Actions to create deep and positive change.

These are just summary of the many amazing events put on by our Partners, Sponsors and Exhibitors.


9.27.08 Green for All Day of Action

On Saturday, September 27th, 2008, one day after the first Presidential Debate of the most important election in our lifetime, join Green For All, 1Sky, and tens of thousands of Americans for: Green Jobs Now! A Day to Build the New Economy.

From the streets of Los Angeles to the hills of Appalachia, people from all walks of life will organize events large and small to demonstrate to Congress, to the next President, and to the nation that we are ready to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty and solve the climate crisis.

It is a simple message: "I'm ready to build the green economy."

Yet it is profound.

It is an "at-risk" youth saying, "I'm ready to be trained in solar panel installation." It is an entrepreneur saying, "I'm ready to green my business." It is a college activist saying, "I'm ready to stand up for working families AND the environment."

It is tens of thousands of ordinary Americans asserting the extraordinary: we are ready for an economy that is good for people, and the planet.

We are ready for Green Jobs Now!

9.27.08… Get Ready.

GreenJobsNow.com website and more information coming soon.


10.20.08 Know Your Vegetables

Fall Fertilizers and Composting

A Monthly Conversation Series Focusing on Small-Scale Vegetable Production.

We invite you (home gardeners, foodies, farmers, anybody who enjoys vegetables… young and old) to join us in a free discussion series on a range of topics related to vegetable production.

Discussions are held at Brix Bounty Farm. Usually 3rd Monday of the Month 6:30 PM

For more information or to RSVP please contact us: Derek Christianson, Brix Bounty Farm, 858 Tucker Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747

Brix Bounty Farm
Ph: 508.992.1868
brixbounty.blogspot.com


10.26.08-11.2.08 Spiritist Center Tour

US Health Professionals Visit Spiritist Centers and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil

What are Spiritist Therapies?
Spiritist therapies have been developed in the last 130 years in Brazil. They are practiced in community centers and Spiritist Hospitals. They are free, complementary, integrative therapies working alongside conventional medicine.

Examples of Spiritist therapies:
· laying-on of hands (similar to Reiki or Touch for Health) done in a group

· disobsession—a way of helping people rid themselves of obsessions

· blessed water

· psychic surgery—surgery accomplished through directing powerful prayers that are effective in facilitating physical and emotional healing

· medical intuition—gifted intuitives can see into the physical, emotional and spiritual suffering of a patient

· training healers—people gifted as healers need to harness these gifts or what is beneficent can be harmful if repressed

· assistance in personal transformation, “reforma intima” (Portuguese)

· group discussion of spiritual questions, eg. Why are we here?

How can Spiritist Therapies help those of us in the USA?
Although medication and surgery have improved health care, we cannot rely on them to be the only therapies to heal illness. In fact, complications stemming from medications and in-hospital care are the 4th leading cause of death in the USA. We need to bring care for the spirit back into the practice of health care, as human beings consist of body, mind and spirit working in harmony. Spiritist Centers have been able to accomplish this without indoctrinating anyone into a specific religion or philosophy. Spiritist Centers are ecumenical, educational and charitable organizations. Participation leads one from pathology to empowerment.

What is our intention in taking this trip?
The US health care system is in crisis. It is the most expensive in the world but ranks 37th in effectiveness according to the World Health Organization. Brazil’s Spiritist Centers and Hospitals are a model that can help us improve our system. This model does not add expense, in fact, may make attending physical and psychiatric problems less expensive while adding therapies that improve well-being and longevity. We contemplate how to use the Spiritist model in the USA, and commit ourselves to a plan on contributing to positive changes in health care.

Tour sponsored by The Foundation for Energy Therapies, Inc.
Director: Emma Bragdon, PhD.
Contact: EBragdon@aol.com or 802-674-2919


11.6.08 Two Angry Moms Screening in Marion

Two Angry Moms is a documentary that asks the question: What happens when two “fed-up” moms try to change the school lunch program? More >

Date: November 6, 2008
Time: 6pm-9 pm
Location: Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion, MA 02738
Contact: Marion Institute - 508.748.0816 - info@marioninstitute.org
First Come, First Serve Basis - Space is Limited.


11.24.08 Know Your Vegetables

Nutrient Density in Foods

A Monthly Conversation Series Focusing on Small-Scale Vegetable Production.

We invite you (home gardeners, foodies, farmers, anybody who enjoys vegetables… young and old) to join us in a free discussion series on a range of topics related to vegetable production.

Discussions are held at Brix Bounty Farm. Usually 3rd Monday of the Month 6:30 PM

For more information or to RSVP please contact us: Derek Christianson, Brix Bounty Farm, 858 Tucker Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747

Brix Bounty Farm
Ph: 508.992.1868
brixbounty.blogspot.com


12.15.08 Know Your Vegetables

Biodynamic Agriculture

A Monthly Conversation Series Focusing on Small-Scale Vegetable Production.

We invite you (home gardeners, foodies, farmers, anybody who enjoys vegetables… young and old) to join us in a free discussion series on a range of topics related to vegetable production.

Discussions are held at Brix Bounty Farm. Usually 3rd Monday of the Month 6:30 PM

For more information or to RSVP please contact us: Derek Christianson, Brix Bounty Farm, 858 Tucker Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747

Brix Bounty Farm
Ph: 508.992.1868
brixbounty.blogspot.com


For a more comprehensive listing of events in the greater Southeastern Massachusetts region we recommend the sites below.

www.seeal.org

www.sustainablesouthcoast.org

www.newbedford360.com

www.southcoast247.com

home.earthlink.net/~semassactivist/