Festival of Life - 2004-2008

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Celebrating health, permaculture, raw food and spirituality.

Last year's theme was ‘Inspiration for Transformation’ this years theme is ‘Creating Connections’ the motto ‘heal –thy self heal-thy earth‘ will remain the same. The things we are doing to support this theme are as follows:

• At the information desk we will be selling Buddy badges for a 20p donation to wear if you would like to get to know other badge wearers, a badge with a yellow heart on denotes that you would like to make new contacts for friendship of any gender, pink heart if you would prefer to connect with women or a blue heart to meet men. • Friendship forum - an area designated to meet new like minded friends • Connect up notice boards for Business, Services and Personal • In the gallery area a ‘Back rub swap area’

This year too we have the extra bonus of a cloak and bag room as last year we were swamped under with rucksacks and guitars at the information desk!
 
* Permaculture - Designing sustainable lifestyles, working with nature, permanent culture, permanent agriculture, sustainable food-production/energy/dwelling, urban/indoor gardening, wildlife diversity, farmers' & organic markets
* Natural Parenting - Natural childbirth/birth-control, breast-feeding, holistic child-raising & schooling, childrens area, play space
* Creativity - Dance, music, poetry, art, performance, juggling
* Healthy Food - Gourmet, raw, living, organic, whole, vegetarian/vegan food, preparation classes, juice bar, healthy cakes/sweets
* Self-healing & Empowerment - Detoxification, cleansing, herbalism, fasting, foraging, positive thinking
* Compassionate Living - Vegan & cruelty-free products/ethics, humanitarianism, animal welfare, environmentalism, deep ecology
* Simple Living - Organic hemp & cotton clothing, bio-degradable products, recycling, reduced consumerism, eco-friendly transport
* Education - Inspirational speakers, workshops, discussions, book-stalls, information, support groups, counselling & advice
* Creating Community - Networks, gatherings, international festivals & events, retreats, eco-villages, spiritual organisations
* Celebration - Ceremony, invocation/prayer, chanting
* Connection - Meditation instruction & practice, sacred study & guidance, yoga, conscious-living
* Experience - Joy, fun, happiness, harmony, peace, respect, beauty, colour, freedom, vitality, wisdom, truth, love, unity