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Blue Gold – World Water Wars

Community Film Night – Blue Gold – Thursday April 7th, 6-9pm All over the world the ‘new oil’ is WATER – this is the resource that we can’t invent our way out of – – or break our complete dependency

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Bamboo Trellis Building Workshop and Work Day

Green Building in Action! One Island’s Sustainble Saturday in March featued a great how-to for building garden trellising with bamboo, taught by Mack, a Master Canoe Builder.

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Chocolate Chocolate! March 20th

From the bean to the bar, as a raw food, cultivated confection, savory dinner plate, ice cream – or even body lotion, chocolate has a fascinating allure. Come sip, taste, touch, sample and enjoy this marvelous bean at One Island’s Chocolate

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March 10th Film Night

The Real Dirt on Farmer John   An inspiring film about a farmer who pioneered a very successful CSA program in his area and is reconnecting urban folks to the land – with art and humor thrown in! Feather boas, gossamer

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Film Night – February 10th

Botany of Desire will be shown at One  Island 6-9pm. This is a fascinating film about the history and domestication of four plants that challenge us to question ” Just WHO controls WHO?” Bring tasty, healthy snacks and beverages to

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All Our Relations – exploring the sacred human relationship with plants

  All Our Relations Exploring the sacred human relationship with plants   There is an ancient wisdom embodied in our relation with plants, one that touches us at a very elemental core of our being as inhabitants on this miraculous

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WHSEP at the 2011 Avocado Festival & Earth Day

The  Avocado  Festival is February 19th at the  Amy Greenwell Garden and we welcome  you to stop by our booth and say hello, learn about our March and April WHSEP energy workshops, and join in the community energy independence  conversation. 9am-4pm. The

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Green Business Award

GOING GREEN AWARDS One Island recognizes the accomplishments of local businesses in Going Green by adding renewable energy to their operations. This season we feature: The Lotus Cafe for its 450 panel solar array installation, biodegradable containers, organic local foods, and

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Thanks to AmeriCorps NCCC

LEARNING on the  LAND is the theme of our volunteer learning opportunities and we had ten great AmeriCorps Volunteers from all over the US under the  NCCC Program, Jan-April, helping us get ready to open for programs and generously helping our

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