Subject: [CivilSoc] Art/Eco-Ag Tours offered in Jan. and Dec. 2001
From: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2000 - 17:33:54 EST
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 08:59:42 -0800
From: Carol Vesecky <cvesecky@igc.org>
BfR OFFERS RUSSIA ART / ECO-AG TOURS IN JANUARY AND DECEMBER, 2001
Biointensive for Russia will lead two reasonably priced tours to
Russia in 2001. The first is planned for Jan. 12-28, and is limited
to 6 participants chiefly interested in art and 6 in Biointensive
foodraising and/or citizen contact. Space is still available, but
the final deadline for signups is Dec. 12!!! The second is currently
set for December 2001 and will feature a 5-day bilingual workshop in
Grow BiointensiveSM Sustainable Mini-Farming and passive solar
greenhouse design presented by Steve Moore, a Pennsylvania commercial
farmer who is expert in the above topics.
The first week of the January tour will feature art events in
St. Petersburg arranged by Bay Area artist and teacher Stephanie
Tsuchida, as well as meetings with gardeners who have learned
Biointensive from our books, from Albina Kochegina's lectures and
courses, and at BfR's 3-day workshop in the area in 1998. The second
week will include Moscow and Golden Ring art sightseeing offerings as
well as a 3-day workshop in Biointensive Sustainable (BI)
Mini-farming led by Sasha Avrorin from Novosibirsk (with English
interpreting) in Novo-Sin'kovo, north of Moscow. Participants will be
able to choose from the various art and BI offerings.
Stephanie will coordinate the art appreciation portion of the
St. Petersburg tour. We will visit the world-renowned Hermitage and
Russian Museums, led by Sergei Katin, a knowledgeable,
English-speaking art instructor. We'll visit an artist's private
studio for an afternoon of friendship-making around the samovar, and
an internationally respected children's art school, meeting students
and teachers and viewing the children's astonishing paintings. An
optional day trip will be offered to Repino, location of the charming
dacha studio of the 19th-century Russian painter, Ilya Repin.
Albina Kochegina, Sasha Avrorin, and Carol Vesecky will conduct
follow-up meetings with BI gardeners of all ages in St. Petersburg
and Pushkin in which tour participants are invited to participate.
Sasha and Albina will also present an introductory session on
Biointensive for those Russians and Americans new to the method.
For the second week in the Moscow area, we will spend at least
two days sightseeing with local Russian guides. Those wishing to
learn more about Biointensive mini-farming (BI) with Russian
gardeners and ag teachers will drive to the Educational Methodology
Center (EMC), a Ministry of Agriculture short-course college in
Novo-Sin'kovo, north of Moscow. There, Aleksandr Avrorin, director
of Biointensive in Siberia, will teach a 3-day workshop.
Double-digging and other demonstrations will be performed in a heated
greenhouse, whatever the weather is like outdoors.
Cost of the tour will be $2400, including"profit" that will help
support future Biointensive workshops. Winter in Russia is
especially beautiful, a time when city and country alike are at their
most picturesque and hospitality is at its warmest. This is a trip
you won't want to miss! But, if you know it's not for you, yet the
cause is worthwhile, tell your friends. And please get in touch
immediately if there's a chance you can join us! The artist/art
connoisseur quota for the January tour is nearly filled up, but if
you're on this CCSI list, you're eligible for the BI quota even if
your primary interest in this tour is Russian art. If your answer is
"not this time," then consider joining us in December 2001, when
Pennsylvania Grow Biointensive/ passive solar greenhouse teacher and
farmer Steve Moore will be the workshop presenter. For more
information, to express interest, or to join the BfR listserv, call
Carol or Stephanie ASAP 650 856-9751, reply to this message, or visit
<http://www.igc.org/biointensiveforrussia>.
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