Journey Toward Creating a Regenerative Life Together

Saturday 4:30-5:30
Participatory workshop using a ‘mind map mandala’ to collectively create a personal plan for living more sustainably in community. Includes an introductory short film, and series of video clips and slides from cohousing and other sustainable communities visited ar ound the US, as well as leaders in the movement such as Chuck Durrett, Raines Cohen, Betsy Morris, Diana Leafe Christian and others. Open opportunity to join in the creation of the Within Reach documentary film project.

PRESENTERS: Mandy Creighton and Ryan Mlynarczyk are traveling 12,000 miles around the US by bicycle on a journey to visit and document people living in sustainable communities of all types. One of the main foci of the project is to explore how people live more sustainably in cohousing communities, as this is the fastest growing segment of the entire movement.

The journey is currently underway, and a feature-length documentary film is set to be made at the end of 2009 to help advocate for the communities movement and educate viewers on the importance of living more sustainably in community. In addition to a comprehensive website, they give video and slideshow presentations to local communities as they travel.

Both Ryan and Mandy have a passion for sustainability and want to bring their skills and knowledge into community life. They plan to move into one of the communities they visit at the end of their journey.