Thriving Communities
2012 Harvest - Visual Synthesis by Anne Jess
2013 Word Harvest - Visual Synthesis by Anne Jess
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Thriving Communities 2013
Thriving Communities 2013 took place March 21-23, 2013 at the Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island, WA. The theme of this year's conference was "local living economy." The conference featured awesome, replicable case studies from Bellingham, Portland, Port Townsend, and South Whidbey Island, and gathered the wisdom of 20+ communities, resulting in a rich harvest...
Conference Harvest
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Featured Videos of Bellingham, Port Townsend, Portland, and Whidbey Island
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In the Blogosphere!
Shelly Randall, conference attendee from Port Townsend, posted these reflections on the exhortation to "Find your own Port Townsend" on her blog, Sustainable Together.
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Upcoming Thriving Communities Events
- June 2013: Stay tuned...
Previous Thriving Communities Events
First Annual Thriving Communities Conference - Feb 2-4, 2012
The Whidbey Institute's first annual Thriving Communities Conference took place February 2-4, 2012. 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.
Second Annual Thriving Communities Conference - March 21-12, 2013
Thriving Communities 2013 took place March 21-23, 2013 at the Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island, WA. The theme of this year's conference was "local living economy." The conference featured awesome, replicable case studies from Bellingham, Portland, Port Townsend, and South Whidbey Island, and gathered the wisdom of 20+ communities, resulting in a rich harvest...
Thriving Organizational Ecosystem Summit - June 12-14, 2012
The first Thriving Organizational Ecosystem Summit (TOES) took place at the Whidbey Institute June 12-14, 2012. New Stories and the Compassionate Action Network International co-convened the event. Twenty-six people participated from a dozen organizations to explore opportunities for deep collaboration across organizational boundaries. One of the deep collaborations that emerged was the Compassion Games.
Thriving and Resilient Salish Sea Bioregion - March 23-24, 2013
Co-sponsored by New Stories and the Whidbey Institute, this “untensive” explored the power of our deep stories to unite cultures, to help us partner with the land and with one another, and to bring forth a thriving and resilient bioregion that can serve as a model in the Great Turning. Thirty-five people from around the bioregion participated in a rich cross-cultural experience that set the stage for ongoing gatherings in service of ecosystemic health in the bioregion.
