Bits and bites

Howdy, folks.

Many thanks for your patience as we undergo our service provider swap - things should be back to normal soon. Here are a few tids and bits that we've found in the bowl of late thanks to current Compass recruits Jamie and Kathy.

1. The Free-Folk School is a Vancouver-Based learning initiative that emphasizes bringing local folks, local knowledge and local resources together for free-of-charge, hands-on learning experiences that focus particularly on skills to help reduce our negative ecological impact/footprint, increase our individual and community self-sufficiency, and build healthy community/social relations. We value and try to work towards non-commodified, non-institutional, non-credentializing, non-evaluated learning and yes-accessible, yes-joyous, yes-empowering, yes-collective learning (among other lofty goals)! Consuming less and relating more, might be one way to sum it up. If this sounds like you, and you are passionate about something you would like to SHARE with folks by offering a free/for donation only workshop, we are now looking for facilitators for the summer/fall season workshops. Please contact Andrew Rushmere at arushmere@hotmail.com or 604-708-8314 if interested. Thanks a bunch!

2. Green Drinks is a informal networking group that meets monthly to chat, debate, socialize, and connect on environemental and sustainability issues. Everyone is welcome to attend.
http://www.biothinking.com/greendrinks/index.php?country=Canada&city=Vancouver
WHEN: Every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
WHERE: Steamworks pub at 375 Water Street on the edge of Gastown near Waterfront Station. TIME:5:45pm-until?

3. Here's an interesting clip from Dr. Stuart Brown from the National Institute for Play (seriously! check it out at http://nifplay.org/vision.html).
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/play/audiogallery/soundseen.shtml

Keep it free, green, and playful, all.

~B