
Ecoversities West Coast Bioregional Gathering
βSupport this gathering: https://givebutter.com/Nf2xDu
βLet's call in the sacred serpents πΒ
βAnd dissolve the Separating fence
βLet's meet where the river meets the bay
βAnd mix clay with hay
βWe will heal, learn, and play
βAnd listen to what the builders say
βWe will gather at the end of July
βWe may cry, sigh and mystifyΒ
βIn a cosmic ecotherapeutic high
βHave you heard of Ecoversities? There are hundreds of Ecoversities around the world, reimagining education and empowering communities around food, ecology, economics, and culture. This is a Call to Action to create a Bay Area Bioregional Ecoversity that addresses the polycrisis in the region and to meet Ecoversity leaders traveling to the Bay Area to share their wisdom and experience.
βEcoversities Alliance and Cosmic Labyrinth are joining to create a kid-friendly ecoversity-doing experience where attendees will collectively build an educational, climate positive ecotoilet (Thanks to master builder Brennan Bird), practice regerenative culture, & strategize around building bioregional ecoversities that can support and empower burned out professionals.
βSaturday July 26
β8 am - 9 am = arrivals and healthy snacks/elixirs
β9 am - 11 am = Brennan leads initial phase of ecotoilet build
βWhy ecotoilet? Read Diana Cantu-Reyna's article on Conscious City Guide: https://consciouscityguide.com/human-waste-a-valuable-compost-that-nourishes-the-earth/
βListen to the podcast: The Power of Poop on Factually!
βhttps://gastropod.com/transcript-good-shit/
β11 am - 12 pm = Ecoversity introduction from Sierra and visiting ecoversity leaders
βLatest newsletter from Ecoversities Alliance
β12 pm - 1 pm = Super healthy locally sourced cultural food as medicine discussion & lunch
βHear from nurses, physicians, cultural healers, and caregivers that are a part of the Cultivating Self nonprofit Reclaiming Healthcare Fellowship
β1 pm - 3 pm = Walk to CREEC and engage in short ecorestoration activity
βWatch the Laxmi EcoFest event at and with Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center
β3 pm - 7 pm = Continue ecotoilet build + live music and sound healing
β7 pm - 8 pm = intercultural Sunset ceremony lead by local and visiting cultural historians and indigenous educators https://nativehistoryproject.org/projects/gis-lab/
β8 pm - 9 pm = Dinner discussion about developing a Bioregional Financing Facility ecoversity under the current socioeconomic and political conditions
β9 pm ~ post-dinner Sound Healing to support integration, recalibration, and embodied rest after a potent day of learning and activation. By Virpal and resident sound alchemists
βSunday, July 27
β More Schedule coming soon for Sunday
β7 am - 8 am = Morning Kriya Yoga practice with Yoga
β8 am - 9 am = Sunday Land Prayer & Gratitude Ritual to honor the ancestral spirits of place, offer blessings to the Earth, and invite guidance for our continued collective path. Lead by Virpal
β9 am - 930 am = Doughnuts and Coffee with Doughnut Economics discussion
β9 am - 12 pm = building the ecotoilet with Brennan Bird
β12 pm - 1 pm = Ayurvedic Lunch (learn about Ayurveda too)
β1 pm - 4 pm = more building, along with sound healing from community sound healers, Reiki, massages
β4 pm - 6 pm = Port Costa trip to the ocean and town
β6 pm - 8 pm = Dinner party and more
βCultivating Self will be leading various nutrition, healthcare, and ecotherapy sessions to reframe healthcare. Rising Lotus Reiki will share some healing resilience tools including sound and Reiki. Alameda Native History Project will be leading local, indigenous ecological playshops to learn about food resilience and security and healing land curses because of shellmound abuse. Bioticship will be sharing ways to develop regenerative and care-based businesses around "healing" the doughnut economics of the bioregion. We will also be joined by Red Earth Movement, who will share the importance of healing the land to heal the people.
βThis experience will invite local builders, contractors, and real estate professionals to explore how building building fire resilient buildings and ecotoilets can be legalized because of their quality and resilience to fires and other challenges. The main portion of this gathering will be held over 2 days and will be the most intensive part of the build and will also include community meals, community learning, wisdom sharing and mythology, and discussing bioregional economics and bioregional financing facilities that can create an economy for building adobe (fire-safe) housing and shelters throughout California, legally.
βThank you to Noelle Joy | House of Joy BROKER | OWNER https://www.houseofjoyhomes.com/ for supporting and sponsoring to reimagine real estate and planning around building in California
βHere are our cosmic partners contributing/leading us into a resilient community wisdom experience
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http://www.solutioncraft.org/ (our building cosmic edutainer)
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βLatest newsletter from the Ecoversities Alliance https://view.flodesk.com/emails/6843b581946276d88ac7be2c
βExplore the website ecoversities.org
βhttps://source.ecoversities.org/Index
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βhttps://www.risinglotusreiki.com/
βCheck out the California Doughnut Economics Snapshot: https://caldec.org/ca-dougnut-snapshot/
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βWatch Doughnut EcoFests in action on the Emmy-winning PBS Show Climate California (our part starts around 9:30)