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Hello Everyone,
Beginning on Thursday April 6 at
Sustainable Settings in Carbondale, a public forum on creating a
sustainable community will begin. This will be a monthly meeting, on the
first Thursday of every month from 7 - 9 pm, starting April 6 and ending
(for now) on November 2. It is possible we may have some of the meetings
in our own local area, but this is a good start for the whole valley.
For those who cannot attend, there will be a way to post the discussion
and progress. More details on this below our events calendar.
For our budding “Fat City Farm”, we
have other things happening as well:
Fruit Tree Grafting Class:
Saturday April 22 - at Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture
Institute on Basalt Mountain - sign up at www.crmpi.org
or call Jerome at 927-4158
Free
Fruit Tree Pruning Class: Sunday April 23 - exact locations
t.b.a. - sign up at www.crmpi.org
or call Jerome at 927-4158
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Heritage Fruit Tree Project -
We have many old fruit trees ready to be adopted, so if you are interested
in caring for an old tree and reaping it’s grateful harvest in the
Autumn, taking the Pruning Class is the best way to begin.
We are also working on a place that has a
couple of “hoop houses” that would make excellent seed-starting
structures. These old structures need a lot of work to make them workable,
so if you’re interested in getting started with some greenhouses, let me
know and I’ll introduce you to the landowner, and see what you think.
These are at the upper end of the Highway 82 frontage road that connects
Catherine’s Store and Blue Lake. There’s a natural gas heater,
electricity and water, in a location easy to access.
Truly yours,
Michael Thompson
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Community Gardens:
We are working on 2 locations for community gardens this summer. Each of
these will need a small number of dedicated gardeners to build fence,
prepare soil, line out irrigation, plant crops, cultivate and harvest
them. We are starting out with very small areas, and we’ll expand next
year as needed. We would like to grow potatoes of many kinds, greens,
squash, and beans, and to learn what plants will accompany them as habitat
for beneficial insects. If you want to help, you will enjoy a harvest:
Emma Open Space - The field beside
the old Emma schoolhouse is Pitkin County Open Space, and their Board is
interested in leasing some of it for community gardens. First step is a
meeting with the Emma Caucus at Basalt Town Hall on Monday, April 24 at 7
pm.
Happy Day Ranch - we
are looking for just a few people interested in building a garden at Ginny
Parker’s Happy Day Ranch in Emma. We will be meeting with Ginny on
Sunday afternoon, April 3, to discuss the lay of the land, the irrigation
water and how much we will fence off to start.
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Here is the text of Brook LeVan’s message
about the public forum:
Dear All,
We need to do this. I don't know how it will turn out but it is time to
start gathering on some kind of a regular basis. We can offer up the ranch
as a meeting place to start with and see if and how it grows. To my mind
it needs to happen in several locations throughout the Valley. Anyone
interested?
Creating a Sustainable Community - A Public Forum
1st Thursdays at Sustainable Settings Ranch April 6th to November 9th, 7 -
9 PM
Awareness is growing concerning global oil supplies peaking resulting in
the gradual decline in availability of petroleum fuels and the escalation
of prices for nearly everything from food, heat for our homes to clothing
and transportation. What does this mean for our community? How do we
design and create a sustainable community based on other energy platforms?
What can we do about it now?
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Concerns about Peak Oil can be an impetus for
positive change. Fear based decisions tend to create poorly thought out
solutions. A positive attitude and upfront design can inform our decision
making process in the years to come.
Join us at Sustainable Settings the 1stThursday of each month from April
6th to November 9th for a community open forum and cookie potluck to:
• keep the dialogue alive,
• form community groups for mutual support and inspiration,
• inventory our current situation,
• begin to find local solutions,
• create action steps, and
• learn about the inherent wealth of knowledge, skills, and resources in
our community
Please carpool. All cookies welcome.
All the Best,
Brook LeVan
Executive Director
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FROM Katie:
Please look over the following schedule of
classes for "The Food Projects" at Aspen Elementary
School and let me know which you could volunteer your time for. Even if you
can come part of the time, this would be helpful.
These days are very fun and rewarding. If you can spare any time, it
would also be great if you would volunteer to help pull materials together for
a certain grade "Food Project" also.
There is a lot involved in making it all
happen.
Thank you in advance for any time you can give
for these special "Slow Food Classes".
Friday, February
24
3rd
grade
"potatoes"
Morning or Afternoon
Friday, March
3
1st
grade
"wheat"
Morning or Afternoon
Thursday, Mar.
23
Kindergarten
"sunflowers" Morning
or Afternoon
Tue & Thur, April 11 &
13 2nd
grade
"corn"
3hrs. on one day or other
T.B.D. in week of April
24 4th grd.
"Three Sisters" Morning or Afternoon
Thanks,
Katie Leonaitis@sopris.net
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