“Peace” craft making

Birthday cake decorating (40th Anniversary cake for Circus McGurkis!)

Peace drumming with Drum Quest

Birthday cake celebration ( Happy Birthday, Circus McGurkis!)

Mint planting with Jai Hambly of Organic Living (take some home!)

Story telling with Lynn Carol Henderson

Hands-on Climb Training:  Come learn the climb techniques that Earth First!ers have been using for decades to defend forests globally.  This is an introductory course, which in a short time will teach you the skills to climb in and out of trees with the assistance of ropes.  

Everglades Earth First!

Open Workshops: sign-up at Shelter 4 to present your workshop the day of Circus McGurkis

CCC and HR494:  Information regarding pending legislation to re-establish the Civilian Conservation Corps as a means of providing gainful employment to unemployed and under-employed citizens of the United States through the performance of useful public work.

Jay Alexander

Shelter 3

Pronica:  Learn about the international Quaker non-profit organization with 25 years serving Nicaraguan project partners in health, education, agriculture, and community development.

Davida Johns

Shelter 5

Food Desserts and Edible Peace Patch: A brief introductions to food desserts in south St. Petersburg and how a local children’s garden has grown into a non-profit addressing them.

Kip Curtis

Shelter 1

Everglades Earth First!  The biotech boom, called the "new green economy" by some, is targeting South Florida. Come learn about the proposed plans to build an international biotech city on the site of an endangered pine upland ecosystem. We will discuss the history of the fight against the Scripps Research Institute which started in 2004 and the recent month long canopy occupation in the Briger forest. 

Skunk Ape and Friends

Shelter 3

Introduction to Permaculture:  An approach to designing human settlements and agricultural systems that is modeled on the relationships found in nature rather than on the strictly biological concerns that form the foundation of traditional agriculture. Permaculture aims to create stable, productive systems that provide for human needs; it's a system of design where each element supports and feeds other elements, ultimately aiming at systems that are virtually self-sustaining and into which humans fit as an integral part.

Christy Abbot

Shelter 5

The Truth About Organic Edible Landscaping: Come learn about the do’s and don’ts of landscaping your yard with edibles and doing it organically.

Jai Hambly

Shelter 1

Financial Permaculture:  A process of consciously designing financial activity, at micro and macro levels.  The goal is to align the process it with three ethics -Care for the Land, Care for People, and Future Care. Additionally, the process conforms to principles that are derived from close observation of how Mother Nature succeeds at sustaining and regenerating herself.

Marie Nelson

Shelter 2

Awakening the Dreamer:  The goal is to show the interconnectedness between our search for environmental sustainability, spiritual fulfillment, and social justice

David Sinclair

Shelter 5

St. Pete Free Skool: Everybody has something to teach and something to learn, and we have established a Free Skool in the St. Petersburg area. A free skool is a decentralized network in which skills, information and knowledge are shared without hierarchy or the institutional environment of formal schooling.

Jim Grinaker

Shelter 1

Tampa Bay Time:  Noting how well permaculture aligns with how people learn, the presenter became certified as a permaculture designer, joined the Transition Movement, and organized Tampa Bay Time, an alternative to the cash economy.  This is an opportunity to learn more about permaculture and the local movement from one of the area’s most knowledgeable proponents

Marie Nelson

Shelter 3

Permaculture Guild: This is a permaculture and sustainability teaching organization dedicated to teaching the practices of designing environments and building increasingly self-sufficient human settlements.

Christy Abbot

Shelter 5

Anna Orange

Shelter 1

The Magic of Honeybees:  Everyone is enriched knowing some basic honeybee biology and behavior so we'll talk about that to begin.  If there is interest I will then outline the first steps you could take toward keeping bees yourself and answer any questions I can.

Rebecca Conroy

Shelter 3

Urban Backyard Chicken Keeping:  Do you enjoy fresh, organic chicken eggs?  If so, come by and find out what it takes to produce your own chicken eggs, in your backyard.

Gary Crosby

Shelter 5

to be advised

Occupy St. Pete:  This is the third General Assembly of this local movement, inspired by Occupy Wall Street.  This gathering is for people presently involved in the local movement, want to be involved or want to find out more about this movement.