Sustainable Living Working Group

Responsibilities: Coordinating space use, exhibitors, workshops and other activities for subject areas identified as sustainable living, including intentional communities, public action, recycling, and generally individual and nonprofit efforts not fitting into other categories
Coordinator: Lisa Trocchia
Members: Candace Facine, Ivars Balkits
This interest group will be again in the Ag Building (big brick building) this year.

Sustainable Living Workshops

12:00 pm: General Environmental Education
Interpretive Methods (including waterfall hike around the fairground).
Presented by the Rural Action Environmental Learning Program (ELP)
1:30 pm: Why Save Seeds?
An interactive learning circle discussion and viewing of the short video "Genetic Timebomb." Also, free heirloom seeds will be distributed.
Presented by Community Food Initiatives (CFI)
3:00 pm: Approaching Eden
A unique look at one man's experience building an earth-friendly home complete with slides and original songs.
Mark Tillack
4:30 pm: Intentional Communities
Presented by Joy Huntley

Exhibitors:

  1. Athens Public Library
  2. Southeast Ohio Green Party
  3. APJN (Appalachian Peace & Justice Network)
  4. ReUse Industries
  5. OU Environmental Studies
  6. Sunday Creek Watershed Group
  7. Federal Creek Watershed Group
  8. Athens Conservancy
  9. Athens Trails
  10. Ohio University Campus Greens
  11. APAC (Appalachian People's Awareness Coalition)
  12. Unitarian Fellowship of Louisville
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