Julie "Bird" Moore's Blog (6)

I am just getting back to the mainland. I am still a few days away from being home, but I am still savoring all the flavors and smells from the island. I think the course was a great success! We had a great bunch of students from all over the globe. We where housed at the lovely La akea Gardens over on the Pahoa side of Big Island. The ground was a lot of cinder and "ah-ah" or sharp lava rock. The get over 150 inches of rain every year! I think it rained almost every night. The food that was ava… Continue

Greetings all. The reg online system is up and we already have students registered to join us in Hawaii! Please tell your friends! I really want to see this course and all of the courses happen, but for them to be considered a success in my book... we need to tell everybody, so anybody has the chance to join us. On that note... Did you know about the cross pollination project Living Mandala has going on? Well, let me tell you about it! You could earn $! Cross Pollinators: Help us to spread the… Continue

Wow! I love you guys! The community was very responsive to our newest and first banned member Janith Tucker. She and her camera are gone. Thank you everyone who let us know. I took care of it. If there is anything you ever need just let me know and I will do my best to facilitate. All my love and best wishes. Julie Bird And in other news... There is still a few spaces available in the Laytonville Permaculture Course, Building an Eco Village from the Earth up. Sign up now and come play. I… Continue

Well, I am really excited to start building Living Mandala's online reg. system for Aloha Ania' 09 today. It will be up and available to everyone very soon! This will be the second course we have done on the BIg I and I can't wait to go back. Last year Penny Livingston… Continue

House and Senate bills to end all organic farms (FAST track bills in 2 weeks) Food Safety Modernization Act (HR 875): Criminalization of Organic Farms Bills are: House H.R. 875 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-875 Senate S 425 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-425 There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next… Continue

Wow! Has it been so long? Living Mandala started in a community setting a few years ago as a dream. I am proud to have watched it grow and nurture it when and where I can. Last year was a great year for us. We made a lot of really great connections and now have an e-mail list that is 3,000 and growing. We produced an awesome event in Hawaii and are now working on more projects including the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa, Bio- Regional Congress in Tennessee, a few agro food forestry classes on… Continue