Come out and enjoy VERY early springtime in the beautiful Sequatchie
Valley.  We are only 45 minutes from UTC by car, but an infinite
distance in peace and quiet with the opportunity to enjoy the natural
world, hike on trails in a pristine forest, and experience our
sustainable lifestyle.

The Sequatchie Valley Institute at Moonshadow will host an open house
and potluck
dinner on Saturday, February 26th, 2005.
There will be tours of our facilities at 11:00 am, 1:00 and 3:00 pm
Central Time.
The public is invited to see our innovative natural buildings, solar
electric system and
permaculture gardens and orchards, as well as hike on our nature
trails.  Please call or email to let us know if you plan to come and we
will provide you with directions and more information.
There will be a vegan (no animal products please) potluck dinner at
5:00 pm Central Time.

Carol Kimmons, Education Director
Sequatchie Valley Institute
Research and Education in Ecology and Sustainable Living
Rt. 1 Box 304
Whitwell, TN 37397
423 949-5922
Website:  svionline.org




Our other activities for 2005 include:

February 18th - Presentation at UTC design conference: Designing for
Humanity. Come
out to the conference to hear Patrick and Ashley speak to the masses.

February 26th - Open House and Vegan Potluck. Tours start at 11am, 1pm,
and 3pm
Central Time. Dinner will be around 5pm Central Time

March 20th - Open House and Vegan Potluck Dinner. Tours at 11 am, 1pm
and 3pm
central time. Dinner at 5pm.

April 2nd - Spring Wildflower Hike and Open House. Hike starts around
11am Central
Time. The hike will last a few hours. There will be a longer, rougher
hike that continues
into the late afternoon. Open House starts at 9am with ongoing tours.

April 9th - Music, Art, and the Environment Contemporary Music
Festival. We're
collaborating with UTC's Music Dept. to have musicians, artists, and
performers among the
trees and hanging form the cliffs. A natural foods buffet will be
included.

April 16th - Spring Wildflower Hike and Open House. Hike starts at 11
am central time.
The hike will last a few hours. We will compare and contrast the
amazing change in
wildflower diversity and color form the first hike. There will be a
longer, rougher hike that
continues into the late afternoon. Open House starts at 9 am with
ongoing tours.

April 23rd - "Lunch and a Log" Shiitake Mushroom Workshop for Aquarium
Members (and
the public too; please register through the aquarium). 9am - 1pm
Central Time. Learn how
to grow your own delicious and nutritious shiitake mushrooms and take
home a log!

April 24th - "Lunch and a Log" Shiitake Mushroom Workshop for the
general public. Come
learn how to grow your own delicious and nutritious Shiitake mushrooms
and take a log
home! See times above.

April 30th - Open House Vegan Potluck Dinner (see times above)

May 14th - "Wine in the Woods" wine-tasting fundraiser. For SVI members
only. You can
become a member at the door.

May 19-29th - Natural Building Workshop. This year's natural building
workshop is
scheduled for May 19-29th - it'll be an intensive 10 day workshop
covering a variety of
natural building methods, including cob and timber framing.

June 23-26th - "Food For Life" Workshops. The Sequatchie Valley
Institute at Moonshadow
invites you to the seventh annual "Food For Life" in the new millenium.
A gathering about
the source and protection of life held in beautiful rural Tennessee on
June 23-26, 2005.
Our sixth annual comprehensive food conference includes skill-building
workshops as
well as discussion-oriented political dialogues. Learn various food
preservation strategies
including canning, fermentation (miso, sauerkraut, kimchi, wine, beer,
mead and
champagnes) as well as different methods of cooking and diet choices,
macrobiotics,
health and nutrition. Attend workshops on edible and medicinal plants,
seed saving,
permaculture, biodynamic and organic gardening practices. Engage in
theoretical and
political explorations of the social and ecological implications of
industrial agriculture.
Discuss strategies for mobilizing against biotech and agribusiness, and
promoting
sustainable community based food systems instead of global monopolies.
Contact Moonshadow for a brochure which explains the schedule and fees
(available in
spring).
All workshops at the Sequatchie Valley Institute are intentionally
affordable using a sliding
scale based on your income. Food exchange is available.
For more information:
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(423) 949-5922
or see our website svionline.org