<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Transition Guelph" <<a href="mailto:info@transitionguelph.org">info@transitionguelph.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 20, 2013 6:59:28 PM GMT-04:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Transition Guelph" <<a href="mailto:info@transitionguelph.org">info@transitionguelph.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Resilience Festival reminder!</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><<a href="mailto:info@transitionguelph.org">info@transitionguelph.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas:contacts" name="title"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas:contacts" name="Sn"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas:contacts" name="GivenName"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="stockticker"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st2\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"> <div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">Greetings folks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">This is just a quick reminder that festival weekend is coming up! We think this is going to be the best festival ever, with participation and/or sponsorship from over 30 local organizations and businesses, and partner events like the <st1:stockticker w:st="on"><b><span style="font-weight:bold">GEL</span></b></st1:stockticker><b><span style="font-weight:bold"> Eco-Market</span></b> and the city's <b><span style="font-weight:bold">H2O Go Water Festival! </span></b>It all starts Friday night at <st2:givenname w:st="on">Alexander</st2:givenname> <st2:sn w:st="on">Hall</st2:sn> with our keynote talks by two of the foremost leaders of the global movement toward sustainability and resilience, <st2:givenname w:st="on"><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Helena</span></b></st2:givenname><b><span style="font-weight:bold"> <st2:sn w:st="on">Norberg-Hodge</st2:sn></span></b> and <st1:personname w:st="on"><st2:givenname w:st="on"><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Richard</span></b></st2:givenname><b><span style="font-weight:bold"> <st2:sn w:st="on">Heinberg</st2:sn></span></b></st1:personname>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Author of ten books, including ‘The Party’s Over’, ‘Peak Everything’, and ‘The End of Growth’, <st1:personname w:st="on"><st2:givenname w:st="on">Richard</st2:givenname> <st2:sn w:st="on">Heinberg</st2:sn></st1:personname> is widely regarded as one of the world’s most effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. With a wry, unflinching approach based on facts and realism, <st2:givenname w:st="on">Richard</st2:givenname> exposes the tenuousness of our current way of life and offers a vision for a truly sustainable future.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Author and filmmaker <st1:personname w:st="on"><st2:givenname w:st="on">Helena</st2:givenname> <st2:sn w:st="on">Norberg-Hodge</st2:sn></st1:personname> is a pioneer of the ‘new economy’ movement—work which earned her the 2012 Goi Peace Prize. She is a widely respected analyst of the impact of the global economy on communities, local economies, and personal identity, and is a leading proponent of ‘localization’, or decentralization, as a means of countering those impacts. The is also director and co-producer of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness. <st1:personname w:st="on"><st2:title w:st="on">Ms.</st2:title> <st2:sn w:st="on">Norberg-Hodge</st2:sn></st1:personname>'s address will be via pre-recorded video, with a follow-up interactive Q & A via Skype to her home in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Saturday</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"> will feature a whole day of exciting events for the whole family, including: a Children’s Area and Children's Parade, Re-skilling Fair, Community Connections Fair, Stuff Swap, Sustainable Building Panel, Resilience Healthcare Symposium, Organic Stone Soup, <st1:stockticker w:st="on">GEL</st1:stockticker> Eco-Market (Old Quebec St. Shoppes), H2O GO Festival (Market Square), Group Conversations, Meditation workshop, and more! Events start at <st1:time minute="00" hour="9" w:st="on">9 am</st1:time>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">And it finishes up with our <i><span style="font-style:italic">fifth annual</span></i> Earth Hour Pot Luck Dinner!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:time minute="00" hour="18" w:st="on"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">6:00 pm</span></font></b></st1:time><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Earth Hour candlelight Pot-Luck Dinner (bring a favourite dish and a candle in a safe container.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:time minute="00" hour="19" w:st="on"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">7:00 pm</span></font></b></st1:time><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Poetry Slam <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:time minute="00" hour="21" w:st="on"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">9:00 pm</span></font></b></st1:time><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Jenikz and her band in concert!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">These events are all <i><span style="font-style:italic">free</span></i> or "pay what you can." For more information, see <a href="http://www.guelphresiliencefestival.ca/" title="http://www.guelphresiliencefestival.ca/">http://www.guelphresiliencefestival.ca</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">The Resilience Festival Planning Team<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><img border="0" width="288" height="67" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01CE258F.25B59010"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.transitionguelph.org/">www.transitionguelph.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><a href="mailto:info@transitionguelph.org">info@transitionguelph.org</a> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Festival website: <a href="http://www.guelphresiliencefestival.ca">www.guelphresiliencefestival.ca</a> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> </o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></blockquote></div><br></body></html>