Communities Events Calendar

Two members of Findhorn Foundation: Laura Shannon and Barbara Swetina and one from Lebensgarten Ecovillage: Declan Kennedy, will lead the dancing and the singing for 4 days in May in the wonderful setting of Lebensgarten Steyerberg in northern Germany. Instruction will be in German and in English - the songs we will sing in many languages. We will do rituals from many traditions both inside in our spacious studio and outside, weather permitting. Fee is €280 (early bird b April1st. 12 €230) + €220 for food & accommodation. Come an join us in the whirling fun and the joyous tones, lots of live music from southern and northern Europe.

Eclectic and international, groovy and bangin’, we love it all. Pyramid Eclipse will host a collection of musicians from all over the world and a myriad of genres as we further deepen our studies of the perfect dancefloor. May 17 at 8:00am until May 21 at 5:30pm Pyramid Lake, Nevada On May 20th, 2012 a solar eclipse will sweep across northern Pacific Ocean and into the west coast of the United States. Symbiosis Gathering will align with this event. FEATURING James Blake - Little Dragon Beats Antique - Tipper - PaNTy RAiD Claude VonStroke - Damian Lazarus - Dub Kirtan All Stars Emancipator - Entheogenic - Gang Gang Dance Lyrics Born - Minilogue - Moombahton Massive (Nadastrom & Sabo) Nasty Ways (EPROM & Boreta) - Paper Diamond Perfect Stranger - Photek - Random Rab Rustie - Shlohmo - Son Kite Vau de Vire Society Rupa & the April Fishes - Diego's Umbrella Vagabond OPERA - Shotgun Wedding Brass Menazeri - Pyronauts. And many many more!

Coming together as Brothers, Fathers and Sons - Join us as we come together to build on our inner strength and awaken our power as manifestors of the universe. Sharing Circles - Drumming - Connection with Nature - Exercises to build bonds - More to come!

Each third Saturday of May, the Federatie Gemeenschappelijk Wonen (FGW) and Samenhuizeen organizes an Open Intentional Communities Day in The Netherlands and Belgium. On this day many communities open their doors for people who wants have a look inside. In 2012 on May 19th. See www.gemeenschappelijkwonen.nl/gemeenschappelijkwonendag and www.samenhuizen.be/opendag

Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing in Eugene, Oregon will host its next open house on the neighborhood site on Sunday, May 20 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. We are a forming community—no buildings yet—so we are actively seeking new members to help create our neighborhood on the banks of the beautiful Willamette River. The site design workshop will take place in early July, so climb on board! Call 541-485-5972 for more information and directions to the site. OMC is a place for all ages, so children are welcomed!

Discover the power of life in community at one of the most dynamic examples on the planet, The Farm Community in Summertown, TN. Located in the middle of 4000 acres of protected forest, The Farm celebrates 40+ years of community activism with our fourth conference in partnership with the FIC. A unique opportunity to tour Green Homes of all types, see sustainable food production at work, over 80 KW in solar installations, learn about alternative education, conflict resolution, land trusts, midwifery and so much more. Meet and visit with FIC representatives from communities around the country, with an FIC books table. We'll have live music and jam some too.The $150 per person registration includes camping and all delicious vegetarian meals featuring local and homegrown produce. Bring bikes, instruments, some food to share, an open mind, ideas, and enthusiasm. Change your life. Change the world!

Join us as we come together to build on our inner strength and awaken our power as the source of all life in the universe. Sharing Circles - Workshops and Classes - Connection with Nature - Exercises to build bonds - More to come! Make this weekend and opportunity to reconnect or build a deeper connection between mother and daughter. As family the lessons to be shared run deep. By taking the time to open up channels of communication, the potential for insight and awakening in this very special relationship can be amplified and taken to a new level. Bring a sister along and invigorate this other vital family connection. Invite your best friend to join you. We have to make time for these relationships to blossom.

We believe in the limited use of fossil fuel-powered farming equipment in order to lower our community's Ecological Footprint as well as to reduce the cost of our equipment. Gardening with us, you will learn sustainable and organic methods in the process from seeds to table.

