ComPost: Issue 1, May 2007
Welcome to the first issue of ComPost, Center for Whole Communities' quarterly newsletter supporting you, our alumni, as you build whole communities through your work. Through the newsletter, we're hoping to introduce you to useful resources, to keep you informed about upcoming events that pertain to whole thinking, vision and values, and to stimulate discussion about whole communities topics. If you have ideas for future articles, please send them to Flo.
NEWS AND NOTES
Five alumni receive small grants from the Whole Communities Fund. READ STORY
Center for Whole Communities has a Director of Development opening. SEE ANNOUNCEMENT
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Ernie Atencio, Executive Director of the Taos Land Trust, shares his story of effecting community change through creative partnerships. READ INTERVIEW
TOOLS FOR CHANGE
STORIES: We've developed short guidelines for finding the compelling stories in your work. Try them out and win a place for you or a friend at this September's Gardening and Meditation Retreat weekend at Knoll Farm!
RESOURCES: An extraordinary offer: a free whole community, just for you. READ MORE
EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
Knoll Farm Volunteer Work Day: Join us on May 19 for a day helping prepare the farm for our upcoming summer season. We'll be raising yurts, cleaning out the pasture spring, preparing garden beds, and clearing brush, and we'd love your help. Lunch provided to all who attend.
Tending Earth, Awakening Mind: Gardening and Mindfulness Retreat: Join Wendy Johnson of Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center and Helen Whybrow of Center for Whole Communities for this restorative weekend retreat at Knoll Farm. September 7-9, 2007
KNOLL FARM UPDATE
Lambs, lambs, more lambs, and a story from Easter Day. Spring has arrived at Knoll Farm; read an update from Peter and Helen.
We have installed a trail camera at Knoll Farm and have been moving it about the farm and woods to see what's out there. Is it a moose? Is it a bear? Is it Peter in his underwear? Check out the latest photos.