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Walk the Transition Walk!
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

A Connections-Building, Hands-On, Project-Starting, Idea-Sharing Event for People Who Are Ready for TRANSITION Action.



Heard of Transition Whatcom and want to know more?  Enthusiastic about Transition to a less energy-dependent community and ready to put your commitment into real action?  Willing to initiate some resilience-building in your neighborhood but don’t know where to start?   If you’ve talked the talk and want to do more walking the TRANSITION walk, join up with others who are putting their commitment to Transition-ing into real action. 

This interactive event will provide ways for you to connect with others in your neighborhood or local area who are also committed to TRANSITION work—and to discuss and start your own Transition initiatives and/or projects. For example:  neighborhood gardens, tool libraries, food resource mapping, edible perennials planted in public places, seed swapping, backyard chicken raising, skill sharing, crop sharing, learning-from-elders, kids' gardens, mini-CSAs, local currency, and more.  Bring your own ideas!

You will also have an opportunity to learn more about Transition projects already underway in Whatcom County.

An A-1 Builders/Adaptations Event

Co-sponsored by Village Books

 

ALVIN ZIONTZ, A LAWYER IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Start: 4:00 pm

Ziontz reflects on more than thirty years representing Indian tribes, from a time when Indian law was little known through landmark battles that upheld tribal sovereignty.  As the senior attorney arguing U.S. v. Washington, Ziontz was party to the historic 1974 Boldt decision that affirmed the Pacific Northwest tribes’ treaty fishing rights, with ramifications for tribal rights nationwide. Ziontz continued to fight for tribal rights into the late 1990s, as the Makah tribe sought to resume its traditional whale hunts.  His work took him to reservations throughout the west (including Lummi), and he describes not only the work of a tribal attorney but also his personal entry into the life of Indian country.  Throughout his book, Ziontz traces his own path through this public history – one man’s pursuit of a life built around the principles of integrity and justice.

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