Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 03/25/2009 10:57 PM
Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 04/08/2009 08:54 AM
Expires: 01/01/2014 12:00 AM
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FoCuS Presents Circles of Collaboration on April 11th!
Photo courtesy of: Win Burleson & Chris Verplaetse
Are you interested in becoming more self-sufficient? Come join the Foothill Collaborative for Sustainability (FoCuS) for a potluck lunch followed by an afternoon of networking with our various interest groups devoted to sustainability, community self-reliance, and localization. Learn more about the various activities FoCuS is involved in. Find the group that fits your interests or start one of your own and start planning activities for the upcoming year. .....
Our current groups include: Agriculture & Gardening/Food, Green Profitability Network (business network), Central Sierra Ecological Building Association (sustainable building, solar, energy efficiency), Health & Wellness, and Biodiesel. Startup groups include waste management/large scale composting, vermiculture, and recycling, transportation, water and land use.
Spring Gathering 2009
April 11, 2009
Noon to 5:30 PM
Tuolumne County Ambulance & Fire Building
(large gray building right off Tuolumne Road near Standard Road)
18440 Striker Ct.
Sonora
$10 suggested donation to benefit FoCuS
Please bring a dish for 6-8 people, your own washable plate, cup, and utensils.
Suggested donation to FoCuS: $10 (members $5).
For more information: www.foothillsustainability.org/events or call Tamara Mitchell: 694-8399.
Come and join us at the Foothill Collaborative for Sustainability's (FoCuS) spring 2009 gathering to network with others interested in sustainability and community self reliance, and to learn more about the various activities in which FoCuS is involved.
We will begin with a pot-luck lunch at noon (bring a dish that will serve 6-8). Also bring your own washable cups, dishes and cutlery. Following lunch, we will engage in lightly facilitated conversations about current and anticipated activities to enhance sustainable living in Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties until 5:30.
FoCuS has generated four active interest groups, called "Seed Groups," that include the Green Profitability Network, Central Sierra Ecological Building Association, Health and Wellness, and FoCuS on Food. Additional groups are in the process of forming, including alternative fuels & energy, transportation, composting, vermiculture, and waste management. Each interest group will have an opportunity to introduce itself and its current programs, and everyone will have opportunities to explore the work of each group more deeply.
The goals of the day are to:
1. have a joyful networking experience
2. integrate new people into FoCuS and its Seed Groups
3. provide each seed group with the opportunity to generate next action steps
4. promote awareness of each others' operations and programs
For more information contact Tamara Mitchell: 694-8399 or tamara@foothillsustainability.org
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