BIG Reskilling/Barter Faire Planning Event- Transition!
Event Details
Time: March 15, 2012 from 6pm to 7:30pm
Location: Food Co-op Connections Building
Street: 1220 North Forest
City/Town: Bellingham
Website or Map: http://www.communityfood.coop/
Phone: 360-671-6075
Event Type: planning, event
Organized By: Kate Clark and Tom Anderson
Latest Activity: May 1, 2012
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Event Description
All Reskilling (and Barter Faire) fanatics- arise! We need to get the ball rolling on a big, old fantastical, all-around resilience-building and hugely fun people’s faire to beat all faires. This will be the First Annual Whatcom Transition and Barter Festival, (or whatever we end up calling it)...so be a part of birthing this amazing community event! Just show up at the Bellingham Community Food Co-op Connections Building at 1220 North Forest, from 6-7:30 pm on March 15. Bring your ideas, your enthusiasm, and your willingness to be one of many volunteers to make this happen!
PLEASE PARK ON THE STREET AND NOT IN THE CO-OP PARKING LOT! This is their busy time and we don't want to tie up a lot of parking spaces.
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Comment by Colin Sternagel on March 15, 2012 at 2:17pm -
I can't make it to the meeting but I want to still offer a yurt as a classroom. If someone reads this before meeting could someone mention SunTime Yurts will try and set up a 16 or 20ft yurt. Please contact me with date details at suntimeyurts@gmail.com
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Comment by Harper Stone on March 12, 2012 at 3:46pm -
We ought to collaborate with the Whatcom Folk School in this endeavor. If there's anyone encouraging reskilling locally, it's them.
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Comment by Kate Clark on March 5, 2012 at 1:48pm -
Here are some of my ideas for skills we could include in the festival...
Candle making
Felting
Shearing
Spinning wool
Knitting
Dying with Natural Dyes
Paper making
Beekeeping
Chicken-Raising
Sock Darning
Winterizing Bikes
Wood Carving
Canning
Goat Milking
Soap Making
Weaving
Blacksmithing
Fence Building
Composting
Water Barrel Building
Shoe and Boot Repair
Making Herbal Tinctures
Re-Imagining Old Clothes to New Fashions
Making Body Care Products
Pickling
Building with Natural Materials
Stonemasonry
Smoking Fish and Meats
Making Musical Instruments
Building a Bike Generator
Chicken Coop Building
Basket Weaving
Clay Making
Identifying Mushrooms
Making Sourdoughs
Build a Composting Toilet
Ham Radios
Personal Windmill or Solar Power
Horseshoeing
Rocket Stove
Herbal Medicines
Mushroom Growing
Cider Pressing
Tool Sharpening
Making Natural Cleaning Products (#45)
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Comment by Kate Clark on March 5, 2012 at 1:32pm
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A yurt there would be great...anybody know if there are any teepee people around as well?
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Comment by Colin Sternagel on March 5, 2012 at 1:17pm
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If I can't make it, I would like someone to contact me about setting up a Mongolian yurt. I import Mongolian Yurts and would love to set one up for a vendor or classroom.
suntimeyurts@gmail.com
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Comment by Brooke Kaemingk on February 29, 2012 at 10:03pm -
This sounds amazing, I am very interested- will try my hardest to get out of work early and come!
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