Adena Center

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The Adena Center supports community based research, learning and action in Sustainability, Community Communications and Transformational Change.

Sustainability The Program in Community Sustainability offers training, organizing, certification and consulting through Open Living & Learning Net.

Community Communications The Center for Community Communications offers community journalism trainings, certification and co-production.

Transformational Change The Transformational Change Initiative: Beyond Sustainability explores the intersection of science, society, and ecology.

Contact

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Email: adena.center@gmail.com

Web:

Adena Center: http://www.adenacenter.blogspot.com

Adena Institute: www.adenainstitute.net

Sustainability Education http://www.sustainabilityeducation.blogspot.com

Community Communications: http://www.communitycommunications.blogspot.com

Non-profit Service Center: http://nonprofitservice.blogspot.com

Green World Fund http://greenworldfund.blogspot.com

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+1 646-495-9244 x 43296

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Sustainability

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"Great minds discuss ideas;

Average minds discuss events;

Small minds discuss people."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

The Adena Center is engaged in a number of community based dialogue, research, learning and action initiatives for sustainability:

Sustainability Education:

Open Living and Learning for Sustainability, the community collaborative learning network of the Program in Community Sustainability of the Adena Center.

NEW! Gaia Education Design for Sustainability

Online Learning for Sustainability offered through Gaia Education. Click here to learn more

Certification in Sustainability:
The Adena Center offers Certification in Sustainability through a variety of learning opportunities.

Sustainable Louisville:
Stories and Resources for transitions to sustainability.

Sustainable Business and Community Networks Download the Brochure and take a look at the ongoing projects of this growing network of networks, including the semi-annual Green and Local Business Conference.

Sustainable Neighborhoods: Building local and global networks of neighborhoods learning our way towards sustainability. Sustainable Clift*n was the neighborhood ecovillage learning project of the Clifton Neighborhood in Louisville. You can see the project archives of this neighborhood's struggle towards sustainability at

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Sustainability
Sustainability Living and Learning Series

- Earth Week 2009: Chicago Green Festival - Midwest Green Business & Media Networking
-Sustainable Neighborhoods Organizing Workshop November 16, 2 PM 2008 @ Brickhouse, 1101 S. 2nd Street, Louisville. KY 40208 WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY WITH PROCESS IN MIND. The Brick House community center, in conjunction with the Adena Institute and other community partners and organizations, is hosting a workshop on neighborhood sustainability and urban ecovillage organizing. Click here to Learn More
-Worldview Creation Spirituality Class Beginning Wednesday September 17, 2008, Sustainable Clifton and partner community organizations will offer a free five week course exploring the Creation Spirituality tradition and its fourfold path.

Learning and Sharing Scholarship Opportunity: Powers of the Universe Study Group This class is being offered right here in Clifton (Clifton Neighborhood, Louisville, Ky, USA). It's a great opportunity to expand our awareness and knowledge of the Gaia Education, Worldview Dimension of the Certification Program in Community Sustainability. August - October, 2008

Straw Bale Building Workshop (finishing) May 17-18

Planting for Hotter Times: Planting in Anticipation Thursday, May 15 6:30 pm

World Fair Trade Day, Saturday May 10: Artisan Visit@ Just Creations and

Learning Opportunities through Adena at Webster and Open Learning.

Earth Week Louisville - Second Annual Green and Local Business Mini-Conference, 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Monday, April 21, 2008 featuring business breakfast with Judy Wicks, followed by workshops and networking showcasing local businesses and resources. Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., Louisville KY. RSVP: 502 410 2786 or http://www.blogger.com/communitybiz@yahoo.com.http://www.sustainablebusinessnetworks.blogspot.com/
Earth Week Louisville - Going Green and Local with Judy Wicks, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 20, 2008, community business pioneer and co-founder of the Business Alliance for Local living Economies. Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., Louisville KY .http://www.louisvilleearthday.blogspot.com/
Straw Bale Home Workshop with Green Go Construction. Louisville, KY: Four Sessions. March 29-30, April 5-6, April 12-13, April 19-20. For anyone interested in hands-on learning about Green Housing options.(Scholarships Available!)
Green Alternatives for Louisville: 12 - 2 p.m. Thursday, March 27, Louisville, KY: A Lunch and Learn event with Matt Martin, of Alternative Green Builders (http://www.enpoweredhome.com/), on Straw Bale Construction and local Green Policy initiatives. http://www.sustainabilityeducation.blogspot.com/
Greening Our Neighborhoods and Businesses, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, 12-2 pm: A Lunch and Learn event with Joan Pauly of the LEED Neighborhood Design national committee and John Baker, Clifton Community Council and members of Sustainable Clifton.

