Village Building In Portland

The City Repair Project in Portland is hosting a Village Building Convergence from May 18-27. If you aren't familiar with Mark Lakemand the City Repair, check out his website below. They are doing amazing grassroots community-building work there. The Convergence is a hands-n event that runs throughout the city. Citizens, participants, etc. will build over 30 ecological gathering places throughout the city of cob construction (mud, straw and grasses). They also have an eveining speakers series focussing on placemaking, neoindigeneity and urban permaculture.

The beauty of the City Repair projects are that they are so simple, cost next to nothing, can be implemented in most neighborhoods and are extremely successful (in Portland at least) at building community. //Juliet

Go to: http://www.cityrepair.org/wiki.php/wow