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Santa Fe, New Mexico October 7th & 8th, 2005
Teens Creating Sustainable Community
Friday Workshops
On Friday October 7th, E*Vision 2005 will host over 40 Individual Workshops, E*Circles, Hands-on project sessions, and “Mega-workshops” that feature sustainability practices, creativity, innovations, and concepts in the areas of culture, social equity, environment, and economics. Workshop times and locations are included in the Program Schedule.
Anticipated workshops will include:
Individual Workshops (Morning and Afternoon Sessions) The Individual Workshops offer participants an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of one issue or area of sustainability. All Individual Workshops will be offered in the morning session; many will be repeated again in the afternoon sessions.
Composting is a rapidly growing and important industry in the world. Instead of food and other organic trash clogging our landfills, composting transforms useless material into rich, fertile soil. Compost can also be used for erosion control, moisture retention and water conservation. In this interactive workshop, students will build a backyard compost site, complete with redworms, straw bale, and kitchen scraps.
The Magic of Mushrooms: Nature as a Model for Zero Waste Lynda Taylor, Sustainable Communities/ZERI-NM This workshop will look at sustainable no-waste project designs inspired by nature. In nature, the waste of one species is the food or energy source for another. The problem? Many forestry programs cut down trees to thin the forest or to eradicate non-native species. What can be done with all these trees besides burning them or throwing them in a landfill? This workshop will look at the successful ways that sustainable forestry can create new rural economic opportunities, improve social conditions, enrich cultures and regenerate our environment. The solutions! We will see how valuable products are created using thinned tree "waste", such as natural wood charcoal, naturally preserved wood, nutritious edible mushrooms, animal feed supplement, mushroom compost for forest regeneration.
What does it mean to be Green? Consumer Choices and You Steve Sandstrom, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, Northland College, WI Is it possible to be a responsible consumer considering the advertising and peer pressure to buy the “latest and greatest”? Does “being Green” mean a drastic lifestyle change? Each of us can make a big difference in the health of the planet by becoming more responsible consumers. This program will give examples of the many simple and practical steps you can take to save energy, reduce waste and keep our environment clean.
Running a Green Business Steve Sandstrom, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, Northland College, WI Can you be good to the Earth and still run a profitable business? The answer is yes! In this presentation you will learn about the efforts Steve and Nancy Sandstrom have made to run their Bed & Breakfast Inn in a way that is more sustainable and helps to protect the planet. From heating their water with a solar panel to serving organic fair-trade coffee to their guests, they show how you can be successful in business by doing good things for the Earth. The have recently received the “Environmental Stewardship Award” from the Lake Superior Binational Forum for their work in making their business more “earth-friendly”. This workshop will show students how to evaluate the operation of a business from the “triple bottom line” approach. By evaluating the impact of business decisions on the basis of profit, people and the planet we will insure the long-term sustainability of our communities.
Northern New Mexican Herbs and Healing Jessie Emerson, RN, Oso Herbals As a certified herbalist, Jesse’s work connects the earth, sustainable practices and a diabetic education program. The morning workshop will focus on herbs. Students will go outside to identify medicinal plants in the immediate area. Students also will be able to taste different teas made from various plants.
During the 3-hour hands on workshop in the afternoon, students will make salves (healing ointments) with plants from the Northern New Mexican bioregion, and learn about the Native American, Hispanic and western uses of each plant. Each student will make a salve to take home.
Saving Seeds for Our Future Steve Peters, Seeds Of Change Estevan Arellano, Mayordomo, Acequia Junta y Cienaga/Embudo Valley Regional Acequia Association Why is seed saving so important? This simple act not only assures our future food security, but it links each generation to the one that came before it by reflecting the climate, the values, and the ways in which our ancestors lived. First, a brief overview will be presented about the role that seed production has for creating a sustainable food system. This will be followed by a slide show illustrating several seed crops featuring some of the people that raise them. Finally, there will be a hands-on demonstration on how to clean seed.
