tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12494717769645110682024-03-04T22:47:39.621-08:00This is how we Dreem RealityOur Mission: To educate ourselves and others on the environmental, social, and economic aspects of sustainability through the creation and sharing of research, specialty projects, and hands-on experience. To develop an Education and Research Eco-Facility to explore, enact, and demonstrate sustainability in a community setting.D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-73368057473663885092012-10-16T23:14:00.000-07:002013-07-27T23:15:24.684-07:00Dreem Warriors? Allies made to change the world!<a href="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/486924_2410612842642_161530620_n.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2926" title="Dreem Warriors" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/486924_2410612842642_161530620_n.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="360" /></a>
This past weekend hosted a slew of amazing connections as our friends and fellow activators of the <a href="http://ucw.moonfruit.com" target="_blank">Urban Conservation Warriors</a> visited for adventure and collaboration. With a mission to employ students (at beautiful wages) to install 100% sustainable and native landscaping, these warriors are really making an impact in Oakland. Inspiring!! Bravo to you Warriors and a special thanks to Rain Dove and Ford for sharing their time with us - what a wonderful weekend.
With our parallel Dreems of changing and educating the world - we have decided to join forces. To launch this, we will be having a Dreem Warriors Retreat in the proposed location of Holy City, CA - in the presence of a ring of Redwoods to council and inspire us. This event will be held from <strong>Friday, Oct 26th - Saturday, Oct 27th</strong>. We will do lots of enthusiatic team building, activations, discussion, etc. In fact, here are the notes from our brainstorm about the event:
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/211191662346270/" target="_blank">Join the facebook event for the Retreat, here!</a></strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">*We ask that everyone contribute $15 to food sharing! Please hand it over to your respective "leaders by Wed, Oct 24"*</p>
<strong>Proposed Schedule of Events</strong>
<em>Fri, Oct 26th</em>
10am - 12pm: Arrival & Set Up
12 - 1pm: Lunch (shared potluck style meal)
1 - 2pm: Team building and Activation!
2 - 5pm: Discussion Time One
5 - 6pm: Fun Activation and Team Building...more of it!
6 - 7pm: Dinner prep and misc duties for the evening
7 - 10pm: Eat and Celebrate (bonfire, music, storytelling, etc)
<em>Sat, Oct 27th</em>
6 - 7am: Breakfast making and waking
7 - 8am: Morning circle and breakfast
8 - 9am: Morning Activation and Team Building...can't get enough!
9 - 11am: Discussion Time Two
11am - 12pm: Lunch Prep and Fun time...face painting?
12 - 1pm: Lunch time
1 - 2pm: Interactive thought on current spicy topics in the world
2 - 4pm: Collaborative Final Discussion Three
4 - Infinity: Go home and create amazing things in this world
<strong>Proposed Topics of Discussion:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Mission statements of Dreem and Warriors</li>
<li>Overview of accomplishments and goals - past, current, and prospective</li>
<li>Projects in action</li>
<li>Techniques of operations</li>
<li>What are our differences as entities and why? What can we learn from each other?</li>
<li>Potential collaborations</li>
<li>What we have to offer as individuals</li>
</ul>
<div><strong>Activity and Team Building Ideas:</strong></div>
<ul>
<li>Collaborative Creation (drawing, painting, theater, mandala)</li>
<li>Take home product/project (DreemCatchers? Pinecone peanut butter squirrel feeder?)</li>
<li>Workshops and mini-classes (Survival, shelter building, water filtering, yoga, soil evaluation, cob creation, composting, etc)</li>
</ul>
Hope to see many there!
~Dani<div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-961368992167852982012-10-08T23:13:00.000-07:002013-07-27T23:14:22.017-07:00Volunteer Appreciation & Activation JamboreeThe time has come to really show our appreciation for our amazing volunteers. There have been a number of <em>Dreemers</em> that have contribute to the growth of this organization, particularly when <em>DreemGardens</em> rocketed into existence back from April - June 2012. Each weekend we gathered to transform many home gardens as a team of new and return volunteers.
Eventually, the season changed and summer was on. People began traveling and using their weekends for other wonderful things. We also undertook an evolution for <em>DreemGardens</em> and have needed time to let it simmer. The time is coming to reactivate and appreciate these many volunteers!
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Volunteer Apprciation & Activation Jamboree</h3>
Let's all gather together to celebrate each other, hard work, education, and feel impassioned about taking new steps to create together.
<strong>When: </strong>Sunday, October 21 - Noon until 4ish
<strong>Where: </strong>Open Park at the end of Lode Street, off of 26th (Westside, next to the water plant and eucalyptus trees)
<strong>W</strong><strong>hat: </strong>Potluck style picnic gathering, with live music, t-shirt making, art making, socializing. We'll have fun, talk about how awesome volunteering is, share ideas, meet new people, and get an introduction to the <em>DreemCollective</em> that volunteers are already part of!
<strong>To Bring: </strong>If you want:
<ul>
<li>A dish or drink to share with other <em>Dreemers</em></li>
<li>A solid colored T-shirt to craft your official <em>DreemShirt</em> "uniform"</li>
<li>Any musical instruments you'd like</li>
<li>Outdoor fun things (hoola hoops, frizbees, soccer ball)</li>
<li>Any friends that may be interested in doing some <em>Dreeming! </em>No experience or specialties required, just passion</li>
</ul>
<div><strong>General Itinerary:</strong></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>12-12:30 Appreciation Circle and Dreem Cheer</li>
<li>12:30 - 3:30 Have fun, do art, brain storm, relax and play, talk <em>Dreems</em></li>
<li>3:30 - 4 Activation Circle and another Dreem Cheer!</li>
</ul>
<div>To follow along as this gathering manifests into Reality, join the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/162791890511583/" target="_blank">Facebook group event</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DreemingReality" target="_blank">Like <em>Dreem Reality</em></a>.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-78133858203415413702012-10-05T23:12:00.000-07:002013-07-27T23:13:11.753-07:00Artistic Meetings These Days!As Dreem Reality continues to blossom, we often have amazing specialized meetings to discuss particular topics. Sometimes this is <em>DreemGardens</em>, sometimes it's prepping for events like the Art of Community, and recently it's been to do some artistic work!
On October 1st Theresa, Krikor, Dani, and Melinda met up to discuss the evolution of the <em>Dreem</em> logo. But first we rode our bikes up West Cliff Drive to see the sunset along the coast - absolutely beautiful. I'd love to make group bike rides a regular <em>Dreem</em> activity!
For the logo, we have been discussing keeping the simple "Dreem" instead of the whole Dreem Reality writing. And we like Glindon's version with the Tree sprouting out of the "M"...however we're thinking about shifting it to be a Seedling that is the "D". Then Krikor had the idea to put a single line that mimics a city skyline, and that the sprout could burst through that. We LOVE that idea! So we did some drawings:
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Seed-Logo-Ideas.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-2889" title="Seed Logo Ideas" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Seed-Logo-Ideas.jpeg" alt="" width="572" height="788" /></a></p>
The big question is how to draw the seed, and should it be botanically acurate. Krikor (leader of our first Herb Walk in May) suggests we consider an acorn seed, as it lays horizontal underground and sends shoots up and roots down. Other seeds tend to send the seed case up with it to the surface. We're hoping that a few more collaborations, sketches, and graphic designing will finally leave us with our new logo!
Then on Thursday, October 4th I met again with Sean and Kita to plan for the animation of our conceptual <em>DreemTree</em> that I intend to us in an informational <em>"What is Dreem Reality?"</em> video. In order to practice the technique of time-lapse art we created another animation for the <em>DreemCollective </em>project.
The goal of the DreemCollective is to bring individuals together and connect them with local organizations and businesses. We thought that a visual would be quite helpful in bringing in new sponsor businesses and individuals! I have yet to put together the video and narration of this work, but I do have the rough draft that we worked with:
<a href="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/DreemCollective-Draft.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2890" title="DreemCollective Draft" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/DreemCollective-Draft.jpeg" alt="" width="876" height="636" /></a>
So these are our artistic developments so far! Enjoy!
~Dani<div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-83345714135387517572012-10-05T23:11:00.000-07:002013-07-27T23:12:13.463-07:00Art of Community - Dani's experience<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AoC_2012_-logo-e1348558279218.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2835" title="Art of Community 2012" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AoC_2012_-logo-e1348558279218.png" alt="" width="100" height="80" /></a>I truly had an amazing time at the <a href="http://www.artofcmty.com" target="_blank">Art of Community</a> gathering a couple of weekends ago (Sept 21-23) in Occidental, CA. Even though the draw was originally the classes that we could all learn from, I found so much of the experience to be about the amazing people I met there. What a powerful thing to be surrounded by people who had collected in a space together for a similar purpose.</p>
The adventure wound’t have had nearly as much of an impact, if it weren’t for the amazing <em>DreemTeam</em> that made the treck. We were Seven <em>Dreemers</em> deep - enthusiastic, dedicated, and eager to take in this experience fully. I have to give so many thanks to these <em>Dreemers</em> - I love you all. Kavih, Giovanna, Theresa, Shiree, Jonathan, and Melinda - wow, thank you so very much with all my heart. Well done lovelies!
[caption id="attachment_2877" align="alignleft" width="300"]<a href="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-09-21_06-44-40_77.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2877" title="Sleepover in a green house" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-09-21_06-44-40_77-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></a> On the way to the Art of Community event![/caption]
So, we left Santa Cruz on Thursday night, with the intention to make it to Jenner, CA and stay on Dharma Creek - a magical piece of land owned by our inspirational friend Jill. We arrived in our two vehicles at midnight and quickly decided that the newly erected green house was the perfect place to camp for the night! Slumber-party style we all threw down our sleeping bags in a line and slept for a few hours before our big day on Friday. No tents needed that chilly night!
