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Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
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May 1: Introduction to Herbal Medicine Nancy Swanson of Bruja Botanicals provides a thorough introduction to the therapeutic uses of plants, how to choose an herbal manual and specific herbs, harvesting and preserving methods for wildcrafting herbs and how to make poultices, tinctures, teas, salves and creams. A hands-on class on making tinctures and salves it offered June 5. Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Community Food Co-op Connections Building. 1220 N. Forest St. Bellingham. Cost: $12, $10 members. Registration requested. Contact: (360) 734-8158. May 1: VIRGINIA HOYT, A SONG FOR THE EARTH, FREE WORKSHOP On this evening we will delve into Dr. Masaru Emoto's research on how water crystals can reflect human thoughts, emotions and environmental conditions. We will also explore how each of us is already hearing the Earth's songs in our own lives. His work is best known in the West through the unusual film, "What the Bleep Do We Know," plus his book, The Hidden Messages in Water. Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Village Books Cost: Free Contact: Village Books 671-2626 May 2-3: Lynden Swap Meet & Garage Sale May 2nd and 3rd, 2008. Interested in being a vendor at the NW WA Fair Swap Meet and Garage Sale Time: Friday 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m Location: Northwest Fairgrounds, Lynden Cost: $2.00 admission Contact: Leslie at 354-4111 for information. May 3: Backyard Poultry 101 Learn the basics about caring for a small flock in your own backyard: physiology, behavior, health, nutrition, housing and breeds. Instructor Paul Farley has been raising poultry and teaching other how to do so for 15 years. Do not park in co-op parking lot. Time: Friday 1:00 p.m. Location: Co-op Connection Building. 1220 N. Forest St. Bellingham Cost: $25, $22 members. Registration required. Contact: (360) 466-3821. May 3: Master Gardener Plant Sale Got old plastic plant pots breeding in your backyard? Want to get read of them and do it responsibly? Well, have we got a deal for you! Your unwanted pots will travel to Oregon and be magically turned into fence posts! Bring them with you to the plant sale. Pots that will be accepted are plastic planting pots or trays that are empty and dirt-free. Steve Lorton, former bureau chief for Sunset Magazine, speaks at noon about being a responsible gardener. Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Location: Hovander Homestead Park, Ferndale Contact: May 3: Sing Out for Utah Phillips! Beloved folk singer Utah Phillips has been gravely ill with a heart condition, so musicians friends are performing on his behalf to raise money for his medical expenses. Included in the music lineup: Artis the Spoonman, Mark Ross, Linda Allen, Marie Eaton, Joules Graves, Mike Marker, Tim McHugh, Geoff Morgan, Anna Schaad and Janet Peterson. 10% of the proceeds will benefit RE Sources, a tax-exempt nonprofit. Advance tickets: $12 + $10 for senior citizens available at Community Food Coop, Village Books, Stuarts at the Market, Everyday Music, and Boudary Bay. At the gate (if any are left, it may sell out easily) $15 and $12. Time: 7:30 PM Location: Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1708 I St. B'ham Contact: Steve Tornblom thoreau@serv.net 360-671-2111. May 3: Whatcom Land Trust Great Outdoors Auction Plan now to attend the Great Outdoors Auction!Have a great time and help preserve the best of Whatcom Places. Make your reservation soon, the early-bird deadline is April 1st. * Reservations are just $60 per person if received by April 1st and $75 afterwards. * Be a Table Captain and invite your friends. * Full tables of 8 are $400 before the early-bird deadline and $500 afterwards. * Seating is limited and this event continues to be sold out every year! SEND IN YOUR RESERVATION CARD OR CALL 360-650-9470 TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY! Our auction catalog will be available for you to review in late April and will include hundreds of wonderful items. Time: 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Location: Lakeway Inn Contact: Jerry DeBacker WLT at 650-9470 May 3: Fifth annual Procession of the Species Celebrating our community, our creativity, and our connection with nature. People of all ages, in their animal and plant costumes, will assemble in front of city hall (210 Lottie Street), and parade through downtown Bellingham. Musicians will join in the celebration along the way and in the finale at Maritime Heritage Park on West Holly Street. Join us! Everyone is welcome! Visit our website to learn more about participating in the parade and preparations or call the Parks Department at 676-6985 about this fun family activity. We need volunteers of all ages to help on Procession Day and every Saturday in April in the Art Booth at the downtown Farmers Market. Time: 5:00 p.m. Location: Downtown Bellingham Cost: Free Contact: May 5: VB READS, GENERAL LIT - THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA The VB Reads, General Lit discussion group meets the first Monday of each month. It is open to anyone. The book for May is The Omnivore's Dilemma. Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Village Books Cost: Free Contact: Village Books 671-2626 May 6: CHRIS HIGHLAND, MEDITATIONS OF JOHN BURROUGHS John Burroughs was a great and prolific American naturalist. He took up after Thoreau in cultivating the nature essay. Margaret Fuller was a nature lover, writer, activist for women's rights, and friends with Emerson and Thoreau. Join Chris Highland as he delves into the meditations of these two extraordinary thinkers and draws parallels between their words and the Buddha, Bill McKibben, Mary Oliver, Thomas Merton, Rumi, Kathleen Dean Moore and many others. Chris Highland was born in Seattle and worked as an interfaith chaplain in the SF Bay Area for twenty five years. He has degrees from Seattle Pacific University and San Francisco Theological Seminary. Chris was a Protestant minister for fourteen years before letting go of his ordination for reasons of conscience. He now describes himself as a student of Natural Spirituality. He is the author of six nature meditation books presenting the radical environmental wisdom of John Muir, Thoreau, Emerson, Whitman, Margaret Fuller and John Burroughs. Each book is enhanced by Chris' photography and companion quotes from across the world. Chris is currently working on a spiritual autobiography entitled Life After Faith as well as Wild Teachers, a novel on John Muir and Jesus. He will be teaching two courses at Dominican University in Northern California this summer on Walt Whitman and The Wild Gospel of Nature. Visit his website at Nature Temple. Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Village Books Cost: Free Contact: Village Books 671-2626 May 7: Green Drinks Bellingham! Join RE Sources for another session of Green Drinks Bellingham every first Wednesday of the month from 5-7 pm to connect with other green thinkers, movers and shakers. Tell all your friends and co-workers to come, too! The location has yet to be determined for this particular month so stay tuned for more information or visit the RE Sources website below to get on our email list. Green Drinks is an organic networking session that started in London, England and has since caught fire around the world. Like-minded individuals in places from Hong Kong to India, Sweden to South Africa meet every month to catch-up, network and talk about the latest green issues. According to greendrinks.org, These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity. The best part about Green Drinks is that there is no structure, just good people meeting at a regular place and time. Visit www.greendrinks.org to see the rave reviews from Green Drinkers across the planet! Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: TBD Contact: www.re-sources.org or contact Megan Artz at (360) 733-8307 May 8: Introduction to Integral Sustainability & Life Practice Learn a groundbreaking framework that integrates multiple perspectives from as many disciplines as possible and acquire a "unified field theory" for life-practice and sustainability work. Make your efforts for change as effective as possible. Alan Seid introduces an approach to positive change in the world that honors as much knowledge and wisdom from as many different sources as possible. Using Ken Wilber's Integral Framework, which places all fields of knowledge within a unified map, this model informs sustainability both in theory and practice, and gives us a framework for the work of creating integrated and whole lives. Watch Alan discuss these concepts in the popular Peak Moment TV interview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z_iYoGRhjUw. Produced by Cascadia Training & Mediation Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Location: Cost: Free Contact: Email: angela@cascadiatraining.com, or call Angela at (360) 671-5605 May 10: World Fair Trade Day Aiming to set a world record for the biggest ever coffee break, Fair Trade Haven and Moka Joe will stage a "Fair Trade Coffee Break" on May 10, World Fair Trade Day. It will be one of many Fair Trade coffee breaks held simultaneously around the world, and will focus on the benefits of Fair Trade for farmers, consumers, and the environment. Organizers will distribute free Fair Trade coffee and other Fair Trade goodies on the Village Green in Fairhaven, outside Fair Trade Haven, at 12 PM (Noon). In order to set the world record, the events will have to draw over 5,000 people throughout the U.S. participating at the same time. In addition to Fair Trade coffee, anyone who attends can sample Fair Trade sugar, tea, nuts and chocolate, and browse Fair Trade Haven's wonderful selection of Fair Trade clothing and crafts. Information and guides to Fair Trade will be readily available. Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Village Green in Fairhaven Cost: Free Contact: May 10: Backyard Habitat and Native Flora Fair Annual event features the Washington Native Plant Society native plant sale, guided walk, presentations, garden tours and information booths and displays. Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: 10th Street and Mill Avenue. Bellingham. Cost: Free Contact: (360) 778-7000 Bellingham Parks and Recreation. May 10: Recycle empty plant containers and trays Recycle your dry and relatively clean pots, flats and compost and potting soil bags. To prepare pots: empty and brush off loose dirt; sort and stack by number printed inside the recycling symbol on bottom of pot; place unnumbered pots in a separate box or bag. For bags: turn inside out and shake off remaining soil or compost, stuff multiple bags into single bag of same material, plastic only (do not include bags with paper liners). People are also welcome to take pots and flats for reuse. Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: WSU Extension Station. 16650 State Route 536. west of Mount Vernon. Cost: Free Contact: (360) 676-5723 May 10: LINDA CHALKER-SCOTT, THE INFORMED GARDENER Are native plants the best choice for sustainable landscaping? Are organic products better or safer than synthetic ones? What is the best way to control weeds fabric or mulch? Find out the surprising answers to these questions and much more. Learn Linda Chalker-Scott's discovery of truths that originated in traditional agriculture, that, in many cases, are damaging to both plant and environmental health. Linda Chalker-Scott has spent more than 20 years as a university researcher and educator in the field of plant physiology. She is an extension urban horticulturist and associate professor at Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Washington State University and the Washington State editor of MasterGardener magazine. For six years she wrote the online column "Horticultural Myths." Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Village Books Cost: Free Contact: Village Books 671-2626 May 15: Spring Business Conference & Expo The premier local business event north of Seattle, this conference gathers hundreds of local businesses each year who care about the triple bottom line, and gives them practical tips and inspiration as well as cutting edge information about sustainable economy opportunities. Time: 8 AM-5 PM Location: Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham Contact: 360-594-4376 www.sconnect.org May 16: DAVID ROTHENBERG, THOUSAND-MILE SONG Thousand-Mile Song uses the enigma of whale sounds to open up whales underwater world of sonic mystery. In observing and talking with leading researchers from around the globe as they attempt to decipher undersea music, David Rothenberg tells the story of scientists and musicians confronting an unknown as vast as the ocean. His search culminates in a grand attempt to make interspecies music the likes of which no one has ever heard (until, that is, they listen to the accompanying CD), by playing his clarinet with whales in their native habitats, from Russia to Canada to Hawaii. David Rothenberg-philosopher and musician-is the author of Why Birds Sing, which has been published in six languages and turned into a TV documentary by the BBC. His articles have appeared in Parabola, Orion, The Nation, Wired, Dwell, Kyoto Journal, and Sierra. He is the founding editor of the Terra Nova journal and book series. David Rothenberg is also a composer and jazz clarinetist who has released seven CDs, one of which, On the Cliffs of the Heart, was named one of the top ten releases of 1995 by Jazziz Magazine. He lives in Cold Spring, New York. Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Village Books Cost: Free Contact: Village Books 671-2626 May 16: Bike to Work & School Day! The 11th annual Bike to Work & School Day is Friday, May 16, 2008. Ride your bike (or walk) to work and school. Stop by one of the many Celebration Stations situated around town for snacks, prizes, giveaways and a free basic bike check by a volunteer. Whatcom County's EverybodyBIKE program is counting the number of bicyclists in the region on this day, so be sure to get out and get counted! Time: All day Location: Whatcom County Cost: Free Contact: Go to www.everybodyBIKE.com for more information. May 17: Cascade Cuts Plant Sale Fundraiser for Sustainable Connections Food & Farming Program Cascade Cuts opens to the public for one day a fundraiser for Sustainable Connections! The extensive wholesale