Somewhere in the northern Pacific floats a non-biodegradable petrochemical blob that’s twice the size of Texas. Much of this deadly mess originated when someone innocently took home their shopping in a plastic bag.
In the U.S. alone, we throw away 100 billion plastic bags each year — the equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil. Yikes!
What can you do? Tune in to Orli Cotel’s Sierra Club Radio interview with Katherine Mieszkowski, of Salon, to find out.
ALG member Ken, with his 3 children, collected a full bag of trash Sunday at Bass Lake Park, Holly Springs NC. Walking along the 1 mile stretch of shoreline, there were plenty of items that needed cleaning up, including mono-filament string, plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Trash is unsightly, but the mono-filament string can also be directly harmful to wildlife, such as cranes and fish.
ALG will be working to make ‘clean-up outings’ a regular, planned activity. If you’d like to participate, please refer to ‘About ALG’ page for contact info.
Greetings!
When: September 17th, 2007
Where: Barnes and Noble bookstore at Maynard/Walnut – Cary. Here is map.
When: @7:30pm
The lunar calendar is used for meetings dates. We meet each month on the first Monday after the New Moon.
Greetings!
When: August 13th, 2007
Where: Barnes and Noble bookstore at Maynard/Walnut – Cary. Here is map.
When: @7:30pm
The lunar calendar is used for meetings dates. We meet each month on the first Monday after the New Moon.
August News:
Previous News:
1. I’ve established a website for the grove: http://www.algnc.org
2. The members present agreed:
-we don’t want to require membership in any specific environmental organization
-we have established a ‘Environmental Values Committee’ to guide our grove efforts
-that we would align with the National Arbor Day Foundation
-we would begin work on planting ‘sacred groves’ and registering them with OBOD in the ‘sacred grove registry’
-ken would get in contact with town of holly springs and check on a location we could establish our first grove of trees
-do a trash cleanup of river/stream TBD
3. Ken to investigate other message/forum boards for use by the grove
4. The grove will be dedicated to:
-Action, environmental improvement, sacred grove project, living green
-Learning, supporting members on the path to enlightenment through Order of Bards Ovates and Druids
-Ritual, participating in the Wheel of the Year celebrations with our membership
5. Need to write article:
-Touchstone OBOD – first swag by Matt
-Ad in Innerchange
Meeting Agenda:
Review open items above
New items?
Benefit from Community
Membership Contributions to the Bardic Arts
Jeremy Edwards: Author of ‘The Stonehenge Effect – Brander’
Ken Webster: Professionally Trained Life/Spiritual/Strategy Coach. See my blog to get more information and schedule a sample session ‘Helping you find the compass within’. Contact Ken at ken@sacredcircle.us
Cherie Lassiter: Musician and Songwriter http://www.myspace.com/cherielassiter
Reading Ideas
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Celtic Spirituality. This book is a really great introduction to Druidism and has all kinds of historical references up to developing your own spiritual practice. This could be a good primer for new members to our grove that hasn’t enrolled with a Druid organization yet. Check it out..
OBOD Links of Interest to the Grove Member:
| When: | September 15th, 2007 Opens 11am, Opening Ceremony 11:30. |
| Where: | NC State Fairgrounds, Gate 6. Youth Center Drive, Raleigh, NC |
| Admission: | Free, with a suggested donation of one can of food for the Food Bank of NC. |
This year’s event will include:
- Workshops
- Entertainment
- Vendors
- Kid’s Activities
- Raffles and Auctions
Also, be sure to get tickets for the after-party, The Pagan Pajama Party!
Awen's Light Grove 