Art of Community Northwest Schedule v4.0 Posted 9/6
Friday, Sept 8, 2006   bus tours & evening together!
8:45-1:30pm Community Bus Tour 1 Optional tour ($45) starts at Bastyr Parking Lot, includes lunch at Songaia Cohousing - bus leaves promptly at 9:00am
1:30-5:30pm Community Bus Tour 2 Optional tour ($40) meets at Bastyr Parking Lot, includes snack on bus - bus leaves promptly at 1:45pm
4:00-7:00pm Registration, Table setup Unstructured mingling time - good time to connect with other earlybirds
5:30-7:00pm Dinner in Bastyr Cafeteria Purchase food at cafeteria or bring your own
7:00-7:20pm Opening Ceremony  Craig Ragland (Songaia Cohousing)
Gra Darjeeling (Walnut St Coop)
Kim Krichbaum (Lost Valley Edu Center)
7:20-7:35pm Logistics/Thanks Ma’ikwe Ludwig (Albuquerque Urban Ecovillage)
7:35-7:50pm FIC Welcome Laird Schaub, Exec Sec, FIC (Sandhill Farm)
7:50-9:00pm Remembering what it is to be fully human: Why the arts and creativity can lead us back Lisa Fitzhugh, Arts Corps
Saturday, Sept 9, 2006   the "full" day!
8:00-9:00am At the Edges Activities Pre-conference activities for the early birds among us (Yoga/Movement room available! Ask at Registration for access)
8:00-8:45am NW Communities Wall of Wonder; we'll visit the history of communities in the NW NICA Networking Room, Fred Lanphear (Songaia Cohousing)
7:30-9:00am Registration, Tables Open
9:00-9:10am Opening Laurence Cole (music)
9:10-9:20am Logistics (Ma’ikwe w/updates from team)
9:20-9:50am Ecovillages as 'Lifeboat Communities' Diana Leafe-Christian (Earthaven Ecovillage)
9:50-10:00am Break  
10:00-11:30am Workshop Breakouts: Session 1
Elm Birch Auditorium
Visioning Salon Legal Structures for Intentional Communities Stump the Chumps: The Consensus Panel
DenCity Research Tony Sirna
(Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage)
Caroline Estes (Alpha Farm)
Laird Schaub (Sandhill Farm)
Tree Bressen (Walnut Street Coop)
Moderator: Geoph Kozeny
     
Hemlock Dogwood Media Maple
Cohousing in Denmark and
the Pacific NW
The Power of Community (video) Songs, Dances and Games…
Grace Kim David Wright Jonathan Betz-Zall & Rosy Betz-Zall
(Bright Morningstar Community)
     
Teak Cypress Madrona
Ecovillage Mandala Veggie Oil: Sustainable Fuel Energy Circles: groups that meditate together, stay together
Just Young Jan Steinman
(Ecoreality)
Margo Adair
11:30-12:30 Lunch in Bastyr Cafeteria (Pre-purchase meal ticket or bring your own food)
12:30-2:00pm Workshop Breakouts: Session 2
Elm Birch Auditorium
Intentional Networks Panel Non-Violent Communication Guerilla Community Building
Steve Habib Rose
Bill Aal
Dan McComb
Lara Feltin
Moderator: Geoph Kozeny
Alan Seid Harvey Baker
(Dunmire Hollow)
Hemlock Dogwood Media Maple
Designing a Community
Gathering Place
"Finding Solutions" (video) Ecovillages Panel
Grace Kim Mark Dworkin
Melissa Young
Diana Leafe-Christian (Earthaven Ecovillage)
Jan Steinman (Ecoreality)
Brandy Gallagher-McPherson (OUR Ecovillage)
Tony Sirna (Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage)
Moderator: Tree Bressen (Walnut St Coop)
Teak Cypress Madrona
Creating and Sustaining your
Personal Community
Community-Based Business from
the Ground Up
Creating Community Traditions
through Celebration & Ceremony
Marv Thomas Viki Sonntag Craig Ragland
(Songaia Cohousing)
2:00-2:30pm Break Did you meet anyone in session 2 that you want to stay in touch with? Why not exchange emails?
2:30-5:30pm Workshop Breakouts: Session 3
Elm Birch Auditorium
Awakening the Dreamer,
Changing the Dream
Transforming Power Dynamics:
Healing Across Social Divides 
How to Look for, Evaluate and Join an Ecovillage or Sustainable Community, 
Mark Dubuois Margo Adair
Bill Aal
Diana Leafe-Christian
(Earthaven Ecovillage)
 
