[PAA-Discuss] Buy Nothing Day/Barter Fair/Potluck -Friday

[Lee Loe]

Bill, in Houston we have Corazon a delightful fair trade shop on the corner
of Fairview and Waugh, ten thousand Villages on Rice in the Village. Also,
Hitaji Aziz (KPFT) has a company (new) called "Colored Woman: Her Cookie
Factory", 2620 Fountainview, suite 113, 713 266 7251; she makes her own
soap! Has diversity products for children, social change products - t-shirts
for adults and children and more - books, music, coffee, tees, herbs.
Corazon has Zappatista coffee, by the way. Lee Loe

 

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From: discuss-bounces at paa-tx.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at paa-tx.org] On
Behalf Of Bill Crosier
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 2:57 PM
To: PAA Discussion List
Subject: [PAA-Discuss] Buy Nothing Day/Barter Fair/Potluck -Friday

 

Info below is from http://www.friendshouston.org/events.html
Can someone please post this on our PAA calendar?  

Also, if you are tempted to indulge in the holiday buying frenzy, please
consider where you make your purchases.   There are a bunch of web sites
that can help you avoid giving your money to the worst businesses, and help
you find ones that are more progressive.  See our page of links on consumer
issues at http://www.paa-tx.org/links/08 (Other links can be found by
clicking on the Links tab at the top of any page on our web site.)  Let me
know if you have updates for that list.

Bill




Houston Simplicity Network's 5th Annual
"BUY NOTHING DAY" BARTER FAIR and After-Thanksgiving "potluck"


 


WHEN?              Friday, November 24, 2006 (the day after Thanksgiving)
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

WHERE?              Live Oak Friends Meetinghouse - 1318 West 26th Street,
Houston 77018 

WHY?              To practice simplicity and provide an alternative to
media-driven consumerism

WHAT?              The Barter Fair provides an opportunity to trade objects
and services without using common currency. We then have a chance to think
in a new way about the way we place value on objects and services within our
community.

We will also share a meal of left-overs from Thanksgiving feasts.


HOW can you get involved?
Just come. Bring a table, shelf, rug or blanket to display your goods or a
sign that describes your service(s). Bring some food to share, if you wish.
Weather permitting; we will have most of the displays outdoors. Limited
space is available inside the "Little House". In case of inclement weather,
we can place tables under the large eaves of the Meeting House, but we will
not have access to the inside of the building.
Last year many who participated enjoyed the experience and expressed an
interest in creating events like this more often in Houston, so come and
experience it for yourself.

CHILDREN are WELCOME!
Just like last year, there will be a designated area for "free" items that
you are willing to give to whomever wants them. Visitors may then use such
items to barter and trade with if they wish. Children are often the best
models of how this can work. They have the ability to add value to an item
by describing potential uses.
We will accept monetary donations to Live Oak Friends Meeting House for the
use of their space, however no money will be exchanged for services or
goods. The purpose of this event is to challenge those who choose to
participate to NOT SHOP or BUY anything on this day after Thanksgiving.

Directions to the Meeting House - 1318 West 26th Street, Houston, TX  77008
Take Ella exit off North 610 Loop, go one block south on Ella, left on 26th,
Meeting House will be on your right.
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<http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?BFCat=&Pyt=Tmap&newFL=Use+Address+Below&ad
dr=1318+West+26th+Street&csz=Houston%2C+TX&Country=us&Get%A0Map=Get+Map>
Click here for a map. . . . if you receive this flyer by e-mail)

For more information about the event, or to offer your services as a
volunteer, you may contact: Joanne Go at JoanneGo at sbcglobal.net. Phone:
713-668-7557



Bill Crosier
paa at crosierbiomed.com     713-641-4941
Progressive Action Alliance       http://progressiveactionalliance.org/
Lying, Spying, Torture... IMPEACH!  http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/


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