Sunday

SUNDAY April 22nd

• Sustainable Living Coalition, 2151 185th St

  • Sunrise–Sacred Fire closing

    

• MUM Sustainable Living Center, North 4th St. – Dimick Dr.

  

    1:30–2:15 The RF Invasion: SmartMeters, Cell phones, Cell towers, Wi-Fi, iPhones, . . . Richard Wolfson

  • Topics include: How can we use these technologies without risking our health?
    How Much RF is too much? What does the research show? What will be the long-term effects? Why are children more susceptible?
    Richard Wolfson, PhD, is a health columnist for the Iowa Source and previously for Alive: Canadian Journal of Health and Nutrition.  He resides in Fairfield and is physics faculty at MUM and Maharishi School, appreciated by his students for hands on classroom demonstrations, experiments and projects, virtual labs, and relevant videos to supplement his lectures and make science concrete, engaging, and fun.

    

    1:30–2:15 Building True Wealth: The Evolution of Socially Responsible Investing from Wall Street to Main Street, Stuart Valentine

  • First stage: Recognition that our investment dollars are highly
    creative and dominantly shovelled into Wall Street channels where
    personal values and  mission are expressly removed from the
    investment goals.Second Stage: Awareness that there is a highly developed alternative
    marketplace informed by models like The Natural Step and the UN
    Principles of Responsible Investment where values and mission are
    back in the drivers seat and shareholder activism works to reform
    capital markets to include the Common Good as well as profit. Here I
    will illustrate case studies and investment models that allow for
    this more Triple Bottom Line approach to the investment process.

    Third Stage: The rise of the Conscious Investor where personal
    Dharma and Destiny Path become the primary design parameters for
    development of a True Wealth Portfolio – where spiritual calling and
    the best practices of Socially Responsible Investing come together.

    Stuart Valentine is a Fairfield resident, green entrepreneur, MUM Business faculty, and respected mentor.  His business Centerpoint Investment Strategies (http://www.centerpointinvesting.com/) is a Sponsor of EcoFairfield.

  • 2:30–3:15 Dirty Electricity  Richard Wolfson

    Dirty Electricity: Higher frequency electrical distortions travelling
    in the electrical power lines in our homes, schools, and offices.
    Topics include: What exactly is dirty electricity? What causes it and how can we measure
    it? What are its health effects? What does the scientific research show?
    How can we easily remove dirty electricity and protect ourselves?

  • 2:30–315 EcoPyschology: Healing Relationships with Inner & Outer Nature, Phoenix Jordan

    Eco” is from the Greek word “oikos” meaning house or home.  Psychology literally means “the study of the soul, breath, spirit”.   Ecopsychology, whose true roots go back to ancient times,  is emerging as a gathering place, an umbrella for many people working in areas aiming to heal our relationship with “nature”, both other than human and our own, inner and outer. If we are to heal and reunite our world, we must first be reunited with our own nature.  We must reclaim our existential sensitivity, our felt orientation and communion with life. Sustainability, wilderness therapy, contemplative practices, Deep Ecology, systems theory, vision quests, Jungian dream analysis, biocentrism, gardening practices, phenomenology, environmental education, eco-feminism, shamanism, humanistic psychology, radical ecology, and many other terms have been associated with Ecopsychology. With such an expanse of terrain, how can it be considered a field at all?  In Ecopsychology, there is much to learn and the leading edge of our theory is going to be the leading edge of our experience. 

    Phoenix Jordan lives in Fairfield, Iowa. A life-long performing artist and filmmaker, Phoenix graduated from MUM in 2010 with a Sustainable Living degree.  Ms. Jordan was hit by a car on her bicycle

    sustaining a brain injury from which she is currently recovering. This life-altering event continues to provide deep and transformative opportunities to learn”….what it is to be human, working with a human brain and body to recreate oneself as a healthy interface with the natural world within and around us. This is Ecopsych, and the opportunity that waits for us all.”

• St. Mary’s Project, 404 North 3rd Street

  • 1-3pm Community Swap

    You know those clothes in the back of your closet you keep wanting to get rid of?  Or that T-shirt or sweater you’ve been missing?  What about those books you want to let go of, or that book you’ve been wanting to read?  Community Swaps provide a free cycling and exchange opportunity–drop off your clothes, come find some new ones, or both. Whatever is not taken home with participants will be donated to My Lucky Day.

    

    1-3pm Kidz Corner, CM Ceramics

  • Painting, crafts activities, science books, and ceramics workshops for kids of all ages!  Please note that EcoFairfield volunteers are not responsible for supervising children; parents are responsible for children, so parents please be present to supervise and join in the fun.

    

• Chautauqua Park

  • 11:30am–1:30pm Orchard Planting session

  • 2–4pm Orchard Planting session

  • 4:15pm – Volunteer Appreciation Ceremony by Mayor Ed Malloy

  • 4:30pm-8pm HyVee BBQ; vegan, gluten free, and raw food meal options

We are expecting great weather and are excited for a great turnout this weekend.  Included is a map of Chautauqua Park that details planting location and end-of-day celebration location.  Looking forward to seeing you there! Parking is at the western entrance to the park and street parking along adjacent streets.  End-of-day events (BBQ and live music) will be at shelter #2 marked with a star.  Planting location is marked with a checkered flag…please sign in at check-in prior to planting.  Walk to the lower part of the park and jump on the trail marked with a yellow arrow for a quick bit until you arrive at check-in.  Alternately, arrive via the trail on your bike.  Select traffic (families with small children or volunteers with wheelbarrows, lots of shovels, etc.) will be allowed access into the park via car to park at the far eastern parking lot.  Hope to see you there!