nursery Cascade Cuts is open to the public just one day a year as a fundraiser for Sustainable Connections' Food & Farming Program. A prime destination for gardeners, landscapers, and anyone looking for a lovely hanging basket, the Cascade Cuts Plant Sale offers a treasure trove of plants and gardening essentials. To complete the festivities this year, shoppers will be entertained by a series of fantastic local musicians, and kids and parents alike can look forward to goodies from Mount Bakery, Mallard Ice Cream, and Moka Joe Coffee. Come early for the best selection! (Look for signs at the corner of Bakerview and James) Time: 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Location: Cascade Cuts Nursery 632 Montgomery Road Contact: Amber Dawn amberdawn@sconnect.org May 17: SOUTH BAY TRAIL WORK PARTY- VOLUNTEER! You are invited to join the Village Books-sponsored trail work party on the South Bay Trail. Every few months Village Books holds a work party on this section of the trail that we adopted in 2001. We'll meet at the trailhead at the corner of 10th Street and Douglas Avenue (towards Fairhaven from the Chrysalis). Tools and gloves will be provided. We recommend you wear long sleeves and bring drinking water. We'll be picking up debris, weeding, grubbing out noxious plants, and taking care of some of the native shrubs we've planted in the past. You'll be surprised at how satisfying it is. Really! Join us and find out for yourself. Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: trailhead at the corner of 10th Street and Douglas Avenue (towards Fairhaven from the Chrysalis) Cost: Free Contact: Village Books 671-2626 May 17: MOTHER JONES DISCUSSION GROUP Come and meet other MoJo readers and discuss the latest issue. The discussions are held every other month on the third Monday at 6 p.m. Anyone is welcome to join the discussion. Previous topics included: Can the earth afford another country living the American way? Meet the candidates and learn about their carbon footprint on the campaign trail. Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: Village Books Cost: Free Contact: Village Books 671-2626 or motherjones.com May 27: CHARLES GOODRICH, NALINI NADKARNI & SUSAN ZWINGER, IN THE BLAST ZONE In the Blast Zone is the first book to present a cross-pollination of literary and scientific perspectives on Mount St. Helens' history of cataclysm and renewal. Most of the contributors to this volume camped together on the mountain for four days in 2005, the 25th anniversary of the eruption, hiking, learning the ecology, and sharing ideas. They asked the question: What can this radically altered landscape tell us about nature and how to live our lives? In the Blast Zone collects some of their answers. While introducing fascinating ecological and geological insights, it also tells compelling stories about how science informs our lives and our relationship to nature. Charles Goodrich is Program Director of the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word at Oregon State University and the author of The Practice of Home: Biography of a House. Nalini Nadkarni is a faculty member at The Evergreen State College, in Olympia, Washington. She was featured as a canopy scientist in the National Geographic television special on tropical forest canopies, titled "Heroes of the High Frontier", which won the Emmy Award for Best Documentary Film of 2001. She has published two books and numerous articles about forest canopy ecology and forest ecosystem ecology. Ann Zwinger writes extensively about the natural history of the Southwest. She has authored more than 10 books, including Downcanyon: A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River through Grand Canyon and The Nearsighted Naturalist. Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Village Books Cost: Free Contact: Village Books 671-2626 May 30: GERI LARKIN, PLANT SEED, PULL WEED: NURTURING THE GARDEN OF YOUR LIFE Get your hands dirty while getting back in touch with yourself with gardening guru Geri Larkin. Plant Seed, Pull Weed intertwines the seasonal aspects of gardening, from planning and planting to care and maintenance, with spiritual practice. She shares entertaining stories and shows how plants can teach us about our own lives. A great book for gardeners and anyone who wants to nurture their spirit. Geri Larkin gave up a successful career as a management consultant to start a Zen meditation center in the heart of inner-city Detroit. She is the author of Stumbling Toward Enlightenment, The Chocolate Cake Sutra, Building a Business the Buddhist Way, and The Still Point Dhammapada. A Zen Buddhist "Guiding Teacher." She currently lives in Eugene, Oregon. Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Village Books Cost: Free Contact: Village Books 671-2626 |
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