This Week's Schedule: Summer Wrap-Up Edition!

[martha pskowski]

Hey everybody,

You may have come to the sad realization that this is the last full week of Summer of Solutions.  A week from Monday (the 15th) will be our final day.  With this in mind we have some special wrap-up activities for this week, to get us reflectin' on the summer, and thinking about what we want to do next.  It will be great to come for as much as you can!

Monday

Farm workday 9am on

We'll be out at Harvest Moon per usual.  During this time, different working groups will take the chance to break off and discuss any last steps they need to take during this week, and plans (if any) for after the summer.  At the moment we have planned--

SWS at 10am

Energy Efficiency at 11am

Lunch!

Bikes 12:30pm

Agriculture 1:30pm

After the farm we will head back to Turners.  Bikes will meet at 3, and there is the continuation of the Mud Oven Building at 3pm as well.  Sara's seed saving workshop is at 7pm at the Brick House!

Tuesday

Seeds of Solidarity tour and workday 9am-2pm

We are heading out to Orange, MA to see the awesome site of Seeds of Solidarity, a "nonprofit organization providing people of all ages with the inspiration and practical tools to use renewable energy and grow food in their communities."

We'll get a tour around in the morning, eat lunch, and pitch in with some work.  

If you'd like a ride, we'll be leaving the apartment at 8:15, RSVP if you would like a ride!

In the early/mid afternoon there will also be some bikes action! Contact Jesse.

We have dinner together this evening at the 4th St Apartment, and beforehand we'll be workshopping some of our own ideas for life beyond the summer.  Get your thinking caps on, as we'll be helping each other work on ideas and take next steps.  This will start around 5pm. Then there is dinner!

Wednesday

Media and documentation will meet at 10am

1pm Group Asset Mapping-- remember asset mapping from the first week?  We're going to go back and re-asset map, see what we've gained and how we can help each other in the future. 

2-3:30-- Group Project Reflection-- How have you felt about project work this summer?  Have you accomplished what you aimed to?  What impact do you feel our work has had?  These are some of the questions we'll be exploring together.

4pm--- Personal Reflection-- this will be a structured reflective session for us all to look back at our goals from the beginning of the summer, assess what we have accomplished in two months, and what we want to do next. 

6:30pm== Food Preservation workshop at the Brick House.  Sweet!

Thursday

Work on the zine!

Wrap up other project work

5pm onward, cookout at Harvest Moon!

Friday

11:30am Planning Your Steps After SoS--- this is a more structured session for us all to set specific goals and steps we want to take coming out of the summer.  How can we realize the ideas and dreams we've been talking about?

12:30pm Intro to Grand Aspirations Structure--- this is a brief session looking at how the non-profit Grand Aspirations operates, how Summer of Solutions is planned, and how you can get involved if interested!

1:30pm  Program Evaluation

Saturday

2pm Turners Falls Block Party begins!

[Sara Finkle]

http://www.seedsave.org/issi/issi_904.html

not sure if you're still on the seed saving kick but I just found this really comprehensive website. I like that it gives you planting distances and saving amounts to prevent inbreeding. 

hope that you had fun in raleigh, made it to the tar sands action, are generally doing well....looking forward to hearing from you!

sara

2011/8/7 martha pskowski <marth...@gmail.com>

[Sara Finkle]

woops! didn't mean to send that to everyone...though I hope yall enjoy the seed saving link!

What I was meaning to e-mail everyone is about the SWS pizza party on Saturday at noon and that I'll be there and would love to see everyone!

sorry!

sara

2011/8/28 Sara Finkle <sarag...@gmail.com>

[toxr...@mail.com]

Whats this about a pizza party?