http://biocongress.org Nurturing a deep sense of place Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:10:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi everyone -- we're having a very vibrant discussion on the bioregional listserv, and I wanted to share with us a recent post by Alberto Ruz on this important topic: Hi everyone: Being a sweat lodge runner since 1979 or 1980, a privilege and responsibility passed to me by Melvim Chiloquim, elder ... http://biocongress.org/2009/11/some-thoughts-on-earth-based-ritual-other-cultures-and-bioregionalism/ have just returned from the Tenth Continental Bioregional Congress at The Farm in Summertown, TN. The Farm is an intentional living community which began in 1971 as an experiment in communal living when over 300 hippies, members of Stephen Gaskin's Monday Night classes in San Francisco, formed a caravan and traveled ... http://biocongress.org/2009/10/back-from-the-bioregional-congress/ Hello everyone, Getting set up in coffee shops to do my normal Goddard and workshops and readings and other arranging work, I can barely imagine what to say to friends about where I’ve been except, “in a parallel universe.” The congress itself is something out of our mainstream American, or even ... http://biocongress.org/2009/10/cbc-10-a-love-letter/ Pathways towards energy Interdependence. Published in Summer 09 Green Living Journal Bioregionalism is the idea that our cultural and political adaptations should fall consciously within the natural boundaries of our home on earth.  Much of the emphasis of bioregionalism has taken the form of community organizing to bring local food to your ... http://biocongress.org/2009/08/pathways-towards-energy-interdependence/ A podcast with Gregory Landua, Site Comittee Coordinator for the upcoming Bioregional Congress, and the Interdependent Radio Project. http://biocongress.org/2009/08/bioregionalism-and-interdependence/ Hello bioregional activist, organizer, artist, elder and/or enthusiast, At the last Continental Bioregional Congress at Earthaven Ecovillege in 2005, the CBC Coordinating Council was charged by the congress to begin working on a bioregional curriculum, which could be piloted (at least in part) at the next congress. Participants at ... http://biocongress.org/2009/04/bioregional-biocurriculum/ Permaculturist Paul Wheaton just sent me a link to this new video featuring the extremely fuel-efficient build-it-yourself rocket stove / mass heater. It offers, in Paul's words, "A compilation of 12 rocket heaters, 8 video clips of rocket mass heaters, 2 video clips of pocket rockets, 1 picture ... http://biocongress.org/2009/04/rocket-stoves-rock/ The history of the Congresses has been rich and storied. Here we can see the amazing myriad of cultural traditions that weave together to form the biorgional conversation. http://biocongress.org/2009/04/congresses-of-the-past-in-photos/ Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family's wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to ... http://biocongress.org/2009/03/a-farm-for-the-future/ Transition Town training answers the question: How can our community respond to the challenges, and opportunities, of Peak Oil and Climate Change? Four Key Assumptions of the Transition Initiative Process: That life with dramatically lower energy consumption ... http://biocongress.org/2009/03/april-18-19-transition-training-in-bloomington-in/