Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter

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Comment by Terry and Patrica Kok on July 20, 2010 at 11:48am

Attention musicians, workshop presenters, and vendors! Faerie Hill Productions of Bedford, Indiana is currently booking acts, performances, and workshops/discussion circles for the following ANDOR PROJEX*** benefit festival in 2011, to be located at the Black Swan Lake campgrounds in Southern Indiana:
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LADY LIBERTY FAIR - June 16-18, 2011

Attention musicians (country, blues, bluegrass, folk) and workshop presenters (sustainable systems, alternative healthcare) - We are currently booking 1 hour band sets for the Lady Liberty Fair. Bands (musicians only, not roadies) get in free and are paid $100/band traveling expenses (not a lot of cash but plenty of exposure). Single musicians get in free and are paid $50 in exchange for a 1 hour set. Workshop presenters get in free in exchange for holding 2, 1 hour workshops and/or discussion circles. Bands, artists, and workshop presenters may set up vending tables and may arrive the day before the festival begins. We are booking 10 bands/single musicians and are open to as many workshops as the schedule will allow.

Here is the basic festival info:

June 16-18, 2011 - Lady Liberty Fair - country blues and sustainable folk festival - all-age family camping celebration - 3 days and 2 nights of demonstrations and discussions about solar/wind power, workshops on community supported agriculture, backyard aquaculture, organic gardening, permaculture, and natural healthcare - arts & crafts vendors & workshops - acoustic and electric stages for blues, bluegrass, country, and folk music - adults: $45 (advance tickets) or $60 at the gate - single day (no camping) passes: $20 - children 17 and younger are free of charge if accompanied by parent or guardian
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Here is info about the site:

Black Swan Lake is a large alternative campground with 2 stocked fishing lakes (no swimming), a round house where Native American ceremonies have taken place, several roofed gazebos, one large open space for the main circle (where the electric stage is set up and the evening jam happens), surrounded by plenty of RV/van/camper space with water and electric hook-ups ($5/day for electric), two wooded tent camping areas, showers and privies, large air-conditioned community building with a stage for acoustic music, and a restaurant/concessions building (3 meals a day). Black Swan Lake has a great vibe and can easily host a large fest (up to 2000 people). No problem with drumming and jamming all night long and celebrating nature without harassment. Anyone may vend arts & crafts (no food vending) without paying anything more than the standard festival ticket price. There is plenty of clean well water (the best in the area) and ice made from that water is available. The owners are into earth-based spirituality, organic gardening, and sustainable living. Recycling and composting are on site. Bring eating utensils that you can wash (dishwashing stations available). Take your trash home with you. Don’t throw cig butts on the ground. Due to the Emerald Ash Borer we are asking you not to bring firewood from home. Firewood is for sale on site. No pets (except registered seeing eye dogs), firearms, violence, drug or alcohol abuse allowed. Please don’t use blinding gas lanterns for night light (ruins night vision). The festival site is located 5 minutes off the scenic and historical highway: US-50, about 15 miles east of Bedford, Indiana in the Clear Springs area. A map will be sent with your ticket.

If you are interested in performing, presenting, or vending email ASAP with links to your online music, bio, workshop outline, etc. Hardcopy may be sent to Faerie Hill Productions - PO Box 2055, Bedford, Indiana 47421. Include WHY you think you should play/present/vend at this festival. 25% of the gross is being donated to the ANDOR PROJEX “ecovillages land fund” so that they can build sustainable communities instead of suburbs and burnt out cityscapes. As we all know, Mother Earth is in dire need of a rebirth. We’re just doing our part together - for the good of the whole.

Terry Kok
jdragon@faeriehillfarm.com

Also: If you haven’t done so already, send a blank email to aeonlaunch@yahoo.com so that you are on the festival update list.

*** ANDOR PROJEX: Do you really want to help humanity evolve and heal the planet in the process? Can you visualize yourself working side-by-side in a greater organism designed to accomplish a specific goal: providing people with an opportunity to have a personal source of non-polluting energy, clean water, fresh air, wholesome food, waste treatment & resource recovery - without destroying the planet in the process? How would you like to be an essential part of co-creating a “public demonstration project” embodying the above, set within a full-scale ecovillage and “sustainable living training center” operated as an “education-based performance arts center“? This will be a “propagator sanctuary”, designed to not only demonstrate sustainable systems and teach people how to build and use them, but also to raise huge sums of money to pay for the creation of another “propagator sanctuary” then a series of ecovillages inhabited by the graduates of our hands-on education program. Each propagator sanctuary creates another before funding more ecovillages. We hope to see a “propagator sanctuary“ located in every bioregion.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/andorprojex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecovillage
http://gen.ecovillage.org/

Comment by David Maidenberg on March 3, 2010 at 12:06pm

“We can put Hoosiers back to work, reduce household energy bills and curb global warming pollution while saving energy in our homes and businesses and creating a strong clean energy economy,” said Bowden Quinn, conservation program coordinator for the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter at the National Clean Energy Tour in Indianapolis on March 2nd. “We applaud Mayor Ballard, state leaders and U.S. DOE for their commitment to sustainable economic growth as well as LIUNA's commitment to upgrading our housing stock across the country, providing career pathways for workers and real energy savings for families and communities. Now is the time for labor, business and community leaders, and local and state officials to join forces and lead the way to energy independence.

Comment by David Maidenberg on February 25, 2010 at 3:52pm

High School Science Educators: The Alliance for Climate Education will be in the Indianapolis area the week of March 15th with a great presentation for high schools. Contact me for information.

Comment by David Maidenberg on February 25, 2010 at 1:39pm

Sierra Club is having a membership promotion. For a limited time, you can join for only $15 and receive a free rucksack.

Comment by Daniel Vaughn on February 12, 2010 at 4:28pm

Don't know if SW Indiana is quite ready for a group ....but I'm hopeful

Comment by Tina Noel on February 1, 2010 at 5:08pm

Great photo from the Blue Green Alliance event, David, and nice seeing you there!

Comment by David Maidenberg on January 27, 2010 at 12:30pm

1/26/10: At the Indiana Statehouse, the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter participates with other members of the Indiana Blue Green Alliance to push green legislative initiatives.

Comment by Marianne Peters on January 27, 2010 at 8:39am

Hi! I'm a member of a group called Watt Watchers that meets in Plymouth (Marshall County), Indiana. We are a growing network of folks interested in greening our county. We'd love to get involved in Sierra Club activities and meet more greenies!

Comment by Mrs. Cara Dafforn on January 25, 2010 at 9:28am

John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club lived his last days in Indiana. Happy to be part of a movement to explore, enjoy and protect our wild "carbon sinks"