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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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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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
We ought to collaborate with the Whatcom Folk School in this endeavor. If there's anyone encouraging reskilling locally, it's them.
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)
A yurt there would be great...anybody know if there are any teepee people around as well?
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
This sounds amazing, I am very interested- will try my hardest to get out of work early and come!
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