If you are interested in living more sustainably or potentially joining Earthaven, our program will help you learn about our ecovillage. We have structured this week-long experience to give you an enjoyable and enriching taste of life at Earthaven.

Are you ready to take the next step in Living Green? You really can grow most of the food your family needs. With this 7 day intensive, we'll garden every day and you'll get the hands-on experience you need an gain the confidence to get started on your own. Visit the many different gardens and gardeners on The Farm Community and discover the secrets of: Organic Pest Control that works! * How to get the Best Free Mulch! * When to use Raised or Flat Planting Beds * Early Tomato Secrets * Successful Sweet Corn * Endless Fruit - Spring, Summer and Fall * How to put up food for winter. See examples of: Container Gardening, Square Foot Gardening * Easy, Automated Irrigation and Watering * Perennials - Plant once and harvest every year! * Worm Bins and Compost Systems * Beekeeping Only $350 for all 8 days including all meals. Don't have a week to give? Come for just the weekend at my standard weekend rate, just $225.

Yurt Building Course is confirmed! Wow we are so lucky to be having Bear come to teach this 2 day course. At the end of the two days we will have a completed Yurt.You will learn how to harvest saplings, how to peel and prepare them. Then it's on to assembly! $125 per person, includes meals. Camp right here if you like. May 5th and 6th. Maximum of 10 people. Learn how to build a yurt. Use them for play areas for the children (like a tepee) Screened in Gazebo, Portable shelter, a nice retreat for company! Garden retreat or Studio space would be amazing. What a wonderful home it would make. We will be building one that is 16 feet across. Hope to see you here.

2012 Timber Framing Workshop students will spend two full weeks at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Rutledge, Missouri learning the historic craft of timber framing using mortise and tenon joinery, as well as experiencing and learning some of the fundamental connections between natural building design and sustainable lifestyle alternatives. Students will learn various timber frame layout techniques, joinery cutting methods, and hand raising using traditional timber framing tools. Come join The Year of Mud in June 2012 for a comprehensive timber framing workshop at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage — in two weeks we will raise an impressive timber frame home using only hand tools with twelve students!

"Creating Sustainable Neighborhoods; Learning from the Cohousing Experience" Come learn, share and perhaps volunteer. The conference features cohousing and community experts. It’s a great opportunity to network with dedicated cohousing activists, supporters, and residents from around the world. Presentations and workshops will offer everything from the basics of cohousing, designing and building communities, living in community, group process skill building, opportunities to learn from and share our cohousing experiences, as well as how we can contribute to making cohousing more sustainable and more affordable.

Join with us in the joy of listening to and making music!

The Ananda Community of Lynnwood celebrates its 20th Year anniversary with an Open House on Saturday, June 16, 2012. All are welcome to tour and ask questions about this thriving intentional spiritual community. There will be displays of various Ananda projects, including the Ananda Meditation Temple in Bothell, East West Bookshop in Seattle, Living Wisdom School in Shoreline, and Living Wisely Thrift and Gift Store in Shoreline. Enjoy food and entertainment, and join in on one of the many tours of the community. 20 minute tours are offered from 4 to 6pm, and will include the temple, community room, some apartments, the chicken coop, the vegetable gardens and hoop house of Ananda’s CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Following the tours from 4-6 pm will be a public Solstice Celebration at 6pm.

A Father's Day special for everyone, with Patricia Allison. "The Tantra of Permaculture" is about how to be in Community and Thrive. This is Consensus Training (the Permaculture of People) and Tantra (how to be in love with our planet). "If you are going to make love with our planet, you've got to get to know her first." P.A. Patricia has an inspired delivery of principles and techniques you can start implementing in your life now, wherever you are. Get on board with what works with our living system and be able to recognize how you can be a part of it. "The Tantra of Permaculture" is about falling in love with all the parts of yourself that we call nature. When you practice what you learn here you will find new friends, have a lot of fun, propagate love and justice, help heal our Earth's wounds, and earn the praise of your descendants. This is how to shift from Consumer Culture to a natural relationship with people and the planet. Got time?

