HELP requested - IREA Fair
August 7-8, 9am - 5/6 pm. We could use relief at our table at the Illinois Renewable Energy Fair. No detailed knowledge required. (See below)  773-907-1465 for coordination or RIDESHARING.

<<< Chicagoland Urban Permaculture (CUP) Events >>
ONGOING: Demo garden work periods, Thursday morning, 8:30 am. (See below)
EVENTS (Details below)
August 7-8, 9am - 5/6 pm.  Visit the Illinois Renewable Energy Fair, 2 hours from Chicago
Sunday, August 29, 11am-4pm. Heirloom Garden Show. Near Geneva
=> For numerous other local sustainability events see bgb.org/calendar

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<< Gardening work periods >>
Join us Thursday mornings, 9 am, at our demonstration plot at the Waters School Community Garden across the street from 4540 N. Campbell (2500 west). The site (with large spiral herb hill) is just east of the fieldhouse.

August 7-8, 9am - 5/6 pm
Visit the Illinois Renewable Energy Fair for an update on sustainable living and renewable energy developments. In Oregon, IL, about 2 hours from Chicago, 20 minutes SW of Rockford. $5/day admission. For details about the fair, including the schedule of workshops and speakers: www.illinoisrenew.org/events/events.html

Sunday, August 29, 11am-4pm. Heirloom Garden Show. Near Geneva, Sample rare and specialty fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs. displayed and sold by local Seed Savers. Select what to grow next year. $6/$3. 630/584-8485 LaFox , IL. garfieldfarm.org/

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     << LOCALLY >>
Saturday, Sept 25, 6-9 pm Culturing Communion by the Campfire.
Share summer's sustainability stories and celebrate the changing bounty of the earth as we fire up our next steps. Bring your visions and inspirations. Potluck. At the Nature Center in Chicago. Outside, if weather permits. For more information call 773-907-1465

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September 20-25, 2004 Ecovillages NA Conference $852 CDN
Hollyhock, Cortes Island, British Columbia
Global Ecovillage Network - North American Conference
Ecovillages: Translation to the mainstream. For pioneers and leaders of the ecovillage movement, architects and sustainabilty professionals. www.ecovillage.org/conference/index.htm

September 30 - October 2
Sustainable Resources 2004 - An International Forum Connecting People with Hands-on Solutions to World Poverty 12 main tracks including "Building and Sustaining Peace" which includes "Integral theory as applied to peacemaking" U of Colorado, Boulder, CO <$275 www.sustainableresources.org/sr2004/index.html