1-3pm - Community Resilience: Class will involved discussion and create space for exploring and managing alternatives in communities. We will look at preparation and adaption at the local level in light of significant changes in society due to unprecedented climate change, peak oil, future energy shortages, globalization, etc. Length: 8 weeks. Goal: bring resources to students to help them talk to and work to organize their communities such that they are strengthened and empowered communities so that they can be prepared in times of crisis.
- Ayurveda Health: Traditional Indian Medicine. Ayurveda is the holistic medical system of ancient India that has been in practice for over 5000 years. It explains how the 5 elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether interact in the cycles of natures and in our bodies. Illness arises from specific elements out of balance. Understanding these natural cycles allows us to bring the elements back into balance and restore health. This course will be 1 class and comprise of lecture with lots of time for questions and discussion, experiential exercises, and easy home remedies.
3-5pm – Real Democracy
- First Nations Stories
5-6pm - potluck and party - please bring some fruit and/or other food.
6:30pm - Economic Discussion: how to re-vamp the course/what do we want/need to know?
6:30pm-8pm - Cordage-making (making natural rope)***** Put off until Sunday July 29th****: Brief history of natural cordage. Plants to use and how to prepare them (Plants include: dogbane, milkweed, recycled fibers- you can pretty much cord anything). Brief information on ethical and respectful harvesting. Learning how to cord! Ideas for cordage
8pm-10pm – Understanding Resistance