This 37 day immersion experience is THE best training in the world for aspiring ecovillage creators, and a great chance for anyone dedicated to sustainability to go deep in learning the potent lessons that ecovillagers around the world are now able to offer the wider culture. Located in Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. With long-time sustainability educator and consensus facilitator Ma'ikwe Schaub Ludwig, FIC Executive Secretary and group dynamics expert Laird Schaub, Red Earth Farms founder and international sustainability activist Alyson Ewald, and Dancing Rabbit founder Tony Sirna. This course promises to be inspiring and life-changing.

Heritage Harvest Farm Presents Eugene Fytche and Scott Dobson, two of the most highly acclaimed heritage fence builders in the area, offering you a “hands on” Heritage Cedar Rail Fence Building Workshop Saturday June 30, 2012 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain or shine Join us and learn how to construct several styles of cedar rail fences typical of the Ottawa and Rideau Valleys. Practical fencing for both livestock and landscape design!

How would it change the teenage years of a girl to have mentors, who have walked the path before her, to guide her with love and wisdom into adolescence? The journey of self-discover builds confidence and clarity for emerging young women. Becoming a Young Woman offers a unique opportunity to celebrate and honor the changes of this time in a girl's life. Connecting her hand-to-hand with a long line of women before her, she is welcomed into the larger community with a fuller understanding of the inherent gifts of womanhood. This is the beginning of her claiming her power. This group of 10 middle school girls (ages 12 - 14) will explore what it means to step out of childhood and into young womanhood with the guidance and support of two fabulous female mentors. The group will spend a week at a moonlodge; engaging in a rite of passage experience to celebrate the conscious step into young womanhood. Read more on our website.

4-day Natural Building Workshop with COB Together July 5th-8th, 2012 with James Haim and Taylor Starr Introduction to Natural Building: In this 4 day workshop you will have the opportunity to get your hands (and feet) dirty mixing and building with cob, stuffing light-straw-clay, and making and applying earthen plasters. Tours, lectures and discussions will also cover: straw bale building, design basics, foundations, roofs, and more. Participants will walk away from this weekend with the techniques and principles needed to begin building! Creating Organic Buildings Together offers natural building workshops for people of all ages. Building with natural materials like cob, strawbale, paper crete, earthen plasters and floors, sustainably harvested wood, and reused materials allows you to create beautiful, efficient, inexpensive and livable spaces while walking lightly on the earth. This makes sense not only for the planet, but also for folks wanting to revitalize cooperative

A Young Adults Retreat for Ages 18–35. Experience Organic Farming ~ Cooperative Living ~ Sustainability ~ Yoga. The Eco Retreat will be at La Cite Ecologique, one of the largest Ecovillage in Canada.

The UBC Summer Institute in Sustainability Leadership is designed to bring together and empower those from a variety of sectors - including business, academic institutions and government - to take a leadership role in developing policy, creating plans, and managing sustainability projects. In this award-winning professional development program, you gain the perspectives, strategies and resources needed to accelerate the sustainability agenda within your organization. Inspiring speakers from industry, academic, government, and non-profit sectors share insights and best practices providing you with the strategies and resources needed to create and manage sustainability policies and projects. 2012 speakers include Dr Brian Nattrass, acclaimed author and sustainability advisor to government and leading corporations; Dr John Helliwell, internationally renowned scholar whose current research focuses on the economics of happiness and sustainability; and Dr Bill Rees, inventor of the

Come celebrate the last days before school starts in the little piece of paradise we call home, The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee. Stay for 5 days or just for the weekend. Get in on some maximum fun, Farm style! We'll spend the week swimming, hiking, listening to and playing music, enjoying really great food and each others company. I've designed the week to give you maximum rest and relaxation, with a full complement of adult and kid activities, something for everyone. Visit our web site to see a schedule of activities and workshops.