Hemlock Dogwood Media Maple
Essentials of Dynamic Facilitation
(Laird Schaub, 2:30-4:00)
Visions of Utopia & Overview of US IC’s The Heart of Now: Practicing Radical Presence
Planning for Great Meetings
(Tree Bressen, 4:00-5:30)
Geoph Kozeny
Laird Schaub (Sandhill Farm)
Kim Krichbaum (Lost Valley Edu Center)
Gra Darjeeling (Walnut Street Coop)
 
Outside (Under Willow Tree) Cypress Madrona
Ecological Placemaking w/ Living Willow Structures Nothing Scheduled Acorn; 8 Shields Organizational Model
Josho Simone Contact Ma'ikwe Ludwig Alan Seid
5:30-6:00pm Break  
6:00-7:00pm Dinner in Bastyr Cafeteria (Pre-purchase meal ticket or bring your own food)
7:00-8:00pm Auction Harvey Baker (Dunmire Hollow) & Laird Schaub (Sandhill Farm)
8:00-10:30pm Shared Music Events Gypsie Nation Dance Ritual
Community Sing-A-Long
Dances of Universal Peace
Sunday, Sept 10, 2006   the big finish!
8:15-8:45am At the Edges Activities pre-conference activities for the early birds among us (Yoga/Movement Room available, ask at Registatration to access)
8:15-8:45am Cosmic Walk; join us for a walk through all of time Fred Lanphear (Songaia Cohousing)
7:30am Doors Open
9:00-10:00am The Village Lives Mark Lakeman, City Repair
10:15-11:45am Workshop Breakouts: Session 4
Elm Birch Auditorium
The Role of Elders
in Community
7 Things IC’s Always Fight About…
(and how to handle it without
making it worse)  
Creating a Life Together
Fred Lanphear (Songaia Cohousing)
Caroline Estes (Alpha Farm)
Dianne Brause (Lost Valley Edu Center)
 Ma’ikwe Ludwig
(Albuquerque Urban Ecovillage)
 Diana Leafe-Christian
(Earthaven Ecovillage)
     
Hemlock Dogwood Media Maple
City Repair Stories: Community self-development case studies from Portland, OR "Commune" (video) about Black Bear Ranch in Northern California “Catalyzing community-building in Neighborhoods” panel
Mark Lakeman "Katrina" (video) about Community building in relief kitchen Vic Opperman
Ben Kaufman
Karen True
Moderator: Kelda Miller
     
Teak Cypress Madrona
Sustainable Relationships Voice of Self
Voice of Earth
Coming Out of the Closet: How Ecovillages might become Mainstream Through Engaged Regulatory Reform 
Serious Israel
(Love Israel Community)
Bonita Ford Brandy Gallagher-McPherson
(OUR Ecovillage)
11:45-12:00 Break  
12:00-1:00pm Meet the Communities Moderator: Tony Sirna, Editor: Communities Directory
1:00-2:30pm Lunch/Networking in Bastyr Cafeteria (Pre-purchase meal ticket or bring your own food)
2:30-3:00pm Advocating for Earth Community David Korten, Positive Futures Network
3:00-4:00pm The Value of Community Vicki Robin, Conversation Café
4:00pm Closing Ceremony Meditation with Margo Adair, Appreciations
5:00pm Conference Facility Closes