Please join the SW Vermont eco-caring community for a full dat of exhibitors, workshops, good food and live music.  I am delighted to be playing live music from 2:00-3:20 PM as part of the festival.  I will be playing and singing mostly original folk-love-spirit songs with my good friends Carl Bucholt and Art Lindermanis of Artful Touch Music.  Many of the songs are about living our bliss and passion in the face of all the challenges on the planet and many are sing-a-longs.  Please come!

                                                            With gratitude and blessings,

                                                                                            Tracey

LIVE GREEN 2010 

Don’t miss this 3rd annual Energy Expo and Music Festival!  Fun for the whole family!!

10am to 8pm, Saturday, September 11th.

Riley Rink at Hunter Park, Route 7A, Manchester, VT

Live Green at a Glance

Eco Friendly Exhibitors

Eco Marketplace

Green Workshops

Kid & Teen Workshops

Live Music

Live Green Cafe

Beer and Wine Tent

Tickets: only $10; children under 12 are free.   Tickets include admission to all exhibits, workshops, e-waste recycling and music.

For information , go to Riley Rink at Hunter Park. 

Last September, we were honored to have Andrew Harvey present, “What Can We Do?  Sacred Activism for the 21st Century.”  It was a totally inspiring wake-up call to live in our soul’s divinity while assisting in this time of great crises and change.  We all know that things are just getting crazier and crazier out there in the world and, sometimes, that can feel totally overwhelming and dis-empowering because we feel like “there is nothing I can do.”  Andrew’s work , Sacred Activism, is one profound, deeply empowering answer to the question that most of us ask, “How can I help?”

This time, Andrew will be with us for two full days of training in Sacred Activism, taking it deeper and further than last year.  So, whether you attended last year and wish to again learn from this amazing teacher or if you are new to Andrew’s work, you are invited to join us in a life-changing gathering of souls dedicated to changing the world.   Please join us for this extraordinary weekend.

With great love and gratitude,  Tracey Forest

SACRED ACTIVISM and the BIRTH of the DIVINE HUMANITY

ANDREW HARVEY

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SPIRIT HOLLOW

AUGUST 13-15, 2010

Cost for the entire weekend with Andrew, including lecture Friday evening at the Bennington Center for the Arts, is on a sliding scale of $174-190 per person.  If you want to attend the Friday night lecture only, cost is $20 per person.  Lunches for Saturday and Sunday at Spirit Hollow will be by potluck; so please bring a dish (preferably vegetarian) to share.

For driving directions to Spirit Hollow, click here.  Directions to the Bennington Center for the Arts for the Friday night program are available by clicking here.

Camping is available at Spirit Hollow; you can bring your own tent or share the limited lodgings in our yurt.  If you plan to sleep in the yurt, you will need to bring all your own bedding (including padding for floor sleeping) and to be able to roll your bedding up and stash it during the day as this is the same yurt where the workshop will be held.  Please let us know if you play to stay here at Spirit Hollow.

For local motels and inns where you can stay, click here for a listing of spots a short distance from Spirit Hollow.  BOOK EARLY! summer is a busy time in Vermont.

To register, call Spirit Hollow at (802) 447-3895, e-mail at spirithhollow@wildblue.net, or register online here.

S C H E D U L E:

FRIDAY NIGHT (August 13, 7-9PM):  Andrew Harvey: Sacred Activism and Birthing a New World (Introduction Lecture), with booksigning at the Bennington Center for the Arts.

SATURDAY and SUNDAY (August 14-15; Saturday 9AM-5PM, Sunday 9AM-3PM): Andrew Harvey: Sacred Activism Workshop at Spirit Hollow.

For more about Andrew Harvey and his work,  view his website here.

SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1-5PM

If you are a creative, spiritual visionary, but your relationship with money is holding you back from sharing your true gifts with the world….

…THEN MONEY FLOW BOOT CAMP IS FOR YOU!

Join us as we uncork your flow of wealth and purpose, so you can be the “change you want to see in the World.”

Please bring your money issues and a sense of humor.  Together, we’ll dig right into the most taboo subject in our culture: Money!  You’ll leave this workshop with a whole new relationship to money that will empower you.  This is some of the deepest work in the Universe.  You will be doing this not only for yourself, but to co-create flowing new energy in our world.

