Dear friends, Below are some cohousing events coming up in Melbourne. Some information on "Merri Cohousing and Eco-village" is available on the web at either one of http://www.MerriCohousing.org/ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse/ thanks Adam Tiller 03 9416 8812 0413 835 173 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ongoing Events - - - - - - - - Merri Cohousing Information Table at CERES market, every Saturday in December and February Saturdays, 9am-1pm, CERES, 8 Lee St, E Brunswick Cohousing Events in November 2000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Design Workshop on environmental elements of Merri Cohousing Sun 12 Nov 2000, 3pm-6pm Cohousing Information Seminar Thu 16 Nov, 7-9pm, at ACF, 340 Gore St, Fitzroy General Meeting of Merri Cohousing (all welcome) Wed 22 Nov 2000, 7.30pm - 9pm Location: CERES, 8 Lee St, E Brunswick (then follow the signs) (Our "General Meetings" are for members of Merri Cohousing. You will hear about progress on the project, hear from the committee and the working groups, and make major decisions. If you are not a member, you are most welcome, but try to read about cohousing and about our group before you come, so you are able to follow the proceedings, and participate. However, non-members cannot vote on decisions. Membership is $10, $50 or $100). Cohousing Events in December 2000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Informal Dinner get-together, all welcome, bring a plate Sun 3 Dec 6pm Sam's house, 1 Stewart St, Brunswick, one from cnr of Sydney Rd. Other "social" events to meet cohousing people are listed below. Cohousing Information Seminar Sat 9 Dec, 2-4pm ACF, 340 Gore St, Fitzroy General Meeting of Merri Cohousing (t.b.c.) Wed 20 Dec 2000, 7.30pm - 9pm Location: CERES, 8 Lee St, E Brunswick (then follow the signs) Cohousing Workshop at Confest on the Murray River, NSW Fri 29 Dec, 11am - http://www.dte.org.au/ConFest Cohousing Events in February 2001 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cohousing Information Seminar Sat 17 Feb 2001, 2-4pm ACF, 340 Gore St, Fitzroy General Meeting of Merri Cohousing (all welcome) Every four weeks, starting at a date to be confirmed. - - - - - - - - Cohousing events are now advertised in the WISEWORLD Calendar. Look out for the summer issue, free at community outlets, or check the web at http://www.borderlands.org.au/wiseworld Non-Cohousing Events where Merri Cohousing people participate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - November 2000 - - - - - - - Tue 14th Nov, 6-8pm Urban Ecology Australia (UEA) Victorian Chapter meeting Where: RMIT University Faculty of the Constructed Environment Meeting Room, Level 8 Building 8. RMIT Swanston Street Melbourne. Green C'Wealth Games 2006? Julianne Bell, Royal Park Protection Group (RPPG) Film "Ecological Design - Imagining the Future" Sun 19 Nov, 8am-11am start at Flinder St Station Reconciliation Walk - the big one! http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/msg01169.html http://www.reconciliation.org.au Sun 19 Nov, 10am - 5pm Collingwood Children's Farm - Country Fair Day, Grand Parade at 2pm. St Heliers St, Abbotsford Adjacent to possible site for Merri Cohousing at Abbotsford Convent. More info: 9417 5806, 9205 5469, http://www.farm.org.au Sun 19 Nov, 10am - 5pm Darebin Festival - Community Day at Edwards Lake, Reservoir on Edgars Creek, a tributary of Merri Creek. http://www.darebin.vic.gov.au/indexfest.html Wed 22 Nov, 7.30pm Penelope Swales at SubTerrain Cafe, 167 St. Georges Rd, Nth Fitzroy http://www.PenelopeSwales.com/ http://www.geocities.com/penelopeswales/ Sat-Sun 18-19 Nov Hispanic Festival, Johnston St, Fitzroy http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au/E/V/MELBO/0035/00/39/6.html Wed-Sun 22-26 Nov 3rd Australian Intentional Communities Conference Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, Queensland, Australia http://sun.big.net.au/~breeze/cwindex.html (Crystal Waters page) http://www.ecovillages.org/australia/crystalwaters/ Fri 24 Nov, 5.30pm (come and ride your bike with Merri Coho people) Critical Mass 5th Anniversary Ride and after-party-and-picnic State Library, Swanston St, Melbourne (the last Friday of every month) http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~amorton/cmass.html http://www.criticalmass.org.au Sat 25 Nov, 3pm til late Return of the Sacred Kingfisher Festival CERES Community Environmental Park, Lee St, East Brunswick, 9388 1707 Entry: $10/$6, Families: $20/$12. Activities for all ages, including a choreographed participatory ritual celebration from 6.30pm til nightfall with over 500 performers, 100s of school children, massed choir, live music and magical creek parade, led by Wurundjeri people. This is the bioregional event of the Merri community - our community, our event. http://www.ceres.org.au/community/events/festivals.html Sat 25 Nov, 4-10pm Songs Ablaze, Community Picnic, Singing workshops, Free concert Darebin Parklands on Darebin Creek at the end of Separation St, Fairfield Kavisha, Voce della Luna, Valanga Khoza, Petrunka, tel 9495 1518 Wed 29 Nov, 7.30pm Penelope Swales at SubTerrain Cafe, 167 St. Georges Rd, Nth Fitzroy http://www.PenelopeSwales.com/ http://www.geocities.com/penelopeswales/ January 2001 - - - - - - - Fri-Sun 12-14 Jan, Commonground, Seymour The 2nd South East Australian Intentional Communities Gathering tel 03 9481 2954, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Listing of Intentional Communities events around the world http://www.ic.org/events/index.html Cohousing links for Melbourne and Australia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cohousing Melbourne Network http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse/ Cohousing Melbourne Mailing List Archive http://www.egroups.com/messages/CohousingMelbourne Merri Cohousing, Melbourne http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse/merri.htm http://www.MerriCohousing.org/ Australian Cohousing's best site Cohousing Research and Education by Graham Meltzer http://www.aiid.bee.qut.edu.au/~meltzer/ List of Cohousing projects in Australia http://www.aiid.bee.qut.edu.au/~meltzer/local.htm Australian Cohousing Admin Mailing List Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Earthsong Cohousing Eco-neighbourhood in Auckland, NZ http://www.ecohousing.pl.net/ Eco-Village, and Cohousing Assoc of New Zealand http://www.converge.org.nz/evcnz/ Canadian Cohousing Network's "What is Cohousing" page http://www.cohousing.ca/what_is.html http://www.cohousing.ca/faq.html Neighbourhood building for ecological outcomes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NeighborNets web site http://www.neighbornets.org/index.htm http://home.bluepin.net.au/sdn/ian_mason/communitybooklet.htm Ian Mason's "Creating Neighbourhood Community" booklet online Eco-villages - - - - - - - Listing of Eco-villages in Australia http://www.gaia.org/services/Profile/Oceania_and_Asia/Australia/ Listing of Sustainable Settlement Projects in UK http://www.ecovillages.org/uk/network/england.html -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
