That sounds really interesting... I don't know how much time I could devote..
but I could definately advertise and do email /internet stuff probably....

Yeah.. bring the information here!!

:>P

Caeli
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Caeli M. Good
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---- Abby Artemisia <lunaevergreen@...> wrote:
> I was feeling a little sad about missing the Southeast Women's Herbal
> Conference this year. I went the past two years and was planning on
> going again. However, with the price of gas these days, it seems
> prohibitively expensive to drive to North Carolina and pay for the
> conference, food, childcare, lodging, etc. It especially seems
> wasteful when you think of the resources used to transport people from
> all over the country. So, I had an idea...
> The Northeast, Southeast, and West have plenty of Women's Herbal
> Conferences. The Midwest is so great, why don't we have one? The
> Dandelion Health Collective could help put it on. And since we're
> putting it on, we could do it however we wanted to. We could make it
> more inclusive by making it open to all genders. Also, I was thinking
> maybe it could be an Earth Healers conference. That way it could
> include all kinds of healing: physical,spiritual, energy, sound,
> gardening/permaculture, etc. It seems like we have so many wonderful
> local resources for this. A friend has said that we may be able to
> use the United Plant Savers Sanctuary land outside of Athens for the
> conference
> (http://www.unitedplantsavers.org/UpS_Botanical_Sanctuary.html),
> tentatively next autumn.
> What do you think? Are you up for a little community education while
> touting what the Midwest has to offer and having a lot of fun? This
> will take plenty of planning, so we could use the talents of everyone.
> Please respond with your thoughts. This could be a super duper
> fantastic opportunity; let's get excited!
>