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*Sunday Only 2:00 to 4:00 Women’s Leadership in Sustainability Conference
Kira Gould, Keynote Speaker
Connie McGreavy and Eugenia Marks additional panelists, Karina Lutz Moderator
There is a growing body of academics, activists, faith leaders and public servants who feel more women are needed in high places to effect change. Coinciding with an explosion in the marketing of “green,” the creation of the “green collar” workforce and a mainstream desire to act on behalf of the planet, there is much at stake for the sustainability movement. What are the forces acting in our favor and against us, and do women have a unique role to play in enhancing our power and scaling up our individual and collective efforts? Hear from new and seasoned agents of change about this vital issue.
Women's Leadership Key Note Address
by Kira Gould
BECOMING NATIVE TO PLACE
What if we could learn to live as natives of this place? Kira Gould’s talk will explore this idea through the work of William McDonough + Partners, the efforts of the architecture and design community, including the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment. She will relate this to something she calls the diversity imperative, using the lens of the book Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design, which she co-authored with Lance Hosey. How we define sustainability, how we work together, and who we tell the stories are central to how we adapt to a changing world. We are all designers now. Even what we eat is an act of design—one of many that can help us find our homes as natives.
CCD:
The Current State of Bee Keeping & Organic Solutions
Ross
Conrad
Learn
about the current state of the honeybee
and the beekeeping industry and alternatives
to the failing status quo. We will cover
safe, nontoxic and effective methods
for controlling hive pests and diseases
such as mites and foulbrood. Whether
you are looking to use fewer chemicals
and increase your profit margin, or are
committed to keeping bees organically,
this workshop is for you.
Ross Conrad learned his craft from the late Charles Mraz, world-renowned beekeeper
and father of apitherapy. Ross wrote
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches
to Modern Apiculture, and gives talks
and writes articles on beekeeping,
organic farming, natural healing,
and health issues. His small business,
Dancing Bee Gardens in Middlebury,
VT, supplies friends, neighbors,
and local stores with honey and bees
for apple pollination in the spring.
The Deep Ecology Series
BenjaminRobin
Woods Games for Earth Creatures
Open Sharing & Healing Circle
Council of All Beings
BenjaminRobin has led retreats, workshops, gatherings and celebrations in Europe and throughout North America for over 25 years. Ze has trained as a Deep Ecology and Deep Time facilitator with Council of All Beings co-creators John Seed and Joanna Macy and is a certified Inspirational Breathwork facilitator. Ze is exploring hir British indigenous roots through studying and practicing Druidry and reclaiming the two-spirit traditions of hir ancestors.
Fun
Fast Green Cleaning
Leslie Reichert
Want to start "going green" when it comes to cleaning? Not sure exactly where
or how to begin? This workshop will give
you great tips and tricks to make your
cleaning green and fun. Leslie
Reichert is a green cleaning coach with
over 20 years experience in the cleaning
and air quality business. She holds classes
at her store, Backdoor Vacuums and Homekeeping
in Uxbridge, MA.
Get Cultured or Fun with Fermentation
Stewart Taffe
Learn the basic techniques on how to ferment your foods and drinks just like
your ancestors. Using traditional processes,
many of the foods we ferment make nutrients
and minerals more accessible during digestion.
The recipes are easy and can save you
quite a bit of money by doing them at
home.
Ever
since Stewart was exposed to nutritious
and seasonal food he searched for ways
to process the food for the winter. Four
years ago he started with basic sauerkraut,
and now has many different ferments and
cultures going at once. When Stewart
is not fermenting, he works as an educator
for the Apeiron Institute for Sustainable
Living and as an extra hand on Zephyr
Farm.
Introduction
to Teas, Salves & Tinctures
Mary Blue Hastings
Discover how easy it is to make your own herbal remedies. In this two hour workshop
you will learn the processes for making
teas, tinctures and salves, as well as
specific recipes to heal your body and
enhance your beauty. Join in making a
tincture, and your own healing salve
or lip balm.
Mary
Blue, Director of Farmacy Herbs Community
Health and Education Center www.farmacyherbs.com is an activist, herbalist, and community
organizer in Providence. She is also
a Practicing Herbalist and Education
Coordinator at 7 Arrows Farm in Attleboro,
MA www.sevenarrowsfarm.com.
Interactive Woods Walking
Paul Dolan
Walk
through Apeiron's woodlands and learn
to guide your own and others' forest
exploration, identify local trees & shrubs, foster engaging discussion about forest and wildlife management, forest
health and stewardship, and good forest
behaviors. Have you ever wonder what
is going on out there? Come along to
learn how to read the forested landscape.
Paul
Dolan is a certified Forester and Arborist
who has been with the RI DEM Division
of Forest Environment for 30 years in
different capacities and locations, serving
as Assistant State Forester since 2005.
He is also a renowned and accomplished
community builder and educator who contributes
to our state through serving on numerous
boards and committees, and donating hundreds
of hours to volunteer service initiatives.
The Sustainable Living Festival is honored
to have him.
Make a Peace Flag & Send Positive Wishes to the World (ECF)
Ginny Fox
Children
and grown ups will create a set
of flags from 5 pieces of fabric, paints,
markers, collage and string. Taking our
inspiration from Tibetan Prayer
Flags we will meditate to connect to
our wishes and gratitude and then bring
the peaceful world into being as we decorate
our flags.
Ginny
Fox is a peace activist, writer and editor.
She also runs craft shows, after school
programs, organized school events, and
teaches peace wherever she can.
Top
10 Things You Can Do to Care for
Your Bike by the Recycle-a-Bike Collective
Description: Flat tire? Wobbly wheel?
Loose cable? Seat too high? There are
lots of reasons why your bike may not
be working the way you'd like. Let
us help, and keep you and your bike
on the road where you belong. This
workshop will review the ten most common
things that can go wrong with a bicycle,
and how to fix and maintain them. Bring
your own bike and tools if you have
them, and we will provide example bikes,
tools, parts and handouts for those
who don't. Recycle-a-Bike
gets bikes out of the garbage and back
on the streets. We provide people access
to used bikes, parts and tools, and the
skills to build and maintain their bikes.
We support bike riding as an affordable,
healthy, and environmentally conscious
way of getting around. We are a volunteer
not-for-profit community bicycle workshop
in Providence, R.I., currently housed
at the Steel Yard, active since 2001.
Visit www.recycleabike.org and www.thesteelyard.org.
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