Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM

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Tuition Free

The member-owned Permaculture Credit Union – a non-traditional construction and energy efficiency remodel and installation project lender – is celebrating its 10th anniversary with “Going Way Beyond Sustainability” community event. On May 6th, from 6 pm to 9 pm, come join PCU members, community members and like-minded sustainability folks in a free event that offers food, music and a keynote presentation by eco-entrepreneur Gunter Pauli.
For more information please contact pcustaff@pcuonline.org or call 505-954-3479

First Earth, Uncompromising Ecological Architecture

A documentary by David Sheen, about building healthy houses out of earth, creating social justice and evaluating the status quo of how ( and in what ) we live.  David traveled the world in search of ancient earthen buildings and sustainable cultures while interviewing top experts in the field.  This is the full film available on YouTube – for free.

Learn more at DavidSheen.com/firstearth

The Water Woman Festival, October 1- 4, 2009 in Joshua Tree, California.

The Mission of the Water Woman Festival: To promote new ways of living in
agreement with the principles and patterns of nature through the creation
and physical demonstration of art, design & lifestyle practices at the
cutting-edge of ecological function and consciousness; To offer
opportunities to collectively express our creativity and deep ,inner
connectedness with the Earth; To present ancient & cutting edge concepts and
technologies that embrace the intelligence of natural systems; To inspire
and empower people to bring this knowledge back home where they can live in
ways that are more comfortable, more affordable, more beautiful and more
sustainable than ever before.

The Vision of the Water Woman Festival: Our ongoing goal is to find and
develop permanent and welcoming locations for Water Woman Festivals that
lead to the building of regional educational institutes and eco-villages
combining Permaculture Design and Functional Art. To demonstrate ecological
design and art in ways that are both truly sustainable and radically
beautiful; To hold these spaces as places for ritual gatherings to
acknowledge our collective power to connect with and heal our planet; To
build real Eco-communities where new ideas, technologies and ways of living
come into practice.

Art in Action at the Water Woman Festival

Art inspires us to act; Radical design and creative applications of
technology raise consciousness and demonstrate better ways of living
sustainably. Designers and artists will be given the challenge of creating
highly functional art that can last 200 years or more. Art that provides
more energy than it took to build. Art that has a small carbon foot print.
Art made of re-purposed materials.

May we add you to our growing community of natural builders, educators,
artists, designers, and visionaries endorsing and/or participating with the
Water Woman Project & The Water Woman Festival?  Would you like to have a
Cob Workshop?  Take the Sustainable Art Challenge?

Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/permascience