| About ABC...
The Ashevillage Building Convergence
is inspired by a vision of a truly sustainable Asheville for generations
to come…
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More
details about ABC...
You are invited to get involved
in the first annual citywide Ashevillage Building Convergence/ABC,
June 19th-21st, 2008. We hope you will also consider supporting
ABC…Thank you in advance!
Ashevillage
Building Convergence/ABC
ABC 2008 is the exciting inaugural three-day collaboration
and celebration of sustainability for the city, the land,
and the people of Asheville. ABC features: an Opening Celebration
& Benefit Night with not-to-be-missed presentation, local
music & finger food; an action-oriented Ashevillage Town
Meeting with nationally renowned presenters and local pioneers;
Ashevillage in Action Day with
14 hands-on sustainability projects
throughout the city; a summer solstice celebration, community
potlucks, local music and arts, closing ceremonies,
and much more. Guiding principles include
cohesion building, synergizing existing sustainability initiatives,
citizen education and participation, practical hands-on sustainable
solutions, eco-cultural regeneration, and celebration of what’s
already happening on these fronts in Asheville.
Join in…
• Building exemplary on-the-ground sustainability projects
together
• Generating practical, sustainable solutions for Asheville’s
citizens
• Learning from sustainability pioneers from around the
country
• Synergizing Asheville’s abundant, yet often disparate
groups
• Celebrating together as a vibrant community!
ABC includes:
More than 30 local organizations & project
hosts
14 participatory sustainability learning projects
500,000 media outreach recipients
2,000 local citizen participants
Internationally-renowned guests: Julia
Butterfly, Starhawk,
and Mark Lakeman of City
Repair from Portland,
Outcomes
1) ABC will leave the people, the land, and the city of Asheville
with a spectrum of inspiring, on-the-ground examples of what’s
beautiful, practical, and life-affirming about sustainability.
2) ABC will provide action-oriented opportunities for sustainable
solutions to be created and celebrated by the community at large,
while citizens learn what they can do in their own lives.
3) ABC will build cohesion and synergize long-lasting relationships
amongst local residents, organizations, businesses, projects,
and others who are dedicated to building a sustainable Asheville
for years to come.
Partnering organizations
Ashevillage Institute, LaZoom Tours, Earth Celebrations, Jubilee’s Earth Team,
Media Arts Project/MAP, Asheville Bioneers, 828 Design, American
Green, City Repair from Portland, OR, Starhawk (internationally-renowned
author), Julia Butterfly Hill (internationally-renowned activist), Sustainable Advisory Committee for Energy
& the Environment/SACEE, Sensible City, Sustainability Alliance
of the Mountains/SAM, Clean Air Community Trust, Arts 2 People,
Organic Growers School, Kleiwerks International and other local
community organizers.
Project hosts
The City of Asheville, Quality Forward, RiverLink, Isaac Dickson
Elementary, Vance Elementary, Clean Air Community Trust, YWCA,
Ashevillage Institute of Kleiwerks International, Bountiful Cities
Project, WNC Alliance, Asheville Mural Project of Arts 2 People,
Church of the Advocate, and local herbalists.
The ABC thanks our administrative nonprofit,
the Ashevillage Institute of Kleiwerks International.
For Schedule of Events, click
here.
For Media Plan, click
here.
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