On July 27th, 28th and 29th we will be having a 3 day total survival weekend at Stone Garden Farm & Village. Learn outdoor survival skills, including bowdrill making taught by Tom Laskowski of Midwest Native Skills Institute(www.survivalschool.com) Learn homestead survival & preparedness-render beef suet, make soap, candles, pemmican and a healing medicinal salve. Go on a wild edible/herb walk on the farm and at neighboring Cuyahoga National Park, Make jerky, discuss permaculture, etc. Learn such vital medical preparedness skills and procedures as suturing, splint making, arm and leg casting and much more as time permits. Cost is $350 including all materials optional overnight camping & dinner for Friday and Saturday night is an additional $25. Located at 2891 Southern Rd. Richfield OH 44286 (330)659-3507 for more information FarmerSGF@yahoo.com

18th Summer University Tamera - Towards A New Culture From Refusal to Re-Creation 01. - 10. August 2012 “The draft of a desirable future, one that a growing number of people will find plausible and realistic, is the number one priority on today's agenda.” (Dieter Duhm) It is about a future without war, a world in which no being will have to suffer anymore.

New Earth Organic Farm is one of the largest Organic Farm in the region that provides organic vegetables and eggs to the local community. Practicing eco-friendly agriculture since 2004. The tour starts at 10:00 AM, it includes a guided tour of our gardens and fields, high tunnels, and chicken coop. Delicious recipes and produce sampling upon conclusion of the tour.

culturEvolution camp is organized by a group of social pioneers. Our intention is to be a catalyst to generate a loving, creative and sustainable human culture. Organic and local food meals, collective childcare and youth programming, beautiful campsites, and karma yoga participation. Cost $500-1000 sliding scale, some work exchange positions available.We offer -Zegg Forum -Sweat Lodge and Ceremony -Deep Ecology -Art of Symbiosis -Butoh -Tracking, Primitive Skills, Rewilding & plant identification -Group games -Spring fed river swimming -slackline and acro skills -Yoga, dance, meditation and movement opportunities -live music, jams, and more!

2012 Natural Building Apprenticeship with COB Together August 5th-25th: Hybrid Sauna Construction with James Haim During this three week apprenticeship program you will construct a sauna and, time permitting, a cob oven, from start to finish. As part of this program you will learn the basics of making a foundation, building four different wall systems with materials including cob, straw bale, light-straw-clay and cob-cordwood, and constructing a living roof. In addition you will learn earthen plastering techniques, tour a variety of beautiful natural buildings, spend time designing your own projects and enjoy the many recreational and cultural opportunities the Rogue Valley has to offer. Participants will camp on-site and be served three organic meals six days a week with one day off each week. Participants will finish their stay with a one-day rafting trip on the scenic Rogue River. In order to provide the highest quality teaching this apprenticeship is limited to four

This seminar will explore what it takes in each of us to be present to and to contribute to an authentic integral collective. We will also be looking at what arises from such a collective, what it points to and expresses itself as. You will learn the nuts and bolts of creating community from the ground up, as well as the necessary skills and discernment when already in some form of community and wanting to bring integral presence and perspective to an existing system and culture. Integral Community offers answers to the question, “What can community be at its very best, when it embodies the fullest, most inspiring potential of coming together with others ?” An integral approach to community recognizes the many different perspectives present in any collective setting and holds a meta-perspective to incorporate as many different truths as possible. At the same time, a fully integral community honors goodness and beauty in the areas of ethics, justice, aesthetics, art and spirit.

If you live—or want to live—according to the ideals of sustainability, cooperation and equality, come to the annual Twin Oaks Intentional Communities Conference this Labor Day weekend for a celebration of communal lifestyles. Network and learn about communities of all kinds at one of the best-known intentional communities in North America. Attend workshops on connectivity & non-violent communication, group decision-making, ecological awareness and more. Camp in a beautiful forest alongside fellow participants and be a part of a temporary, once-in-a-lifetime community. Exchange ideas with major players in the Intentional Communities Movement by day and swap stories at fireside sharing circles by night. Swim. Play. Explore. The time to change your life is NOW!

