This Memorial Day weekend, the music, arts and green living worlds will converge at Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine, California (just one hour south of Los Angeles) for The Do LaB's 5th annual Lightning in a Bottle Festival on May 28 – 31, 2010.
Spiritual workshops led by folks like Agape International Spiritual Center's Rev Michael Beckwith, yoga and dance classes taught by industry leaders like Shiva Rae, and activities for kids all weekend long (all is included in the festival ticket price), this is one event that is not to be missed!
Yoga and dance classes taught by industry leaders:
• Vinyasa Flow Yoga
• Rasa Yoga
• Daily Life Application of Qi Gong
• 5 Elements Buddhist Yoga, Meditation and Sound Healing
• Kundalini Dance
• Poi Spinning
In addition to top musical acts and innovative art installations, the four-day, three-night festival boasts a landmark lineup of workshops about Sustainable Urban Homesteading that will guide even the busiest urban professionals on the path to making low-cost and easily sustainable lifestyle choices. Attendees can learn "How to Make Kombucha," "Small Space Container Gardening," "How to Grow & Use Medicinal Herbs" and so much more.
More fun DIY Workshops include:
• Small space container gardening
• Growing & using medicinal herbs - teas, tinctures, salves
• Raising urban chickens
• Identifying and cultivating edible wild mushrooms
• Making home brewed beers
• How to make raw chocolate
• How to make kombucha
• Aquaponics: Growing your own fish and vegetables
• Rain and grey water systems
And of course, the festival is beautifully green:
• Free filtered drinking water on site for attendees who bring their own
containers
• On site solar power generation
• Biodiesel fuel for power and onsite transportation
• Stages constructed from recycled and renewable materials
• 100% compostable cutlery and dishware in the vending areas
• Color-coded trash bags for campers to sort waste and recycling in the
camping areas
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