Thriving Communities

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How do you know a thriving community when you meet one?

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Upcoming: May 24-25 Thriving Communities Reconnection

We welcome you back to this space that we met only a few months ago. As the wiki and far beyond that will attest, many amazing things have been happening in your communities. I hope many of you will be joining us next week at the Institute. This time was designed with the opportunity for you to:

• Reconnect with those you met in February
• Share what your work has been since the gathering ie bring your own stories
• Explore ways we can help each other in on-going ways
• Visit sites that are in the videos presented at the Feb Gathering, either pre or post time at the Institute

Notes:

• Maps to locations will be sent on request.
• Leave early afternoon if you have plans for Memorial Day weekend.

The 24 hours together will be one of sharing with some thoughtful leadership guiding this process. Wonderful food, great stories, possible new connections and updated information on our social network opportunities will be interwoven into the time.

So we know food and lodging requests please register through this link.

For those who can not be with us, please email your stories to harvest@thrivingcommunities.org or share them on Facebook as they will lift us as we move into this time.

Please consider these two requests:

1. If you have another person (or people) from a community who did not attend in February but you think would feel engaged I want you to know that they would be welcome.
2. Please feel free to bring a friend, another from your own community, who you feel might be inspired or lifted by the thriving work.

Schedule

General Outline of the 24 hours together

Thursday Afternoon

• Checking in
• About co-creating
• Thriving Culture-essential elements. What it looks like to you.

Thursday Evening

• Jeff Vander Clute A global perspective. Another view of what is happening?
• Participant reflection and input
• Conversation

Friday

• What are we learning? WHat next?
• Next Food Convening (this year) and bridge to Local Economy

Save the Date! Thriving Communities 2013

The next Thriving Communities gathering will take place March 21-23, 2013 at the Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island, WA. The theme of next year's conference is thriving local economy.

Thriving Communities 2012

The Whidbey Institute's first annual Thriving Communities gathering took place February 2-4. The conference focused on how local food systems help to create thriving community. Teams from around the Pacific Northwest and beyond came together to share wisdom and left deeply nourished and supported in their community building work. Among the many highlights were eight videos that tell the story of organizations on South Whidbey Island that are helping the community to thrive.

• Featured Videos Created for the Gathering
• Thriving Communities 2012: Notes, Photos, Videos, and More from the Gathering
• The Whidbey Institute

See more featured videos

Sections

• Conference Archive
• Thrive Gatherings
• How-to Guides and Resources for Building Thriving Communities
• Thrive Universe: A list of organizations and websites related to the Thrive meme

Recent Articles

• Famy My Yard - "From lawn to fresh veggies in a few simple steps"
• Inspiring Greece - Atenistas
• No Limits To Happiness (Shareable)
• Happiness Is The Ultimate Economic Indicator
• Business Lessons from A Quiet Gardener (iJourney.org)
• Blueprint for P2P Society: The Partner State & Ethical Economy (Shareable)
• The Joy of Building Thriving Community (Napa Valley Life Magazine)
• Beyond the Purchase: At Beyond The Purchase.org you can take short surveys and quizzes to receive personalized feedback about your spending habits, happiness, and values.
• Community Network Commits to Focus on Thriving (AxiomNews)
• America the Possible: A Manifesto (YES! Magazine)
• Sharing Takes Root (Shareable): "Here in Monroe and Alpine, Oregon, we have created a solution that is helping people learn about gardening, grow their own food and lift the burden on our local food-bank to provide for its ever increasing customers. We call it a 'Sharing Garden'."
• How to run a permablitz!
• Seattle's First Urban Food Forest Will Be Open To Foragers
• Nation's Largest Public Food Forest Takes Root on Beacon Hill
• Carrots in the car park. Radishes on the roundabout. The deliciously eccentric story of the town growing ALL its own veg! (Watch Video)
• Axiom News - Thriving Communities
• Stephan Schwartz Interview on Thriving and Resilient Communities
• Sketch of Thrivability ecosystem concept (Michelle Holliday)
• Thriving Communities Presentation to Antioch (Jeff Vander Clute, Sheri Herndon)