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May 2007

May 1
Vesakha Puja Day (Buddhist)

May 5-6
Living Green Expo
Minnesota State Fair Ground
Grand Stand Building
Free!

Join us for the Sixth annual Living Green Expo on Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6 at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds! The free event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. Parking is free, secure bike storage is available, and attendees who ride the bus will get a free ride home. Free Blue Sky Guides will be given to the first 200 attendees each day (limit one per family), compliments of Great River Energy!

Congregations Caring for Creation will host a workhop on greening your congregation on Sunday afternoon.

The 2007 Living Green Expo will feature over 200 exhibitors showcasing environmentally sound products, services, and practices. Workshops will feature everything from how to compost and reduce toxicity in your home to using the latest energy-saving technology and cooking with organic, locally grown food. This family-friendly event will include art displays, children's activities, food, and musical entertainment.

Businesses, food organizations, state and local agencies, and environmental groups will provide information about new technologies, renewable resources, products made from both recycled and sustainably grown materials and more. The Expo will feature sustainable products and services created by local companies, and will include exhibits and workshops on transportation, home building and remodeling, energy, yard and garden, food and agriculture, arts and culture, and household products and practices.

The Living Green Expo is a collaboration of state and local agencies, environmental groups, food organizations and many others. For more information, call 612-331-1099 x 1 or 651-215-0218 or visit www.livinggreen.org

May 14-17
Meeting the Sacred in Creation: 2007 Interfaith Environmental Retreats for Religious Leaders

GreenFaith, an interfaith environmental coalition, is pleased to announce the schedule for its 2007 contemplative retreats for Christian clergy, Rabbis, men and women religious, and people of diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds. The retreats - entitled Meeting the Sacred in Creation - explore one of the most neglected aspects of the spiritual life in the western world - the relationship between the human soul and the natural world. The retreats will be held at the Pilgrim First Retreat Center on Washington State's Kitsap Peninsula (April 16-19), and at the Garrison Institute in the heart of New York's Hudson valley (May 14-17). The retreat leaders will be Kurt Hoelting of Inside Passages and Rabbi Lawrence Troster of GreenFaith. The cost of each retreat is $400, which includes all meals and lodging. To register for either retreat or for further information, e-mail Rabbi Lawrence Troster at ltroster@greenfaith.org or call GreenFaith at 732-565-7740

May 22
Shavout: Feast of Weeks (Jewish)

May 27
Pentecost (Christian)

May 29
Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)