LOVE THE EARTH
These classes are from the 2011 conference. Check back for 2012 classes.
Classes are grouped in sections for ease of understanding only. Participants may take classes in any section at any time without preregistration (except intensives which you must sign up for).
| Top 10 Herbs for your Kitchen Garden (Love the Earth) with Jeanine Davis, Ph.D., Firday 2:30-4:00 Whether for culinary, medicinal, aromatic, or decorative uses, start or expand your herb garden to include basil, rosemary, sage, Echinacea, thyme, garlic, chives, peppermint, calendula, and lemon balm. Learn about seeds, starts, growing mediums, garden soils, over-wintering, and harvesting. |
| Creating Sustainable Communities (Love the Earth) with Jeanie Martin, Friday 4:30-6:00 Transition Initiatives are part of a vibrant, international grassroots movement that builds community resilience in response to the challenges of peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis. Communities across the world are re-localizing - creating more fulfilling, socially connected, equitable, and sustainable societies. |
| Communicating with Nature Spirits (Love the Earth) with Danielle Creeksong, Saturday 9:00-10:30 Learn to communicate with the invisible caretakers of all beings on this planet, animate and inanimate. This experiential lecture will use a light trance state to awaken, or deepen, your connection to the Deva, Elemental and Faerie Realms. |
| Phytonutritional Backyard Plants (Love the Earth) with Marjorie Vestal, Saturday 11:00-12:30 Grow vitamin, mineral, and oil rich foods in your own yard. Elderberries can help keep away the flu. Blueberries can reverse the effects of aging. Mulberries, muscadines, figs, blackberries, can protect us from arthritis, allergies, cancer and other degenerative conditions. |
| Cherokee Herbal Medicine (Love the Earth) with Dr. Jody Noe, Saturday 3:00-4:30 Explore the paradigm of Cherokee Medicine and it’s spiritual and medicinal applications as well as the clinical uses of many of the botanicals as used by the indigenous Cherokee. |
| Living Takes Life - Our Predatory Nature (Love the Earth) with Ada-Belinda DancingLion, Saturday 5:00-6:30 The ‘be nice,’ and ‘harm-none’ myths are impossible, irresponsible, and making women sick. In the wild and among the indigenous, predators, both inner and outer, as well as the cycles of life are deeply honored through reciprocity. |
| Wheel of the Year:
An Earth-based Spiritual Psychology for Women (Love the Earth) with Kim Duckett, Ph.D., Sunday 9:00-10:30 The Wheel of the Year is the name given to the progression of the seasons through time. Get an educational and experiential overview of the Wheel of the Year as an ancient spiritual psychology. The “seasons” of women’s lives come to life through such holy days such as Beltane, Winter Solstice, and Samhain. |
| Planting the Future (Love the Earth) with Rosemary Gladstar, Sunday 11:00-12:30 Rosemary will discuss the conservation, preservation and cultivation of important native medicinal plants. We'll also discuss how to create botanical sanctuaries on your own land, build native medicinal plant trails, and the work of United Plant Savers. |
