Learn! Earn! Create! Have fun!!
Who wouldn't enjoy being out in the sun under big blue skies that sport white fluffy clouds, creating food forests, learning and earning, and digging on live, groovy tunes while surrounded by a magnificent panoramic view of the Sangre de Cristo mountains on the East, and San Juan mountains on the West!?!
I know I would! 😍
Did you know a remarkable opportunity awaits you - and the valuable gifts only YOU have to offer?
The Scoop:
The world is in need of your help, the youth and hungry families are in need of
your help, shut in elders need your help, you might even be in need of help.
It’s time to help each other!
And what better place to help yourself while helping others than here in the
extraordinary land of Crestone Colorado.
Who We Are
We are the Crestone Peace on Earth by 2030 Game Youth and Adult Teams
sponsored by VALCO-Veterans Assistance League of Colorado.
WE HAVE A GOAL OF RAISING $15,000 ASAP to SUPPORT THE PLANTING
OF 6 CRESTONE/ BACA FOOD FORESTS AND SUPPORT YOUTH AND
YOUNG ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BECOME PERMACULTURE
CERTIFIED! WE NEED YOUR DONATIONS AND ARE LOOKING FOR MORE
MATCHING DONORS AS WELL!
Our Aim
We aim to create second order change - or whole systems transformational
change - in everything we do. We are doing this through playing the Peace on Earth by 2030 Game. We brought this International game to Crestone with the intention to create what's called a Peace on Earth (POE) Zone in our community.
A POE Zone is a community applying the game’s seven actions to reweave the social fabric and create cooperative solutions to local challenges. A POE Zone’s long-term goal is to empower residents to live in harmony with self, each other, and the Earth. We call this a golden age community. In Crestone two of the cooperative solutions that have come out of playing the game is our food growing program to feed the hungry and this festival itself.
Toward these efforts we’re presenting the
1st annual PermaPeaceFest
May 14th - 31st, 2021!
And this is where YOU come in!
But first….some Back Story
Crestone was one of the 8 pilot teams of the Peace on Earth by 2030 Game
(officially launched on International Peace Day September 20, 2020) and is now
part of the 150 teams in action around the world.
Crestone is also the 2nd officially declared Peace On Earth Zone (POE Zone), with Kabul Afghanistan being the first - created by two 16 year old visionary youth, and their mentor to bring peace to one of the most war torn countries in the world.
Crestone and Kabul hold the dynamic tension for Peace on Earth to emerge. Further, in creating a POE Zone in Crestone, we are helping fulfill the prophecy that our small town will serve as a role model to help inspire Peace on Earth.
In the pilot phase of the Peace on Earth by 2030 Game our local youth and adult teams, through taking the peace action "Cooperation for the Common Good," substantially increased food availability in our local food bank. They did this by creating eight community gardens and greenhouses.
We've also delivered this food to shut in elders in the community. This cooperative action was inspired by the youth seeing classmates coming to school hungry and wanting to end hunger in Crestone.
What We Need
The PermaPeaceFest needs you, and your donations to be successful.
The PermaPeaceFest is 16 days of LEARNING AND COLLABORATING around permaculture practices and actions. Our goals are to plant six food forests in Crestone to feed those in need; and become food resilient through applying the practices learned in the various permaculture courses.
These courses include a 72 hour “Permaculture Design Certification”; a 3 day “How to Grow Money Doing Permaculture,” and a “Permaculture Olympics” held on 6 different sites.
During these Olympics volunteers can camp, learn, and earn free tickets to the Festival held on the last two days of the event.
Furthering their goals, our Crestone Peace on Earth by 2030 Game Teams are
now looking to raise $15,000 ASAP to grow 6 food forests, scholarship youth
and young adults to become certified in permaculture design, and to hold the
PermaPeaceFest in May 2021. We have some offers for matching funds on
what is donated as well, and are looking for other donors who will match funds
too!
The money will go towards putting on the event, paying for trees, berry, bushes,
soil, compost and other necessary items for the multiple permaculture food
forests we'll be creating in the area. Supporting the creation and growth of
permaculture food forests is one of the best ways to give a gift that keeps on
giving!
The rest goes to scholarship youth and young adults for permaculture design
certifications - a skill they can use to help make the world a better place - the
same as your kind donations do for all of us.
Along with your generous donation
we warmly invite you to join us for the
PermaPeaceFest
Please visit our website for more information, and to sign up!
Also, check out the Peace on Earth by 2030 Game website and discover other
ways of getting involved. Co-creating Peace on Earth is something everyone needs to be doing - and the Peace Game ensures success!
In Crestone our local Peace on Earth Teams (youth and adults) are excited to see
the 1st annual PermaPeaceFest become a roaring success welcoming new-comers to our community to participate in this festive and highly educational event,
who might even consider transplanting themselves into this wonderful,
regenerative community.
To watch a short film on Crestone click the link below:
The Bloodless Valley by Crestone Films
Please consider making a donation today.
Your generous donation not only helps us build food forests here in Crestone, but helps others around the world, as the Crestone Peace Team will be templating
everything we’re doing for other Peace Teams around the world - including a
team you might lead in your area!
Anything you give makes a difference!!
Thanks in advance for your contribution to this earth enhancing event and
JOIN US
by signing up and coming out to Crestone Colorado to participate in this hands on, fruitful and festive event!
Donate and sign up today!
(P.S. - Charitable Gifts of Real Estate gratefully accepted - please inquire on our
website for more information.)