<strong>Friday</strong>
<a href="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/3704_4455133253198_1615589954_n.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2881" title="Discussion Booths" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/3704_4455133253198_1615589954_n-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>We had plans to get an early start on Friday morning. After lots of pre-communication with Susan Frank, the event coordinator, we happily took on the role of setting up the Community Casbah to encourage specific discussions on the topic. We brought a pop-up canopy, some rugs, chairs, tapestries...to make the space more comfortable for discussion. Arriving at 8am, we had plenty of time to meet Susan and set up shop at Westminster Woods, before our two Community Tours started. And of course connect with Janet and Gary - our riders and new wonderful <em>Dreemer</em> Friends. (I can’t emphasize enough the beauty of the people attending this event! All so inspiring in their own way)
The first community we visited was <a href="http://www.greenvalleyvillage.com" target="_blank">Green Valley</a>, just down the road. They were a cute 6 <a href="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Green-Valley.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2882" title="Green Valley" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Green-Valley-300x242.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="242" /></a>year running community with 400+ acres and a growing garden and membership. With quite the variety of housing options for their 50ish members, they ranged from old victorian homes, to restored timber yard barns, and hand crafted homes from reclaimed materials. Their growing CSA provides boxes for around 23 clients each month. Impressive! All the residents were super friendly, with big smiles and a sense of peace from their enriching lifestyle.
<a href="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/occidental_garden_2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2883" title="OAEC Garden" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/occidental_garden_2-300x211.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="211" /></a>Secondly we visited <a href="http://www.oaec.org" target="_blank">Occidental Arts and Ecology Center</a>, only another 15 minutes drive away. With about 40 years of history, this EcoVillage was highly developed and proficient. They sport an incredible garden that feeds their 13-25 members (including orginal owners, woofers, employees, and interns). OAEC offers a long list of educational programs and classes to take advantage of. With the creation of a stage, they have not only a place for theater and artistic expression, but an outdoor lecture hall nestled into their overwhelmingly bountiful garden. A truly inspiring community to shoot model after!
The rest of Friday held registration, meet-n-greets, dinner, and a mind-blowing opening gathering. We got to hear from Richard Flyer with <a href="http://www.consciouscommunity-reno.org/video/connecting-the-good-lunch">Connecting The Good</a> about his efforts in Reno, NV to grow community, the local food system, and create a replicable infrastructure to implement the program within your own community. Following him was Mark
<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2884" title="Bon Fire Love" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/377278_4455144173471_1413236967_n-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />
Lakeman’s incredible presentation of his work, <a href="http://cityrepair.org" target="_blank">City Repair</a>, throughout Portland - transforming the streets into public meeting places, and individual homes into ecologically friendly communities. Wow! Top it all off with songs around a bon fire lead by<a href="http://copperwoman.com">Copperwoman.</a>..and you have yourself a brilliant start to such an event!
<strong>
Saturday</strong>
Following a warming 7am Mandala Yoga session led by Debra Dove, Saturday started our official classes. Each of the three time slots had around 7-10 class options for us to attend. Our <em>DreemTeam</em> sat down and attempted to spread out according to interests and to make sure we covered a lot of topics to later share. Our intention to take notes and share them with everyone, on our EcoVillage Research Project info site!
The classes that I took that day were (Click on the link to see my notes, some may still be in progress of transcription and scanning!):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dreemrealityccsc/resources/art-of-community-2012/dani/i-overview-of-intentional-communities" target="_blank">Overview of Intentional Communities</a> (Led by Mandy Creighton, adventure of “<a href="http://youtu.be/yagNNaB1Ulo" target="_blank">Within Reach</a>” a 2 year bike adventure across the US to explore 100 different communities!).</li>
<li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dreemrealityccsc/resources/art-of-community-2012/dani/connecting-the-good" target="_blank">Connecting the Good</a> (Led by Richard Flyer)</li>
<li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dreemrealityccsc/resources/art-of-community-2012/dani/what-s-rank-and-privilege-got-to-do-with-it" target="_blank">What's Rank and Privilege Got to Do with it</a>? (Led by Carol Swan and India Harville)</li>
</ul>
In between classes was filled with yummy food and endless opportunities to make connections with so many people. Some attendees have been active and living in communities for 40 years, others have only just heard of the idea of an intentional community. But for sure, we all had a common interest that allowed for a fertile space to learn and network. Meals, yoga, and even bathroom breaks provided enriching discussions of relevant topics - everyone there was an enthusiast!
Susan and the organizers of the event did an incredible job of keeping us entertained, in touch with our spirits and mission, and of course with each other. This evening held a Mystic Dance Party in the woods with some electronic as well as live music. I never caught the name of those live performers, but they were moving (thank you!).
<strong>Sunday</strong>
I missed the Yoga class this morning...maybe because of the previous night's Dance party! But there’s always an opportunity to fill a time slot with discussions - both spontaneous and pre-coordinated.
Classes for me today were:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dreemrealityccsc/resources/art-of-community-2012/dani/the-essentials-of-dynamic-facilitation" target="_blank">The Essence of Dynamic Facilitation</a> (Led by Laird Shwab, facilitator extraodinaire from <a href="http://www.sandhillfarm.org" target="_blank">Sandhill Farm</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dreemrealityccsc/resources/art-of-community-2012/dani/nuts-bolts-of-community-structure-committees-as-wd40" target="_blank">The Nuts & Bolts of Community: Committees as WD40</a> (Led by Linda Sartor, Joan Linney, Ken Staltzberg more of the <a href="http://www.monansrill.org" target="_blank">Monan's Rill Community</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dreemrealityccsc/resources/art-of-community-2012/dani/developing-green-teams" target="_blank">Developing Green Teams within your Community</a> (Led by David Ferrara)</li>
</ul>
Classes took us right up to the closing circle, making an official end to our 3 day adventure. All the attendees gathered in the field to hold hands, laugh, sing, and express one last time. Around 200 strangers had come together and two days later had formed a truly loving community with each other.
Overall, this was an absolutely incredible experience. I feel as though my self and the <em>DreemTeam</em> learned more than they ever thought they would at this event. We definitely intend to return next year...and how couldn’t we with all the amazing feedback and encouragement we got back! (Video coming soon!)
Oh, and check back for other <em>Dreemer's</em> experiences and notes!
~Dani
<img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2885" title="Circle time" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/227988_4455153573706_38641805_n-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />
<p style="text-align: center;">*Many photos compliments of Copperwoman!*</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-55859557079601671002012-09-25T23:10:00.000-07:002013-07-27T23:11:06.663-07:00Art of Community Event - We're Back!<img class="size-full wp-image-2835 alignleft" title="Art of Community 2012" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AoC_2012_-logo.png" alt="" width="200" height="160" />
<p dir="ltr">We have returned! This past weekend, Friday Sept 21 - Sun the 23rd our <em>DreemTeam</em> set out on an amazing journey to Occidental California to attend the <a href="http://www.artofcmty.com" target="_blank">FIC’s Art of Community Event</a>. Referred to us by our <a title="Board of Directors" href="http://dr.eekllc.com/index.php/?page_id=2692">director Chris Kindig</a>, this event’s purpose was to not only educate attendees about various topics surrounding cooperative culture and community, but to provide an opportunity for us to experience it (see video below for more info).</p>
With the constant support of Susan Frank, the event coordinator, we Dreemers were able to coordinate a group discount, contribute to the Community Casbah, and become an <a href="http://www.artofcmty.com/2012-sponsors" target="_blank">official sponsor for the event</a>! So many thanks to Susan for her incredibly hard work and consistently friendly and precise communication.
Each one of our Dreemers were such a crucial element to the “success” of our mission there. I want to thank them infinitely! <strong>Theresa, Shiree, Giovanna, Kivah, Jonathan, Melinda, and Dani</strong> (myself) - our energy together was powerful, our dedication as individuals and a team was (r)evolutionary, I am so proud and honored to have been on your team. I hope that they will all share their experience in writing, in addition to the notes they took in their classes. Please check back to read them!
Also coming up will be a fun video that includes the Dreemers experiences as well some words from others that experienced the <em>DreemTeam</em>. Check our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DreemReality?feature=CAQQwRs%3D" target="_blank">YouTube Channel: <em>DreemTV</em></a> for that soon.
For now - we’d like to say hello to the many new <em>Dreemers</em> we connected with (yes you!) and thank them for reaching out to us then and now.
More details about our experience at the event coming soon!
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HSY-JvTRthA?rel=0" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-27712526576998094942012-09-25T23:08:00.000-07:002013-07-27T23:10:08.795-07:00Kirby High School Community Service Project<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2841" title="2012-09-20_10-12-04_39" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-20_10-12-04_39-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" />
This past Thursday, Sept 20th we met with students at <a href="http://www.kirby.org" target="_blank">Georgiana Bruce Kirby High</a> School in Santa Cruz, CA.<em> </em>In an effort to transform the school she works for, DreemGarden leader Theresa has instigated Dreem Reality's involvement in creatinggardens on site.
Two gardens are proposed for this community service project available to students:
<ul>
<li>An organic herb garden to supply the kitchen with fresh seasoning for their creations</li>
<li>A roof-top container garden for students to learn about various elements of vegetable gardening</li>
</ul>
As we wait to hear the outcome of interested students as well as possible funding for the project, we are eager for the opportunity to make our first leap into the School Garden arena! An extremely powerful goal of DreemGardens as it continues to evolve and blossom. It was quite impressive to see how driven and independent the students were that are taking the lead on the project. They had their own table, a poster board displaying their objectives, and space for interested students to sign up.
We'll make sure to check back with the progress on this exciting potential!
<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2842" title="2012-09-20_10-13-48_804" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-20_10-13-48_804-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-10664460726246195312012-09-25T23:05:00.000-07:002013-07-27T23:07:54.075-07:00DreemGardens Evolution & Big Earth House<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2847" height="169" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15_12-25-00_964-300x169.jpg" title="2012-09-15_12-25-00_964" width="300" />
On Saturday, Sept 15 we met up with one of our first potential <em>DreemGardens</em> of the new phase of the program. In the past, we rapid-fire assisted in Gardens - setting up a date with home owners and encouraging as many <em>Dreemers </em>to attend as could. We then provided many hands to make light work of whatever the host wanted done to their garden. This was fantastic, and we were able to have a hand in the creation or evolution of <a href="http://dr.eekllc.com/index.php/?page_id=1248" title="DreemGardens">6 different gardens within 2 months</a>! (Check out our YouTube Channel: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DreemReality?feature=CAQQwRs%3D" target="_blank"><em>DreemTV</em></a> , to see our work together)
<img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2848" height="169" src="http://dr.eekllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-15_12-25-55_473-300x169.jpg" title="Front L-shaped garden" width="300" />
Each weekend brought new <em>Dreemers </em>to connect, work together, and create with one another. We provided a great service and built our family stronger. From these events, new leaders emerged with a passion to further the effectiveness of these work parties. Giovanna, Theresa, and Shiree have now spearheaded the <em>DreemGarden</em> project, and to learn more about them please see their bios!
