We are excited to announce that our 2020 keynote speaker will be David “Diamond” Mauriello! Many of you met Diamond at last year’s event or are familiar with his work through his prolific YouTube Channel – Oppenheimer Ranch Project where he tackles social and environmental justice issues, GMO awareness, permaculture farming and so much more. …
Lee Temple is an award-winning author, visionary, elder, community organizer, and global sustainability activist/consultant—a planetary change agent and vital force for cross-cultural transformation. For the 2019 Energy Fair, he gave us a rousing speech laying out how individuals can reduce their carbon footprint among other things. Watch the Video Here
Donovan will be covering papercrete concepts, ideas and challenges. He will demonstrate constructing with a commercial made papercrete product, as well as, creative applications of homemade papercrete. Papercrete is a product made of post-consumer paper fiber, cement and a few binders to stabilize the material. Papercrete has a superior compression strength to concrete with a …
Pete is joining us for his first year with the Fair. He will be discussing rammed earth tire construction along with basic earthship design and construction. If you have wondered what it takes to build with tires, join Pete while he explains AND demonstrates how to construct with reclaimed car tires. There are several homes …
Juniper will discuss conscious cordwood building, including mitigating dying forest to start hugelkultur beds and recycling glass. Cordwood is very sustainable and can be harvested in your own backyard! Juniper will also discuss body awareness, inhaling our surroundings and exhaling recycled trauma in regards to conscious construction. You can tour Juniper’s house at the Home Tour …
Groundwater combines inspirations from reggae, hip-hop, funk, jazz and traditional music into a loop-based, all improvisational collaboration of lyrical and instrumental voicings. We share dynamic, funky dance rhythms as a means of resonating a prayer for peace, love and solidarity on the earth and beyond. Much love and blessings and hope that you enjoy!
This immersive experience is for artists and non artists alike. The experience is designed to assist people to contact their inner vision, through a short Shamanic Journey (with drumming) followed by painting what they experienced. There will be instruction of the painting technique that helps the process of stimulating the intuition.
Join us as we introduce Restorative Justice and the 5 Preconditions for Restorative Practices based on Dominic Barter’s work. We will explore recent history of RJ in Crestone with firsthand accounts to examine what we have learned, where improvements can be made and how we can strengthen relationships and repair harm in a community. We will introduce …
Natural Movement Play Session Liberate your inner child for some energetic group games. Unleash your inner animal for a practice of primal crawls and walks. Discover your inner athlete as we dip our toes into parkour-like play. Join with your community in embodiment and movement.
David, otherwise known as Diamond, grew up in Southampton just outside of Philadelphia. He attended Temple University where he received his B.S. in geology and stayed on to teach and get his masters degree. Diamond’s recent work on social and environmental justice initiatives, including urban vacant lot farming, GMO awareness, and other green endeavors find even greater …
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