Bellingen EYE » Blog http://www.bellingeneye.com Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:05:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Leadership Camp 2012 “Metamorphosis” REGO NOW OPEN http://www.bellingeneye.com/2012/01/11/leadership-camp-2012-metamorphosis-rego-now-open/ http://www.bellingeneye.com/2012/01/11/leadership-camp-2012-metamorphosis-rego-now-open/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:05:17 +0000 Lisa http://www.bellingeneye.com/?p=2046 See above for more details…….email, phone or text and we will send you a rego packet!

]]> http://www.bellingeneye.com/2012/01/11/leadership-camp-2012-metamorphosis-rego-now-open/feed/ 0 Happy holidays and see you in January! http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/12/23/happy-holidays-and-see-you-in-january/ http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/12/23/happy-holidays-and-see-you-in-january/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:42:25 +0000 Lisa http://www.bellingeneye.com/?p=2040 To all EYEs, EYEparents, and EYEfriends…..

We wish you a happy, relaxing, loving, and peaceful time celebrating whatever it is you love to celebrate.

It seems a bit unreal…. but the original EYE experiment is over as of 31 December…. and we are now moving into uncharted territory. We hope to see many EYEs at our Visioning overnight 6-7 January, and then even more of you at our 2012 EYE Leadership Retreat- “Metamorphosis”, which will be held at the lovely Chrysalis School river campus in Thora. (Rego opens 2 January – watch this space for more details!)
In the meantime, have fun and be safe, and see you in 2012!!

For the planet,

Lisa

 

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Yes, isn’t it beautiful? Designed by talented EYEgirl Holly Mae, our new tshirt comes in charcoal (pictured), arctic blue, jade green

]]> http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/11/16/new-eye-tshirts-available-very-very-exeyeting/feed/ 0 the EYEball is coming… http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/10/09/the-eyeball-is-coming/ http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/10/09/the-eyeball-is-coming/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:55:59 +0000 Lisa http://www.bellingeneye.com/?p=2022 Our fourth annual EYEball will be held on Saturday, 22 October at the Bellingen Memorial Hall. It will be a fantastic night filled with inspiring entertainment, celebrating youth and the planet. It is a family friendly and “all-ages” event, with amazing performances including original acoustic music, dance, and other surprises from talented EYE members and friends. This will be followed by local dance band “Five Dollar Billie” and a set by young DJs “Thing One and  Thing Two”. Delicious food and drinks will be available for purchase. The doors open at 6:30 for a 7:00 start, with entry being $8 for under 18s and $12 for over 18s. See you there!The EYEball is Coming...

]]> http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/10/09/the-eyeball-is-coming/feed/ 0 One last flourish before the holidays http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/09/21/one-last-flourish-before-the-holidays/ http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/09/21/one-last-flourish-before-the-holidays/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:59:49 +0000 EYEFood http://www.bellingeneye.com/?p=2013 The weather is definitely heating up, so our attention has turned to nice, shady, inspirational spaces for both people and plants through the summer.
We have been designing shade-houses, frog ponds and seating circles. Most garden bed areas are nearing completion, so next term, as things heat-up, the only way is up, baby! Designing a shade-house Extra helpers learn No-dig Happy harvesters & our fantastic table

]]> http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/09/21/one-last-flourish-before-the-holidays/feed/ 0 Japanese inspiration http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/09/07/japanese-inspiration/ http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/09/07/japanese-inspiration/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:36:36 +0000 EYEFood http://www.bellingeneye.com/?p=2004 This week we took inspiration from Masanobu Fukuoka, author of “The One-Straw Revolution” and founder of Do-Nothing Agriculture.  Fukuoka would make clay seed-balls to scatter his crops in the field, this would protect them from birds and rodents, while the seeds would sprout from the balls after a good rain… We thought it sounded like a fun idea, so we are giving it a shot.

Earth Dumplings Our shiny table Pea Trellis The Harvest

Our table is looking shiny and so close to being finished and there is more produce than ever to take home.

]]> http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/09/07/japanese-inspiration/feed/ 0 EYE will see you at the Bellingen Energy Festival http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/09/02/eye-will-see-you-at-the-bellingen-energy-festival/ http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/09/02/eye-will-see-you-at-the-bellingen-energy-festival/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:18:04 +0000 Lisa http://www.bellingeneye.com/?p=1925 The annual Bellingen Energy Festival is on tomorrow – Saturday, 3 Sept – at the Bellingen Showgrounds. Looking for more EYEs to help out at the gate, and to gather signatures for the Plastic Bag Petition. Come find us at the  Transition Bellingen tent.

]]> http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/09/02/eye-will-see-you-at-the-bellingen-energy-festival/feed/ 0 With hard work comes a flourishing garden! http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/08/31/with-hard-work-comes-a-flourishing-garden/ http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/08/31/with-hard-work-comes-a-flourishing-garden/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:26:24 +0000 EYEFood http://www.bellingeneye.com/?p=1998 Expanding out towards the eastern border of the garden we continued to build our straight beds and plant them out with beans surrounding our bamboo tripods and Yacon; or Peruvian Ground Apples.

1. Digging new bean beds 2. Feeding garden beds and spreading lettuce seed 3. Working on our table 4. Our table is nearly finished

Hayley, Lewis and Shanteya continued to work on our amazing (though very heavy) picnic table and chairs while the rest of the group kept up the maintenance of the mandala garden mulching, watering and scattering seed.

]]> http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/08/31/with-hard-work-comes-a-flourishing-garden/feed/ 0 Spring is on its way http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/08/24/more-cycles-in-the-garden/ http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/08/24/more-cycles-in-the-garden/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:37:47 +0000 EYEFood http://www.bellingeneye.com/?p=1907 It was time to turn our compost piles, and one careful observer suggested moving the pile onto the mandala beds. So now we have two massive compost hills in the middle of the garden & each time it rains, all of that compost-ie goodness soaks down and feeds the soil!

The wood workers making our seats The hive of activity Otis moving the compost to its new home Even more seedlings

More seedlings go in each week and the bench seats are almost finished… Soon we will be sitting comfortably, munching on fresh greens and continuing to vision up an amazing future!

]]> http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/08/24/more-cycles-in-the-garden/feed/ 0 Bushwalk AND Landcare on this coming Sunday…. http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/08/24/bushwalk-and-landcare-on-this-coming-sunday/ http://www.bellingeneye.com/2011/08/24/bushwalk-and-landcare-on-this-coming-sunday/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:56:19 +0000 Lisa http://www.bellingeneye.com/?p=1845 hey all, lots on in the great outdoors this coming Sunday. The EYE Bushwalking Group is making another attempt to climb McGraths Hump……. and our monthly EYE Landcare Working Bee is on, meeting at The Point at 9:00 am. Let’s just hope it stops raining for the day!!

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