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Biomimicry and Living Without Money

Date:
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Time:
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
mira luna
Location Details:
Blacklight Ventures
1543 Mission St, 3rd floor
San Francisco, CA

As a celebration of Earth Day this month, 40 + Evolver Spores will look at how nature's design solutions can be used to create a truly regenerative planetary culture.

-Mingling time!
-Meditation and an opening of sacred space
-Introduction to the Biomimicry/Biomechanics concept
-Screening of Living without Money Documentary, a fantastic film about the life of 68 year old Heidemarie Schwermer, a German woman who made a deliberate choice to stop using money 14 years ago. Watch the trailer here: http://livingwithoutmoney.org/
-Presentation on Bay Area's Community Exchange with Mira Luna. BACE is a collaborative network that supports the development of alternative means of exchange in the San Francisco Bay Area. http://timebank.sfbace.org/
-Presentation on Shareable.net with Milicent Johnson. Shareable by Design is a nonprofit online magazine that tells the story of sharing.
-Interactive workshop to discuss how we can learn from nature to find the best solutions to our social needs, along with an introduction to http://www.asknature.org/ a project of the Biomimicry Institute
-Demonstration of a gift circle
-Closing meditation inspiring connection to the earth on a meaningful level.
$5-$10 sliding scale admission fee, though no one will be turned away
Hope you can BEEEE there!!

contact mira (at) sfbace.org for more info
Added to the calendar on Wed, Apr 6, 2011 5:03PM
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