Navigate conversations about climate with diplomacy and confidence by taking part in this fully-online course, which covers the basic concepts and terms needed to understand climate science, climate change and climate policy. The course begins by exploring the science behind climate change, including an exploration of the climate system, the causes of global warming, climate modeling, and climate forecasting. The course then transitions to a general presentation of mitigation, adaptation and policy. Learning activities include lectures, videos, readings, assignments, projects and group discussions. Participants are provided a schedule with fixed assignment and project due dates, but may access and engage in the course materials at their own convenience. Format: 100% online over 10 weeks Tuition Fee: $935

The best overview of the sustainable life, providing the inspiration you need to fulfill your life goals and live your dreams. We touch on a bit of everything, from alternative education to alternative energy, midwifery to natural building, vegetarian and vegan cooking to starting a small business and yoga. Friday evening starts with a welcoming circle and dinner, followed by a slide show depicting our history and present structure. Saturday night features a community dinner plus music and entertainment. Our 10th Year!

Art of Community is a unique opportunity for people and organizations to share skills and knowledge about creating and living in intentional community, and to educate and network around the values and practices of living in cooperative culture as a cornerstone of creating resilient communities. Participants will include members of many types of intentional communities (ecovillages, cohousing, urban coop houses, student coops, etc.), community seekers, students, community organizers, and people interested in the basic principles of living more cooperatively. Learn about concepts of living "in community"- connecting directly through interactive workshops, presentations, and activities that demonstrate the ingredients essential for creating sustainable culture. Come Celebrate the Art of Community! (Additional program days of intensive workshops to be announced on our website.) Art of Community is a Fellowship for Intentional Community sponsored event.

Got Problem Kids? Here's your Problem Student Problem-Solver Conference. You name the problems and this workshop delivers hundreds of immediate, problem-stopping answers. You will leave with innovative, more effective strategies for school failure, truancy, dropping out, work refusal, violence, delinquency, bad attitudes, depression and more. College credit and clock hours available. Free sample interventions, and free monthly Problem Student Problem-Solver magazine available at our web site, http://www.youthchg.com, or via email (dwells@youthchg.com), or call toll-free to 1-800-545-5736. Work-study financial aid available for all classes. Call for details.

Got Problem Kids? Here's your Problem Student Problem-Solver Conference. You name the problems and this workshop delivers hundreds of immediate, problem-stopping answers. You will leave with innovative, more effective strategies for bad behavior, poor motivation, work refusal, violence, conflict, bad attitudes, and more. College credit and clock hours available. Free sample interventions, and free monthly Problem Student Problem-Solver magazine available at our web site, http://www.youthchg.com, or via email (dwells@youthchg.com), or call toll-free to 1-800-545-5736. Work-study financial aid available for all classes. Call for details. Seattle, WA: May 3-4, 2012 Portland, OR: Oct. 11-12, 2012 Online, DVD, and on-site presentations available

Start your year on the road to better health, learning from cooks that really know how to make vegan food taste great! Activities include: * Farm History Slide show with a special focus on our Diet and Nutrition Evolution * Yoga and Meditation * Cooking Classes: Soy and Tofu Recipes * Cooking Classes: Raw Foods * Cooking Classes: International Cuisine * Cooking Classes: Dehydrating and Canning * A Community Dinner with The Farm Workshop presenters include authors and Farm Community residents with decades of experience in the preparation of delicious vegan meals. Weekend registration includes all meals and activities.

America’s 1st Sustainable Home & Garden Show Celebrates 8 Years in Eugene! Over 250 Sustainable Exhibits for the Home, Garden & Life. Explore 7 Pavilions of Green Good Earth Living: Home, Garden, Food, Transportation, Art, Wellness, and ReUse. Enjoy National Green Building Experts, Sustainable Living Experts, NW Authors, Live Music, Organic Eats, 75+ Eco-Friendly Seminars, Green Neighbors, and Our Signature Chickens Over the Aisle! FREE admission with canned food donations to benefit Food for Lane County FREE Parking. Fri: 5pm-9pm, Sat: 10am-8pm, Sun: 10am-5pm

The Findhorn Foundation and community will host the conference of the International Communal Studies Association (ICSA) in June 2013. Titled, Communal Pathways to Sustainable Living: Past, Present and Future, it will bring together up to 250 communal scholars and community activists from around the world. The conference and associated events will offer a rare opportunity in a unique communal setting to share academic research and lived experience of collective life in intentional communities such as ecovillages, cohousing, communes, kibbutzim, sectarian communities and housing cooperatives.