We sat together to explore how <em>DreemGardens</em> could really evolve, and what was missing. Deciding that we should be taking more adventage of educational opportunities for both volunteers and hosts they came up with the new 4 step approach.
1) Potential hosts <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dC1ZTVJldHctdG91cUprX2xvSVVnc3c6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank">complete an information form</a> to share their goals and other specifics.
2) A team of specialized <em>Dreemers</em> visits the location to do an evaluation of the property, the hosts needs and desires, the soil/sun/water situation, and the possible workshop opportunities for volunteers
3) The team constructs a proposal to the hosts that includes an evaluation of their goals, what our specialists believe is advantageous, and some concrete plans for their space
4) A work party is organized based on all this, including volunteers, hands-on experience, and free workshops for those that attend!
Thismost certainly involves more of an investment of time and energy by the leaders, but we feel it is worth it! Hopefully the hosts do as well and will feel confident in making a contribution to help further the program!
So! The Big Earth House urban EcoVillage, located in down town Santa Cruz, one of our first preconsulations of this evolved approach. We thought this would be a great opportunity to get involved with a local intentional community, expand our educational opportunities, and expose <em>Dreemers</em> to the potentials of cooperative culture and livin
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On Sept 15 we met with the residents of Big Earth House to discuss and explore their garden. They have a lovely victorian home with several different gardenspaces - all of which are presently planted wit
It was an excellent opportunity for us all to learn about this process, and we thank the residents of Big Earth House for their p
atience as we assemble our first proposal. In the mean time, I'd like to share the notes taken from the meeting that we intend to construct our proposal from. (A special thanks to Shiree for scribing and Giovanna for transcribing to the digital realm)h a variety of fruits and vegetables! As we toured the property together, they pointed out where they would like to see more production and how they may need guidance with different elements.
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<strong>Big Earth House ~ Garden Consultation Notes (9/15/12)</strong></div>
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Present: Dani, Shiree, Theresa, Giovanna</div>
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Gardeners: Caro and Randall</div>
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<strong>Front Yard: </strong>
~ Cob benches in front yard, possibility for neighborhood cob workshop
~ Move “butterfly plant” to full sun
~ Existing ivy groundcover under olive tree, perhaps another useful groundcover instead?
~ Olive tree removal or pruning?
~ Apricot tree fungus – a natural control?
~ 2 Apple’s, Asian pear, Olive: create a shady understory
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~ Lemon with a black fuzzy disease?
~ Consider companion plants for fruit trees!
~ Clay soil in front West bed lacks drainage
~ Front beds in East corner need better utilization
~ What veggies and smaller plants were present here?
<strong>East Side-yard: </strong>
~ Rocky, maybe raised beds/straw bale?
~ Jupiter's beard is prevalent - research nutrients it gives to soil/what it likes (will tell us a lot about the current soil conditions)
~ Many plants in pots, and those in ground need more frequent watering
~ Caro was not sure if those living on this side wanted our help?
<strong>Backyard</strong>:
~ History – rototilled concrete, deep soil or perhaps not?
~ Compost – maybe could use some straw, two bales positive for shifting out good stuff!
~ Raised bed with squash and carrots, amendment for soil needed?
~ Salvia, Tomatoes, and what other plants were in this space?? (Bring camera, and permission for pictures next time I think…)
<strong>West side-yard:</strong>
~ Tomato plant, what does it need? Yellowing, wilting, not nearly as happy as backyard tomato
~ Raspberry needs also not being met? Yellowing, browning, wilting… Perhaps a soil test is in order?
~ Pete Moss to assist the blueberry?
~ Tall person to trim tall tree up against house
~ Build or move soil around lemon so that it retains more water
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~ Possible workshops are cob building benches and assessing ecosystems for companion planting
~ BEH wants – low maintenance, everything more utilized, more food, flowers and veggies, and moving toward nurturing the existing ecosystem!
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Today we have submitted our first ever Grant Application! It has taken a lot of focus to dedicate the time needed to accomplish this, and we'd like to thank those who have helped. Not only with the writing and brainstorming, as Shiree dove into, but also with those that have helped create what <i>Dreem Reality</i> is. Without the hard work and support of the many dedicated <i>Dreemers</i>, there would be nothing to request a grant for. Thank you <i>Dreemers</i> - we're sure you know who you are!<br />
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Now, we'd like to share our answers to the grant application questions. It's important to us that you all know what we are working for together! We hope that these answers appropriately represent what your perception and experience with <i>Dreem Reality</i> has been.<br />
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Please feel free to share your thoughts with us!<br />
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<b>Clif Bar Family Foundational Grant</b></div>
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Mission: <i>Cliff Bar Family Foundation supports innovative small and mid-sized groups working to strengthen our food system and our communities, enhance public health, and safegaurd our environment and natural resources.</i></div>
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Requested Amount: $15,000</div>
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Request for: General Support (with a focus on developing <i>DreemGardens</i>)</div>
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<b>1. What is unique about your approach?</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">From the reactions of those we interact with, be them volunteers, event hosts, or others that have never heard of us before, we do feel as though we have a unique approach to accomplish our mission. By anticipating the rippling effect of change from a micro to macrocosm, we are proud to begin our work with ourselves as members of a educational collective, spreading it outward to our neighbors of all ages, surrounding community, and beyond.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">The roots of our organization are set in our acronym for <i>D.r.e.e.m.</i> - discover, research, educate, evolve, manifest Reality! Reaching up from those roots, <i>Dreem Reality</i> is like the trunk of a sturdy growing tree that embodies the core value of bringing people together in a tight-nit community to create and learn together. The branches of this DreemTree represent the ever expanding projects to activate our mission and provide the fruit to share with others. Each of these projects are brought to life by the passion of our <i>Dreemers</i>, who we openly embrace as leaders, decision makers, creators, and <i>DreemCouncil</i> members.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Our projects branch from freely accessible online videos and documentaries (Youtube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DreemReality" target="_blank"><i>DreemTV</i></a>), to ongoing research projects (<i><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dreemrealityccsc/" target="_blank">The EcoVillage Research Project</a></i>), to education about growing and making food with adults and children (<i>DreemGardens, DreemKitchen</i>, and <i>DreemSprouts</i>). Presently, <i>DreemGardens</i> is our most unique and fruitful project with a mission to "empower individuals and community toward sustainable food systems by building a collective of volunteers, gardeners, and local businesses to share education and resources".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Through <i>DreemGardens</i> and the other branches of the DreemTree, we seek to bring people together as a community; and through our connection with nature we are reclaiming our place in this Earth's ecosystem. We are eager to share the unique "hows" and "whys" as this application continues!</span><br />
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<b>2. What is the purpose of this project? In a few sentences, state what the project is designed to accomplish. </b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">The ultimate purpose of <i>Dreem Reality</i> lies in the deep-rooted passion we all share to make our society and environment a co-existing organism. The highest focus within this idea is education. We feel that our society has come to a place far removed from the natural world and we aim to rekindle this fundamental relationship step by step. One such step is through the joy and fulfillment of creating a garden and reaping its fruits, via <i>DreemGardens</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Our intention for this project is to assist home gardeners to establish their garden, in an effort to educate ourselves, our volunteers, and the hosts - all of whom are considered "<i>Dreemers</i>". By using principles of permaculture and self observation, we seek to address all elements of a project with time and care. We plan to provide a pre-consultation of specialists to evaluate the most sustainable options (native plants, seasonal, light requirements) as well as potential educational opportunities. Next, we will activate a work party of volunteers to provide many hands to make light work. All the while learning together on focused topics such as irrigation, composting, food forests, etc. Each work party has the potential to become a free workshop for our on-site <i>Dreemers</i> as well as viewers of the follow up video posted online.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Furthermore, we realize the utmost importance to reach out to children as the seeds of change for the future. DreemSprouts is a focused off-shoot of <i>DreemGardens</i> that is specifically aimed at at youth education in the garden. With a growing team of specialists in this arena, we plan to create curriculums, activities, and workshops with this mission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>3. What is the project designed to accomplish? Please list specific goals of the project.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">To be more direct about the goals of the organization, specifically <i>DreemGardens</i>, we'd like to share a story that has been an inspiration to drive on. Natalie, a first time gardener, is a perfect example, and can be seen on our <a href="http://youtu.be/wceBc4KxIXk" target="_blank">"What is DreemGardens?"</a> video on Youtube. She had never set foot in a garden before her first work party and since has become one of our most enthusiastic <i>Dreemers</i>! It has been a great goal of ours to motivate people to take matters into their own hands, creating the change and growing a community of like minded <i>Dreemers</i> along the way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">In addition to empowering more <i>Dreemers</i> like Natalie, we intend to accomplish the following, which the Clif Bar Family Foundation will be a resounding part of:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Evolve the reach of our educational methods for each new garden host and the attending <i>Dreemers</i> (by pre-consulting, hiring specialists and leaders, improving work parties, and follow up education)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Develop and deliver various curriculums, workshops, activities, seminars, lectures, etc. to share with classrooms, individuals, groups, and other organizations</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Establish the <i>DreemCollective</i> - a membership network that connects individuals with local businesses and organizations, supporting the local economy and strengthening the community</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reach out into the youth, low-income, and disabled communities to provide hands-on learning experiences for these powerful populations</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Locate a space in which to begin a community garden that will allow for on-site workshops, harvest celebrations, and a year round <i>DreemKitchen</i> providing free food from the abundance of the garden</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Create a Tool and Resource Library to rent out tools, books, and seeds, throughout the <i>DreemCollective</i>, reducing consumption and building community resources</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">As our goals are neared and reached more continue to blossom! We are enthusiastic about this, especially as our family of <i>Dreemers</i> grows and they find a place to activate their passions within the organization and projects. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>4. How do the proposed activities bring about positive change?</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">We believe that our mission toward sustainability is synonymous with a mission for positive change that Clif Bar is seeking to support. To clarify, we'd like to provide our definition of sustainability as it has come to be a commonly used word in today's culture. Sustainability is the ability of a system to endure through the healthy cooperation of environmental, social, and economic elements. Positive change implies both progressive and lasting change, which we feel includes the necessity of a sustainable system.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Our overall mission for sustainability is enacted specifically through our branching projects, each having a particular approach to education and community building. As is broken down on our website's project page, <i>DreemGardens </i>contributes to sustainable positive change in each of the major elements. (<a href="http://www.dreemreality.org/">www.DreemReality.org</a>)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Organic gardening decreases the wide spread use of pesticides and fertilizers that contaminate our earth and water supplies</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Buying and growing locally decreases the need to transport food over long distances, which contributes to global warming and petro-fuel dependency</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By supporting farmers markets and CSAs we are keeping our money local and supporting the hardworking farmers of our region</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Finally, we believe that the above outcomes of our project's activities are made truly sustainable by the sharing of education. To reference a well known addage, it is more powerful to teach a man to fish than to give a man a fish - especially if that man will then go on to teach others as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>5. How will this project or program help sustain or further your organization's mission?</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Once again, <i>Dreem Reality's</i> mission is "to educate ourselves and others on the environmental, social, and economic aspects of sustainability through the creation and sharing of research, specialty projects, and hands-on experience. To develop an Education and Research Eco-Facility to explore, enact, and demonstrate sustainability in a community setting".