2010 Activities

Green Building (Recycled Play Castle):  Green construction is a concept which offers numerous opportunities for us to improve our impact on the earth.  As we learn how to reuse more of our garbage, we will decrease our need to harvest new building materials, and we will slow the filling of landfills!  At the festival this year, we will be building a kids' play castle out of used tires and newspapers.  This will be an interactive workshop.  You can help by throwing papercrete on the building and decorating the walls!  We're looking for an artist who can sculpt a three-dimensional dragon climbing up one of the towers!  Send a message to partners@greenmountainecofest.com if you're interested.

Drum-Making with Salvaged Wood:  Rich Spirit is a professional drum maker and instructor out of Cincinnati, OH.  He has been hand crafting drums for 13 years and giving workshops for over 10 years.  Rich will be giving a 4 day workshop on building your own drum out of salvaged materials.  You can build your own drum from scratch if you arrive by Thursday to learn to build the body of the drum.  If you can't arrive until Friday, Rich will have some drums ready to put the heads and rings on.  Then he will teach you how to tie the knots to tune your drum perfectly!

If you want to take home the drum you made, prices are as follows:

If you know you want to participate in this workshop, we recommend you call 1-888-603-6749 to reserve your space!
You can check out Rich's Aishikos and other instruments at www.theheartofthemind.com

Riversong Wellness Space
A serene outdoor studio on the river will be the site of natural healing and exercise classes.
                               

Strawberry Moon Yoga with Heather Dawn.  Yoga is a great way to exercise and relax, so come join Heather-Dawn Mitchell for a yoga session by the river.  She is a yoga guide and practitioner who teaches at the City Museum in St.Louis.  She also practices crystal healing and kinetic sculpture. 

Didgeridoo Healing and Class by Dustin Camper

Natural Healing with Red Clay

Homebirth Workshop: Mountain Chartier Dixon, Kansas City home birth midwife, has a passion for gentle, unhindered birth. Her journey as a midwife began 13 years ago when she became interested in herbal medicine, nutritional healing and natural birth. After many years of self study and 3 beautiful home births, she began a traditional apprenticeship with a local home birth midwife. Mountain will be teaching the benefits and methods of birthing your child in a natural setting.

Hoop Dance Meditation:  Come and learn the beautiful art of hoop dance with Ziggy! The circle is one of the most ancient symbols known to man, representing unity, oneness, wholeness, infinity, etc. The hoop is holistic tool as the many benefits of hoop dance affect the mind, body and spirit. Not only is hoop dance an excellent fitness tool, it also aids as a new form of meditative practice, boosts serotonin levels, brings back childlike excitement and silliness, builds confidence, and much more. Adult sized hoops will be provided and for sale. So come and play! Learn tricks, how to hoop dance, hoop meditation, and much more. Any size, any age, anyone can do it!

Wilderness Skills by Bo Brown of First Earth Wilderness School, LLC:  Bo Brown is the founder of First Earth Wilderness Skills, which conducts wilderness skills workshops in Springfield, MO and on the Niangua River!  He also works for the Missouri Department of Conservation surveying the bird population in our state.  He will be doing demonstrations that cover the most important survival skills such as friction fire (bow and hand-drill, cordage--string and rope from plant fiber), basic flintknapping and stone tool construction, traps, edible/useful plant ID, water procurement and treatment, and shelter.  www.firstearth.org


Seed Saving & Organic Gardening Workshop led by Samantha Miller, community gardening manager at Eastwind Community.  Samantha will be providing information about saving all types of seed and doing a hands on workshop with processing kale or radish seed.  She also will give tips & tricks for a successful organic garden!  www.eastwind.org

Everyone Can Drum Workshop led by Rich Spirit, drum-maker and percussionist, and Red Clay, natural healer and drum-maker.   "Rhythm is a universal language that we can all understand and experience. Drumming connects us to the natural rhythms deep within our bodies and is a powerful tool for self-expression, empowerment, wellness & unity." In this hands-on workshop we will explore the fundamentals of playing a hand drum. 

Treehouse Club Kids' Zone
Our hope is that future generations will grow up understanding how to protect our planet. With this in mind, we have created a kids' area around the playground with activities all weekend. Youngsters can turn trash into art, storytelling, kids' songs and more!
Native Stories
Recycled Crafts
Nature Walks
Kids' Music
Clowns
& more!

 Raku Pottery Demos:  Learn how to fire pottery with natural materials such as horse hair and hay in a kiln made of recycled material with Bobbie Stamper.

Glassblowing Demos:  Local glassblower Howard Turner will be demonstrating the art of glassblowing.  Glass has become a popular natural substitute for many plastic and metal products because it is made from sand!

Float Trips:  Want to get away from the crowd for awhile and enjoy nature on the clear, cool Niangua River? We'll be doing a river cleanup float trip from Barclay Conservation Area to Mountain Creek Resort.  Canoes and kayaks are available for this half-day trip for $30 per canoe.  Reservations are recommended.
Contact Mountain Creek River Resort at 1-888-603-6749.



Craft, Organic Food, and Eco-Vendors
& more!!

Biodiesel Shuttle Busses & Staging sponsored by Green Bus, LLC & Mountain Creek River Resort
Zero-Waste Stations Sponsored by Laclede Recycling
Proceeds benefit Green Mountain Sustainability Projects