Good evening, Since I just sent out the invitation for our next meeting, I thought it would be a good time to update the site a bit.
The next meeting:
Thursday Feb 28 - 7pm
Where: Village Lifestyles
10429 - 79 Ave
Edmonton, Alberta
Behind the post office
What are we talking about this time? There are 2 parts to this gathering:
1. Well, now that we've come up with our vision and mission, based on previous discussions at the meetings, we feel it's time to start working on the things you have told us you want most. There were three areas: networking and connecting, taking action, and a list of resources. This meeting we will focus on the best way to create this list of resources, how it should be organized, and gathering the resources we already know about.
2. relax and connect with each other while watching some mind expanding and inspiring videos.
And this time, Tad is out of town so Joey has graciously agreed to co-chair the meeting! Thanks Joey!
So of course we welcome you to come and mingle and connect, but if you aren't able to make it and would still like to help create this resource directory, please email or call with your suggestions. After the meeting we will be sharing the framework for the resource list and will still be accepting your contributions and ideas.
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Community Announcements!
Several of you have sent announcements that need more explanation/exposure than the calendar provides, so I have set up a section for that in the right hand column called "Announcements". Please feel free to check it out and send in your announcements.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
The CORE Meeting
Wow, Tad and I just attended a great ECAT/ABC Tech networking dinner! There were over 100 people there from all walks of life, who came together to find out this "eco-thing" everyone is talking about. There were 4 predinner sessions and in ours sesion, we got to meet a bunch of the other groups in the city who are doing amazing things to make their working environments more sustainable, while finding a way to balance the planet, people and profits!
E-SAGE had another meeting on February 13th, and we had packed the room at Trimline Design Training Center - thanks to Harold for letting us use the room! If you are interested in courses on sustainable energy, housing or fuel you can find information there.
At the meeting we broke into groups and talked about specific projects that our group could do or help other groups do. The total list is being complied and we will have the full information soon. We also had the feeling that people wanted a bit more structure and wanted to know more about the purpose and goals of E-SAGE. Tad and I got together on Sunday and spent the whole day working it out, and we're proud to share our new mission and vision statements with you. We appreciate your feedback.
Some things to note:
Our next meeting is February 28th at the Village, more details on the calendar. At this meeting we will be starting the skeleton of our resource directory. Bring a list of all the websites, stores, restaurants, books, people, organizations, etc. that already do something sustainable, or provide goods or services that others need to know about. If you can't come to the meeting, email your ideas to us.
Nominations for the Emerald Awards close on Feb 29th. Check out their website for more information and the nomination forms.
E-SAGE had another meeting on February 13th, and we had packed the room at Trimline Design Training Center - thanks to Harold for letting us use the room! If you are interested in courses on sustainable energy, housing or fuel you can find information there.
At the meeting we broke into groups and talked about specific projects that our group could do or help other groups do. The total list is being complied and we will have the full information soon. We also had the feeling that people wanted a bit more structure and wanted to know more about the purpose and goals of E-SAGE. Tad and I got together on Sunday and spent the whole day working it out, and we're proud to share our new mission and vision statements with you. We appreciate your feedback.
Some things to note:
Our next meeting is February 28th at the Village, more details on the calendar. At this meeting we will be starting the skeleton of our resource directory. Bring a list of all the websites, stores, restaurants, books, people, organizations, etc. that already do something sustainable, or provide goods or services that others need to know about. If you can't come to the meeting, email your ideas to us.
Nominations for the Emerald Awards close on Feb 29th. Check out their website for more information and the nomination forms.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Third SAGE Meeting
Another month has gone by and the excitment and support is still growing. So many awesome things are happening around the city in so many areas it's hard to keep track of it all! (See the calendar at right >)
It's almost time for our first core group meeting! If you are interested in contributing to the group in an organizing capacity - please join us on Feb 13 at Trimline Design Center - see full details in the calendar (at right >).
If you just want to come out and see what all the buzz is about - come to our next group meeting on Feb 28 at the Village. (Details also at right >).
We are also attempting to share some of the other cool things happening around town that you may not have heard about yet. Please check out the calendar - at right for full details.
Hot Dog, we were in the paper today! Check out the pdf version of the article in the box (at right >) to read about the group from some other people's perspective.
And if you would like to know a bit more about Tad and I, you can click on the photos of us in the box (at right).
For all of you who were at the last meeting, you may have noticed that I am still employing my repetitive marketing techinique. So where can you find most of the new information on this page? ______ ______
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Resources
At the last meeting there was a request that we share the information that has come from our discussions, so here it is.
The first meeting we broke into groups and answered the same question.
"What do we think we know about creating and living in a sustainable community?"
Since there were 8 groups we had 8 versions of the answers. I put all these answers into a spreadsheet and looked for common themes. You can see the spreadsheet here common themes.
At the second meeting we used the common themes from this question to guide our group discussions. Using the following 4 focus question below, we joined the group that we were most passionate about and shared with the others. Click on each of the topic headings below to see what we talked about.
Focus Questions
What projects can we do together that we can’t do alone?
What partners can we identify to work with?
What partners are out there we should find out about?
What ongoing projects do we know about?
Topics
1. Food and Agriculture Issues
2. Building Design
3. Alternative Forms of Energy
4. Food Security
5. Eco village
6. Education
7. Community Building
8. Media
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Other News...
We are starting to work on an online directory of resources. If you would like to be part of this creation process let us know by sending an e-mail.
It's almost time for our first core group meeting! If you are interested in contributing to the group in an organizing capacity - please join us on Feb 13 at Trimline Design Center - see full details in the calendar (at right >).
If you just want to come out and see what all the buzz is about - come to our next group meeting on Feb 28 at the Village. (Details also at right >).
We are also attempting to share some of the other cool things happening around town that you may not have heard about yet. Please check out the calendar - at right for full details.
Hot Dog, we were in the paper today! Check out the pdf version of the article in the box (at right >) to read about the group from some other people's perspective.
And if you would like to know a bit more about Tad and I, you can click on the photos of us in the box (at right).
For all of you who were at the last meeting, you may have noticed that I am still employing my repetitive marketing techinique. So where can you find most of the new information on this page? ______ ______
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Resources
At the last meeting there was a request that we share the information that has come from our discussions, so here it is.
The first meeting we broke into groups and answered the same question.
"What do we think we know about creating and living in a sustainable community?"
Since there were 8 groups we had 8 versions of the answers. I put all these answers into a spreadsheet and looked for common themes. You can see the spreadsheet here common themes.
At the second meeting we used the common themes from this question to guide our group discussions. Using the following 4 focus question below, we joined the group that we were most passionate about and shared with the others. Click on each of the topic headings below to see what we talked about.
Focus Questions
What projects can we do together that we can’t do alone?
What partners can we identify to work with?
What partners are out there we should find out about?
What ongoing projects do we know about?
Topics
1. Food and Agriculture Issues
2. Building Design
3. Alternative Forms of Energy
4. Food Security
5. Eco village
6. Education
7. Community Building
8. Media
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Other News...
We are starting to work on an online directory of resources. If you would like to be part of this creation process let us know by sending an e-mail.
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