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    OK Portlanders.......empty your cupboards....if you want to

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    Lotus & I have started collecting things to bring. We'll have stuff for our salsa, 2 or 3 watermelons plus a variety of odds & ends including falafel, cous cous, noodles, teas & more.

     

    What are other folks planning on bringing? We should be able to get basic stuff in Lincoln City but the prices & selection of vegan options, organics, etc is probably pretty limited. Then again, Newport is a neat town half an hour south and it has a natural foods coop & a Fred Meyers which is a large chain store w/ decent natural foods section.

    Convergence for Climate Action: 8-14 August, SW Washington

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    The West Coast Convergence for Climate Action

     

    Wednesday, August 8th - Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

     

    6 days of low-impact living and high-impact action near the mouth of the Columbia River in Skamokawa, Washington.

     

    With extreme weather, massive species extinctions, and melting ice caps becoming a more dire reality each day, it is high time for us to come together to take firm actions against the root causes of climate change.

     

    Today, with large fossil fuel development projects planned at the mouth of the Columbia River, this iconic waterway is ground zero in the global struggle against the violence of the energy industry and for a livable climate future.

     

    The West Coast Convergence for Climate Action will be situated near a community that is fighting a proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal on the Columbia River. Currently, LNG development is being met with local, community-based resistance due to the immense safety risks, environmental destruction, local economic impact, and social injustice related to this foreign fossil fuel. We are working with and supporting many of the local residents in their campaign against LNG, as well as with activists resisting dams, highway expansions, nuclear and other forms of dirty and unjust energy.

     

    The convergence will be a space for celebration, for kids and families, a place to socialize with friends old and new. We intend to show that less energy intensive, less "stuff-centered" living is not just more environmentally friendly, but that less can be so much more FUN!

    Spreading the word on VV'07

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    Howdy folks,

    I'm curious how folks have been spreading the word on this years gathering? Right now, I know that info has been posted on the NW-Veg & Happy Cow ( http://www.vegetarianchatboard.com ) forums but where else.

     

    Personally, I've mostly just mentioned VV'07 to a few folks that I know but now that the Vegan Vacation website: http://www.veganvacations.net has been updated for this years event, I really want to start getting the word out more widely.

    B.A.B.E. Fest - August 24th - 26th, Portland, Cascadia

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    http://www.babefestpdx.com

     

     

    B.A.B.E. Fest: HomeMetal, hardcore, grind, punk, noisy artsy metal? Do we like it? Yes.

     

    Do girls like it? Yes.

     

    Do girls feel like they get equal representation in the scene? Well, not so much.

     

    B.A.B.E fest (Breaking Assumptions and Barriers for Equality) is a fest that speaks in the name of gender equality in the punk and metal scenes. The fest is intended to foster a broader dialogue about diversity, gender identity and sexual identity in the scene while showcasing artists that make us critically think about feminist and gender related issues.

     

    Started by a bunch of girls in the metal/crust/ punk/grind/power violence/whatever is sometimes aggressive yet weird No Po/Northeast Portland scene, B.A.B.E. fest promises to be your best bet for a hot and sultry August weekend of critical feminist and queer/transgender radical thinking, anti – oppression and anti – hierarchy workshops, lunch made by dudes, radical feminist film night and of course, the metal/grind/ punk played by a mix of women and men who represent what gender equality in the scene really looks like and really should look like.

     

    Two nights of music include Buried Blood, Tandemnation (ex – The Haggard), Sleepwalkers R.I.P., Landlord (Flagstaff, AZ), Dispossessed (ex – Harum Scarum, Remains of the Day) , The Vonneguts, Scary Bear (Seattle), Massive Meat Split, Order of the Gash, and Anon Ramora.

     

    B.A.B.E fest will take place August 24th, 25th and 26th at variety of locations. Check the schedule below.

     

    August 24

     

    House Show (location T.B.D.) with:

     

    Buried Blood

     

    Tandemnation

     

    Sleepwalkers R.I.P.

     

    Landlord (Flagstaff, AZ)

     

    August 25

     

    Workshops – Liberty Hall

     

    12 – 1 p.m. Dudes Making Lunch

     

    1:15 – 2:15 Consent Workshop

     

    2:30-3:30 Gender Caucus

     

    3:45 – 5:00 Making Punk Communities Safe from Violence and

     

    Aggression

     

    Show at Satyricon with:

     

    The Vonneguts

     

    Order of the Gash

     

    Anon Ramora

     

    Massive Meat Split

     

    Scary Bear

     

    Dipossessed

     

    August 26

     

    Full afternoon of workshops at In other Words, Jerk Store, Pink House. Workshops include Consensus Building/Facilitation, Riot Grrl and Beyond, Women and Sizism, Women of Color in the Punk Scene, DIY Women’s Health, Women and Alcoholism in the Scene, and Male Privilege.

     

    Sprockettes performance and feminist bike – in film night at the Pink House. Films will be by indie film makers that focus on gender equality issues, radical politics, and punk communities.

    Dance classes in Portland

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    I actually have no idea where I'll be staying. I though there were some kind of plan for us out of towners? Of course if it isn't too crowded I would like to stay with you I don't know if robert has some kind of plan though

    As best as i know, the plan is to divide the visitors from far-away up to be housed by locals such as Robert, Darth Lotus & I + anyone else who wants to volunteer. Besides that, it's up to you who ya want to stay with & what part of town ya want to stay in, etc. If the hosts get to pick, you & Flanders are my top choices. Ya can probably even couch-surf around to a different place each night if ya want!

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