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">As we've discussed throughout this grant application, <i>DreemGardens</i> is a project that enacts research (in efforts to educate others effectively), various speciality projects (such as <i>DreemKitchen</i> and <i>DreemSprouts</i>), and good-n-dirty hands on experience (through work parties and events). Also, it is active in all elements of our definitition of sustianability as was seen in the privious section. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">Furthermore, in our efforts to learn as we create we are preparing for our long term goal of an Education and Research Eco-Facility (or headquarters) that will allow us to initiate all the lessons of community building, team work, leadership, food production, documentation, teaching, and more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>6. Where will additional funding come from not only to support the project, but to sustain it?</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">As we are a non-profit, we offer services and education for free accepting donations when our hosts and supporters are so moved. Of course we are researching grants that support our goals. Fundraisers are another avenue of monetary accumulation as well as educational workshops with our certified staff. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>7. How will success be defined and how will you quantify it?</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Success is absolutely a continuous journey for <i>Dreem Reality</i>! We are happy to define some quantifiable goals in order to motivate our Dreemers and set sites for the next year. With the assistance of the Clif Bar Family Foundation we intend to:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Begin the <i>DreemCollective</i> - establishing a membership system and commitment from at least 10 cooperating local businesses and organizations</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Build a substantial Tool and Resource Library for members to take advantage of</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Complete a full scale educational presentation and or curriculum to share with classes and relevant groups</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Homeless Garden Project - provides job training, transitional employment and support services to people who are homeless. HGP's vibrant education and volunteer program for the broad community blends formal, experiential and service-learning. The programs take place in our 3-acre organic farm and related enterprises.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Food Shift - Food Shift is an Earth Island Institute sponsored project dedicated to building a more just and sustainable food system that curbs waste, empowers communities, respects the environment and nourishes all. Food Shift educates and empowers consumers, businesses and communities by increasing awareness about food waste and inspiring food related behavior change. By trimming our waste and diverting food loss, we can feed the hungry, create jobs, combat global warming, conserve natural resources, and cultivate more sustainable communities.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Food not Lawns - Now international, Food not Lawns encourages people to turn their yards into gardens and their neighborhoods into communities.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Food not Bombs is a similar organization to Food not Lawns with the shared vision of investing in home gardens rather than the high amount of money spent on military defense.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Environmental Education for the Next Generation - provides education to kids in classrooms about gardening </span></span></li>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-73720728133439442542012-07-24T18:16:00.004-07:002012-07-24T18:20:10.342-07:00DreemInterns Needed! "Job Descriptions"<br />
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The following are all Intern positions that we are hoping to
activate. We’re at a turning point in the organization needing more leaders and
Dreemers that are eager to create Dreem Reality as much as we are. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Our goal is to empower <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemers
</i>to activate their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreems</i> by
facilitating a vessel for creation. We encourage and welcome people to plug in
to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreem Reality</i> however they feel
pulled to. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Below are some of the key roles we need to continue to build
our foundation as a forward moving organization of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemers.</i> Most, if not all of them have the potential for intern
credits through universities, future paid Leadership position upon funding
activation, community and skill building! Additionally, they don't all have to be filled by <i>Dreemers </i>living in Santa Cruz - you can intern from afar as well!<o:p></o:p></div>
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(Oh, and we can come up with titles that are fulfilling to
you!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Administrative Orchestrator. (Office
Assistant)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible team
members: </b>Several<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with job?
(Mission, Job Description).</b> You will contribute to the creation of the
foundation for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreem Reality</i>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Essential Functions
(Responsibilities):</b> Maintain bookkeeping (reconcile and organize receipts,
enter QuickBooks), assist in “office” organization, prepare quarterly/annual
tax requirements, communicate with administrative and legal entities, address
“customer service” through email and phone, create and distribute newsletters, <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who work with?</b>
Directors, leaders, volunteers, donors/sponsors, potential interests<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible
skills/background:</b> Experience with QuickBooks, Excel, Word, SalesForce,
MailChimp, creative and independent problem solving,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Human Resource Manager. (Dreemer
Organizer)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible number on
team: </b>several<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with Job?
(Mission, Job Description)</b>. You would be in charge of organizing and
communicating with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemers</i> (volunteers, interns, paid staff). <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Essential Functions (Responsibilities):
</b>Create, implement, and organize <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemer</i>
membership system (application, evaluation, contact/profile, hour
logging/accomplishments). Connect <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemer</i>
skills and interests with opportunities. Confirm/research intern credits
qualifications. Provide general counseling and guidance to Dreemers. Investigate
and maintain volunteer insurance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who work with? </b>Admin,
Events Coordinator, Dreemers<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible
skills/background: </b>Human resources, group leadership, excellent
communication skills (written, verbal, digital), people facilitation, creative
problem solving and conflict resolution, <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Funding Manifester. (Fundraising,
Grants, Ect)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with Job?
(Mission, Job Description)</b>. Discover potential funding opportunities,
providing stability and tools to activate <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DR</i>.
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Essential Functions
(Responsibilities): </b>Research potential grants, scholarships, and donations.
Organize fundraising events. Assist in realistic budget creation for
projects/programs. Advise, write, edit, submit grants/scholarships. Secure
volunteers/interns for event activation, present fundraising proposals to
Leaders and Sponsors<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who work with? </b>HR
manager, Event Coord, Admin, Donors/Sponsors, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemers<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible
skills/background: </b> Fundraising,
grant writing, excellent communication skills (verbal, written), research,
people facilitation, opportunity seeking<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with Job?
(Mission, Job Description)</b>. Lead the creation and attendance of various
Events, including fundraising events, public booths, workshops, education
opportunities, etc.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Essential Functions
(Responsibilities): </b>Seek, organize, plan for, book, attend/assign, budget,
recap events. Organize <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemers </i>to
attend. Represent <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DR</i> mission or specific
focus/project. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who work with? </b>HR
Manager, Funding Manifester, Event Hosts, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemers</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible
skills/background: </b>Event coordinating, budget creation, organization, delegation,
task management, creative problem solving<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">DreemCollective</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"> Creator<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with Job?
(Mission, Job Description)</b>. Help create and establish the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DreemCollective</i> system throughout
members, community organizations, and local businesses. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Essential Functions
(Responsibilities): </b>Create membership system (intro, organize, ID cards,
contact, fees/reoccur). Seek out opportunities/partnerships throughout
community organizations and businesses. Establish “contract” between members
and businesses/organizations. Communicate with members about benefits, updates,
and opportunities. Maintain rapport with sponsor businesses/organizations about
growth of collective.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who work with? </b>Admin,
HR manager, Marketing<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible
skills/background: </b>Contract creation, legal awareness, business savvy,
organization skills, system creation, digital/verbal communication<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">DreemSprouts</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">/Youth
Guides<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with Job?
(Mission, Job Description)</b>. Expand
our involvement with education and activation of youth. This can include all
youth ages in and out of schools/programs. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Essential Functions
(Responsibilities): </b>Create/coordinate
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DreemEvents</i> focused on youth
involvement and education. Investigate and ensure legal requirements for
working with children (fingerprints, background checks, insurance, parental
consent, etc). Coordinate youth-focus-interested <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemers</i>. Communicate/cooperate with youth organizations to
accomplish shared missions. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who work with? </b>Events
coord, HR Manager, Dreemers, Community youth organizations, children<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible
skills/background: </b>Working with youth, organization, leadership, event
coordination, creative activities, <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">DreemTV</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"> Crew<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with Job?
(Mission, Job Description)</b>. Progress and evolve the educational and
motivational video venue. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Essential Functions
(Responsibilities): </b>Specialties can involve: editing, filming, photography,
script writing, directing, interviewing, casting, etc. Research new and
existing educational topics. Edit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DreemTV</i>
episodes. Comply with legal “release” requirements. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who work with? </b>Events
coord, DreemGardens, <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible
skills/background: </b>Filming, photography, editing, acting, researching, team
leadership and cooperation, creativity<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">DreemGarden</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"> Evolver<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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team: </b>Several<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with Job?
(Mission, Job Description)</b>. Continue to evolve <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DreemGardens</i> program towards more education, sustainability, and
community involvement.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Essential Functions
(Responsibilities): </b>Create systems of finding, consulting, and scheduling
“work parties”. Organize <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemers</i>.
Outline workshop potentials with event. Maintain Tool Library (may include
literature and supplies). Maintain “head quarters” with workshop/demo space,
food forest, community garden, etc. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who work with? </b>Events
Coord, HR Manager, Dreemers, Community, DreemSprouts<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible
skills/background: </b>Horticulture, Permaculture, Native Plants, Landscaping
& Design, consulting<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">DreemHome</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"> Builders<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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team: </b>Several<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with Job?
(Mission, Job Description)</b>. Connect with local homeowners about remodeling
their home, upgrading it to fit Title 24 and green building standards. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Essential Functions
(Responsibilities): </b>Provide evaluations/consultations of the job site,
research tax credits and rebates for upgrades, create and connect local
businesses network to hire at discounted rate to perform necessary work,
assemble teams of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemers </i>to
participate in hands-on learning workshops. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who work with? </b>HR
manager, event coord, Dreemers, home owners, local green building businesses,
Ecology Action Now (?)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible
skills/background: </b>LEED certification, “Build it Green” evaluations, green
building/construction, consultation, codes/permits, networking, research, team
building<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Digital and Web<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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team: </b>Several<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with Job?
