-------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:38:21 -0700 To: •••@••.••• From: Molly Morgan <•••@••.•••> Subject: event of note ---<forwarded message>--- From: Fellowship Announcement <•••@••.•••> Subject: FIC Event Announcement -30168- Date: 23 Aug 2006 21:22:52 -0400 This special announcement of an event sponsored by the Fellowship for Intentional Community was sent to Molly Morgan at •••@••.••• as a subscriber to the FIC's monthly eNews. For more information about your eNews subscription please email <mailto:•••@••.•••>•••@••.•••. THE ART OF COMMUNITY NORTHWEST CONFERENCE Co-Opportunities for Sustainability Date: September 8-10, 2006 Time: from 5 PM Friday to 10 PM Sunday Location: Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA More: <http://fic.ic.org/aofc/>http://fic.ic.org/aofc/ Register Now <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636 Greetings! A team of committed community folks has been pulling together what promises to be a great Art of Community event this fall in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Our intention for the event is to promote and support communities that recognize and practice sustainability. We will do this with interactive workshops and panels, hearing from some fantastic plenary speakers, interspersing music, art, a live auction, and plenty of networking opportunities, including display and information tables hosted by communities and sustainability-oriented organizations. A number of well-known writers and community leaders will help as we weave the web of community networks. Some of the presenters already scheduled include: Diana Leafe Christian, Communities magazine editor; author: Creating a Life Together Lisa Fitzhugh, ArtCorps Executive Director Mark Lakeman, Portland City Repair Coordinator Geoph Kozeny, the Peripatetic Communitarian from Communities magazine & Visions of Utopia producer Vicki Robin, Cofounder of Conversation Cafes, and New Road Map Foundation; Author, Your Money or Your Life David Korten, Author, and The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community and cofounder, Positive Futures Network and more! WHY THIS CONFERENCE? Here is a place to learn about working models of sustainability...and share your own ideas. Art of Community Northwest will bring together people interested in building community wherever they live, and will highlight successful and sustainable efforts in a variety of communities. This is a great opportunity to meet people from existing and forming Northwest communities, including ecovillages, cohousing, egalitarian, housing cooperatives. Learn about ways to be more sustainable through green and natural building techniques, creating community spaces, supporting local agriculture and permaculture. Community networks are joining the FIC to provide sponsorship support to help ensure the event is a success. These include the Northwest Intentional Communities Association (NICA), Cohousing Association of the United States (Coho/US) and the Federation of Egalitarian Communities (FEC). Other sponsors include nonprofits like Rites of Passage Journeys, Institute of Noetic Sciences Northwest, and Yes! Magazine, plus business collaborators such as GreenWorks Realty. Other community organizations, including Songaia Cohousing Community and the International Puppydogs Movement are also stepping up to support the event. Sliding scale online registration is fast and easy. Please register in advance! This venue is expected to sell out, so we encourage you to register now, to reserve your space. REGISTER NOW <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636 MEALS AVAILABLE AT BASTYR - VEGAN AND VEGETARIAN OPTIONS! Bastyr is known for its natural health education and great vegan and vegetarian food service. Because of the relatively remote location of Bastyr's campus, there are no restaurants in walking distance. We recommend choosing meals on site, which you must sign up for in advance, along with your registration. MEALS ONLINE <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5455>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5455 Otherwise, bring some food along! MORE ABOUT BASTYR, INCLUDING DIRECTIONS <http://www.bastyr.edu/>http://www.bastyr.edu/ COMMUNITY BUS TOURS We're pleased to include two community bus tours on Friday, September 8. Tour 1 ($45) leaves Bastyr at 8:45am for tours of Bob the House, Apex Cooperative, and Songaia Cohousing. Tour 1 includes a lunch with vegetarian options available, served in the common house at Songaia Cohousing Community and then returns to Bastyr by 1:15pm. Tour 2 ($40) leaves Bastyr at 1:30pm for tours of Sunset House, Jackson Place Cohousing, and Emma Goldman Finishing School. It returns to Bastyr by 5:45pm. To reserve seats for either bus tour: <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6409>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6409 CAMPING OPTION AVAILABLE Contact Fred Lanphear at <mailto:•••@••.•••>•••@••.••• to get information about a community that has offered to make camp sites available to our attendees that weekend. AUCTION ITEMS If you have a product or service that the FIC can use in the benefit auction, please contact Harvey Baker at <mailto:•••@••.•••>•••@••.••• who will keep the inventory of items. Please also cc your message to Laird Schaub at <mailto:•••@••.•••>•••@••.••• . One of our team members will follow up with you about how to get the item to our conference site for Art of Community. A big thank you to our amazing sponsors! Check out their links on our website: <http://fic.ic.org/aofc/>http://fic.ic.org/aofc/ for more information about each of them. Major Sponsors Fellowship for Intentional Community Northwest Intentional Community Association Federation of Egalitarian Communities International Puppydogs Movement AM 1090 Progressive Talk Greenworks Realty Sustaining Sponsors Rites of Passage Journeys Supporting Sponsors Cohousing Association of the United States Yes! Magazine Cooperating Sponsors Songaia Cohousing Community Institute of Noetic Sciences Northwest The Heritage Institute Goodenough Communitys Greener Living Solutions Sustainable Ballard Costs for full weekend: Admission $60-$75 (sliding scale) SUMMARY OF LINKS Registration: <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636 Onsite Meals: <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5455>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5455 Bus Tour Tickets: <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6409>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6409 Event Schedule: <http://fic.ic.org/aofc/ScheduleGrid.htm>http://fic.ic.org/aofc/ScheduleGrid.htm Kids and young adults are welcome. Ages 12 and under can come for free, but we'd like to know how many are coming, so that we can plan appropriately for kid program activities. 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