking circles; open space workshops and presentations;
men's and women's circles; and a bioregional school for children.
Holding this event at a successful 35-year-old ecovillage allows us to
experience life in a permaculture-designed village full of
earth-friendly housing, cooperative forestry, local foods, and
consensus-based decision-making. During a time of environmental
devastation, social injustice and economic upheaval, CBC X unites
activists, artists and writers, permaculturalists and farmers,
entrepenuers, public policy-makers, community leaders, scientists and
researchers, homesteaders and ecovillagers, children and adults, and all
concerned about the state of the planet. We recognize that all justice,
freedom and peace must be grounded in the recognition that we are part
of the web of life. For More Information: Please visit
www.bioregional-congress.org <http://www.bioregional-congress.org> or
call 931/964-4474.
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