An email from Brenda just arrived, saying she and a few others from the common vision fruit tree tour (see below) are keen to do the Tribal Spaceship. Kelli in Montreal says she is dreaming about sailing, and David of SF Green Map fame is keen. Since being in Mexico working on the Roblito project and Palmillas project, I have not had time to put much into rounding others up for the ship. 48 people are in the spaceship tribe( tribes.tribe.net/tribalspaceship ), but we need to know who is really committed.
Leaf, from BC, who I met here in Mazatlan, has an 84ft ship and is keen to use it for collective education. It was bought several years ago by a community in the way I am suggesting we buy James´s ship, but the others who bought it lost interest, so it sits at the dock, waiting for us to sail it into the sunset. And Leaf is an amazing person... very kind and brilliant... a person I would enjoy spending my life with. A great dreamer and teacher.
The fact is, this sort of mission takes a large number of committed people. It takes a tight community. If Leaf, myself and you don´t find enough people who want on board, it is not happening. We could even have two ships... starting with the one James owns, and sailing that to Mazatlan this coming fall. The 84ft ship is a serious ocean-crosser. The 45ft schooner could just stay based in the sea of Cortez, and work with the Palmillas project. Right now, two ships sit wasting at the dock.
This is not about a small circle of friends sailing around. This is about working together for the greater good, and the fact that our tribe of warriors needs ships to do that in this time of insane border regulations and blood for oil. This is about saving the planet... and if you don´t see that, or if you think that is stupid, then this is not the project for you.
We need to know who is down with committing to working together. Forget my ego. Forget yer ego. Forget ¨I don´t have the money.¨ If we want it, we can have it. We can live this dream and create the life we want. This is going to be a challenge and I can´t think of anything more exciting.
James Bates has cabins and land on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, where his schooner is docked, and where we can freely gather and live to work toward to this sailing mission. We can make money working with tourists and the community on the island as well, cuz I know that is an issue for most of us. They have a new community center and town mayor is open to working with us.
Have fun whatever you do, and if I can help in anyway, please ask.
At your service,
Cor
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Hi family and friends,
I've included you in the email list to receive the new weekly e-zine, Harvest Rhythms, a multi-media online newsletter and community forumn celebrating the experience of Common Vision's fourth annual Fruit Tree Tour through words, pictures, sound, and video.
The first edition of the newsletter was sent out awhile ago, but you should be getting it forwarded it to you in the next day or two.
This is my second year joining the Common Vision crew to be part of the spring Fruit Tree Tour: a 20-city, 70-day tour planting over 1000 fruit trees at urban schools from San Diego to Sacremento. Traveling in the world's largest veggie oil-powered caravan, 25-earth educators from Common Vision teach students about sustainable ecology through a daylong program that includes West African agricultural drumming and earth-conscious hip-hop.
The goal of this annual tour is to develop working relationships with teachers and administrators to integrate sustainability into schools' curricula and landscapes. I'm excited to return again as a dancer, tree-planter, and earth-educator. I hope you enjoy reading about the works we are doing in schools and communities across California.
If you dont wish to be on this list, you can unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of the newsletter.
If you know of someone who maybe interested in receiving the newsletter, please feel free to forward them the newsletter, or have them subscribe by contacting us at info@commonvision.org
Thanks,
love and bright blessings,
Brenda Whitney
Leaf, from BC, who I met here in Mazatlan, has an 84ft ship and is keen to use it for collective education. It was bought several years ago by a community in the way I am suggesting we buy James´s ship, but the others who bought it lost interest, so it sits at the dock, waiting for us to sail it into the sunset. And Leaf is an amazing person... very kind and brilliant... a person I would enjoy spending my life with. A great dreamer and teacher.
The fact is, this sort of mission takes a large number of committed people. It takes a tight community. If Leaf, myself and you don´t find enough people who want on board, it is not happening. We could even have two ships... starting with the one James owns, and sailing that to Mazatlan this coming fall. The 84ft ship is a serious ocean-crosser. The 45ft schooner could just stay based in the sea of Cortez, and work with the Palmillas project. Right now, two ships sit wasting at the dock.
This is not about a small circle of friends sailing around. This is about working together for the greater good, and the fact that our tribe of warriors needs ships to do that in this time of insane border regulations and blood for oil. This is about saving the planet... and if you don´t see that, or if you think that is stupid, then this is not the project for you.
We need to know who is down with committing to working together. Forget my ego. Forget yer ego. Forget ¨I don´t have the money.¨ If we want it, we can have it. We can live this dream and create the life we want. This is going to be a challenge and I can´t think of anything more exciting.
James Bates has cabins and land on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, where his schooner is docked, and where we can freely gather and live to work toward to this sailing mission. We can make money working with tourists and the community on the island as well, cuz I know that is an issue for most of us. They have a new community center and town mayor is open to working with us.
Have fun whatever you do, and if I can help in anyway, please ask.
At your service,
Cor
_________________________
Hi family and friends,
I've included you in the email list to receive the new weekly e-zine, Harvest Rhythms, a multi-media online newsletter and community forumn celebrating the experience of Common Vision's fourth annual Fruit Tree Tour through words, pictures, sound, and video.
The first edition of the newsletter was sent out awhile ago, but you should be getting it forwarded it to you in the next day or two.
This is my second year joining the Common Vision crew to be part of the spring Fruit Tree Tour: a 20-city, 70-day tour planting over 1000 fruit trees at urban schools from San Diego to Sacremento. Traveling in the world's largest veggie oil-powered caravan, 25-earth educators from Common Vision teach students about sustainable ecology through a daylong program that includes West African agricultural drumming and earth-conscious hip-hop.
The goal of this annual tour is to develop working relationships with teachers and administrators to integrate sustainability into schools' curricula and landscapes. I'm excited to return again as a dancer, tree-planter, and earth-educator. I hope you enjoy reading about the works we are doing in schools and communities across California.
If you dont wish to be on this list, you can unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of the newsletter.
If you know of someone who maybe interested in receiving the newsletter, please feel free to forward them the newsletter, or have them subscribe by contacting us at info@commonvision.org
Thanks,
love and bright blessings,
Brenda Whitney
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