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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES 
 
[Apologies if this isn't updated -- upcoming activities are always listed on the HOME PAGE]
 

 


*** Skillshare & Potluck--Wild Mushroom ID & Bicycle Clinic
Sat, February 20, 6PM
U.U. Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven

***

Skillshare: Maple Syrup Tapping, Boiling, & Processing
Sat, March 20, 1 PM
Laine Harris' Sugar House, 18 Turner Ave, Hamden, CT


 PAST ACTIVITIES



*** Stony Creek Trolley Track Walkabout

Sat, Jan 23, Walk begins in Stony Creek 11:15 AM (we will meet in ball field parking lot)

For a ride and carpooling: Meet at 1st UU Society Parking Lot, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven,10:30 AM

*** Movie "In Transition 1.0" & Potluck

Sat, Feb 6, Potluck 6 PM, Movie 7 PM

UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven



*** 3rd Open Space: Economy & Livelihood (see attached poster)

Sat, Feb 13, 10 AM-5M (put this date on your calendar!)

Common Ground High School, 358 Springside Ave, New Haven

"The Economy is going down, how can we keep up?"

"How can we build a resilient local economy to foster sustainable livelihood?”


* Skill Sharing for Transition/Practical Open Mike,

Sat, Jan 9,  Potluck - 6 PM, program begins 7 PM  

UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven



* Bread-Baking at SHARE Haven's 1st Birthday Party (music, dancing, sharing food)

Skill Sharing Workshops Begin!! (demonstrate how or learn to bake bread)

Sun, Jan 10, 5:30 - 9 PM, UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven

 
* Moonlight Post-Solstice Walk & Potluck
Sat, Jan 2, Walk 6 PM, Dinner 7:30 PM
Start from UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven, Return for Potluck


* Bioregional Holiday Craft Fair
Sat, Dec 12, 11 AM - 4 PM
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven

* Movie: Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place" & Potluck
Sat, Dec 12, 6 PM Potluck, 7 PM Movie
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven

* Quarry Park Paleontological Adventure w/ Cope MacClintock, Dan Brinkman, & Tracy Blanford

* 4th Bioregional Canoe Trip led by the QRWA (Quinnipiac River Watershed Association)

Sat, Sept 19, 1 PM
YOU MUST PREREGISTER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT


*
Hiking Our Bioregion with Overnight Camping at Common Ground High School

Sat. & Sun, Aug 8 & 9


* Wepawaug River Walk
Saturday July, 9 am 12 pm
Wepawaug Conservation Area, Orange
 
* Transition Road Show World Premiere!
Saturday July 11, 6-9 pm
FUUS

* New Haven Landfill Walkabout with Chris Ozyck as our guide &
 Randy Domina, New Haven Bird Club, to help us with bird identifying
Sun, May 17, 2 - 4 PM
Meet in the Lowe's Parking Lot at 1:45 PM, Rt 80 and Quinnipiac Ave (Little River access closest to the highway)

*OPENING DAY of 2009 WEEKLY CITY FARMERS' MARKET WOOSTER SQUARE!
SAT, MAY 16 from 9AM - 1PM
Russo Park, corner of Chapel Street and DePalma Court
(directly across from Wooster Square Park)


* Transition Study Group #2
Thur, May 21, 6:00-8:00 PM Bernard & Patty

Brennan’s home, 21 Barrett St, Hamden


*Transition Study Group #1
Mon, May 25,  7:30-9:30 PM (we are meeting in spite of it being the end of a holiday weekend)

(with optional potluck dinner at 6:30, open to all)
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven

* Movies "The Story of Stuff" & "Money as Debt" & Potluck
Co-sponsored by SHARE Haven & Bioregional Group
Sat, May 9, 6 PM Potluck, 7 PM Movies, Discussion follows
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven


* Garden Work
Sat. May 8, 10 am
FUUS, 608 Whitney Ave


* "Flow" Screening & potluck, Sun. April 26


*Garden Work

Sun, April 19, 1 - 3 PM

UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven

* Peter's Rock Walkabout
Sat. April 18

* Westwoods Walkabout,
Sat. Mar. 28

*
"The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" film screening & potluck, April 4

*
Movie: "King Corn: You are What You Eat"  & Dessert Potluck
Fri, Dec 5, 7:30 PM Dessert, 8 PM Movie
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven
 
* Quarry Park Preserve Walkabout with Tracy Blanford, Oliver Barton, 
Dr.
Copeland MacClintock, and Deb Townsend
Sat, Nov 22
 
 
* Movie "Blood and Oil" & Potluck; Sat, Oct 11, 6 PM Potluck, 7 PM Movie
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven
* Bioregional Canoe Trip led by the QRWA (Quinnipiac River Watershed Association)
Sat, Sept 27, 10 AM
 
* Potluck & Movie "Escape from Suburbia-Beyond the American Dream" Sat, Sept 20, 6 PM Potluck, 7 PM Movie
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven
 
* Garden Work
Sat, Aug. 9, 10 am
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave.