(Mission, Job Description)</b>. Improve, update, and maintain the website and
digital presence. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Essential Functions
(Responsibilities): </b>Maintain website to provide the most current events,
effective resources, and correct information. Also head up digital design and
layout with graphics and logo.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Who work with? </b>Directors,
DreemTV<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible
skills/background: </b>Wordpress, HTML, web design, graphic design, computer
programing<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Marketing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DreemTeam<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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team: </b>Several<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What do with Job?
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-81936021922971726332012-07-24T18:01:00.000-07:002012-07-24T18:01:21.618-07:00DreemCouncil Recap! (7.13.12 meeting)<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i>DreemCouncil </i>Meet Up!</b></div>
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On Friday the 13th of July, we held our first ever <i>DreemCouncil</i> at Nisene Marks State Park, of Santa Cruz.<br />
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We had a beautiful group of six <i>Dreemers</i>: Theresa, Giovanna, Megan, Kita (new <i>Dreemer</i>!), Melinda and Dani. Hiking in the secret entrance that Giovanna is familiar with, we found a wonderful sunny spot next to the creek to hold our meeting.<br />
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I truly appreciate all of the input from everyone, and I know that we will be evolving so quickly from our combined creation!<br />
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Below is a recap of the discussion we had together:<br />
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Where: Nisene Marks State Park<o:p></o:p></div>
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Time: 2 – 4pm<o:p></o:p></div>
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Present: Dani, Melinda, Thereasa, Giovanna,
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DreemGarden
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service for them<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Activate education more, incorporate pre-meeting
and consulting<o:p></o:p></div>
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assistance more<o:p></o:p></div>
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and “army” to tackle low-income evolution<o:p></o:p></div>
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Generation<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Begin collaborating with local business/sponsors
(member fees, contracts?)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Volunteer to be part of?<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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systematic engeneering, no-profit admin program, horticulture, film, business
admin<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Kita – reclaimed building and gardening supplies
for Library, Rose (art collective looking to connect), cobb building experience<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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On June 30<sup>th</sup> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dreemers</i>
got a chance to take part in the <a href="http://montereybaymastergardeners.org/BootCamp.htm" target="_blank">Master Gardener’s Boot Camp</a>, held at Cabrillo
College. After communication with Denise, the President of the Board for Master
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The Boot Camp was an all day educational event that allowed
students to choose their desired classes to attend. Each student sat in on 4
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join in – Dani, Shiree, Melissa, Thereasa, Kama, Giovanna, and made a new
connection with Harry who’s visiting from the East Coast for the Summer. It was
wonderful to connect and learn with these great people! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now to continue using that knowledge! Onward!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0Santa Cruz, CA, USA36.9741171 -122.030796336.9233751 -122.1097603 37.0248591 -121.9518323tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-11970866889665322072012-06-06T16:21:00.004-07:002012-06-06T16:23:21.319-07:00Santa Cruz Pride Booth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5A0_ntlDky3SPMQJR_hk1WKBR630rsDcaYVrjStDel_tjGXeTL8T4DCKm_5nBQ4NmONeJRxGgWtUjyGE4-GMY9CCHbX3qAgFOBOPv2mMlme5K_ylY5r4JmLzYzEh2qbsOdJZplVHuho/s1600/S2780007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5A0_ntlDky3SPMQJR_hk1WKBR630rsDcaYVrjStDel_tjGXeTL8T4DCKm_5nBQ4NmONeJRxGgWtUjyGE4-GMY9CCHbX3qAgFOBOPv2mMlme5K_ylY5r4JmLzYzEh2qbsOdJZplVHuho/s320/S2780007.JPG" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Happy Pride!</span><br />
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This past Sunday, June 3, we held another booth at the Santa Cruz Pride event on Pacific, downtown. An incredibly beautiful day with blue skies, perfect weather, and many many happy people to wander the event and stop in to see what <i>Dreem Reality</i> is up to. We specifically enjoy having a booth at Pride events because <i>Dreem Reality</i> has a significant number of <i>Dreemers</i> that are part of the LGBT community, including our Directors! </div>
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Once again, we offered "Free H20 4 U" in honor of the "<a href="http://youtu.be/b451OGEtXuw" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Water Awareness...Down the Drain</a>" documentary and<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DreemReality" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">DreemTV</a>'s growing presence. Additionally we featured our <i>DreemArt</i>, front and center which added such a draw to the booth. Also, our Director Ashley Coatney (and <a href="http://earthom.net/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">EarthOm</a>) donated her handmade bath salts and incense to the cause, which we burned all day. All of these were great ways to engage people and recruit them for<i>DreemGardens</i> and other enthusiasm.</div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Chris, a Storm Water Quality Consultant who we intend to follow up with for the large scale "Down the Drain" documentary</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Ken, a permaculture landscaping teacher of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1249471776964511068&pli=1" style="color: #1155cc;">Terra Nova Landscaping</a> inlvolved with "<a href="http://youtu.be/fwwHWln08Z4" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Grow Food Party Crew</a>" and which is extremely similar to <i>DreemGarden's</i> mission </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Several mamas that are interested in having <i>Dreemers </i>come work in their garden</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">A fruit tree specialist, and many more wonderful people!</li>
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Overall, another wonderful <i>DreemEvent</i> to spread the word and the mission!</div>
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And as always, if you are interested in hosting a <i>DreemGarden</i> work party - <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dreemgardensproject/dg-hosts/host-info-form" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">please fill in this form</a> so we can get you scheduled in!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-61782482562722300112012-06-01T15:54:00.002-07:002012-06-01T15:54:42.019-07:00Ideas about Pests in your garden!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Recently, I have taken a real interest in bugs in the garden. Not just the bugs, but what they do. </span><br />
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We just finished out our Spring Semester Edible Landscaping class, which had a large focus on pollination, pests, weeds, and all that good stuff. I'd like to share some of the notes I have on the topic and perhaps give an update on the status of the Phoenix Garden very soon!</div>
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I have also scanned the notes from this particular lecture we received on "Biological Balance with Insects" to share with you all if you're interested. I'd like to thank our professor Lisa McAndrews for her excellent and inspiring teaching this semester!</div>
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<b>Some words of wisdom:</b></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">No garden, not even a well-tended one, is immune to pests & disease</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Diversity is the key to a healthy landscape (if same plants together, easy for pests that like it to spread to neighbor plant)</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Without "pests", the predatory and parasitic insects would not be able to reproduce (and thus eat your "pests"</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">The primary way to deter garden pests is by keeping healthy plants in a thriving, diverse garden environment. (healthy soil, choosing the right varieties for your local climate, rotating vegetables & keeping plants evenly watered & fed)</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Healthy plant attract fewer pests</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticides" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Synthetic chemicals</a> to control pests have been routing in the last 40-50 years. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Despite the use of pesticides, no pests have been "eradicated"</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Pesticides cause the death of valuable beneficial bugs (more sensitive and breed less) that will in turn keep other insect populations in check</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Forced to adapt to chemical attacks, insects mutate and survive - developing resistance to pesticides and needing more intense dosage</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Particularly harmful to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bees" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">bees</a> that are unable to breakdown pesticides - they are extremely sensitive since they are intended to pick up small particles</li>
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<b>Alternative to Pesticides: Integrated Pest Management</b></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Based on management of pests rather than eradication - choosing appropriate plants and giving them good growing conditions</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Physical controls such as traps and barriers</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheromone_trap" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Pheromone traps</a> - to track population patterns</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Biological controls - releasing natural enemies & disease-causing micros that attack pests (the predator & prey approach)</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Diversity of plants - so pests can't find favorite plants so easy</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Few insects and mites, sow bugs, earwigs, snails & slugs are "pests"</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Most insects are either neutral or beneficial to your purposes </li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Beneficials will do most pest control for you (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacewing" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Lacewings</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Hoverfly</a> larva, <wbr></wbr>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybugs" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Ladybugs</a> eat aphids) - problem is recognizing them and their larval stages</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">2 Main groups of good bugs: predators eat "bad bugs" - ladybugs, lacewing</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Parasitoids lay eggs in the bodies of bad bugs who eat their way out - wasps, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">syrphid (hover) fly</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Patience is the key to pest control </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">The population of "bad bugs" has to build up to a significant level before the predators will come to handle the problem</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Won't kill all the pests because need to leave food for next generation</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Some pests don't have natural predators here - brown snail and japanese beetle. If use <a href="http://www.livingwithbugs.com/natural_pesticides.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">pesticides make sure are natural</a> and only effect them or upset balance of other insects in the garden</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Most beneficials need high-proten, high sugar foods and have short mouthparts that can't reach into a flower for nectar & pollen.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Two major plant families that fit their needs: Sunflower (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteraceae" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Asteraceae</a>) and Parsley (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiaceae" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Apiaceae</a>) families</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Sunflower family examples: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achillea_millefolium" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">yarrows</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_(genus)" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">artemisias</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feverfew" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">feverfew</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">marigolds</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinnias" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">zinnias</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctotheca" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">aster calendulas</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazania" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">gazanias</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artichokes" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">artichokes</a> &<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettuce" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"> lettuce</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Parsley family examples: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrots" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">carrots</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celery" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">celery</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celeriac" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">celeriac</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dill" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">dill</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">coriander</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">parsley</a>, & <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennel" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">fennel</a></li>
