Cultivating Connections Recommends:
Events and More for Metro Louisville - June 2013
Affirming Connections between Planet, People, Power and Possibilities
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Louisville Sustainability Forum
Wednesday, June 5 12 - 1:45 pm
Passionist Earth and Spirit Center
(located behind St Agnes Church at 1920 Newburg Road)
Featured Presentation
Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light
 Through education, advocacy and action Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light works to mobilize a religious response to global warming and the social injustices it creates. Working primarily with faith communities KIPL offers proven programs designed to protect Kentucky's land, air and water, safeguard public health, and ensure sufficient, sustainable energy for all. KIPL's programs include: Greening West Louisville (working with West Louisville houses of worship to care for creation by reducing carbon emissions), Glean Together! (organizing to keep fresh produce from becoming waste and getting it to people in need), Green Sheep (empowering and equipping leaders of creation care efforts within faith communities) and OurEarthNow (mobilizing youth working with youth to promote environmental awareness and positive change). Shorter Presentations
Restoring Beargrass Creek, One Property at a Time
David Wicks, Get Outdoors Kentucky LLC Owner
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Dedicated to YOU!
Dixon Romney, Owner
Now in its fifth year the purposes of the Louisville Sustainability Forum are:
1. We hold and promote the intention of sustainability for Louisville.
2. We establish and nourish relationships that strengthen community and create change.
3. We create a space for discussion that inspires, motivates and deepens our ability to catalyze social change.
Food & drink:
Heine Bros. provides us with Heine Bros. coffee. Feel free to bring a bag lunch. If you'd like to prepare extra food or drink to share with others, that is always welcome!
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Saturday June 8th, 7:30 pm (doors open at 7)
Kentucky Homefront Radio Show
Featuring kRi and hettie
The Clifton Center, Eifler Theater
2117 Payne Street  The evening opens with Cultivating Connections faves kRi and Hettie, whose music, as Laura Shine says, is a "blending hip hop, folk, gorgeous vocals, and deep lyrics." Their performances have a theatrical feel incorporating humor, storytelling, music, and poetry. kRi is the red-head spoken word artist and Hettie brings strong vocals and guitar work to create a truly original act.
Also on the bill: Small Time Napoleon, and Col. Bob. The second hour, features Harry Bickel and Jack Ashworth, Appalatin and Lee Pennington.
Be sure to tune in to Kentucky Homefront every Saturday morning at 8 am on WFPK 91.9 FM, radio Louisville and also on Crescent Hill Radio streamed on the web every Saturday at 2 pm at www.crescenthillradio.com. Admission is $12.00.
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Sunday, June 9 at 11 am
What is Mine to Do?
Sunday Service Talk with Mark Steiner
Clifton Universalist Unitarian Church
2231 Payne Street
This talk will explore the depth of our responsibility. In the global information age we have great knowledge about what is going on all across the world - including a great many injustices. But how do we determine what is actually ours to do? Is it enough to think globally and act locally?
 
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June 10-14 Journey of the Universe Class 9:00am - 12:00 noon Passionist Earth & Spirit Center The recent discovery of the birth and evolution of the universe represents a dramatic change in human self-understanding. We humans are just waking up and beginning to consider what it means to be part of a universe that is alive. In down-to-earth terms, this course will examine the shift that is taking place in our understanding of the world, the opportunities it presents to the human community, and the implication it has for people of faith. How do we develop a new intimacy with the world in which we live? Can we once again get caught up in the grandeur of existence and mysterious Divine power from which all this has emerged? How can we find our meaningful place in the world? For information and reservations: 502.452.2749 or info@earthandspiritcenter.org |
Tuesday, June 11 through Thursday, June 13
9:00 am - 3:30 pm daily
Conflict Resolution Revolution
PeaceCasters Summer Camp
Central Presbyterian Church 318 West Kentucky Street, Louisville
Participants will
* Have Fun * Make Friends
* Make Videos * Share Your Voice
* Find Out How to Resolve Conflicts Peacefully
* Learn and explore the key life skill of resolving conflicts peacefully
* Have fun creating through digital media - make your own videos
* Enjoy working in small teams and making new friends
"The Conflict Resolution Revolution Camp is particularly designed for young people engaged in this highly stimulating, information-overload, digital age."
It is for youth ages 12 to 16 who are interested in exploring their unique voices through video making and are ready and willing to interact in small and medium sized groups.
The fee for the three-day camp is only $40.00.
No one will be turned away due to an inability to pay.
Click here for online registration. Click here for a mail in registration form. 502-589-6583
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 Sunday, June 16, 7:00 PM Film Screening: "Bidder 70" A documentary about Earth/climate activist Tim DeChristopher Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church 4936 Brownsboro Road, Louisville KY 40222
Tim DeChristopher will appear at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly's "Public Witness" event at the Belvedere in Louisville on June 20 at 6:30 PM. So what's all the fuss about Tim (a Unitarian himself)? Come find out by watching this inspiring documentary.
