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presentation at Common Sense Regeneration Project's inaugural event
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“Putting the Common back into Sense”
Hello Everyone!
WELCOME!!!!
Why am I talking?
To thank the fantastic people who made this possible
To introduce Common Sense Regeneration Project and our group
To facilitate a fun game!
(because I crave attention)
Who are we?
Board of TRUST ease:
Danny Brown
Nicholas Devore
Jacqui Edgerly
Patti Clapper
Joe Carlson
Eden Vardy
THANK YOU's
You
Volunteers!!!!
Aspen High School
Our generous funders
THANK YOU's (continued) Our local, fantastic farmers!
Brook and Rose Le Van at Sustainable Settings
Jack Deorio and Hillside Acres
Ken and Gail Kuhns at Peach Valley CSA
The friendly folks at Wildwood Ranch
Osage Greenhouse Gardens
Jerome Osentowski and CRMPI
Hazel Del Mushrooms
Katie McBride and Bovine Boarding
Jennifer and Aspen Homegrown CSA at Ute City Farms
More THANK YOU's
Local Restaurants Sabra Falafel
Tasters Pizza
French Pastry
What is Common Sense Regeneration Project?
A Colorado 'beyond green' not for profit organization
A pathway towards sustainability in our community
A group of locals committed to inspiring the evolution of a regenerative, truly 'green' Aspen!
Our Mission
To support and encourage creative, sustainable, and regenerative education and living practices in the Roaring Fork Valley and abroad through practical demonstration
We realize our Mission by:
Growing organic food for the valley and supporting local agriculture!
Assisting locals in growing there own food by setting up home garden systems
Hosting gardening and natural building workshops
Funding higher education in the Eco- social field
Fund raising for Eco- social projects in lower income areas (including majority (third) world countries)
Anticipated Workshops for 2009
Grafting crab apple treesPassive solar greenhouse and earthen plastering workshop Sheet mulch garden constructionMaking solar ovens Basic gardening Forest gardening Making Seed balls (for children and adults!) Building earthen ovensComposting 101! Weed and Feeds Farm to Table dinnersIntro to permaculture
Common Sense Regeneration Project aims to always work
cooperatively vs. competitively, to help and network with similar projects whenever possible, and to be transparent in everything
we do!
Some of our beliefs
To sustain our planet, our ecosystem, and our future, we must sustain ourselves.
We are part of this world, and thus directly affected by our every action.
We DO NOT advocate for going back to tribal ways, we simply aim to learn from where we have been, to move forward by using technology appropriately and focusing on our potential!
Common Sense Regeneration project is driven by the belief that it is possible to improve living conditions while solving ecological dilemmas...
...The key is working together!
So lets work (and play) together to develop a rich, sustainable, healthy, and beautiful community!
Aspen is the perfect place!
Focusing on local community and environmental values provides food security, healthy families, and may help stabilize our economy (after all, there is no “economy” without “eco”).
(the word eco- namy actually translates to “care of the home”)
The time of change is at hand...
Lets design a healthy future for us and the planet!
Lets make the Roaring Fork Valley a thriving community, a benchmark of sustainability, a steward of regeneration!
Time to play!
Welcome to the Community Cafe!
We are going to play a little visioning game, your table cloths are about to become pieces of art!
We are going to have several conversations. Imagine the people at your table are a micro community. Your
community is to discuss questions that I will present.
Listen for themes in your community's answers and note them on your table.
During this activity, feel free to sketch, write, draw, and doodle freely on your cloths!
It is most important that you have fun!
We are going to move around later in the game, so be conscientious and aware
First:
Identify the host
Community Cafe Etiquette:
1. Listen to Understand! Really Listen to each other! View different perspective and assumptions as gifts,
they are fertile ground for discovering new possibilities
Everyone's goal should be to learn from each person at the table
Give everyone at the table a chance to speak
1. LISTEN!
2. Contribute your own thinking and experience!
3. Focus on What Matters!
4. Listen together for patterns, connected ideas, and insights to deeper questions!
5. PLAY, DOODLE, DRAW.... Make sure you are having fun!
Lets begin...
Initial Discussion:
Why am I here? What opportunities can emerge from this game and this gathering?
Community Cafe Discussion Two:
What was a time when you experienced a strong sense of community here in the Roaring Fork Valley? What made it that way?
Community Cafe Discussion Three:
What is unique to you about your experience here? What do you most value about this place where we live?
Community Cafe Final Discussion:
Imagine you have left the Valley and returned in the year 2015 and found this place to be better than you possibly imagined. Aspen has an international reputation for being a leader in sustainable community. What does this look like given what you value?
What unique contribution can you make in securing the evolution of this valley?