If this resonates with your spirit, to register:

$65 if paid in full by May 15; $75 thereafter and at the door.

Reserve your place with a $25 deposit or pay in full online (click here and choose the Money Flow Boot Camp button), or mail your check to:

Spirit Hollow

2509 Shaftsbury Hollow RD,

N. Bennington, VT 05257

Email us at spirithollow@wildblue.net or call us at 802-447-3895 for more information.

ATHENA BURKE is a creative visionary whose purpose is to support and empower those on a spiritual path to free their voices and true gifts and to hear their inner truths.  Athena is a singer, composer, breathworker, spiritual teacher and certified financial alchemy master coach.

Join us for an exciting exploration of the process and principles that are Permaculture Design.  An integrated, ethically-based, holisitic design system, permaculture provides a revolutionary framework for individuals, families, businesses, towns and bioregions to develop productive, diverse, resilient, healthy, enlivening and beautiful gardens, farms, homes, ecosystems, economics and communities.

After an in-depth exploration of the design principles that drive permaculture thinking and practice, we’ll actively delve into the process of designing for our host site, Spirit Hollow community.  We’ll discuss the vital importance of clear goals articulation, thoroughly analyze the ecological characteristics of our site and then collectively move towards developing a harmonious design concept that builds on the relationships between them.  Placing a strong emphasis on the development of dynamic, perennial agricultural systems, this intensive weekend will leave you energized, inspired and activated to return home and “permaculture” your community.

The intensive begins Friday night, April 30th at 6:30PM with an introductory lecture.   Hours on Saturday are 9AM-5PM with breaks for lunch and supper and continuing from 6:30-9PM; Sunday hours are 9AM-4PM with break for lunch. If you just want to attend the Friday lecture, the fee is $20; cost for the whole weekend (Friday-Sunday) is on a sliding scale of $175-190 (please pay what you can afford).  There may be two, half-tuition scholarships based on need; so, please inquire by calling us at (802) 447-3895.  You can register by calling or online.

Meals are all potluck-style; so bring dishes for two breakfasts, two lunches and one supper.  Use of the kitchen is always available; we will provide beverages and hot drinks throughout the workshop.

Recommended Reading:

• Introduction to Permaculture, Bill Mollison with Reny Mia Slay
• Permaculture-A Designer’s Manual, Bill Mollison
  
• Permaculture-Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, David Holmgren
• Gaia’s Garden, Toby Hemenway

Items to bring:

• notebook, pens, pencils
• drawing/drafting tools–optional (markers, engineer’s scale, trace paper, etc.–not necessary, but may be useful)
• external hard drive or flash drive ( if you have one–to share electronic resources)
• maps/photos of your site–optional.  These would be property surveys, topo and soil maps, aerial images, etc. ( We likely won’t have time to discuss individual site designs, but the resources could make for a great opportunity to share with other students and to explore what resources are available to us.)
• appropriate clothing–boots/water resistant shoes, rain gear, additional warm clothes (just in case)
• toiletries and gear for sleeping in the yurts at Spirit Hollow. (The yurts are shared, open spaces; so bring sleeping bags, pillows and air mattresses or padding.  You can also camp in your own tent if you require more privacy.  Spirit Hollow does have warm outdoor showers and outhouses.  If accomodations are too rugged, we can recommend motels within 15-20 minutes of Spirit Hollow.
  

BIOS:

Mark Krawczyk is a permaculture designer, educator and community organizer, traditional woodworker, natural builder and impassioned soil-building devotee in Burlington, Vermont.  He owns and operates Keyline Vermont, an ecological land use design and consultation firm, and co-organized the grassroots educational non-profit, Burlington Permaculture.

Keith Morris has been applying his life-long love of nature and people to permaculture and ecological design since 1996 and has worked professionally as a designer, farmer, natural builder and educator, facilitating healthy and healing human ecosystems since 2000.  His work integrates community building, ecological regeneration, shelter and structures and diverse, nutrient-dense food production into beautiful and productive whole systems.  He teaches at Sterling College, the Yestermorrow Design/Build School and the University of Vermont and has worked for USAID Farmer to Farmer in Nigeria and Ghana.