INVITATION: Peace Week Open House Sept 15 & 16 at Level Green We're pleased to invite you and your friends of all ages to an informal Open House next weekend,-September 15 & 16 - to celebrate the possibilities for peace that rest in community - and get a taste of what Level Green is up to these days.
1519 Slaterville Road (Rt 79 East), Ithaca - on the valley side just past where Pine Tree Road intersects with Rt 79. Parking in the meadow. Questions 339-9472 ON-GOING * Explore Upper Six Mile Creek pathways, visit Potter's Falls * Gully Bridge, built of recycled plastic as part of an '04 campus/community project by Cornell Engineering undergraduates * Pine Tree Pavilion, Erica Bush's '06 eco-structure for a Cornell Masters in Architecture * Meadow Meander - not quite a labyrinth ... * Art Barn - works on display by Jakob Graham, Gwen Daniels and Friends * Children's Corner - open play space * Film showings: What the Bleep do We Know; The End of Suburbia - bring your own to share * BYAPPOINTMENT: life readings with Autumn Sybert, Medium and Licensed Minister SATURDAY September 15 11:00 am Report from Chiapas: TC3 Intern Meredith Palmer, reflections on the Mexican indigenous rights movement 12:00 pm One Straw Revolution gardening - tour and talk with Jakob Graham, Level Green Program Associate BYO PICNIC LUNCH - grills available 1:00 pm Bee Healthy: New Takes on Ancient Wisdom - Peter Cappiello, traditionally-trained pharmacist and registered apitherapist, will share information on how bee products can improve health and counter diseases like MS 2:00 pm Explorations in Creative Reycling: * Recycle, Reuse, ReCreate - Linnett Short, Education Director, Tompkins County Solid Waste Division * Newspaper domes * Art fence and colorful tote bags with t-shirt 'yarn' 3:30 pm Strong Bones, Strong Life: Introduction to FeldenkraisĀ© Bones for Life Program - gentle, research-proven effective, fun somatic education lessons to build bone strength, prevent and counter osteoporosis and increase vitality for living a full life with Katy Grace, MA, OTR/L and Certified Feldenkrais & Bones for Life Teacher 5:30 pm HARVEST DISH-TO-PASS SUPPER 7:00pm Global Mediation for Peace: EarthDance <earthdance.org> synchronized "Global Om" & webcast - join folks from throughout the world for 15 minutes of positivity for peace 8:00 pm Dancing in the garden ... SUNDAY September 16 Morning Open painting in the meadow with Jakob Graham 1:00 pm One Straw Gardening - garden tour and talk with Jakob Graham 1:30 pm Music and Mind: Introduction to the Listening Project - music-based method of increasing mental clarity, proven very effective with ADD, autistic and special needs children and adults but good for anyone wanting to live an intentional life - with Katy Grace 2:00 pm Make Art Not War: Fairy wings and other things in the Art Barn 3:00 pm Arts at the Heart of a Sustainable World - a global initiative associated with the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development * Poetry - Katharyn Howd Machan, Inaugural Poet Laureate of Tompkins County and Professor, Ithaca College * Join the Dance - a taste of belly dancing with Zajal and Friends * 'Green' Art: Reflections on Burning Man - Gwen Daniels, Level Green Program Associate for the Arts, shares reflections on sharing a week with the 45,000 artists gathered in the Nevada dessert in August to make 'green' art * Where from Here? Arts at the Heart Open Space Convocation in Ithaca - Earth Day Weekend, April 24-26 '08 - Questions 607-339-9472 - fostering social, economic and environmental justice through collaborative initiatives in hospitality, education and the arts, in the 150 year-old democratic community spirit of the Danish Folk School - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Earn your permaculture design certificate. The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute offers affordable local classes. http://www.fingerlakespermaculture.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______________________________________________ fingerlakespermaculture@lists.mutualaid.org listserv RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information: http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/fingerlakespermaculture Support the list host by donating to: http://www.mutualaid.org