ART OF COMMUNITY NORTHWEST CONFERENCE: September 8-10, 2006

2006-09-04

Richard Moore

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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:38:21 -0700
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This special announcement of an event sponsored by the Fellowship for 
Intentional Community was sent to Molly Morgan at •••@••.••• as 
a subscriber to the FIC's monthly eNews. For more information about 
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  THE ART OF COMMUNITY NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
  Co-Opportunities for Sustainability

  Date: September 8-10, 2006
  Time: from 5 PM Friday to 10 PM Sunday
  Location: Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA
  More: <http://fic.ic.org/aofc/>http://fic.ic.org/aofc/

  Register Now
<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636

Greetings! A team of committed community folks has been pulling 
together what promises to be a great Art of Community event this fall 
in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Our intention for the event is to promote and support communities 
that recognize and practice sustainability. We will do this with 
interactive workshops and panels, hearing from some fantastic plenary 
speakers, interspersing music, art, a live auction, and plenty of 
networking opportunities, including display and information tables 
hosted by communities and sustainability-oriented organizations.

A number of well-known writers and community leaders will help as we 
weave the web of community networks. Some of the presenters already 
scheduled include:

Diana Leafe Christian, Communities magazine editor; author: Creating
   a Life Together
Lisa Fitzhugh, ArtCorps Executive Director
Mark Lakeman, Portland City Repair Coordinator
Geoph Kozeny, the Peripatetic Communitarian from Communities magazine 
& Visions of Utopia producer
Vicki Robin, Cofounder of Conversation Cafes, and New Road Map 
Foundation; Author, Your Money or Your Life
David Korten, Author, and The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth 
Community and cofounder, Positive Futures Network
and more!

WHY THIS CONFERENCE?

Here is a place to learn about working models of sustainability...and 
share your own
ideas.

Art of Community Northwest will bring together people interested in 
building community wherever they live, and will highlight successful 
and sustainable efforts in a variety of communities.

This is a great opportunity to meet people from existing and forming 
Northwest communities, including ecovillages, cohousing, egalitarian, 
housing cooperatives.

Learn about ways to be more sustainable through green and natural 
building techniques, creating community spaces, supporting local 
agriculture and permaculture.

Community networks are joining the FIC to provide sponsorship support 
to help ensure the event is a success. These include the Northwest 
Intentional Communities Association (NICA), Cohousing Association of 
the United States (Coho/US) and the Federation of Egalitarian 
Communities (FEC). Other sponsors include nonprofits like Rites of 
Passage Journeys, Institute of Noetic Sciences Northwest, and Yes! 
Magazine, plus business collaborators such as GreenWorks Realty. 
Other community organizations, including Songaia Cohousing Community 
and the International Puppydogs Movement are also stepping up to 
support the event.



Sliding scale online registration is fast and easy. Please register
in advance! This venue is expected to sell out, so we encourage you
to register now, to reserve your space.

REGISTER NOW
<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636



MEALS AVAILABLE AT BASTYR - VEGAN AND VEGETARIAN OPTIONS!

Bastyr is known for its natural health education and great vegan and
vegetarian food service. Because of the relatively remote location of
Bastyr's campus, there are no restaurants in walking distance. We
recommend choosing meals on site, which you must sign up for in
advance, along with your registration.

MEALS ONLINE
<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5455>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5455
Otherwise, bring some food along!

MORE ABOUT BASTYR, INCLUDING DIRECTIONS
<http://www.bastyr.edu/>http://www.bastyr.edu/


COMMUNITY BUS TOURS

We're pleased to include two community bus tours on Friday, September 8.

Tour 1 ($45) leaves Bastyr at 8:45am for tours of Bob the House, Apex 
Cooperative, and Songaia Cohousing. Tour 1 includes a lunch with 
vegetarian options available, served in the common house at Songaia 
Cohousing Community and then returns to Bastyr by 1:15pm.

Tour 2 ($40) leaves Bastyr at 1:30pm for tours of Sunset House, 
Jackson Place Cohousing, and Emma Goldman Finishing School. It 
returns to Bastyr by 5:45pm.

To reserve seats for either bus tour:
<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6409>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6409


CAMPING OPTION AVAILABLE
Contact Fred Lanphear at <mailto:•••@••.•••>•••@••.••• to 
get information about a community that has offered to make camp sites 
available to our attendees that weekend.

AUCTION ITEMS
If you have a product or service that the FIC can use in the benefit 
auction, please contact Harvey Baker at 
<mailto:•••@••.•••>•••@••.••• who will keep the inventory of 
items. Please also cc your message to Laird Schaub at 
<mailto:•••@••.•••>•••@••.••• . One of our team members will 
follow up with you about how to get the item to our conference site 
for Art of Community.


A big thank you to our amazing sponsors! Check out their links on our 
website: <http://fic.ic.org/aofc/>http://fic.ic.org/aofc/ for more 
information about each of them.

Major Sponsors
Fellowship for Intentional Community
Northwest Intentional Community Association
Federation of Egalitarian Communities
International Puppydogs Movement
AM 1090 Progressive Talk
Greenworks Realty

Sustaining Sponsors
Rites of Passage Journeys

Supporting Sponsors
Cohousing Association of the United States
Yes! Magazine

Cooperating Sponsors
Songaia Cohousing Community
Institute of Noetic Sciences Northwest
The Heritage Institute
Goodenough Communitys
Greener Living Solutions
Sustainable Ballard

Costs for full weekend: Admission $60-$75 (sliding scale)

SUMMARY OF LINKS

Registration:
<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4636

Onsite Meals:
<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5455>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5455

Bus Tour Tickets:
<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6409>http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6409

Event Schedule:
<http://fic.ic.org/aofc/ScheduleGrid.htm>http://fic.ic.org/aofc/ScheduleGrid.htm

Kids and young adults are welcome. Ages 12 and under can come for 
free, but we'd like to know how many are coming, so that we can plan 
appropriately for kid program activities.

We look forward to seeing you at Art of Community Northwest!
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