The [[Shiny Green Acorn Festival]] unconference was held from August 12-14, 2016, largely at the Sanders home in Aranmore and at [http://tryonfarm.org 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 [https://awakeningthehorse.wordpress.com/ 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
* [[Intro to Tryon Life Community Farm]], part 1
* [[Awakening the Horse People]]
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
* [[How serious are we about wanting to live in an intentional community?]], part 2
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 2016
=== 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)