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-23280367855966458502012-05-30T14:45:00.000-07:002012-05-30T14:45:34.783-07:00Reel Change Film Festival: "Water Awareness...Down the Drain"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsYVbnCacm2oYguXraNX6u_EKMNTMvfZfpKi-0p0iCZXmpShWea1d4QZ7rwQ7uRY0sE_GN6YbAZCY7-d_r8HYhVlA4JFoV4EYcYCCdFnstS5SHQKtSBOS7hRcyvdSY2z5V6Xo890gBMI/s1600/P5260016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsYVbnCacm2oYguXraNX6u_EKMNTMvfZfpKi-0p0iCZXmpShWea1d4QZ7rwQ7uRY0sE_GN6YbAZCY7-d_r8HYhVlA4JFoV4EYcYCCdFnstS5SHQKtSBOS7hRcyvdSY2z5V6Xo890gBMI/s200/P5260016.JPG" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This past weekend, on June 26th, we got to celebrate our first appearance on the big screen! </span><br />
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Of course we also took the opportunity to display the beautiful <i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DreemReality" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">DreemArt</a></i> that has been created from reclaimed and natural materials. Our <i>Dreemers</i> are so multi-talented and creative! </div>
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And finally, we'd like to thank all those that helped create the film! Our film crew from the Digital Safari Academy (Nina, Winnie, Qua'Tasia, Brenda, and Randy), West County Wastewater District and Joe, our interviewees (Cate, Lynn, Carter, William, August, Melissa, Josh, Mike, Tom, Lucas, Sonya, Justin, Rhea, and Crystal), and of course our Master Editor Jason Raggio.</div>
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Keep an eye on our <i>DreemTV</i> youtube channel by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DreemReality" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">subscribing</a>! There are many more educational and motivational videos on their way.</div>
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(See the full slideshow of the day, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.463938240299503.134325.113600775333253&type=3" target="_blank">here</a>!)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-28476615125607268802012-05-30T13:26:00.000-07:002012-05-30T13:26:41.814-07:00Giovanna, our wonderful DreemScholar!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We are honored to highlight our first ever </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>DreemScholar</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Giovanna Piumarta as she commences her 5 week adventure at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://lostvalley.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Lost Valley Education Center</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in Dexter, Oregon from May 21 until June 22, 2012!</span><br />
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Several months ago, we met Giovanna at the Cabrillo College Permaculture Club - who is a dedicated member of this club even though she is not even a student there! We presented a recently established opportunity with Lost Valley to provide <i>Dreemers</i> with a discount for their 5 week, immersive <a href="http://lostvalley.org/may-5-week-permaculture-design-certification-course/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Permaculture Design Certification class</a>. She was immediately perked and interested in the collaboration, being that her mission in life is to promote environmental education to children focusing on "Greening" schools and getting kids in the garden. </div>
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Our next meeting with her was to discuss and reconfirm interest in such a large time and financial commitment as this 5 week course would be. That was to be the first time of many Giovanna would impress us with her diligence, commitment, and enthusiastic involvement. Since then, she has proven to be one of the amazing Lead Volunteers for <i>Dreem Reality</i> and it's many blossoming projects, and we are truly blessed to have her on our <i>DreemTeam!</i></div>
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Giovanna's presence can be seen (<a href="http://goog_1759886034/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">on </a><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DreemReality" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">DreemTV</a>)</i> through the entire history of<i>DreemGardens, </i>not only as an avid hands-on volunteer but as a teacher - sharing her extensive knowledge in plants, gardening techniques, and uplifting spirit with her fellow<i>Dreemers</i>. She has been an essential part of <i>DreemGardens'</i> growth, and such a perfect representative at Lost Valley! </div>
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She has taken on the great role of scientist, student, and educator as she reports back to us about her experiences and lessons at Lost Valley. Additionally, she has eagerly taken on the <i>EcoVillage Research Project</i> to help us understand the effective techniques of operating and maintaining a community and education center. Furthermore, she has promised to come back to Santa Cruz and teach us what she has learned, as we transform her<i>DreemGarden</i> into a permaculture masterpiece!</div>
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Please follow along with Giovanna's adventure on our blog, <a href="http://dreemreality.blogspot.com/search/label/Giovanna%20Piumarta" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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Ultimately, we could not have manifested a better <i>DreemScholar</i> to be our eyes, ears, minds, and hearts. </div>
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Thank you so very much Giovanna for everything you have done, are doing, and will continue to create with us! </div>
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Much love from your <i>DreemFamily</i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-37872889285317727372012-05-29T02:04:00.000-07:002012-05-29T02:04:13.413-07:00Lost Valley PDC ~ A week one perspective...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I’m writing to you from Lost Valley
Educational Center in Dexter Oregon, where I have spent the past week exploring
the ecosystems here in the Western Cascades while attending a certification course
on permacultural design. Since my arrival last Sunday, I have found Lost Valley,
and the Meadowsong ecovillage to be warm and welcoming in spirit. Lost Valley
defines itself as “a learning community creating catalysts for joyful
ecological, social and economic regeneration,” and Meadowsong is the community
in which this learning and regeneration takes place. The weather here has been
cool, quite wet, and reminiscent of the Santa Cruz Mountains in January. Rain
has paused my plan for camping in the meadow, but I look forward to moving
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The property that encloses the
educational center and ecovillage contains a handful of cabins, yurts, camping
sites, and a main lodge for dinning and social activities, as well as many
gardens, orchards, creeks, ponds and hiking trails through forest land. With
eight classmates, many residents, volunteers, and instructors living on-site, I
am enjoying becoming a part of a close-knit community. I have met a truly amazing
group of people, from all over the United States and outward to Mexico and
Canada. All from different places and cultures, coming together with
like-minds, looking for a place to learn and practice permaculture while building
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During our first week of the
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for the next five weeks, as this: permaculture is a malleable understanding of
the revolutionary livelihood of working within the systems of a holistic
network, while exercising sustainable living, creating unity with nature, and
becoming abundant and dynamic forever. Or more simply stated: permaculture is
the art and science of creating useable systems with which to produce the needs
of humans without harming the environment around us. And with this definition, I
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Much of our class discussion, activities and
social interaction over the past week has reflected the need for a deeper
understanding of the systems in which our earth and our societies operate, a deeper inner growth, required to fully understand the basic concepts of permaculture before moving forward to the hands-on practices. One fundamental and essential concept introduced this week is the d<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">ifference between sustainability and resiliency. Sustainability being a system which can be maintained, and resiliency being a system which does not only maintain itself but also has the ability to withstand and recover from damage. Over the next weeks I </span>look forward to deepening my understanding of sustainable and resilient systems while observing the world from a holistic viewpoint, taking into consideration the earth's natural patterns as well as the human perspective... </div>
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Reaching beyond our permaculture
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actively to reach our desires, to identify and become the change we wish to see
in the world. Our power to overcome the fear of failure, with the transformation
of fear into curiosity and excitement for the chance to be innovative and
extraordinary. Everyday I am observing that change, like ideas, is spread from one
person to another, and we need only start by being, by making decisions and
actively living our lives in a way that we honestly believe they should be
lived, for the betterment of all, and positive change will follow our light. A
friend shared with me an opinion on the power of thought. He said to me that
thoughts are like little burning embers, and the ones you stoke with thought
and attention the most, are the ones that turn into true fires...<br />
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forward to using our power of thought together, to manifest our own reality, toward a better tomorrow. </span></div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com2Dexter, OR 97431, USA43.916111 -122.82166743.904672500000004 -122.841408 43.9275495 -122.80192600000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-35587521767286770202012-05-13T10:09:00.000-07:002012-05-13T11:23:00.265-07:00DreemTV Notes: "A Bit About Composting"Here are the notes that accompany the DreemTV Episode: <a href="http://youtu.be/yHjtX_qNbeY" target="_blank">"A Bit About Composting"</a> done on May 6, 2012 and led by Megan.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-77465760145095235562012-05-13T09:55:00.000-07:002012-05-13T10:10:01.227-07:00"How to Build a Raised Bed" Notes (Accompanying Video)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #403b34; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">These are the notes taken from our May 6, 2012 workshop on "How to Build a Raised Bed", led by Jonathan with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #403b34; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.fullcirclecreations.us/" style="color: #767d49; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="">Full Circle Creations</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #403b34; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">, a local Sustainable Building Contractor. </span><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #403b34; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">
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Notes were taken by our Dreemer Natalie, she wanted to make them pretty for you all!<br /><br />Thanks Natalie!<br /></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #403b34; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">View the DreemTV Episode on</span> "<a href="http://youtu.be/KGxHAURzX2M" target="_blank">How to Build a Raised Bed</a>"<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> Adventures in Whole Foods</span><br /><br />I just got back home from my meeting with Melissa, the Marketing Team Leader at the Whole Foods Market in Capitola, Ca. The meeting was absolutely the establishment of an blossoming partnership between Dreem Reality and Whole Foods. But before I go into all of the exciting details, let me back up a bit.<br /><br />A week ago I wrote to Melissa to see if Whole Foods would be interested in donating food for our weekly DreemGarden events. I talked to her of our blossoming non-profit and projects we are activating. My hopes were high, I felt confident that we would be able to get some food donated to us for our events since the Whole Foods in Berekely California was happy to do the same. My hopes, however, were unprepared for the amount of enthusiasm expressed back from my letter. Melissa wrote back the next day with a short and sweet message saying, “This looks very interesting! Do you have anytime to meet in person this week? Let me know, I would love to talk more about this.” Not what I was expecting! What I expected was the traditional “Well first you will need to fill out a donation request letter, give us your 501(c) 3 ID number and we will see what we can do.” No, this was different, this was an opening of doors and potentials.<br /><br />Let’s fast forward to the meeting with Melissa. We introduce ourselves to each other and share our excitement of meeting to communicate more. She asks of our organization and DreemGardens and I share with her the quick development that we have incurred since Earth Week April 16-21st. We move forward quickly throwing out ideas and potentials for growth with one another. She asks for a breakdown of our projects and budget, and lucky for me that I have a well organized Wife and Vice President of Dreem Reality, I had the paperwork for her immediately. She exclaimed, “Wow, look at you!”. After that she says we will need to fill out a donation request form, and I am also able to hand it over to her and receive another approving exclamation. </div>
