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Small is Beautiful!

Skills for Our Times

How can we deny that we are blessed with being alive in proverbial "interesting times"? It is tempting to evoke the current myth that the Chinese character for "crisis" also means "opportunity". However a small bit of research shows this not to be true. And yet, when the myth is dispelled, the concept still compels.

Opportunity abounds. It shows itself when we look locally for our building materials, when we build a smaller, cozy home to reduce our use of declining fossil fuels, or when we incorporate passive and active ways to gather solar energy and avoid using fossil fuels in our homes altogether. And it doesn't stop there. Are you like many of us who are excited to become a better vegetable gardener this year? Or convert your lawn into xeriscape? And (yes, it's legal in Colorado at last), catch the water off your roof to irrigate your plants? From home design to the art of living, we aim this year to teach some new and old skills for keeping it small, keeping it simple.

Small is Beautiful Skills for Our Times
September 12 & 13, 2009.
Durango, Colorado

This conference/hands-on workshop will be held at Shared Harvest Community Gardens; a beautiful outdoor venue just minutes from downtown Durango.


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Lunch will be provided, or bring your own lunch. Lunch tickets are available during registration for $10 on Saturday and $8 on Sunday. We encourage you to buy both lunch tickets on Saturday, so we will be able to get an accurate head count for meals. The nearest restaurant is about 20 minutes from the venue.

Pray for fair weather, but bring your rain gear. Either way, plan to get straw in your hair, great food for your belly and your brain, and mud on your hands. There will be teaching workshops in permaculture, straw bale building, natural plaster, solar energy applications and much more. Keep visiting our site to check out news as it develops.