Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Mother Earth News Fair 2012!



Hello Sustainable Puyallup!!

The Mother Earth News Fair is coming back to the Puyallup 
Fairgrounds this weekend! This is a great time to carouse about 
sustainability topics in the area.
Check it out here:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/fair/Puyallup.aspx
Sat June 2nd, 9am-7pm
Sun June 3rd, 9am-6pm

BOOTH STAFFING:
We will have our own booth outside, near-ish the NW Ecobuilding 
Guild (remember the awesome workshop space with all the straw 
bales?) and our sister groups Self-Reliant Community Graham and 
Sustainable Tacoma-Pierce.
Can you help staff the booth? I can get you a free entry to the fair...

SETUP:
We will be borrowing a pop-up canopy tent and will need some 
decorations, chairs, tables, etc. If you can help with any of that,
please let me know. ;)
Ideally we'd assemble a small crew of us who can do setup on Friday 
for a half-hour or so.

BIKE TO THE FAIR:
There will be a bike ride on both days to the fair, so please meet 
up with us and don't worry about parking or traffic at the Fairgounds! 
Those rides will start at 10:15 in Sumner, and 10:45 in Puyallup, 
then to the Fair. Find more info at the end of this message.

BIKE TOUR AFTER THE FAIR:
We'll meet at the Gold Gate after the Fair gets out on both days. 
While staffing the booth we'll be encouraging anyone with a bike to 
join us on this tour to check out gardens, raingardens, and other 
cool things around Puyallup. Riders and toursites are encouraged.

US AT THE FAIR:
Of course there'll be ongoing locals activity at the Sustainable 
Puyallup booth, I also wanted to highlight some of our members 
(people on this email list) who will be hosting workshops.

Wolf College Stage- Saturday
Kelda 10-11 "Permaculture Garden Installation"
Chris and Kim 2:30-3:30 "Fire by Friction"
Chris and Kim 4-5 "Willow and Birch Basketry"
Chris and guest 5:30-7 "Wild Edibles Food Cooking"

Wolf College Stage-Sunday
Kelda 11:30-12:30 "Eat Your Garden Weeds"
Chris 1-2 "Parfleche and Hide Tanning"
Chris 2:30-3:30 "Bow and Arrow Making"
Kim and guest 4-5 "Herbal Medicine Making"

Pierce Conservation District Stage-Saturday
Andy Bary 11:30-12:30 "Pastured Poultry"

Pierce Conservation District Stage-Sunday
Sarah Wilcox 1-2 "Farmlink"
Terry Carkner, etc 2:30-3:30 "CSAs from Established and 
New Farmer's Perspectives"
Terry Carkner 4-5 "Season Extensions with High Tunnels"

I'm sorry if I missed any others of us that are hosting workshop! 
Please correct me!
:)
also don't forget our Facebook group, where lots of action 
tends to happen:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/58932492152/

Thanks folks! You're making Puyallup an awesomer place to live!
Kelda
253-370-9946

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