- Jan 24, 2008 12-21 pm, Beyond Recycling: Community Ecologies & Sustainable Business,: A Lunch and Learn event with Jim Shields of Commonwealth Computer Recycling (recyclelouisville.com), Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center & Sustainable Business Networks members and others
- Jan 16 – 18, 2008, Solar Photovoltaic Workshops, KY Solar Partnership, University of Louisville’s Shelby Campus. ( Downloadable Brochure )
- January 12, 2008, Greening Your Home Saturday, 12 PM to 4 PM Rainbow Blossom 3708 Shelbyville Rd., Louisville, KY 40207
- December 20, 2007 Eating Green & Local for the Holidays Lunch & Learn: Chef Tim Tucker & Native Plants consultant Whit Forrester
-December 7, 2007, "Building It Green" with Architect Mark Isaacs
-September 10, 2007, Living and Learning for Sustainability with Gregg Orifici of Living Routes
-April 24, 2007, Going Green and Local: Louisville Green Business Mini-Conference, and other Earth Week, 2007 events.

Printable December 2007 Sustainability and Communications Events Schedule Download

Community Communications

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"Once, when Bohr was accused of confusing

people with convoluted sentences, he replied

that one should not speak more clearly

than one can think. "

- Freeman Dyson

Open Media Working Group

Certification in Community Communications

Community Communications: Open Living and Learning Series

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Open Media Working Group:

The Adena Center media collaborative.
Open News Net
Open Journalism
Open Media Centers Initiative
Community Communications Working Group
Design / Media Synergy Project

Certification in Community Communications

The Adena Center offers Certifications in Community Communications through a variety of learning opportunities.

The Spoken Word:

Dialogue and Conversation
Literature and Performance
Local/Global Conversations: The Electronic Cafe

Community Communications: Open Living and Learning Series

Past Events:

Social Networks, Community Media and Social Change: Monday, April 14, 12 - 2 pm, with Erik Hungerbuhler, E-Organizer, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Mike Foster, Director of Internet Marketing, Digital Business Solutions and David Silverman, Adena Center and the Open Journalism Project. At Adena Center. Location: Webster University, Galen Building, Zorn & River Rd, Louisville, KY USA (Directions)
- Science Cafe: Cancer Predictors and Beyond: Friday Mar 28, 5:30 - 7:30 BLUE MOUTAIN COFFEE HOUSE, WINE & TAPAS BAR, 400 E. Main [opposite Slugger Field]
-January 10, 2008: Become the Media: Sustainability, Politics and Community Journalism 2008 - The Legislative Session and Beyond -- with Tom Fitzgerald, Kentucky Resources Council, Jerry Hardt, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, and John Hicks, WXBH 92.7 FM
-December 8, 2007: Community Journalism: Jim St. Clair, Jennifer Oladipo and John Hicks on News Crafting and the Art of the Interview for Community Media (Radio, TV, Web, Print) Production
-December 6, 2007: An Evening With Jan Carew: A Celebration of Reading and Writing.
-Fall - Winter 2007-2008, Wednesdays, Do-It-Yourself Radio: Community Radio Training with John Hicks and the volunteer staff of WXBH-FM.
-November 1, 2007:Technology, Community, Opportunity: Digital Storytelling Comes of Age. Michael Caporale with Louisville Community Media Practitioners
-Monday, October 30, 2006, 5:45 - 9:00 PM: Senator Tom Daschle on Politics, Science, Youth and Community: Straight talk on politics, science, social justice and sustainability at Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium, University of Louisville. Senator Daschel is Past Senate Majority Leader and Chair, Science and Technology, professor at Georgetown University, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. Via Apple iChat Videoconference: Louisville, New York, Minnesota.

