Cohousing-L Mailing List: COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE IN ALBUQUERQUE:

[Steven Hecht (shecht]

[I am forwarding this message on behalf of Ma'ikwe Ludwig.--Steve Hecht]

Please help spread the word about this conference!

The national nonprofit organization, the Fellowship for Intentional
Community, is sponsoring a three day immersion into the world of Intentional
Community and the evolution of cooperative, sustainable culture at the
University of New Mexico, May 30-June 1! Our new webpage:
http://fic.ic.org/aofc is your best source of information.

Early Bird ticket sliding scale: $95-200 until April 21st!
Tickets can be purchased online at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/26402
To register by paying with a check, contact Syd at (206) 679-5342
For tabling information, contact Peggy at (505) 417-4097

We are gathering to explore the intersection between community-building,
sustainability and cultural change. Topics will include Residential
Intentional Community and Guerilla Community Building, Sustainable Urban
Regeneration, Permaculture & Ecovillages. The topic of Community will be
looked at from many different angles: as part of peace and social justice
work, a life choice to live cooperatively, as a spiritual path, as a
laboratory for social change, and an antidote to global climate change.
Other workshops will teach consensus, conflict resolution and other group
dynamic topics, plus look at economics and development issues. The Art of
Community Southwest will feature speakers, workshops, tabling and networking
events, and a Saturday night banquet and benefit auction. Whether you
currently live in community or not, we hope you will be inspired to bring
this learning home and make your life more sustainable... and much more fun!

Main speakers include:
*       climate change author Albert Bates of The Farm's Ecovillage Training
Center
*       urban homesteader and permaculturist Mary Lou Singleton of the
Midwives Alliance of North America
*       Earth Day organizer Mark Dubois of the Pachamama Alliance
*       community advocate and group consultant Laird Schaub of the
Fellowship for Intentional Community
*       author Margo Adair of Tools for Change
*       and youth advocate Myra Murphy-Jacob of the Sustainable Global
Leadership Alliance.

and here are some workshop highlights:
•       Consensus
•       Starting a Residential Intentional Community
•       New Economics
•       Pathways to Sustainability
•       Aging in Community Successfully
•       Spiritual Activism
•       Biodeisel Basics
•       Ecovillages!
•       Media, Community and the Fate of the Earth
•       Integrative Land Planning for Community

For more information, contact Ma'ikwe at (505) 514-8180 or
maikwe [at] solspace.net



Ma'ikwe Schaub Ludwig (505) 514-8180

COMMUNITY CONFERENCE IN ALBUQUERQUE: http://fic.ic.org/aofc/

Book: Passion as Big as a Planet: Evolving Eco-Activism in America
www.lulu.com/content/656849
Trainings: Ecovillage Design Education ecovillagedesignsouthwest.org/
Company: Sol Space Consulting www.solspace.net/