 

* Movie & Potluck- Where Heaven Meets Earth: Faith and Environment in the Chesapeake Bay
Sat, July 26, Potluck 6 PM, Movie 7 PM
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave.

 

* Garden Work
Sat, July 26, 10 am
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave.

 

* Mill River 28th Walkabout
Saturday, July 12, 10 AM- 1 PM
Meet at Covered Bridge at Eli Whitney Museum

 

* Mill River Trail Cleanup
Saturday, June 21, 9-11:30 AM
Meet Parking Lot Ralph Walker Skating Rink, 1080 State St.

 

* Potluck & Movie: "Independent America"
Co-sponsored by "IBuyElmCity"
Sat, June 7, 6 PM Potluck, 7 PM Movie
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven

 

* Garden Project Work
Sat, June 7, 11 AM
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave

 

* Garden Project Work
Mon, May 26, 10 AM
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave

 

* 27th Walkabout-Sandy Point
Sun, May 25, 4 PM

 

* 25th Bioregional Walkabout--A Geology Walk with Copeland MacClintock
Sat, April 26, 9:30 AM -- 1 PM
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven

 

*Bioregional Mapping Project, Ongoing Progress Report
Mon, April 14, 7:30 PM
UU, 608 Whitney Ave

 

*Potluck & Movie "The Real Dirt on Farmer John"
Sat, April 5, 6 PM Potluck, 7 PM Movie

 

*24th Bioregional Walkabout--Northwest West River
Sat, March 29, 10-1

 

* Potluck & Movie "Thomas Berry--The Great Story"
Sat, March 1, 6 PM
UU, 608 Whitney Ave

[More on Thomas Berry.]

 
* 24th Bioregional Walkabout--Bird Walk--Hammonasset
Sat, Feb 16, 8 AM
Meet 7:45 AM, UU, 608 Whitney Ave
 
* Bioregional Mapping Project
Mon, Feb 11, 7:30 PM
UU, 608 Whitney Ave
 
* Garden Meeting
Saturday Feb. 2
 
* Potluck & "Future of Food" screening
Sat. Feb. 2
 
* Solstice Walk and Potluck
Saturday, December 29
Meet 9:45 AM
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave.
Potluck 12:30 PM (or when we return from walk)
 
* Bioregional Local Holiday Crafts Bazaar
Saturday, December 8
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave.
11 AM-4 PM
 
* Hill Walkabout
Saturday, Dec. 1
North Hill neighborhood
 
* Farmington Canal Bike Ride Saturday, November 10

Bike Ride & Trail Stewardship Event
Saturday, November 10
9:30 AM - 12 PM Ride, then 1:30-3:30 PM Trail Clean-up

 

* Schumacher Society Lectures
Saturday, October 27
Details: Twenty-Seventh Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures Saturday, October 27th, 2007, 10am-5pm with Charles Turner, Majora Carter, and Michael Shuman Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA
 
*20th Bioregional Walkabout: Autumn Leaves Hike Sleeping Giant
Saturday, October 20
9 AM
 
 * Fall Harvest Anniversary Potluck
Saturday, October 6
UU Society, 608 Whitney Ave, New Haven
Dinner will include produce from our own Bioregional garden.
 
* Open Mike on Bioregional Topics
Saturday, September 29
Never Ending Book Store, 810 State Street
8 PM
 
* 19th Instead of Walk Canoe trip
Sunday, September 23
With the Quinnipiac River Watershed Association
 
* "What a Way To Go" film screening at Friends Meeting House
Saturday, September 15
 
* Bethany Watershed Walk, 8/18/2007
 
*Bioregional Committee Meeting, 8/6/2007, 7:30 pm
 
*Discussion & Potluck: Movie What a Way to Go, 8/1/2007, 6:30 pm
 
*Movie: What a Way to Go, 7/31/2007, 7:00 pm 
 
*Garden Project, 7/28/2007, 10:00 am