18th Annual Heartwood Forest Council Program

Theme: Burning Issues—Climate Is A Forest Product

Program Tracks:

1. Forest Issues
2. Coal, Energy and Sustainability – Positive Alternatives

Where: Camp Oyo—Shawnee State Forest - Ohio

When: Friday, May 23 to Monday, May 26, 2008

Weekend Schedule:
Friday, May 23 — General Goals:  Introductions and Reunions

Afternoon hike – Shawnee State Forest/Park Hike led by Kevin Bradbury – Regional Manager Shawnee and Adams Lake State Parks.

5:30-7:00  Dinner:  Vegetarian Gumbo with tofu hot dogs, brown rice, roasted asparagus, Salad greens, vegan Cornbread, Strawberry shortcake.

7:00-9:00pm – Forest Council welcome:
    Ernie Reed – Heartwood
    Barb Lund – Save Our Shawnee Forest
    David Maywhoor – Buckeye Forest Council

History of the Shawnee Forest:
    Shawnee Nation Reflections – Dr. Cora Tula Watters
    Lower Scioto Valley history — Dr. Andrew Lee Feight
    Flora and Fauna of Shawnee – Kevin Bradbury  & Jenny Richards

9:15 til?   Campfire behind the dining hall for planned and unplanned music, and spontaneous revelry

Saturday, May 24     Forest Issues – physical and economic issues
    Coal, Energy and Sustainability – Positive Alternatives

6:30 &mdash Bird Hike, Yoga Stretch or Polarity work

7:30—9:00  Breakfast: Baked Omelet with asparagus, feta,  ramps, fresh herbs with green tomato salsa, Vegan Paw Paw cornmeal pancakes OR vegan Paw Paw Buckwheat pancakes with maple syrup, Tempeh/potato sausages (vegan) or sun choke latkes, Fruit

9:00-10:30 - General Introduction to the workshops’ “burning issues” by the leaders of the workshops.

10:30-10:50  Break

11:00-12:30  Forest/Energy Issues Workshops Session 1
(The session 1 workshops will be repeated in session 2.)

Forest Issues — Choices: #1 introduction to Forest Ecology, Prescribed Burns, Clearcuts, and certification. #2 — Introduction to Forest Economic. #3 Specific Economic Study:  Green Fire/Heartwood Economic Impact Study in the Wayne National Forest. #4 Prescribed Burning Issues (for those already somewhat knowledgeable on this issue.)

Energy Issues — Choices:

1. Introduction to Local and Regional Coal Issues & explore the whole coal cycle.
2. Introduction to the Community Impacts of Coal.
3. Issue of Coal Fired Power Plants, led by John Blair.
4. Nuclear Power Issues

12:30-1:45  Lunch: Tempeh sloppy Joes, Raw Snow Peas, Spring Potato salad with mint and peas

1:45-3:15  Forest/Energy Issues Workshops Session 2
Repeat of all Session 1 workshops.

3:15-3:30  Break

3:30-5:00  Forest/Energy Skill Building Workshops Session 3

1. Tree Climbing — Dale Wallace,
2. Forest Monitoring — David Maywhoor,
3. Waste Issues — Where Does It Go? Jeff Stant,
4. Climate Issues — 1Sky - Liz Butler,
5. Working with Municipalities to Stop Coal Fired Power Plants,
6. Market Campaigns — Alliance for Appalachia, Dogwood Alliance, ForestEthics
7. Bio Mass Issues — Mike Ewall and Denny Haldeman

5:00-6:00  Self Reflection Time or Movie Time or Therapeutic Touch or Body Recuperation Massage Polarity Work

6:00-7:00  Dinner:  Crumbs Bakery Ramp pasta with Chris Schmiel's wild mushroom pasta sauce, Roasted Veggies, Arugula salad w/ Raspberry vinaigrette dressing and Italian bread, Vegan Tiramisu.