Creating Community: Oshara Village Allan Hoffman, Aldea de Santa Fe and Oshara Village What is community? How can communities be sustainable and economically viable? Through the real-life example of Oshara Village, currently forming in the south side of Santa Fe, students will have an opportunity to discuss the pedestrian friendly communities and the improved "quality of life" offered by a town that provides the five components of community: places to live, places to shop, places to work, places to go to school, and places to gather and recreate.
Acequias: Water and our Cultural Ecology Miguel Santistevan, Youth Cultural Education Coordinator, The New Mexico Acequia Association
Find out how traditional cultures have survived
in the high desert of northern New Mexico. For thousands of years,
indigenous cultures adapted crops and agricultural methods for
survival within the limits of our environment. For the last 400+
years, acequia irrigation has provided a means of survival in our
watersheds that sustained larger and more diverse populations. In
recent times, the demand for water, development, and drought
challenge the survival of traditional agriculture. In this
workshop, you will gain an understanding and learn about the
practice and skills of self-reliant living in the desert region.
This sustainability journey will inform you about the traditional
sustainable practices of Northern New Mexico indigenous and acequia
cultures and introduce you to essential skills such as starting a
garden, managing scarce water, caring for soil, and harvesting
native seeds. Lisa Goldman, M.A.Ed, Gifted Specialist/Media Specialist, Capital High School Learn to understand the spin behind the talking heads of our visual and print media. Using digital footage, visual and video media, Ms. Goldman engages students in media literacy. An effective tool for activists, students will decipher the real meanings behind the news story.
It’s All Water, It’s All Good Richard Jennings, Earthwrights DesignsThere’s not a drop of water to waste in Santa Fe, and this workshop will show students how to maximize and manage every bit of moisture in our community. Special focus will be on water harvesting, water recycling, and the reuse of sewage and greywater.
Can You Run Your Car on Corn? Charles Bensinger, Biofuels Program Director, Renewable Energy Partners of New Mexico With rising gas prices, alternatives to the regular gas pump are looking even more appealing. In this workshop, you will learn about the alternatives to gasoline – ethanol, vegetable oil, biodiesel, and others. Find out which fuel choices are right for your car.
The End of Oil: Why Renewable Energy? Randy Sadewic, Positive EnergyWhy is energy efficiency important? Why transition to renewable energy? Through a lively discussion, students will examine the end of oil and link our current fuel choices to global warming. The workshop will have interactive demonstrations of renewable energy efficiency, including: comparison of incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs, solar electricity and energy storage, solar thermal energy, passive solar building design, and new energy technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells. Using the Law to Save the Environment Bill Robins, Environmental LawyerMr. Robins will discuss how environmental law can be used to protect the environment. He will focus on the importance of using the political process to make sure the laws we have protecting the environment and our health continue to protect the environment and our health! The workshop will also provide an overview of environmental laws and regulations in the United States, including the history of Federal and State environmental laws and regulations.
Environmental Pollution: What Risk Are You Willing to Take? Camilla Bustamante, MPH, PhD, RACER Project/Los Alamos In this workshop, students will learn about a community-based project – the RACER project - that involves community members in making decisions for environmental clean up at Los Alamos. After a brief interactive discussion regarding environmental risk and routes of exposure, students will use the internet to access the on-line system at Los Alamos to identify chemical and radiological releases from monitoring programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory. *RACER= Risk Analysis, Communication, Evaluation, and Reduction
Water and the Technology of Living Systems Alberto Amura, Dharma Living SystemsIn this interactive workshop, take a holistic look at the growing environmental crisis around water availability on this planet. Learn how you can build living machines to recycle wastewater from your house with natural technologies that help the Earth. Find out what proactive things you can do in your own life to bring solutions to the water crisis.
