[Scpg] {Path to Freedom} Earth Day - April, 19, 22 & 23

[Path to Freedom]

Greetings fellow earthsavers!

Let's face it. Our world is in deep, deep trouble and we are the "troublemakers." We have to make real, difficult changes yesterday.

Despite the obvious benefits, we are not going to recycle, compost, or talk our way out of this. 

Our leaders, being politicians, are not leaders at all but are bound to be followers, who just won't be there for us in a crisis. So, it's me and you.  Let's turn the world right side up, let's live this revolution.

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:: PTF ECO FILM FESTIVAL ::

This month PTF will be out and about town &  on April 22nd will be hosting an Eco-Film Festival at Debs Park (details below) or check out the online calendar at www.pathtofreedom.com/calendar 

:: NEWS ::

4/2/06  Part 1 of the new PTF website is up!  

There's still a bit of work that needs to be done, but for the time being we hope that you will find the website easier to use.   Stay tuned for Part II that we hope to finish by the end of May.  This second installment will included photos, writings and references to the many projects that we have accomplished over the years - biodiesel, "powering down", growing our own food, installing solar panels (thanks to Allan of EE Solar) seasonal eating, using and building the cob oven (thanks to Ray of Cobanation) and much more.  

4/10/06  Natural Home & Garden magazine features Path to Freedom's Urban Homestead

"Pasadena Paradise"  featured in the May/June issue of Natural Home & Garden look for it on newsstands near you or purchase a copy at www.pathtofreedom.com/shop 

When photographer Stephen Dabrowski trained his camera lens on the Path to Freedom garden for the Natural Home & Garden piece, he focused on more than the sunlight on the plants.

"As the Dervaeses worked in their garden, I realized that the real beauty lay in their intensity and devotion to what they truly stand for as a strong family -- the love of working with the soil, the crops and the animals." 

4/11/06  How big is your footprint?

Your ecological footprint is the amount of land it takes to support your lifestyle. Use these handy selection of calculators to determine the size and impact of your footprint.  http://www.pathtofreedom.com/calculators.shtml

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EARTH DAY @ Wild Oats- Pasadena 

April 19, Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
603 S Lake Ave, Pasadena  (626) 792-1778

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Path to Freedom will be at Wild Oats in Pasadena with their urban homestead display and biodiesel 
running vehicle.  A few family members will be on hand to answer questions about 
environmental stewardship, urban homesteading, homebrewing biodiesel and more. 
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GREENING THE EARTH DAY - Pasadena 
think. walk. talk. GREEN. act. be. live. GREEN

April 22, Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Memorial Park & Armory Center for the Arts
at 145 Raymond Street between Holly & Walnut

Ride the Gold Line to Memorial Park and get a FREE GIFT with Goldline or Bus ticket

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Path to Freedom will be at Memorial Park in Pasadena with their urban homestead display 
and biodiesel running vehicle.  A few family members and volunteers will be on hand to answer 
questions about environmental stewardship, urban homesteading, homebrewing biodiesel and more. 
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EARTH DAY AUDUBON - Highland Park
Have Fun Caring for Mother Earth

April 22, Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Audubon Center at Debs Park
4700 North Griffin Avenue, East Los Angeles

Learn how you can become a "world custodian" and help take care of the earth we all share. Bring the family and join us at the Audubon Center at Debs Park, Admission is free and if you ride the Metro (Gold Line, Southwest Museum Exit), you will be eligible to win prizes.

The event will be held at one of the "greenest" facilities in the country. Activities will include solarcar racing, arts and crafts, organic food demonstrations, wilderness workshops and a bird identification treasure hunt. There will be lots of entertainment provided by Native American dancers, gospel singers and other cultural dance troops and musicians. Learn about green technology and how you can practice it at home. If you're a movie buff, bring the family to enjoy the Eco-Film Festival. For more information and detail on the day's events, visit: www.earthdayaudubon.org

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Path to Freedom will present an all day Eco-Film Festival at the library.   Besides having their informative 
display on hand that documents their pioneering journey towards self-sufficiency, Jules Dervaes 
will be giving a two power point presentations on living a revolution.

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10:00 am -11:00 am / PTF POWER POINT PRESENTATION / Q&A - Jules Dervaes

Bringing the Eco Revolution Home

"Path to Freedom is an "urban homestead" in Pasadena. The Dervaes family has opened their home and hearts to sharing a lifetime of experience in and impressive range of back-to-basics practices such as permaculture methods, bio-intensive farming and appropriate technologies including biodiesel and solar energy. Their example and training can help anyone with an open mind to successfully reduced their own "footprint" on the earth."

11:15 am - 12:45 pm /  Film: THE FUTURE OF FOOD 

There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America -- a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. 

THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm /  Film:THE POWER OF THE SUN

The film is a celebration of solar power. It features writer/actor JOHN CLEESE (of Monty Python fame), Nobel Laureates WALTER KOHN and ALAN HEEGER, NASA Solar Pioneer BILL YERKES, Stanford students, and other notables, experts and ordinary folk.

It deals with the history and science of solar power; its implementations in the developed and the less developed world; and the
urgent issues of global warming and oil depletion.

2:00 pm -3:00pm / PTF POWER POINT PRESENTATION / Q&A - Jules Dervaes

Bringing the Eco Revolution Home

"Path to Freedom is an "urban homestead" in Pasadena. The Dervaes family has opened their home and hearts to sharing a lifetime of experience in and impressive range of back-to-basics practices such as permaculture methods, bio-intensive farming and appropriate technologies including biodiesel and solar energy. Their example and training can help anyone with an open mind to successfully reduced their own "footprint" on the earth."

3:00pm -3:30pm  /  Film: KILOWATT OURS

Kilowatt Ours reveals the consequences of our coal powered economy. The film invites viewers to help build a net zero nation, by conserving energy to the greatest extent possible at home, then using clean renewable energy to provide the electricity used.

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EARTH DAY @ All Saints Church - Pasadena 

April 23, Sunday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
132 North Euclid Avenue (626) 796.1172

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Path to Freedom will be at All Saints Church in Pasadena with their urban homestead display and biodiesel 
running vehicle.  A few family members will be on hand to answer questions about 
environmental stewardship, urban homesteading, homebrewing biodiesel and more. 
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Follow our path...
Organic Gardening, Urban Permaculture, Solar Energy, Homebrew Biodiesel, 
Citified Farm Animals, Cob Oven, Waste & Water Reclamation, Appropriate 
Technologies & More!

  ~ A pioneering journey towards self sufficiency, one step at a time ~
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PATH TO FREEDOM
  Sustainable Living Resource Center & Urban Homestead

  Jules Dervaes (founder /director)
  631 Cypress Ave
  Pasadena, CA  91103
  phone: 626.795.8400
  email:  dervaes at pathtofreedom.com
  web: www.PathtoFreedom.com

In our society growing food yourself has become the most radical of acts. It 
is truly the only effective protest, one that can-and will-overturn the 
corporate powers that be. By the process of directly working in harmony with 
nature, we do the one thing most essential to change the world-we change 
ourselves.    ~  Jules Dervaes ~

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