Sol Fest (Soul Feast)

The Sol Fest was this weekend in Hopland at Real Goods Solar Living Institute. Adrien, Kartik and I tabled to promote the Sustainability in Motion Bike Tour in Oregon. We met so many amazing people, full of character, and so motivated to make change. It was inspiring to say the least. At the sol fest, we did partner yoga, played in the solar powered fountains, ate vegan food, drank a lot of smoothies, listened to great music, drumming, and several inspiring environmental activist speakers. We played with kids, people watched, walked around the grounds and booths and learned a lot about sustainable living, and took some amazing photos…of which are above.

This world is changing. People are becoming slowly aware that there is less and less time for this civilization as we know it to prosper. It will soon become a civilzation that is dying. Within several years the peak oil supply will become diminished and we will have less and less oil sparking all kinds of crisis for the system we have set up. People who are living sustianable lifestyles will be able to continue living without crisis. Hopefully the education for this lifestyle will have reached enough people by then that the population as a whole will not crumble in fear and violence, and will be able to quickly transform our society into one similar to Cuba's in which people make do with what they have available to them. There is much work to do. I saw a good quote this weekend...

"To the world, I may just be one person, but to one person, i may be the whole world."