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From there we talked about the big potentials together. Melissa says she thinks we would be great for their “Nickels for Non-profits” program that runs for 2 months at a time. This program gives a five-cent donation every time someone brings in a reusable bag, and for every bag that they bring. The customer then has a choice between two non-profit organizations to give their nickel(s) to. She recommended us funding our DreemTV project with this program. I asked about having an info card at the registers about DreemTV for the customers, she agreed that having some sort of pamphlet or card up there would be a good thing. She asked about our educational videos and if they would cost anything. It felt so good to resoundingly answer, “They will be absolutely free to the public”. She was very happy about that and thinks the project will progress forward well.<br /><br />I put out there that it would be great to set up a booth once a week at the Whole Foods site to talk to customers about us being there as a non-profit and what we are doing and providing for the public. We want to see about either making our own bike powered blender, or using People Powers blender to make some free smoothies for our patrons who stop by to say hi to our booth. I think this will be a hit.<br /><br />Then we talked about other Dreem ideas. We want to create a DreemCollective and establish our own currency of sorts amongst our Dreemers. We will be creating DreemCards for those who are working with our non-profit in different ways. These cards will have the Dreemers name and will say “I am a Dreemer”. They will then be able to go into a local business and receive a discount on goods. Whole Foods went a step further and put out there that they can give free coffee for our Dreemers with their cards! Yes!!</div>
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Dreem Reality is currently in its first Spring FUNdraiser and I asked for reusable bags to be able to give to our donors for small donations. We decided that 20 per week would be good and doable for them. Hooray for gifts for our donors!<br /><br /><br />I shared more information on our DreemGardens project and inquired for the potentials of receiving food for our weekly events. She said that they could do snack type foods and goods for us. Yeah!<br /><br />While talking about DreemGardens we talked about the potential of creating an edible landscape outside of their building. They are selling plant starts there now and we both thought it would be great to have some growing in their edible landscape to entice others to do the same. The only thing about this is that the landscape would need a daily up keep. This seemed initially as a problem, but on the way home I thought of how it could actually lead to many solutions! It would 1) Empower the community to create their own edible landscapes. 2) Which would lead them to purchasing some plant starts which are sold from Whole Foods. 3) It would help the economy by opening up a new job niche with them to hire a new Team Member for the upkeep of their edible garden. Perhaps even for one of our very own DreemGardeners!<br /><br />On that topic she mentioned in passing that they have to have their compost hauled away. I jumped on that thought and put out there that DreemGardens can come pick it up and disseminate it to our DreemGarden locations to proliferate the growing goods!<br /><br />Melissa shared with me a few schools who are starting gardens and that there is potentials there. One is Soquel Elementary and the other is Soquel High. This would be a great way for Dreem Reality to get into schools.</div>
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She invited us to the Birthday Bash event on July 22nd. There will be lots of community and vendors there and she wants us to be one of them! We are very excited about this, as it will be another great way to get involved with our community and get more Dreemers on board for our growing projects.<br /><br />So, I am currently glowing with an overflowing energy of abundance and potential. Feeling very blessed to have been so well received by Melissa and Whole Foods, and am very much looking forward to the future collaboration and partnership that is rapidly blossoming.<br /><br />To cap off the event nicely, a man named Jon was sitting nearby as we were wrapping up the meeting and when I stayed behind to fill out the new paperwork for the “Nickels for Non-profits”. Jon told me that he said a prayer for me and our non-profits mission, that he feels that we will be successful. He recognized that I was wearing a turtle charm on my necklace and left me with a quote that his grandfather would share with him. “Like a turtle, you never get anywhere unless you stick your neck out.”<br /><br />Here’s to sticking my neck out, and getting somewhere filled with potential. Thanks Jon. Thanks Melissa. Thank you Whole Foods, and Thank You Life!! Dreems manifesting into Reality!</div>
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Water Awareness video history<br /><br />The making of!<br /><br />As you may have seen in the video, our intention in creating this Documentary was to not only educate others about “What happens to the water after the drain?”...but ourselves! We had no idea. So, we vowed to find out and quickly the opportunity arose.<br /><br />We met Mark Westwind in February 2011, at a fundraising event in Berkeley and happily connected with him. He has an incredible history of creating organizations, community gardens, and facilitating many projects. He provided us with an opportunity to work with the Digital Safari Academy at Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, CA. The Academy guides students through a career skill building path, and this one was focused on media production.<br /><br />Our first meeting at the Academy was great! We met Randy Depew, the teacher and incredibly giving mentor for a group of students we had been partnered with. Winnie Wambui, Qua’Tasia Williams, Brenda Bach, and Nina Tran - “The Girls” as we came to refer to them as - were a great match for us. Their assignment was to provide D.r.e.e.m. Reality with a marketing packet consisting of a printed item (brochure, logo), digital (web design, photos), and finally an educational video. I think the video was all of our favorite part!<br /><br />From February to May, we worked with “The Girls” on the various projects every Monday. Then on May 18th, we all took a trip to West County Wastewater District in Richmond, CA to interview and tour the facility with Joe Neugebauer. Randy, the ladies’ teacher, was kind enough to drive and chaperone them that day. Joe was wonderful - super friendly and full of great information, where would we be without his openness to explore with us. The girls took a ton of footage around the facility, which is what you will see in the video.<br /><br />After the incredibly informative tour and interview with Joe, we took the footage and tried to see what we could make of it. There was so much footage and too little time before the end of the semester for the girls. So the Water Awareness video sat dormant from May 2011 until Feb 2012, almost a whole year! A heap of footage that we slowly organized into usable categories.<br /><br />Finally the time came to re-connect with Jason Raggio, an up and coming film editor that we met in Hawaii on a research project - slash - adventure. He is eager to turn film editing into his full-time career and we are enthusiastic to try and make that happen with DreemTV. We quickly began putting the “Water Awareness...Down the Drain” video together in order to premier it on March 18th for Earth Week on Cabrillo Community College. During that month Jason and I would discuss the script, review drafts, recorded music, expand audios on Jason’s time-off.<br /><br />Also during that month we evolved the documentary to include “on the street” interviews. We asked people what they thought happened to the water before and after treated, and about cleaning products - as that was the initial motivation and curiosity for the video’s creation. Using Joe’s educational interview and tour, we re-narrated the script and added in extra footage we shot.<br /><br />The documentary was a hit on campus! Viewers laughed and asked questions, seeming to take in the great information we all learned together. Before launching it on youtube and vimeo it was a true priority to add closed captioning to the video. What a process that is, but we did it. With a heart for the Deaf community and growing support from its members, we are proud to reach out and educate as many people as we can!<br /><br />So, we’d like to thank each and everyone that co-created this documentary with us - whether it was filming, facilitating, editing, interviewing, educating...you have all been a crucial part in this great first step in launching DreemTV as our educational video venue.<br /><br />Enjoy the movie!<br /><br />~Dani</div>
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<strong><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">DreemGardens: First official gathering!</span></strong></strong><br /><br />DreemGardens are officially kicked off! Because of the enthusiastic responses received for our project during Earth Week, we decided to gather that weekend to publically kick off the beginnings of DreemGardens. Lots of incredible ideas were churning around for the initial location and since we are wanting to include local businesses with our project, we decided to ask the Windmill Cafe if they wanted to join us. They were very excited about the opportunity! It is great because the Windmill Cafe is a historical Santa Cruz landmark that has been around since the early 1920’s. They originally were a bulb farm and flower shop and many different styles of Cafe’s. Now the Windmill is prospering greatly from their new owners, the best part is that that they have a blooming gardening space that they use for growing organic food for their customers.<br /><br />Pre-meeting at the cafe we had to get a lot of organization in place for the event. Dani created some good release of liability waivers and a questioner for our volunteers of what they see their level of involvement being for our projects. We also developed an information pamphlet for our DreemGardens vision, which have been flying out the door. We both were riding an incredible wave of potential-filled energy that we had been constantly receiving for our developing project.<br /><br />Just in the past week we had 60 new DreemGardeners sign up for our future projcts. We weren’t sure of how many would be showing up for this first event. It could have been 5-60 people, which is a huge margin! So we came prepared for many, with enough waivers and food to supply as many Dreemers as possible. </div>
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The morning of the gathering I went to Costco to get some gear for the day. I bought compostable silverware, paper plates and plastic cups (which we can wash and re-use). We really want to find plastic plates that we can use, and re-use--that to come soon. I made a bunch of hummus for our volunteers while our friend and fellow DreemGardener, Jonathan, creatively put our DreemGarden sign on a shovel for our meeting at the Farmers Market so Dreemers could find us there.<br /><br />When we showed up at the Farmers Market, I was stopped a few times and asked about DreemGardens just because of my sign. A few more people gained interest and desire for our project. We then headed over to the Windmill Cafe and meet with the owner, Mary, to see about what she wanted created in her garden. She informed us one bed needed to be filled in and the other dug up and set with a gopher wire. Also there was a plant called “naked ladies” to pull up and new plants to transplant from our Diggin’ In project.</div>
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At this point there were 6 Dreemers present. Initially I was anxiously awaiting more to arrive, but soon felt the number of people and the type of people there were absolutely perfect. We had just the right amount of crew for the days work, and it was small enough of a group to intimately get to know one another. We held a circle to share names and our vision for this project. We made it clear that this is the very beginnings and we are all the seeds for this project and what it will grow into. It was absolutely thrilling to hear the different reasons of being there and the visions for the future. Jonathan expressed how he is very excited to develop a community of family to work, share and rely upon. This warmed my heart since its the same vision that we have for this project. </div>
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I would love to share a bit about our new and established Dreemers visions:<br /><br />Jonathan has been a wonderful new addition to the team as he is a hard and skilled worker that is sharing the same vision we have for DreemGardens and what it will grow into. He is self propelled and a natural leader. We feel very blessed to have him as a part of our DreemTeam. Jonathan expressed how he is very excited to develop a community of family to work, share and rely upon. This warmed my heart since its the same vision that we have for this project. <br /><br />Billy expressed how he initially became interested in the project through our booth at Earth Week because of our poster with our D.r.e.e.m. accronym of “Manifest Reality”. He said he didn’t even need to see more to know he was in the right place. He expressed that he is a “do-er” and a “feeler” and that is what lead him to come. I feel blessed to have that sort of response for someone and look forward to creating more fulfilling projects for Billy, and others, that lead them to create within. Billy is also manifesting awareness that “everyone is going conscious”. He has a website dedicated to that vision and we are happy to create with him to manifest that common vision we share. Visit his vision here: <a href="http://www.worldpeaceisinevitable.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" title="">http://www.worldpeaceisinevitable.org/</a><br /><br />We also established a new Dreemer named Kyle, who had heard about our garden project through Mary, the owner of the Windmill Cafe. He was initially quite skeptical of our project and even joked around with us in our meeting circle when we expressed that this was the very beginning, saying “Ahh I see, well I’m gonna head out, why don’t you call me when you are all established”. He of course stuck around for the whole event and was such an important part of our day. He worked extremely hard and shared a lot of knowledge about what to do and how to do it. At the end of the day, when we were talking about our tool library we wish to grow, he donated to us a shovel! We were so thrilled and joy-filled that he said he would be right back. He came back with 2 more shovels and a rake!!! We are very grateful for these gifts. We offered him a letter of acknowledgement for his donations so he could write it off. He wasn’t interested in that and just wanted to give them to us. Our Tool Library is officially growing!<br /><br />Our other Dreemer, Giovanna, expressed her desire to work with us just about every weekend! She has been with us as a Dreemer for over a month now, and will be going to the 5 week permaculture course in Oregon at Lost Valley that we have facilitated (we have been in communication with their program and have received a reduction in the course fees due to our non-profit and shared goals with Lost Valley). She is going into her Masters program for permaculture related things and so is very enthusiastic about working with us.<br /><br />So, the day went by with our DreemGardeners very smoothy. I had a lot of fun getting to know like-minded souls and it is so fulfilling to create with others. My favorite part of the day was seeing the fruit of our labor in front of us, the beds all dug up and the new plants happily transplanted into their new homes. We all stood around and crossed off our completed ‘“to-do” list for the day and even got to do a “Dreeeeeeeeeem Onnnnn” spiraling handshake cheer! It feels so great to be doing good work, it absolutely heals the soul.<br /><br />Very much looking forward to watching these new seeds grow. We will continue moving forward with this project as long as there is a desire and need for it in our community. At this point this desire seems insatiable, we are looking forward to fulfilling the satiation to the best of our capabilities- which are ever in blossom!<br /><br />Tune in next time to watch DreemGardens bloom!<br /><br /><br />Yours truly,<br />Melinda</div>
