Living Together Network

Thank you for your interest in the upcoming Gathering.

The Gathering will be held at Ewingsdale Hall, Byron Bay, NSW from the 8th to the 12th of April, 2010.

As LTGs are D.I.Y. community events - coming together to create a sustainable future - the Gathering dates include Set Up and Take Down.

Set Up will be on the 8th and 9th.  The Opening Ceremonies will start at sunset on Friday the 9th.  The Weekend Program runs from 9am throughout the days on the 10th and 11th. The World Peace Concert will start on Sunday evening at 7pm.  The Future Visioning Council and Pack Up will occur on Monday the 12th.

TO BE PART OF IT:
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See some of the MANY DIFFERENT WAYS in which YOU can participate - helping to make the upcoming Gathering the BEST YET!   Everything from sharing something in the Weekend Program of workshops, presentations, ceremonies, performance arts, etc to helping gather Food, being part of the Kitchen Crew, helping create the Space and more! Please  CLICK HERE

Ring Dudley Leggett on 66 853 719 or Katharina Myr on 66 849 270

Entry is Free.  This is a “By Gift” Community Gathering - where we support the wealth of all by sharing of ourselves and our abundance.

Currently, the Community is being invited to

CLICK HERE to see the Program in Progress page. [We’re quite excited about entries to date!]

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To find out what it’s all about, how it’s organized, etc…  please Keep Reading…

WHAT IS A LIVING TOGETHER GATHERING?

Living Together Gatherings [LTGs] represent opportunities for community members who support the transition to a sustainable, re-localized, resilient and very positive future to come together and share.  LTGs are grassroots, D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) expo’s of us to us, a time for displays, presentations, performances, workshops and enjoyment.

At LTGs, we make connections, form collaborative relationships, share our knowledge, skills, projects and interests, discover and get up to speed with what each of us is doing that is contributing towards a positive regional and planetary future, and enjoy food, music, dance and the precious company of other ‘culture creatives’.

Usually LTGs include the option for Camping Together, but this April’s venue precludes that aspect.

The WEEKEND PROGRAM is organized in TWO ways:

Prior to the Gathering, the community is invited to register online (CLICK HERE) so as to be included in the pre-event advertising and scheduling, and also to secure an appropriate space.

During the Saturday and Sunday Morning Plenums, the Presenters / Workshop Facilitators / etc will speak very briefly about what they’re offering / focalising or such.   Then (in the methodology of ‘Open Space’) anyone who is present may add something new to the pre-advertised Program and also may briefly address the Plenum.   The additions will be slotted in and added to the Program Display.

Time-Keeping!  For various reasons, adherence to the pre-organized Program has not been a forte of LTGs to date.  While wanting to preserve the organic, DIY, self-organizing quality of the Gathering, many of us involved with the LTG process recognize that we simply MUST (for many, many reasons) ADHERE to the Program Timetable — the community has our commitment to the same.

And a bit more on the OPEN SPACE approach : as LTGs are part of the grassroots transformation of the world ‘from the bottom up’, by definition, they must support the empowerment of each being as a self-organizing, self-directing being.  ‘Open Space’ involves the so-called ‘Law of Two Feet’ - whereby participants move about the various venues and happenings of the Gathering, freely following the flow of their own inspiration.

Still want to Know More?

Learn what makes an LTG an LTG - the great sum of skills, knowledge and community spirit that goes into co-creating an optimal LTG : Read an overview and then download the Format for LTGs, Click here

Read a report on the third Living Together Gathering, click here.

Read reports on the first two Gatherings, click here.

If you haven’t yet, you can tune in to the Living Together Network’s view on the great community and tremendous potential of the Northern Rivers Region, visit the Wollumbini Bioregion page

Interested in a Sustainable Future? Get up to speed locally with a bullet-form summary of Strategies for a Sustainable Northern Rivers Region (worked out over decades by both community, local and state government planning processes): Visit the Local Plans and Strategies page

HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE UPCOMING GATHERING!