Transformational Change

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"We must not allow another's limited perspective of us; define us."

- Virginia Satir

"We must recover the utopian impulses, the hopefulness,

the appreciation of what is good, what is worth rescuing

in human civilization, as well as what must be rejected,

if the ecology movement is to play a transformative

and creative role in human affairs."

- Murray Bookchin

The Transformational Change Initiative: Beyond Sustainability explores the dynamic intersection of science, society, and ecology:

Beyond Sustainability

Adena Global

Consciousness and Reality

Ecology and Freedom

Singularity Studies

Deep Democracy

Global Brains and Minds

Nanontechnology and Biomimesis Scaling Project

Design/Media: Nano
Science, Technology, Society and Policy

Neurodiversity

Science Cafe

Science, Society and Transformational Change

Bioneers

Community Communications

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The Transformative Impact of Nanotechnology

The Transformative Impact of Nanotechnol

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Introduction to Nanoscience, with Alan Alda:

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Your Donations Make the Difference

About the Green World Fund

Your Support Makes the Difference

Donations to the Adena Institute, a sponsored project of the Non-Profit Service Center, (a 501(c)3 corporation) are tax-deductible as applicable by law.

Community

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Sustainability Education: Open Living & Learning Network

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Sustainable Business Networks:

http://groups.google.com/group/sustainable-business-networks

Community Communications:

http://groups.google.com/group/communitycommunications

Sustainable Louisville:

http://groups.google.com/group/sustainablelouisville

Design/Media: Nano

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Design/Media: Nano (DMN)

DMN is a journalism and media project exploring the current and potential impact of nanotechnology and convergence for sustainability.

DMN products in development include:

Journalistic and new media production for several media outlets.
White papers on:
Workforce development, education and self-organization
Community based research and development convergence strategies
Distributed design and fabrication systems
Nanoacoustics
Documentary projects on convergence era leadership and transformation

These projects are being undertaken in part in fulfillment of NSF Nano-link and Workforce Investment program opportunities.

Producing partners include Communicas, Open News Net, and Adena Institute, Design/Media initiative and others in formation.

Contact: David W. Silverman, dwsilverman AT yahoo.com, 502 509 4637

Credentialing: Open News Net

About

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About the Adena Center for Sustainability, Communications and Transformational Change

Neurodiversity

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I sometimes wonder if anthropology did not attract me, without my realizing this, because of a structural affinity between the civilizations it studies and my particular way of thinking. I have no aptitude for prudently cultivating a given field and gathering in the harvest year after year: I have a neolithic kind of intelligence. Like native bush fires, it sometimes sets unexplored areas alight; it may fertilize them and snatch a few crops from them, and then it moves on, leaving scorched earth in its wake.

Claude Lévi-Strauss
The Poet in the Laboratory.
By Patrick Wilcken.

Science, Technology, Society and Policy

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Science, Technology, Society and Policy Studies and Resources

2009 Presidential Science and Technology Medal Awards Ceremony:

Gaia Education Design for Sustainability - New Online Program

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ELearning

A virtual course based on the four core pillars of the
Ecovillage Design Curriculum: the social, worldview,
ecological and economic dimensions of sustainability.
The curriculum draws on the experience and expertise
developed in a network of some of the most successful
ecovillages and community projects across the Earth.

More information

http://gaiaeducation.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71&Itemid=75

Announcing the GEDS Virtual Course Offering for 2009-10

Gaia Education and UOC- Open University of Catalonia present
Design for Sustainability Virtual Course Offering for 2009-10.
Learn how to design with experts from the best ecovillages and community
projects across the Earth!
This 10-month course is based on the four pillars of the Ecovillage Design
Curriculum: the social, worldview, ecological and economic dimensions of
sustainability.
We offer the convenience and flexibility of online learning for today’s
busy lifestyle.
The course starts with the Social Design on September 28, 2009, and ends
with the Worldview dimension on June 25, 2010.
Book your place https://www.findhorn.org/GEDSapplication2009.php
Visit the programme http://gaiaeducation.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=68
More information virtualede@gaiaeducation.net
Warm regards,
Penelope Reyes
Administrator

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