<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Join us for </span><a href="http://thedeaneryproject.com/natural-building-east/#presenters" class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Natural Building EAST,</a><span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"> a landmark ecological design conference for home owners, designers, builders, planners, researchers and students on September 28-29. Driven by an urgency to take collaborative action in the built environment to mitigate climate warming, participants will explore materials, energy systems and community design opportunities that can make a difference today.</span></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="ArialMT" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Keynote speakers Chris Magwood, founder/director of the</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="http://endeavourcentre.org/" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a><a href="http://endeavourcentre.org/" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="" style="color: blue;">Endeavour Centre</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" class=""> Ontario, and Mark Lakeman, founder/</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="http://www.cityrepair.org/" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">City Repair Project </span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">and <u class=""><span class="" style="color: blue;">Communitecture, </span></u>Portland, Oregon along with local regional leaders in natural building, environmental design and permaculture will use presentations, panels and hands-on workshops to share their research, stories and ideas.</span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">Conference topics will include new developments in natural building and energy systems, site tours, case studies, and demonstrations of hempcrete, straw bale construction and clay plasters, An integral part of the conference is identifying specific actions that can be taken on individual and collective projects to affect climate change.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">The Deanery Project is an environmental and arts learning centre, located on 25 acres of oceanfront woodland in Lower Ship Harbour. It is a leading-edge demonstration site for permaculture and sustainable living systems, renewable energy, natural building, and community strengthening tools. It offers on and off-site experiential learning opportunities in association with pre and post secondary schools, businesses and community organizations.</font></span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">Sponsorship opportunities are still open to help support NBE. Please contact Kim for information on getting involved. c. 902-877-5316<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="ArialMT" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Details on Natural Building EAST are available at </span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="http://thedeaneryproject.com/natural-building-east/" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="" style="color: blue;">http://thedeaneryproject.com/natural-building-east/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" class="">, or contact us at </span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:thedeaneryproject@gmail.com" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span class="" style="color: blue;">thedeaneryproject@gmail.com</span></a></span></font><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""> or 902-845-1888 for more information.</font></span></div></body></html>