http://net22.com/dreamtime/ -- Lawrence F. London, Jr. - Venaura Farm - Chapel Hill, NC, USA mailto:london@sunSITE.unc.edu http://sunSITE.unc.edu/InterGarden mailto:london@mercury.interpath.net http://www.interpath.net/~london Piedmont Online http://sunSITE.unc.edu/piedmont piedmont@sunSITE.unc.eduTitle: Dreamtime Village
Dreamtime Village facilities
consist of 80 acres of woods, wetlands, gardens & orchards within an 8-mile
radius of the tiny town of West Lima, Wisconsin. Six older buildings include a
2-story former school on 3 acres with attached full-size gymnasium & quonset hut.
This building houses a library, woodworking, drummaking & craft shop & large
multi-purpose meeting room. Also in the works are a certified kitchen, ceramics
studio & multi-media lab. These existing facilities & land serve as a hub for
radiating circles of Dreamtime residents, kindred homesteaders & offshoot
projects. Long-range plans include establishing a community land trust for
stewardship of Dreamtime acreage & a food/shelter coop for village residents, interns and Dreamtime friends & visitors.
Dreamtime Village & DREAMLAB are projects of Xexoxial Endarchy, Ltd., a non-profit intermedia arts &
education organization. You can help support these projects through
tax-deductible sponsorship
or subscription to our newsletter, Dreamtime Talkingmail. If you are interested in
village-made, sustainably produced items such as seed jewelry, music instruments,
& wands keep an eye on Driftless
Planetware online mailorder catalogue.
Dreamtime
Village is emerging as an experiment in ecovillage
design whose mission is to create new planetary culture. By consciously drawing
from the more bio-diverse & imaginative resources of present-day & ancient
cultures, we endlessly garden the complex interface between plant, animal & human
worlds. We understand that each realm works under the same universal co-creative
principles. Our challenge is to design a landscape where we can create art that
is functional, alive, & fantasmagorical while simultaneously serving as an
eco-village demonstration and a hands-on learning environment for people of all
ages ( DREAMLAB). As cultural
anarchists we delight in discovery, innovation & experimentation. We lean
towards open-systems & self-organization, preferring to let the life of the
eco-village incubate & grow as an organism in itself.
DREAMLAB stands for Driftless
Re-learning Environment for Alternative Media, Living Arts & Biodiversity. A
school-without-walls for students of all ages and backgrounds, DREAMLAB is
dedicated to learning experiences not usually found in institutional settings,
including information access,
workshops, internships & a Summer
Practicum in Sustainable Living.
Rt 1 Box 131
LaFarge, WI 54639
office: 608-528-4619
e-mail: dreamtimeV@aol.com
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