Green Festivals and cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H Olson (fholsoncohousing.org) | |
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:47:59 -0700 (PDT) |
Does anyone know if cohousing is represented at these Green Festivals (see below)? Minneapolis has a locally produced "Green Expo" each spring ( http://www.livinggreen.org/ ) at the state fairgrounds and some some cohousing presentation has often been made tho we have not had a booth (the main feature is many many organizational booths). Huge numbers of people attend, many would likely be interested in the cohousing idea. I have proposed setting up a mockup, scaled down cohousing community (using tents) on a nearby area of the fairgrounds but we have not pulled this off yet. Tho the huge crowds are there and some would surely wonder over to the cohousing setup, there is already too much to take in in one day so it is not clear how successful it would be as a cohousing outreach. One possible theme / distinction would be that the Green Expo (and the regular 10 day State Fair) are human scale walking events where much interaction takes place but they only happen once a year. Cohousing communities are human scale communities where much interaction takes place in walking distance from home year round and many are "green" in various ways. Green Festivals ( extracted from their web site - url below) Green Festivals are two day celebrations of what people can do to promote healthy communities, social justice and ecological balance. Green Festivals, a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America, celebrate what's working in our communities for people, business and the environment. Here, green means safe, healthy communities and a strong local economy. They claim to be the nation's premier sustainability events, where you will see the best in green. More than 125 authors, leaders and educators; great how-to workshops; cutting-edge films; fun activities for kids; organic beer and wine; delicious vegetarian cuisine and diverse live music. 2008 Green Festival Dates Seattle: April 12-13 Chicago: May 17-18 Washington, DC: Nov 8-9 San Francisco: Nov 14-15-16 http://www.greenfestivals.org Fred Note, Cohousing-L subscriber byronpatterson [at] gmail.com sent a Green Festival (DC) announcement but Fred reworked it into this message. -- Fred H. Olson Minneapolis,MN 55411 USA (near north Mpls) Communications for Justice -- Free, superior listserv's w/o ads: http://justcomm.org My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org 612-588-9532 (7am-10pm CST/CDT) Email: fholson at cohousing.org
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Green Festivals and cohousing Fred H Olson, October 14 2008
- Re: Green Festivals and cohousing Ann Zabaldo, October 14 2008
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Re: Green Festivals and cohousing Fred H Olson, October 14 2008
- Re: Green Festivals and cohousing Matthew Whiting, October 14 2008
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