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As you may know, we are holding our first FUNdraiser presently - with a goal to gain $5,000 by the end of May. That’s a pretty big number, and we’re slowly creeping up on it with a total of $135!<br /><br />We wanted to let you know what we are planning to do with this money, so that you may feel more comfortable and compelled to assist us on the<a href="http://dreemreality.org/our-mission-statement.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;">mission</a>. There are several major projects in operation right now, and each is eager to expand with the support of green paper. <a href="http://dreemreality.org/donate.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;">(Donate Here!)</a><br /><br /><strong>DreemGardens</strong> - <a href="http://dreemreality.org/dreemgardens.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;">more info on project here</a><ul style="list-style-image: initial !important; list-style-position: outside !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 5px !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 25px; padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 25px; padding-top: 25px;">
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<br /><strong>DreemTV </strong>- <a href="http://dreemreality.org/dreemtv.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;">more info here</a><ul style="list-style-image: initial !important; list-style-position: outside !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 5px !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 25px; padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 25px; padding-top: 25px;">
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<strong>DreemKitchen</strong> - <a href="http://dreemreality.org/dreemkitchen-2012.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;">more info here</a> (From June 20 - July 10)<ul style="list-style-image: initial !important; list-style-position: outside !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 5px !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 25px; padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 25px; padding-top: 25px;">
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<strong>DreemReality Basics</strong> - there are numerous costs to operating a non-profit!<ul style="list-style-image: initial !important; list-style-position: outside !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 5px !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 25px; padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 25px; padding-top: 25px;">
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So, we’re looking forward to raising our thermometer with your help, as we promise you from the depths of our hearts and dreems that we will do good work with your support! To learn more about <a href="http://dreemreality.org/donate.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;">Donations</a> and tax deducations, check out our <a href="http://dreemreality.org/donation-deduction-faqs.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;">Donations FAQ page</a>!</div>
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-56086162824443812282012-04-16T16:28:00.000-07:002012-05-09T16:28:54.440-07:00Earth Week, Day One - "Food and Gardens" Theme!<br />
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Melinda has been working hard with the Sustainability Council on campus at Cabrillo community college. She has taken on the Secretary position with them and they love her dedication, leadership, hard work, and beautiful newsletters. It’s also allowed us to link up with a like-minded group in the area, which is wonderful.<br /><br />For a while now they have been planning for the Earth Week, from Monday April 16 until Friday April 20th. Each day has a different theme that the campus will be focusing on (<a href="http://www.cabrillo.edu/associations/climate/earthweek.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">click here for more info</a>).<em style="position: relative;">D.r.e.e.m. Reality</em> has jumped on board to have a booth on Monday (food and garden theme) and Thursday (water awareness theme). </div>
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Well today is Monday and we had a truly fabulous booth day! We woke up early to make sure we had all that we needed to make an attractive and fun booth. Bringing our pop-up canopy and fold out table (thanks to Director, Ashley C), our speakers for music, our library of excellent books, newsletter sign up sheet, decorations and incense, our Dreem Banner (you may recognize from<em style="position: relative;"><a href="http://dreemreality.org/dreemkitchen-2011.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" title=""> DreemKitchen 2011</a></em>), and of course our awesome tri-fold poster about <em style="position: relative;"><a href="http://dreemreality.org/dreemgardens.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" title="">DreemGardens</a></em>.<br /></div>
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With the Sustainability Council rocking a bike powered blender across the way, loaned by <a href="http://www.peoplepowersc.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Power People</a>, to make organic smoothies - the setting was perfect. Sunshine, fun music, and the radical students of Santa Cruz made for a great showing. We got about 30 people signed up to either volunteer or develop their own <em style="position: relative;">DreemGarden</em>. There was so much support about the idea of the collective - sharing work, tools, food, and education together as a community - that I even got a high five and “Thank You” for it! </div>
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So many people were enthusiastic about the idea, and the poster board was a great way to show what’s been happening. We had pictures from our <a href="http://dreemreality.org/1/category/diggin%20inaede3798c8/1.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="">“Diggin’ In”</a>, Eric’s “Fox Garden”, Hetty’s <a href="http://www.rockislandfarm.com/" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="">“Rock Island Farm”</a>, and of course the original <a href="http://dreemreality.org/1/category/g%20is%20for%20garden/1.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="">“G is for Garden”</a> by Amanda. We listed our goals:<br /><br /><strong>Immediate:</strong><ul style="list-style-image: initial !important; list-style-position: outside !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 5px !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 25px; padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 25px; padding-top: 25px;">
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Anyway, it was such a wonderful event that we have decided to go again tomorrow too in order to grab the Tuesday students. Then we’ll again show up on Thursday for Water Awareness day, to premier our DreemTV: “Water Awareness...Down the Drain” video! (<a href="http://dreemreality.org/dreemtv.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">More about DreemTV here</a>)<br /><br />To find out more about what DreemGardens is blossoming into, <a href="http://dreemreality.org/dreemgardens.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;">click here</a>.</div>
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way to spread the green word ladies! you motivated me via the web, i can only imagine the impact you had on those who visited your booth! garden time!!</div>
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Hello my beautiful friends!<br />I am so happy to see the dreem come to reality and I would LOVE to be a part of it! Of course I couldn't be there physically at the moment, but when I get back to the States, I would very much like to come join he Dreem Community! I am so willing to learn the magic of earthly work and contribute whatever I can for the community!<br />I send my hearty love to you all and hope very much to see you very soon!<br />LOVE you all!!<br />Chung</div>
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Quickly, I’d like to explain a bit about the concept of “Fam-chising” that we’ve come up with. Think Franchise...but not corporate and more beautiful.<br /><br />Even though we are located in Santa Cruz, CA we obviously think the ideas and projects we are creating apply everywhere! As we gain the experience of “how to start” various projects, such as<em style="position: relative;"><a href="http://dreemreality.org/dreemgardens.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;">DreemGardens</a></em> we would like to provide a “start up package” on how to do it in another location.<br /><br />In addition to providing some how-to information on getting projects started, based on our own experience, we also would like to provide scholarships to fulfill wishlists. Let’s say one of our DreemGardens abroad like Hetty’s<a href="http://www.rockislandfarm.com/" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">“Rock Island Farm”</a> in Maine or Amanda’s <a href="http://dreemreality.org/1/category/g%20is%20for%20garden/1.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">“G is for Garden”</a> in Oregon, wants to start a <em style="position: relative;">DreemGarden Collective</em> and begin a Tool Library in their community. Though we are a California non-profit, we’d still like to utilize our abilities to award a scholarship to assist in the start up of that Library.<br /><br />We, of course, need experience first before we can give suggestions to others...but it’s a goal on the horizon for us!</div>
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Dreem On!</div>D.r.e.e.m. Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15146121802732032610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249471776964511068.post-86247766693429094582012-04-13T16:26:00.000-07:002012-05-09T16:27:07.625-07:00Diggin' In - Progress Journal (4/10 - 4/13)<br />
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<strong>4/10/12. Rainy Day Birds</strong><br /><br />Rain today! Such a difference than yesterday. The conservatory is as chilly as ever with no sun. But the wall of 1 pane windows at least provides us a beautiful view of the backyard now - instead of just letting the heat out. The wall of ivy right outside the conservatory used to block the sun as well as the yard. Now I can see all the plants and seedlings - observing how they grow. I can experience the sunlight and water with them, and see the birds that nibble on them.<br /><br />Though the birds are eating "our" seedlings, answering a re-occurring question about the disappearances of the stevia, I feel ok about it. We did take down their oak tree pitch away, like wiping out a community in one fell swoop. But now they are enjoying hopping around the piles of branches that still sit in the yard. I never knew so many species visited us before! They seem happy about their new playground and rainy buffet. I'm pleased to feed them, it's a good trade for the sunshine we now have.<br /><br />I want to build them bird houses, to help replace their home tree. I wonder if the birds are building nests in the branches. I hope not, since they won't be there very long. The dogs bark and chase them, so maybe they won't settle in. I would rather them nest safely in a bird house than temporarily in a stick-pile-nest. That will be another project to add to the list!</div>
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<strong>4/11/12. Rainy Day Contraption</strong><br /><br />Today started out super rainy. Pum woke us up to help put the rain gutter tube back on - to prevent the conservatory from flooding. Now with the Ivy wall gone, the gutter drains on the cement. We had to quickly build a crazy contraption including a plank of wood, a chair, tape, and a rubber mallet.<br /><br />The sun has been out since about 20 mins after the contraption was built. The rain filled up the huge pot and overflowed quickly. But now...sun. Crazy weather!<br /><br />Melinda has had a rash on her hand (thumb web area) since Tuesday 4/3. She’s been confused about it for a while. We just figured it out! On<a href="http://dreemreality.org/1/post/2012/04/diggin-in-progress-journal-331-41.html" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Ivy pulling day</a> on 3/31 she was in charge of the soil mixing while Eric and I pulled Ivy. She used her bare hands to mix in the vermiculite and manure to the new soil. Vermiculite = air puffed volcanic rock. BINGO! Hopefully it will clear up soon, but we’re glad to know the source of it now.</div>
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<strong>4/13/12. More Rain and Sun</strong><br /><br />It’s been hard to get any gardening done because of the crazy rain and sunshine dancing the past few days. Last night it rained so much that the conservatory flooded!! Obviously there is something up with the house foundation. Maybe another topic/goal for our Green Building Project.</div>
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