Ahimsa Acres Events Calendar
Last updated: July 7, 2012
Dale Lugenbehl and Sandy Aldridge work as community educators and are available as guest speakers. One or both of them are available to speak and give workshops on the following topics. They may be contacted regarding speaking, workshops, classes, internships, and tours at ahimsaacres@gmail.com.
- Vipassana and Metta Meditation
- Voluntary Simplicity: Environmental Sanity and Personal Freedom
- The Environmental Impact of Personal Food Choices
- Personal Lifestyle Choices and Climate Change
- Gardening and Orcharding Principles and Practice
- Low Consumption Lifestyle: The Ultimate Waste Reduction Strategy
- Understanding Peak Oil and Resource Depletion
- Ethical Components of Choosing a Vegan Lifestyle
- Making the Change to Vegan Eating
- Compassionate Living
- Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination
- Becoming Partially or Fully "Job Independent" While Still Young
- Living More Consciously
- Engaged Buddhism
- Low Consumption Lifestyle: The Ultimate Waste Reduction Strategy
- Understanding and Facilitating the Process of Personal Change
- Understanding the Nature of Happiness
Speaking Engagements and Classes for 2012-2013
June 2012
Beginning of intern season at Ahimsa Acres.
“Vipassana (Insight) Meditation,” a 4 week class given at Ahimsa Acres,
June 1 to June 29.
July 2012
“Vipassana (Insight) Meditation,” a 4 week class given at Ahimsa Acres,
July 1 to July 29.
September
"Rel 202 Religions of China and Japan: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism," a 10 week, 4 credit, class offered by Lane Community College, Fall Term, Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:00 to 12:50, main campus, Eugene, Oregon. Instructor: Dale Lugenbehl. Class starts September 24.
October
"Low Consumption Lifestyle: The Ultimate Waste Reduction Strategy," presentation for Lane County Master Recyclers Course to train Master Recyclers, Tuesday, October 9, 6:00 pm, Glenwood Transfer Station, Lane County Public Works Building.
"Living Simply: Environmental Sanity and Personal Freedom," presentation for Stan Taylor's Environmental Politics class at Lane Community College, Wednesday, October 10, 1:00 to 2:50, Long House main room, Lane Community College
November
January 2013
"Rel 231 Buddhist Meditation Traditions: Principles and Practice," a 10 week, 4 credit, class offered by Lane Community College, Winter Term, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 to 11:50, main campus, Eugene, Oregon. Instructor: Dale Lugenbehl.
"Living Simply: Environmental Sanity and Personal Freedom," presentation for Stan Taylor's Environmental Politics class at Lane Community College, Monday, January 28, 1:00 to 2:50, Long House main room, Lane Community College
Speaking Engagements for 2011-2012
September
"Buddhist Vipassana (Insight) Meditation," a 5 week meditation class at the First Presbyterian Church in Cottage Grove, 11:30 to 12:30, Sundays from September 11 to October 10. Class is free and open to the general public.
October
"Low Consumption Lifestyle: The Ultimate Waste Reduction Strategy," presentation for Lane County Master Recyclers Course to train Master Recyclers, Tuesday, October 11, 6:00 pm, Glenwood Transfer Station, Lane County Public Works Building.
"Living Simply: Environmental Sanity and Personal Freedom," presentation for Stan Taylor's Environmental Politics class at Lane Community College, Wednesday, October 12, 1:00 to 2:50, Long House main room, Lane Community College
November
"Personal Food Choices, Climate Change, and the Environment," a presentation for First Presbyterian Church in Cottage Grove, 11:30 to 12:30, Sunday November 13. Presentation is free and open to the general public.
January 2012
"Living Simply: Environmental Sanity and Personal Freedom," presentation for Stan Taylor's Environmental Politics class at Lane Community College, Monday, January 30, 1:00 to 2:50, Long House main room, Lane Community College
March 2012
"Voluntary Simplicity in an Era of Resource Depletion, Economic Turmoil, and Climate Change,” a presentation for the Green Neighbors Faire, 1:15 to 2:30, Saturday March 3, in the library of the First United Methodist Church at 1376 Olive Street in Eugene. Presentation is free and open to the general public. Richard Heinberg will be speaking at 10:00 am on peak oil in the main chapel.
May 2012
Opening of summer 2012 season for interns from World Wide Opportunities on Organgic Farms (WWOOF) at Ahimsa Acres Educational Center (homestead of Dale Lugenbehl and Sandy Aldridge). Opportunities to work as an intern and learn about living simply and sustainably run through October. Contact Ahimsa Acres at ahimsaacres@gmail.com, or WWOOFUSA at www.WWOOFusa.org/About_WWOOFUSA.
"Low Consumption Lifestyle: The Ultimate Waste Reduction Strategy," presentation for Lane County Master Recyclers Course to train Master Recyclers, May 1, 6:00 pm, Glenwood Transfer Station, Lane County Public Works Building.
"Sustainable Living Home Tour," verbal explanation and tour of Dale and Sandy’s home for Lane County Master Recyclers class, May 19, 10:00 am to noon, homesite of Dale Lugenbehl and Sandy Aldridge, Cottage Grove, Oregon. Focus on permaculture, gravity powered water catchment systems, solar electrical generation, passive solar space heating, geothermal energy, and energy conservation.
"Sustainable Living Home Tour," verbal explanation and tour of Dale and Sandy’s home for Environmental Politics students from Lane Community College, May 12, 10 am to 4 pm, homesite of Dale Lugenbehl and Sandy Aldridge, Cottage Grove, Oregon. Focus on permaculture, gravity powered water catchment systems, solar electrical generation, passive solar space heating, geothermal energy, and energy conservation
June 2012
“Vipassana (Insight) Meditation,” a 4 week class given at Ahimsa Acres, June 1 to June 29.
Speaking Engagements Prior to 2012