At this time of tremendous changes it is imperative that we come together
as a community. Please come and celebrate the season and join us for
local community sustainability action planning this Saturday, Please
forward this invitation to your email lists, thank you!

This Saturday, come and enjoy:
Harmony Harvest Faire: Festival of Sustainability
Hosted by The Wellness Guide Directory
Saturday October 4th, 11am-9pm
FREE ADMISSION, Booths Available, Volunteers Needed
Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Rd, Ashland
Live Music, Seed Share, Booths, Organic Food, Children’s Activities, Arts,
Holistic Wellness, Green Businesses, Community Sustainability Discussions,
Dancing, Networking Boards, and celebration!

The Wellness Guide is Oregon and N. California's Directory for Healthy,
Joyful Sustainable Living, available in print and online. Offering $50 off
directory listings for the Winter-Spring issue at the Faire!

www.SustainableWell nessGuide. com
Lisa Pavati 541-201-0372

EVENT SCHEDULE:

Music:

11:00 David Kelly- Finger-Style Guitar
1:00 Allen Sayble – HeartSongs
2:00 TBA
3:00 Akash – Classical Indian Flute
4:00 Transition Town Presentation
~ Community Diner and Dance Featuring: ~
5:15 Jen Ambrose – Music of the Earth
6:30 Shaloma- Mystic Love Grooves
7:45 Asesu Drummers - Cuban Santiera

Community Sustainability Forums:

12:00 Localization in Action: Southern Oregon Update - Mycelia and
Friends
1:00 Native American Acorn Harvest Revival - Marco ……………. Lomakatsi
2:00 Reinstituting the Weekly Decentralized Barter Market - Andy
Sarhanis
3:00 Our Food Future Community Dialogue - Dominic Allamano, moderator
4:00 Keynote: Transition Town Initiative: Co-Creating Local
Sustainability
Shaktari Belew (Thrivability) and Lisa Pavati (The Wellness Guide)
5:00 Transition Town - Community Discussion - Shaktari Belew, moderator

Come and Celebrate Sustainable Living and Community! The Wellness Guide
directory will host The Harmony Harvest Faire: Festival of
Sustainability on Saturday, October 4th. The free faire provides a
forum for community discussions on localization and sustainability, as
well as a music-filled harvest celebration abundant with live
performances, dancing, seed sharing, booths, children’s activities, and
luscious local foods! The event features dynamic public dialogues on
building local sustainability and presentations by many of the region’s
leading innovators. The keynote of the event is the introduction of
The Transition Town Initiative, community-powered development of local
resilience to deal with the rapid changes in economy, climate, and
availability of affordable oil. Transition Town Initiatives are
building lasting sustainability in over 600 towns internationally and
are now being formally launched for the first time in the US.

The Harmony Harvest Faire will 11am-9pm at The Bellview Grange, 1050
Tolman Creek Road, Ashland. Admission is free and produce donations for
the Wellness Guide’s 2nd Annual Locally Grown Food Drive are
encouraged. The public is also invited to bring garden seeds for the
community seed share. Organic gourmet meals and desserts will be
available throughout the day, provided by Andy Sarhanis and Ajna. The
festival culminates with an All-Ages Dance from 5-9pm, with exquisite
music by Asesu Drummers (Cuban Santeria), Hari (World and Caribbean),
Jen Ambrose (potent folk), and other treats. Daytime music offers a
diversity of acoustic delights, from old-time Bluegrass to classical
Indian flute, original singer/song- writers to Ashland High School
Orchestral ensembles. The Faire’s Kid’s Corner will offer Nature Arts
and Grandma Amma’s Storytelling in a cozy family setting. Community
networking boards will be posted on a dozen themes, supporting
individuals and organizations in sharing information.

Vending booths and tabling space are available for holistic
practitioners, green business, artists, and organizations. Volunteers
are needed for both the October 4th Faire and for The Locally Grown
Food Drive (Sept.27th- Oct.4th ).

The theme of the Harmony Harvest Faire is Celebrating and Catalyzing
Community Sustainability. “At this time in history we have the
opportunity, responsibility, and necessity to develop a more
sustainable way of living. When we come together as a community we are
far better equipped and empowered to deal with any challenges we
face.” Lisa Pavati, Wellness Guide publisher. The Wellness Guide and
The Thrivability Institute will be hosting monthly public Transition
Town discussions with community action planning sessions. The
Wellness Guide hosts an ongoing program of Sustainable Living
Workshops and publishes a bi-annual directory of businesses whose work
supports personal, community, or environmental sustainable wellness,
available in print throughout Oregon and Northern California and also
online. Submissions are currently being accepted for the upcoming
Winter-Spring issue. A special $50 off discount on Wellness Guide
directory listing will be offered at the faire. The Wellness Guide is
a barter-friendly publication, supporting local sustainability through
grass-roots reciprocity networks.

For more information: www.SustainableWell nessGuide. com, 541-201-0372.

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