[Lapg] Common Vision’s Fruit Tree Tour! KICK OFF Saturday, February 18 from 10 am to 4 pm Pine Manor Northern San Diego County

Sun Feb 12 22:44:14 PST 2006

Come join in an event to kick off Common Vision's Fruit Tree Tour! Common 
Vision (www.commonvision.org) will soon plant 1,000 fruit trees at 
elementary and high schools across California.

On Saturday, February 18 from 10 am to 4 pm we will be gathering at Pine 
Manor (www.pinemanor.com) for a day of organic gardening, earthen 
plastering, fruit tree planting, drumming, dancing, music, yummy food and 
more!!!
For more info call Deanna at 949) 981-8067.
Suggested Donations: $20 - $50

Directions: From Interstate #5 head East for 22 miles on Highway #74 
(ORTEGA Highway) toward Lake Elsinore. As you near El Cariso Village, you 
will cross a bridge and see a "Reduce Speed to 45" Sign and a green sign 
saying "El Cariso Village". Just beyond these signs turn left on Monte 
Vista and Pine Manor is the first driveway to the right on Monte Vista. If 
you miss Monte Vista, you will see Patty's Country Store on your right. 
Turn around and come back.

Through the California Sustainability Project, Common Vision infuses public 
schools and spaces with inspiration, infrastructure, and experience to 
support solution-focused environmental education
for urban youth. Common Vision facilitates hands-on projects with students 
and community leaders that serve to retrofit public schools and spaces into 
models of sustainability.

As learning environments begin to model sustainable design principles and 
techniques they become living classrooms that demonstrate and inspire a 
more harmonious relationship with nature. We see fruit trees and gardens 
important steps to cultivate in students awareness, respect, and love
for the earth's delicate and abundant ecology.

ABOUT FRUIT TREE TOUR 2006

Fruit Tree Tour is a Common Vision project empowering urban youth through 
collective effort.
Common Vision is a solution-focused nonprofit organization whose mission is 
to cultivate ecological awareness and respect for the Earth while 
generating social and environmental changes towards sustainable lifestyles. 
This Spring, Common Vision embarks on Fruit Tree Tour 2006. Earth educators 
load their recycled vegetable oil powered vehicles with 1000 fruit trees in 
preparation for a day-long program at each school. The integration of West 
African agricultural drumming and ceremonial tree planting is intended not 
only to change the landscape of the urban educational experience but also 
to deepen the connection of the students to their own environment.

Students work in intimate groups with facilitators to prepare the ground 
and trees for planting. Facilitators engage students in dialogues around 
key ecological and cultural concepts such as nutrient cycles and 
interconnectedness. The long-term goal is to develop relationships with 
schools and work with them in the future to create multi-layered food 
forest gardens.
The students? participation in creating a food forest at their own school 
provides space for stewardship. Students are able to generate value in 
their community and a nutritious, local food source. The Fruit Tree Tour 
strives to merge ancient rhythms and modern urban education to create an 
experience that integrate concepts of ecology with the traditions, music, 
and art of cultures that live or have lived in harmony with the Earth.

SOME OF THE SCHOOL BEING VISIT CHECK WEBSITE FOR UPDATED SCHEDULE

Vista Del Valle Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Description: 550 Vista Dr
Claremont, CA
Los Angeles County

This is Vista's second year of involvement in Fruit Tree Tour. The students 
have developed a dedication to growing the fruit for their cafeteria and 
have started asking the question, "Who else can we feed?"
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Access: Public

Sycamore Elementary Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Description: 225 W 8th St
Claremont, CA
Los Angeles County

Sycamore is looking to pass along the inspiration and message of the Fruit 
Tree Tour by planting trees with a local chapter of Habitat for Humanity
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Priority: Medium
Access: Public

Description: Pomona CA
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2006
Priority: Medium
Access: Public

Cleveland Elementary Date: Friday, February 24, 2006
Description: 524 Palisade St
Pasadena, CA
Los Angeles County
First year of participation in Fruit Tree Tour.
Access: Public

Valerio Elementary Date: Monday, February 27, 2006
Description: 15035 Valerio St
Van Nuys, CA
Greater Los Angeles
Access: Public

Stagg Street Elementary Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Description: 7839 Amestoy Ave
Van Nuys, CA
Greater Los Angeles Area
Access: Public

Blair Philips
Founder and Holistic Systems Manager
stillwater at commonvision.org
831.345.5724

Deanna Moore
Wholistic Systems Facilatator
kassa at commonvision.org
949.981.8067

Michael Flynn
Director of Educational Programs
michael at commonvision
831.588.9914

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must 
recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less 
arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a 
fitting place.
-Margaret Mead

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