Dear Patricia, Nice to hear from you. It has been a long time. I trust you're having a nice summer.
Thanks for forwarding the info about the Gardeners to Sustainable Tompkins. Hope you can join us next Sunday. We're using FreeConference Call. There is no fee for the service but people pay for their long distance call. Number: Tel: (712) 432-1100 Access Code: 497860# Have a nice week, Gilles At 01:15 PM 7/15/2008, Patricia Haines wrote: >GILLES: >can you remind me of the phone number for joining in the Gardeners for >Peace conference call on the 27th? > >I also want to let you know that I'm passing this message along to >Ithaca's sustainability network - Sustainable Tompkins - which is hosting >a September 11th gardens/spirituality event. I see Gardeners for Peace as >an inspiring example of how our passion for growing things can bring us >together and build a peaceful world. > >ST FOLKS: >Gardeners for Peace is something worth looking at - especially in light of >our fast-growing local foods focus - It is also a reminder that the Sept >11th Ithaca event could be a superb start for what is coming to be known >globally as "Peace Week" (Sept 11-21, the International Day of Peace) > >Level Green's offering for Peace Week will be our 2nd EARTHDANCE >gathering, on September 13th. This will be part of a global >time-synchronized event that includes a meditation for world peace and >dancing in the garden - with a webcast that brings us together with folks >in the over-300 other locations around the world. For inspiring details, >see <earthdance.org>. > >- fostering sustainable community through collaborative initiatives in >hospitality, education and the arts, in the 150 year-old >democratic spirit of the Danish Folk School > > >--- On Sat, 7/12/08, Gilles Asselin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Gilles Asselin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: A gardening proposition and hosting invitation > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 10:55 AM > > Fellow Gardeners, and friends of the Gardeners, > > > > How are you all doing in this lovely summer weekend? > > Gardening a bit, or > > not much today? > > > > I was recently reading Debbie Frieze's intro to the > > July newsletter of the > > Berkana Institute, and felt it was a very "gardening > > reflection" and > > "proposition" in many ways. > > > > In a literal sense, as she experienced gardening for > > herself on a farm > > recently, and in many other personal and spiritual ways > > which deal with our > > own consumption and buying habits. > > > > Knowing the two are closely interrelated. > > > > I invite you to read the attached "gardening > > proposition" from Debbie and > > would like to remind you that we have a Gardeners of Peace > > phone council on > > July 27, Sunday, at 3:30 EDT (New York time). > > > > Some of you have already responded to my invitation on > > Facebook. Thank you > > very much. I will make sure to send a reminder to those who > > aren't sure > > they can attend. > > > > Space is still open for one or two people to host our July > > gardening circle > > - feel free to get back to me if you are interested. > > > > An interesting question that emerged from our last council, > > and which could > > be a theme for this month is, > > > > "What is our garden? What fruits, flowers and > > vegetables do we cultivate?" > > > > Happy gardening to you all! > > > > > > Gilles > > > > A nice one from Gandhi that I reread last night: > > > > "Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists > > not in the > > multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary > > reduction of wants. > > This alone promotes real happiness and contentment, and > > increases the > > capacity for service." > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > The more you listen to the voice within you, the better you > > will hear what > > is sounding outside. > > > > -Dag Hammarskjold > > > > > > -------------------------------- > > Gilles Asselin > > SoCoCo Intercultural > > Princeton Junction, NJ > > Tel: (609) 631-0382 > > Fax: (609) 631-0383 > > <http://www.sococo.com/>www.sococo.com > > Francais-Americains > > <http://www.alban.fr/FrUs.htm>http://www.alban.fr/FrUs.htm > > Cultural Detective France > > <http://www.culturaldetective.com/>http://www.culturaldetective.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > ______________________________________________ The more you listen to the voice within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside. -Dag Hammarskjold -------------------------------- Gilles Asselin SoCoCo Intercultural Princeton Junction, NJ Tel: (609) 631-0382 Fax: (609) 631-0383 <http://www.sococo.com/>www.sococo.com Francais-Americains <http://www.alban.fr/FrUs.htm>http://www.alban.fr/FrUs.htm Cultural Detective France <http://www.culturaldetective.com/>http://www.culturaldetective.com/ ------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
