Log:
I got to talk about forestry this morning. I had a chat with one of the forestry professors about some of the trees on CCAT’s site. It feels good to be learning about trees, forestry strikes such a chord in me.
In an attempt to prepare for the charrette I’m trying to find out all I can about the specifics of materials used in the Berea Ecovillage.
Noelle and I prepared for the green cleaning workshop by identifying good places in the house that needed a little TLC. We found a section of mold spotted wall that really needed a hand. Unfortunately the attendance for the workshop was small, well okay, only one person came. (It is the summer after all.) So Noelle and I got a good bit of cleaning done anyway… and I won’t comment about how I feel about cleaning (I’m keeping that information secret from here on out). I must say that I was really excited that Noelle and I decided to wear matching outfits for the occasion! (A pair of jeans and the infamous CCAT tie-dyed shirt.)
Between the green cleaning workshop and the evening co-director meeting, I was able to sneak off for a run in my favorite woods. I don’t think I’d ever get used to those trees. It’s so moving (literally!) to run through those giants. Sigh.

Questions:
-What type and timing of programs would Berea Ecovillage residents best attend?
-At what point are meetings counter productive?
-How could SENS make a strong connection to the forestry at Berea?

Feelings:
I feel like I’m on a roller coaster when I run in those woods. I go slowly up a hill and then turn a corner to dip and feel the breeze gush past me just in time to bisect a beam of light that snuck in through the tall, tall canopy… I also feel like one of those cartoon characters who walks off the edge of a cliff and doesn’t fall until he looks down. I know in the near future I will leave these trees and all of this, but I’m certainly not looking down yet!