updated February 26th, 2012

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ecology and art
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  • Biological and Chemical Sampling of the upper Etowah River
  • International Art Exchange Projects

Etowah River Critters Club: Macro-Invertebrate Sampling, Photography, and Microscopy with Seth Malovany, MT, AMT (Medical Technologist and Laboratory Scientist) , on the Upper Etowah River on the second and fourth Saturday afternoon of every month All ages welcome 1:00 -- 4:30PM joe@worldclass.net

Join one of our annual RiversAlive Etowah and Chestatee River clean-up activities and meals on October 1 and/or October 22 with Lumpkin Coalition

Photographing Invertebrates at a Mid-Summer Sampling

Artwork from a seasonal invertebrate sampling on the upper Etowah in Lumpkin County Georgia, USA

River art exchange between Japanese and American students

farming and food
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  • Seasonal Farming and Cooking
  • Organic Certification Consulting
  • School Field Trips

Garden Bugs Club: Experience a morning in the garden and explore the imperfect science of farming organically at Revival Gardens Organic Produce every second and fourth Saturday 9:00 -- 11:30 throughout the year realfood@revivalgardens.com

School Field Trip: learn how to think with the sun and the seasons to build a year-round garden construct a homestead using recycled materials trip details

language and culture
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  • Japanese Language and Culture
  • Global Stories to introduce English and Japanese as second languages
  • Exploring World History and Literature

International Appalachian Academy

  Practice conversational Japanese and discuss topics in world history, related books and articles over desert and tea: Japanese is on Wednesdays and World History is on Thursday 6:30-8PM All ages welcome.

Sponsors:

Revival Gardens Organic Produce, Eggs and Events

 

Katuah Construction:
Ecological Building for the Southern Appalachians

Collaborators:

Appalachian Studies Center, North Georgia College
Georgia Adopt-a-Stream/Rivers Alive
Georgia Mountains Unitarian Universalist Church
G.L.O.B.E. (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)
Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
Koyo-Torrington Dahlonega
Liberty Middle School, Forsyth County
Lumpkin Coalition
Lumpkin County Elementary School
Trout Unlimited, Dahlonega