The Shiny Green Acorn Festival unconference was held from August 12-14, 2016, largely at the Sanders home in Aranmore and at Tryon Life Community Farm. The goal of the event was to celebrate as a community and plan playfully.
Focus question
It’s been 18 years since Octavia Butler published Parable of the Talents. What can we learn from Acorn? What do we envision for our Acorn-like ecovillage in the Portland area or elsewhere?
Participants
- Brandon, Shelley, Sequoia, and Ren
- Ben
- Eric and Michelle
- Ted, Max, and Shogi
- Steve and Judy
- Brenna
- Brenna and Jenny from TLC Farm
- Two people from the Awakening the Horse People project
Sessions
Friday
At the Sanders place
- Finding quotes about Acorn
- Work on SolSeed domains
- Logistics planning
- How serious are we about wanting to live in an intentional community?, part 1
- Ecovillage guilt trip
- Unconventional people
- Urban ecovillage example
At Tryon
In the car on our failed attempt to see the Perseids at a state park
- Community bright spots, part 1
Saturday
Civis service in the woods next to the Sanders place
At the wetland near the Sanders place
Michelle's belly dance performance at the Artist's Repertory Theater
At Tryon
- Ted's thinking about intentional community after moving out
- How serious are we about wanting to live in an intentional community?, part 3
- Soup Night
- Dreaming Buckleberry, part 1
Back at the Sanders place
- Community bright spots, part 2
While picking Michelle up from the theater
- Dreaming Buckleberry, part 2
Sunday
At Tryon
- Building models of future SolSeed buildings
- Project habits and mojo
- Superintelligence and SolSeed
- Intro to Tryon Life Community Farm, part 2 (during a work party)