ONE PLANET: ACT WITH CARE
A Sustainable Living Symposium Focusing on
How Our Actions Affect the Place We Live
OCTOBER 28 – 30, 2016
At Beautiful Camp McDowell, Nauvoo, Alabama
download registration form here.
Please Note: This schedule is subject to change. Please check occasionally for updates.
Friday, October 28
Opportunity to attend the ASAN Food and Farm Forum (register at http://asanonline.org/RFFF16)
Sierra Registration in Pradat Hall, Miller Commons, begins at 4:00 pm
6:00 pm Joint ASAN/Sierra cookout featuring local grassfed burgers – McDowell Softball Field
– followed by campfire activities, and music.
Saturday, October 29
All Meetings in Pradat Holl in Miller Commons
7:30 Breakfast – Stough Dining Hall
8:30 Welcome – Cindy Garrison and Peggie Griffin, Retreat Chairs
8:40 Making Wise Food Choices
Dove Stackhouse – Saving Seeds and the Environment - Whirlwind Farms, Geraldine
Dr. Frannie Koe – Eating Healthy – Will’s Valley Family Medicine, Collinsville
Karen Wynne – The Bottom Line – Rosita’s Farm, Hartselle
9:50 Break
10:00 Making Good Food Choices Available for All – Magic City Agriculture Project, Rev. Majadi Baruti
10:40 Including Diversity – Scott Douglas, Director, Greater Birmingham Ministries
11:30 Break
12:00 Lunch – Stough Dining Hall
1:00 Meet for Hikes
Secret Canyon Hike – Led by Maggie Johnston, Education Director, Camp McDowell
Caney Creek Falls Hike – Led by Ken Hyche, Cahaba Group Outings Leader
Natural Bridge Hike – Led by Roe Hyche, Cahaba Group Outiings Leader
Bankhead Tree Identification Hike – Led by Dexter Duren, West Alabama Group Outings Leader
1:30 Other Exciting Afternoon Activities
Beginning Harmonica – Jamie Finley, Oxymorons and Red Mountain White Trash
6:00 Farm to Table Dinner at the McDowell Farm School Barn
McDowell Chef – Jeremy Peltz
Speaker – Alice Evans, Executive Director, Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network
7:30 – 10:00 – Red Mountain White Trash at Stough Lodge
Come and dance your heart out to the music of this popular Alabama Band. Joyce Cauthen will call the dances and is very experienced at teaching us how to follow her call. (Dancing is not required--it is also fun listening music!)
Sunday, October 30
7:30 Breakfast – Stough Dining Hall
8:30 Cherishing All the Pieces- Kendra Burns, McDowell Environmental Center Naturalist – Pradat Hall
9:30 Outings
McDowell Farm School Tour
Geothermal Presentation and Tour – Rev. Mark Johnston, Director, Camp McDowell
McDowell Tree Identification Hike – Led by Dexter Duren, West Alabama Outings Leader
12:00 Lunch-
Together We Can Do It! – Bob Hastings. Chair, Alabama Sierra Club
Door Prizes and Goodbyes