7:00-8:30  Music and Keynote Speaker
Music by Steve Free
Speaker Harvey Wasserman, Solartopia: Our Coming Green-Powered Earth

9:00-11:00  Music and Dancing: John Simon and Friends
11:00  Music and Dancing continued: Mothman

Sunday, May 25 — General Goals:  Sustainability & Cooperative Strategies:

6:30  Bird Hike, Yoga Stretch or Polarity work

7:30-9:00  Breakfast:  Warm, fresh, homemade granola,  rice or cow’s milk, fruit, yogurt & biscuits with soy protein gravy.

9:00-9:20  Introduction to the Day’s Activities & Announcements

9:30-10:45  Sustainability Workshops Session #4
Sessions to introduce these topics:

1. Introduction to growing Ginseng - Chip Carroll with United Plant Savers! and Randi Pokladnik
2. Principles of Environmental Justice — Charlie Fredrick
3. David Coyte — Small Scale Hydropower, Solar Power and Wind - Third Sun Solar and Wind, Geoff and Michelle Greenfield plus Mark Donham
4. Community Rights-Based Organizing and Local Democratic Self-Governance — Shireen Parsons

Session for people who want to work on (participated in) these topics:

5. Emerging Corporate Campaigns — RAN  Alliance for Appalachia
6. Permaculture Successes — Rhonda Baird
7. Successful Community Models ACE-Net, Community Food Initiatives-CFI, Lost River Community Coop, Pine Mountain Settlement School .

10:45-11:15  Break

11:15-12:30  Sustainability Workshops Session #5
This is a repeat of Session #4 workshops

12:30-1:45  Lunch:  Black Bean Soup, Portuguese corn bread, green salad w/shredded roots & miso dressing or vinaigrette, pawpaw sorbet.

Also during lunch - Chris Schmiel — Paw Paw Plenary

1:45-5:00  Field Trips, Hikes and workshops either at the camp or off site.

Off site field trips / hikes:
Shawnee Forest — led by John Howard and Cheryl Carpenter
Permaculture Farm Field Trip led by Robert Klouman
At home composting led by Liska Kunn, her property is next to the camp.
Rock Run, part of the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System

Tree Identification - at the camp may be one or two sessions held - times to be announced

2:00-3:30  Workshops - Sustainability Session #6

1. Principles of Environmental Justice
2. Ohio Student Environmental Coalition — Matt Reitmann, Sonia Marcus, Head of Ohio University's Resource Conservation Office - "Tackling Climate Change on a College Campus"
3. Current Corporate Campaigns — Scot Qaranda, Dogwood Alliance & Linda Wells, ForestEthics

3:30 — 4:00  Break

4:00-5:30  Workshops  - Sustainability Session #7

1. Body Work — Chris Keller
2. Self Care… “Cloud Watching On A Horizontal Plane”

5:30- 7:00  Dinner:  Veggie Curry with coconut milk, vegan cole slaw, chocolate cake & strawberry coconut milk ice cream (vegan).

7:00 — 7:30  Keynote speaker:  Nancy Stranahan - Arc Of Appalachia Preserve System

Sunday evening activities will be at a farm next to the camp where alcohol is allowed.

7:30-8:30  Heartwood Benefit Auction  & Keg Tapping Ritual

8:30 until? Talent Show! Danny Dolinger — Master of Ceremonies

Monday, May 26 — General Goals:  Cooperative Strategies and Action Planning

7:30-9:00 Breakfast: Wild mushroom frittata; parsnips & potato hash; vegan biscuits with hemp & poppy seeds and nutritional yeast gravy; fruit.

9:00-10:30 Discussions about Future Actions and Campaigns and key note speaker Brock Evans.

10:30 - 10:40 Break

10:40- 11:30 Presentation by Albert Bates, author of Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook: Recipes for Changing Times
or
10:40- 11:30  Memorials and Megan Hollingsworth — grief work/ discussion

11:30 to 12:30 Closing Circle:  Final thoughts, big ideas, and looking forward

12:30-1:30 Lunch: The weekend’s culinary hits revisited

1:00 Collective Action and Memorial Tree Plantings

for more information, please contact:

David Maywhoor, Executive Director
Buckeye Forest Council
614-487-9290, 1-866-OH-TREES

Andy Mahler
Heartwood
(812) 723-2430