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A free celebration bringing community members together to share vital skills for a changing world.

Village Building Convergence – a project of Transition Montpelier
June 20th-24th, 2012 In Central Vermont
WORKSHOPS*DISCUSSIONS*SKILL SHARES*POTLUCKS*MUSIC*PROJECTS

Events Include:

Wednesday, June 20th * James Howard Kunstler Talk * Venue and time to be determined – see details below.

Thursday June 21st at 7 pm * Summer Solstice Celebration * All Together Now (East Montpelier)

Friday-Sunday June 22nd-24th * Village Gathering * Twin Pond Retreat (Brookfield)

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Wednesday, June 20th * James Howard Kunstler Talk *

Help us kick off Village-building Convergence (VbC) 2012 in style with James Howard Kunstler, author of the peak-oil classic The Long Emergency, novels World Made  by Hand and its sequel, The Witch of Hebron, and many others.

Kunstler will speak on Wednesday, June 20 in Montpelier, Vermont (time and venue TBA). His 90 minute talk will cover “the convergence of resource scarcity with financial disorder and how these conditions will compel us to re-organize life differently in the US – in particular: more local, smaller scale, with agriculture closer to the center of economic activity.”

Kunstler will also read a short excerpt from one of his novels. Several of his books will be available for purchase.

While the talk is free (as are all VbC events), the VbC organizing committee is asking for a sliding scale donation of $5-20 to cover the costs of the 100% volunteer-run Village-building Convergence.

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Learn more at ww.vbc-vt.org <http://www.vbc-vt.org/>
Watch last year’s Villagebuilding Convergence video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMaIhZIP3NA <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMaIhZIP3NA>
Join the VbC Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=129477257082211&ref=ts <http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=129477257082211&amp;ref=ts>

Much thanks to Villagebuilding Convergence’s generous event sponsors:

Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism <http://www.vtherbcenter.org> , Kellogg-Hubbard Library <http://www.kellogghubbard.org/>   Langdon Street Cafe <http://www.langdonstreetcafe.com/>  Rhapsody <http://www.rhapsodynaturalfoods.org/> along with media sponsor: Capitol Grounds <http://www.capitolgrounds.com/> The Bridge<http://www.montpelierbridge.com/>

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Please tell your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers about the Villagebuilding Convergence!  Help us spread the word by forwarding this email widely through your networks!  Thanks!

From the folks at the Villagebuilding <http://goog_1980590850/>   <http://goog_1980590850/> Convergence <http://vbc-vt.org/> , a project of Transition Town Montpelier <http://transitionvermont.ning.com/group/TTM> .