updated June 28, 2009
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ecology and art
Beyond "The Hedge"

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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 11 and 25.

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
Living with the Land

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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: Our increasingly suburban lifestyles are depriving us of the sophistication of country living. It is becoming increasingly apparent that tradtional country livestyles, further enhanced with modern technology, can offer a more sophisticated approach to solving some of the challenges of the global age: dependence on foreign oil, water shortages, and quality food.  .  .  .
more on the rationale and learning objectives of the 2008 field trip to Revival Gardens and Katuah Construction in Lumpkin County, GA

language and culture
Ways of Thinking

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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.
(Current world history books being discussed include Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin; The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Micael Pollan; and Ways of the World, by Robert W. Strayer)
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