[Sdpg] Village Building Convergence 2012, May 25 June 3/ Portland OR 10 day hands-on event when thousands of people will live as sustainable urban Villagers once more! , ,

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

*Become a villager once again at this year's Village Building Convergence! *


*By bike or mass transit, people are converging once again!!! This is 
when Portlanders come out into the streets to re-create the 
neighborhoods that they live in, so that people make new places and new 
friends as they learn, step by step, how to transform the world right 
where they live! Come see more than 40 Portland communities working all 
at the same time, across the city!*

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It could end up being the time of your life, in which you gain a new 
sense of power for yourself and with more people than you ever even knew 
before. By, for, and of our beloved city!** *

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*There will be almost a dozen street intersections transformed into 
community gathering places, many schools activated to bring children 
together with local resident communities, and many more visionary 
businesses and communities that are also initiating projects and 
processes for beneficial change! Let's GO!*

*There will be all kinds of project types and methods, many including** 
**natural** **building, public art, permaculture projects at all scales, 
urban design, community democracy, and tons of hands-on, educational 
workshops!*

*Evening Speakers this year will include:*

    · *Oliver Kelhammer,* One of Canada's leading Permaculture teachers
    and an urban art insurgent!

    · *Jenny Pell,* International Permaculture Designer and NW Region
    Teacher!

    · *Ianto Evans*, "Father of Natural Building" in North America!

    · *Nance Klehm*, Greywater, Water Catchment, Humanure & Soil
    Building Teacher!

    · *Mark Lakeman*, Inventor of the T-Horse, City Repair Co-Founder!

    · *Starhawk*, Author, Permaculture Teacher, Witch, & International
    Activista!

    · *Nala Walla, *Body Ecologist & Permaculture Teacher!

    · *Eva Edleston & Molly Murphy*, FireSpeaking & The Mudgirls!

    · *Paul Cienfuegos*, Democracy Activist to End Corporate Dominance!

    · *Marc Tobin,* Village Leader & Designer, Former Exec at Lost
    Valley Educational Center!

    · *Karen Hery*, Inventor of Portland's Acclaimed Sunnyside Swap Shop
    and many more!

    *This VBC will be a 10 day hands-on event when thousands of people
    will live as sustainable urban Villagers once more!*

    *In every quadrant of the city, communities will be working together
    to directly transform the spaces where they live into ecological and
    sacred places that express creative and democratic participation.**
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    Please let us know if you want to come and join us for the Village
    Building Convergence of 2012, May 25 to June 3!** *

    *If you have not yet heard of the VBC, please go to
    **www.cityrepair.org/vbc <http://www.cityrepair.org/vbc>**,** where
    you will also find a registration form for the event, or call**
    **503-235-8946 <tel:503-235-8946>** **to learn more.
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    *VBC12 Sponsors Include:* The Portland Bureau of Transportation, 
    the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, and the Bureau of
    Environmental Services, as well as Metro Regional Government,
    Communitecture, Inc, The Rebuilding Center, KBOO Community Radio,
    People's Food COOP, M Realty, Hankins Hardware, Barrett Ecological
    Services, Rising Vision LLC, and Portland's ReDirect Guide.


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