In and out of Season, plus ethical shopping

Christina secretly has been doing a new blog without me knowing! In and out of season. Her last post was based on a workshop on ethical trading. A workshop which we did at Rusty Springs festival, it was in many ways an eye opener. Christina brought the ethical apple app. It added about half an hour to her shopping time, but the shopping was done with a clear conscious...

Rusty Springs

Got Back from Rusty Springs yesterday so a bit of an update.

I went to a few things, but not as much as I would have liked. The first night was a shocker in the tent, rain rain rain. We were dry but if you wanted to go to the toilet etc etc leaving the tent was a terrible especially with kids. So we ended up at a beautiful B&B that liked kids so it worked out well (except for the $$$).

I got to three workshops which I will blog on in a bit more detail.

• Whats happening when what I believe is not what I used to believe.
• Ethical Shopping
• Slow food

We also spent a lot of times with the 'Rusty Kids' and families. This was great, We did stuff with kids and we also chatted and got to know other parents.

There was also a fair bit of music but I didn't get to any of it. I was just to stuffed at night. 

Overall we will try to get there again next year and be a bit more prepared with camping arrangements.
 

Rusty Springs

Next weekend the family are off to "Rusty Spring festivle" in Dalesford.

The festival is about exploring lifestyle, well-being and spirituality. These things are all interconnected and there’s no expectation of anyone.

Some of the work shops I'm eying are::

• An exploration towards the meaning of life
• What's happening when what I believe is not what I used to believe
• What's all this about Ignatian spirituality
• Finding Spiritual tradition that is right for you
• Slow food

And most importantly the *kids* program.

'Solace EMC Inc, the auspicing organization for the festival, is a religious not-for-profit company which has a Christian heritage. Both Christina and myself have been along to Solace in Fairfield a few time so we are looking forward to what is in store. (It will also be nice not having the Vineyard sandwich)