Environmental Success Stories
Ginny McGinn, The Bioneers
Advocacy and the Busy Student (CANCELLED)
Kelly Rand, Population Connection,
Washington, DC Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, MA, Tewa Women United, San Idelfonso Pueblo
Indigenous people from the southwestern states
live in Simultaneity when journeying in a Native mindset in a
Euro-American society. We have learned from our experiences to find
our inner strengths in both worlds. We know that each person learns
how to process information quite differently. We will identify how
one’s life allows for the flexibility of journeying and accessing
different realms of spiritual reality with multi-versal guidance. We
will be guided through activities to illustrate the integration of
mind, heart and spirit into our inner landscape as reflected by our
connectiveness to the outer landscape of Mother Earth. Katende Robert, Action for Humanity, Kampala, Uganda Mugenyi Naboth, Action for Humanity, Kampala, Uganda Thomas Nichols, Rio Grande Bosque Restoration Project, Alburquerque, NM Teens are organizing all over the world to restore our planet. This workshop will look at two case studies of river restoration projects: one in Kampala, Uganda and the other on the Rio Grande in New Mexico. The workshop will be leader by the organizers of these two inspiring efforts.
From Africa to Albuquerque: Teens Creating Sustainable Global Community – Part 2 (Afternoon Only) Katende Robert, Action for Humanity, Kampala, Uganda Mugenyi Naboth, Action for Humanity, Kampala, Uganda Teens are organizing all over the world to restore our planet. This workshop will look at the youth organizing efforts of Action for Humanity, based in Kampala, Uganda. This dynamic organization has created teen environmental clubs that have made a real difference in this African nation.
Hip Hop as a Social Movement Sarah Dollhausen, T.R.U.E. Skool, Milwaukee, WIEliot White, T.R.U.E. Skool, Milwaukee, WIHip Hop can be a tool to reach, teach and build foundations for young people to create real, positive social change in their communities. Since the Civil Rights Movements in the 60s & 70s, there has been few other driving force that unites cultures and social classes like Hip Hop culture. By getting involved in your community whether it is through local politics, addressing environmental issues, or youth programming, we will explore how Hip Hop culture has been involved over the years as a means for social change. True Skool will explore specifically how the element, Graffiti, has been and continues to be a voice for political, personal and social movements.
How YOU Can Affect Global Change Sarah Laeng-Gilliatt, Institute for Nonviolent Economics Globally, young people are playing powerful roles in demanding a better world and creating it. This workshop will celebrate the youth global movement that is building strong regional and life-affirming economies instead of economic globalization. In an interactive setting, the power of Gandhian nonviolence and spiritual activism will be explored as potent and strategic methods for campaigning for economic justice. We will also discuss ways that New Mexico represents a microcosm of many of the global processes of economic injustice. Students will be able to explore their own role in creating a more just economic world.
A Path to Peace (Morning Only) Earth Care Students: Conci Althause, Chris Bennett, Ross Condon, René Estes-Roberts, Molly Thorton Learn how to create a sustainable world - a world where we can meet today's needs peacefully while improving the quality of life for future generations. Aqeela Sherrills and students who have been studying with Earth Care will co-present during this workshop session on sustainability and conflict resolution. This multimedia session offers participants an opportunity to dialogue with Aqeela about his experiences with creating peace in war torn communities, and also with teens who traveled to Russia to learn about and present on how working towards sustainability can lead to peace in communities.
Using Creativity for Social Change (3-Hour Workshop, Afternoon Only) Wise Fool, Theater Arts Project, All Species, Festival Arts, Joe Ray Sandoval, Multi-Media Performance Artist, Chicanobuilt, Gary Mex Glazner, Poet This workshop will introduce participants to a variety of performing arts. Artists will discuss their art forms and ways in which these forms can be used to create social change. Participants will have the opportunity to explore these art forms in depth by working with the performing artists in small groups.
HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS (Afternoon Sessions)These extended 3-hour workshops are project oriented session that will give participants an opportunity to practice a variety of sustainable approaches. Permaculture Project: Designing with Nature in Mind
Joel Glanzberg, Regenesis Group Herbs and HealingJessie Emerson, RN, Oso Herbals
Green Building Project Joe Snider, US Green Building Council J. Matthew Thomas, US Green Building Council Aubry Raus, Cornerstones
Francisco Uviña, Cornerstones
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For Full Conference Schedule CLICK HERE!
For a Full List of Friday Presenters and their Biographies CLICK HERE!
For a Description of the Saturday Event CLICK HERE!
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