Industrial Evolution readings....+ Summer Sustainability Camp for Kids

[Liane Salgado]

Camp:

Abundance Foundation in partnership with Piedmont Biofuels, Piedmont Biofarm and Woods Charter School is having it's first Summer Day Camp!
Ages 10-16 and the week of June 27-July 1st.
It's going to be so fun and educational.  We'll cover:

Renewable Energy 
(biodiesel and solar)
Local Food
Sustainable Agriculture
Cooking!!
Rainwater
Worms!
and more.

For more information or to register:
http://theabundancefoundation.org/marvelous-renewable-energy-local-food-camp
Questions?  Give us a call or email:  919-533-5181 or w...@theabundancefoundation.org

Readings:

Join us for local readings from Lyle Estill's new book, Industrial Evolution; Local Solutions for a Low Carbon Future:

http://www.newsociety.com/Books/I/Industrial-Evolution

Readings:

Fearrington's McIntyre's Books, Pittsboro, NC  Sunday, May 15 @ 2.00pm

http://www.fearrington.com/village/calendar.asp?month=5&year=2011

Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh NC  May 31st @ 7.30pm

http://www.quailridgebooks.com/event/lyle-estill-imagining-our-future

Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill NC  May 18th @ 7.00pm

http://www.flyleafbooks.com/

Regulator, Durham NC  June 15 @ 7.00pm

http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/

For many people, the word "industry" brings to mind images of sprawling factories belching toxic emissions in a blighted natural landscape.  "Industrial" has become synonymous with pollution, human rights abuse, and corporate greed.  In Industrial Evolution, Lyle Estill seeks to reclaim the term, with its original connotations of hard work, diligence and productivity, and to show how community-scale enterprise can create a vibrant, sustainable local economy.

Industrial Evolution is a story of survival.  It is about how the small group of committed entrepreneurs introduced in Small is Possible managed to keep their dream alive and thriving through the economic recession, emerging with a model of what a sustainable local economy might look like in a post carbon future.  Compulsively readable and seasoned with light humor, this grassroots account demonstrates that ecologicial stewardship and enterprise at an appropriate scale can lay the foundation for abundance.

Industrial Evolution skips the doom and gloom and is all about solutions.  By showing that it is possible to take the big out of industry, this book motivates people to work together in a meaningful way.  Filled with inspirational tales of success, failure, perseverance, and real world experiences that anyone can relate to, Industrial Evolution is a must-read for activists, organizers, politicians, and anyone who cares about resilient communities.

--
Tami Schwerin

http://www.theabundancefoundation.org
Building our local foodshed,
modeling renewable energy
and inspiring community.