John Whight will be on Mount Desert Island to offer a course called, “Organic Gardening Without Money.” On Saturday, May 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. He will be in Southwest Harbor at Saint John Episcopal Church (next to Pemetic School. On Saturday, May 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., he’ll be at the Bar Harbor municipal building's (across from Hannaford) second-floor auditorium.

Check out On-line Course - The UnCrash Course
This comprehensive, six-week course will get you prepared in the following areas: transportation, health, finances and shelter, food production and storage, and post-peak skills. An excellent way to quickly prepare in all the key areas. To Register: Postpeakliving.org

For a little entertainment look at www.thefuntheory.com We have to find ways to "lighten up" and have fun with sustainable living. I think the fun theory is on to something!!

We've been blessed with an early Spring and things that are normally done much later in the Spring need to be done now. Pace yourself and watch our calendar for a multitude of opportunities to learn about back yard gardening.

We had a very successful Transition Town training in March 2010. 15 people from around Maine and Vermont were trained to go back to their communities and spread the good word of Transition Town work!
If you missed the training, check the website www.transitionus.org for information on future trainings.

Please take a few minutes to listen to this powerful and wonderful song by Kathryn Mostow, "I Give Thanks." We received permission from her to post her song here. If you love it like we did, please purchase it to support this great artist.