Presented by 350 Louisville and
Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church Green Sanctuary Committee ($5 donation appreciated)
Synopsis: In 2008, as George W. Bush tried to gift the energy and mining industries thousands of acres of pristine Utah wilderness via a widely disputed federal auction, college student Tim DeChristopher decided to monkey-wrench the process. Bidding $1.7 million, he won 22,000 acres with no intention to pay or drill. For this astonishing (and successful) act of civil disobedience he was sent to federal prison. Bidder 70 tells the story of this peaceful warrior whose patriotism and willingness to sacrifice have ignited the climate justice movement.
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Monday, June 17 6:00 pm
Social Change Book Club
The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin
Heine Bros. Coffee 119 Chenoweth Lane, St Matthews.
In June our book is The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin. The new truth according to Seth: It's better to be sorry than be safe. It's more dangerous to fly too low than to fly too high. The time to seize new ground and work without a map is now.
The Social Change Book Club is open to everyone who is interested in understanding, participating, leading, or supporting social change. Each month we select a book and get together to discuss. Selections rotate among three themes: social changes, how we work with others to make change happen, and the inner qualities needed to bring change into the world.
Please just show up if you are interested--no RSVP, commitment, etc. It is great when people have read the book, but that is not a requirement to come and discuss.
We got this going because there is a lot to learn about how to make social change happen, and people who are interested in changing the world need opportunities to share stories and experience community with others who care.
Hosted by Howard Mason
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Tuesday, June 18, 7:00 PM Greater Louisville Sierra Club  Metro Louisville Tree Advisory Commissioner
Monica Orr
Clifton Center 2117 Payne St
Please join us Tuesday, June 18 as we welcome Monica Orr, Metro Louisville Tree Advisory Commissioner. Metro Louisville suffers from a shrinking canopy in a virtual urban heat island with historically weak tree policies and protections. We face ongoing challenges of tree blight and disease, over-development, and a warming climate. Metro Louisville's Tree Advisory Commission was formed to preserve, expand and improve Louisville's tree canopy. We'll learn about where we are and where we're headed with our all-important urban tree plan.
Monica is co-chair of the Commission's education and outreach committee and is also a longtime board member of the Cherokee Triangle Neighborhood Association.
The Greater Louisville Sierra Club meeting is at the Clifton Center 2117 Payne Street ( www.cliftoncenter.org) and will begin at 7:00 p.m. This programs is free and open to the public.
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Wednesday, June 19, 7 pmA swarm is coming!
The Beehive Collective will buzz about
"The True Cost of Coal"
1741: A Collaboratory for Social Innovation
1741 Frankfort Avenue
The Beehive Design Collective is heading to Louisville for the Unitarian-Universalist General Assembly and, while here, has asked to give an interactive picture-lecture to the Louisville community at large.
"The True Cost of Coal" is an elaborate narrative illustration of mountaintop-removal coal mining (MTR) and resistance. Two years in the making, it explores the complex story of MTR and the broader impacts of coal in Appalachia and beyond. The image is the culmination of an intensive and collaborative research process centered on first hand story-sharing.
The Beehive Collective's mission is to "cross-pollinate the grassroots" by creating images that educate the public and deconstruct complex geopolitical issues. Their body of work is distributed as "anti-copyright." See www.beehivecollective.org. Sponsored by 350 Louisville, Bluegrass Bioneers, Cultivating Connections
and the Greater Louisville Sierra Club
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 Thursday, June 20, 6 pmEveryone is invited to join the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly for
Energy for Change:
A March and Rally for Clean Energy
& Healthy Communities
Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light is honored to be working with the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly to organize area participation in what promises to be the largest environmental justice rally in Kentucky history!
Plans are to march from the Louisville International Convention Center (at 3rd and Market Streets) and rally on the Belvedere with special guests farmer and poet Wendell Berry, activist Tim DeChristopher and musicians kRi 'n' hettie. The program runs through 7:30 pm with informational tables and advocacy opportunities following.
Get all the details on the KIPL website |
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Friday, June 21 7 pm - 9 pm
Summer Solstice Sacred Celebration
The Spirit Walk
Cherokee Park - Hogan's Fountain Shelter   The Spirit Walk is a place of intention and contemplation. It is an invitation to connect with spirituality through art, meditation and practice.
Spirituality is not about religion. It is about one's own personal journey toward the sacred. This sacred journey starts in our very own heart and honors the depths of our life experiences. The journey is an inner path, made richer by those travelers we meet along our way. The Spirit Walk is an invitation to open your heart to this wild adventure called living, to acknowledge our individual experiences of it, and to share with others in this journey.
The common themes in this Spirit Walk are identity, breath and our connection to the Earth and each other. There will be places to participate and take a part of the Spirit Walk with you. May you be blessed.
Sacred Celebrations are a collaborative effort between artists, spiritual leaders, and activists who come together to create fun, reverent and relevant programs affirming our connections to the sacred, to each other, and to our world. The Spirit Walk was created by Sky Yeasayer for Mighty Kindness. We are delighted that she is offering this wonderful experience again as part of Sacred Celebrations. Thanks Sky! 
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