updated February 07, 2010

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ecology and art
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  • Biological and Chemical Sampling of Regional Rivers
  • International Exchange Projects

Etowah River Critters Club: Macro-Invertebrate Sampling and Photography on the Upper Etowah River the second Saturday afternoon of every month All ages! 1:00 -- 4:30 joe@worldclass.net

Thank you for joining us for our annual RiversAlive Etowah and Chestatee River clean-up activities and meals on October 10

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

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

Garden Bugs Club: Get a taste of the year-round farming experience each month at Revival Gardens Organic Produce the second Saturday morning of every month. All ages! 9:30 -- 11:30AM realfood@revivalgardens.com

Field Trip for all ages: In our highly-technolgical world, it seems odd to think that our increasingly convenient suburban lifestyles are depriving us of anything, but without the varied experiences of farm-life, students' background for education is more limited than ever.
more on the rationale and learning objectives of a field trip to Revival Gardens

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
  • Teaching the Advanced Placement World History course

International Appalachian Academy

  Practice conversational Japanese and discuss topics in world history, related books and articles over a light supper. Japanese is on Wednesdays and World History is on Thursday 6:30-8PM All ages welcome.
Register by phone: 706-265-5502

Sponsors:

Revival Gardens Organic Produce, Eggs and Events

 

Katuah Construction:
Ecological Building for the Southern Appalachians

Collaborators:

Appalachian Studies Center, North Georgia College
G.L.O.B.E. (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)

Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
Georgia Adopt-a-Stream/Rivers Alive
Liberty Middle School, Forsyth County
Lumpkin County Elementary School
Dahlonega Unitarian Universalist Church
Lumpkin Coalition
Trout Unlimited, Dahlonega