Sunrise Off-Grid 2010

Whats On 2010

DAY BY DAY SCHEDULES FOR SUNRISE OFF GRID 2010

VIEW BY DAY: THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY - SUNDAY

Click on the submenu items at the top of this page for full details of all the areas at Off Grid, including biogs for speakers, artists and workshop facilitators. The programmed content below is still just a part of what Off Grid has to offer. Much more unprogrammed happenings will be taking place over the 4 days!

Please note: this time table is still subject to change (check the program boards on site in case of any alterations to timings).

THURSDAY 19th Schedule : See Friday / Saturday / Sunday
VENUE Time What Who
ZIA SOLAR MAIN STAGE 17:30 - 18:45 'The Sound Approach to Birding' - Presentation/ Talk Simon Emmerson & Mark Constantine
Thursday 19:00 - 19:45 Live Music Performance tbc
Thursday 20:00 - 20:45 Live Music Performance Phillip Henry
Thursday 21:00 - 21:45 Live Music Performance Kangaroo Half-Moon
Thursday 21:45 - 23:00 Dj set Simon Emmerson (Afro Celt Sound)
OFF GRID COLLEGE 15:00 - 16:00 Sustainable Communities from a Legal Perspective Sonya Bedford
TRANSITION TIN VILLAGE 16:30 - 18:00 Building and Renovating using Found Materials LIAM COLLINS
Thursday 18:00 - 20:00 The Work That Reconnects CLAIRE MILNE
Thursday 20:00 TIN CINEMA: Naked Protest
HEALING WORKSHOP SPACE 19:00 Ancient Chinese Circle Walking PaKua
UNIVERSAL MYSTERIES 21:00 onwards Esoteric Solar Cinema
THE MALOCA 17:00 - 19:00 Denise Rowe: Conscious Movement through African Dance
Friday 19:00 - 21:00 Off-Gridders Networking Session
Friday 21:00 - 23:00 Acoustic Jam & Song
Friday 23:00 - 00:00 Freedome Jam
KIDS AREA 17:00 - 18:00 Kung Fu meets Tai Ci with lucy Lucy

FRIDAY 20th Schedule See Thursday / Saturday / Sunday
VENUE Time What Who
ZIA SOLAR MAIN STAGE 12:30 - 13:00 'The Moneyless Man' - Presentation/ Talk Mark Boyle
Friday
 13:00 - 15:00 Sitar Performance Marcus Mann
Friday
 15:00 - 17:00 'Left in the Dark' - Presentation/ Talk Tony Wright
Friday
 17:00 - 19:00 Earth Heart Dance - Ecstatic dance workshop Jewls Wingfield
Friday
 19:15 - 20:00 Live Music Performance Dan Arborise
Friday
 20:30 - 21:15 Live Music Performance Pinknruby
Friday
 21:45 - 22:30 Live Music Performance Laienda
Friday
 23:00 - 00:00 Live Music Performance Gente
OFF GRID COLLEGE 09:00 - 11:00 TBC - Plugging In - Giving To The Grid Good Energy (tbc)
Friday
 11:00 - 13:00 Introduction To Micro-Renewables Merlin Howse
Friday
 14:00 - 16:00 Taster guide to running a 12 volt system Merlin Howse
Friday
 16:30 - 18:00 How to build an off-grid energy system for under £100 John C. Scott
TRANSITION TIN VILLAGE 07:00 - 08:00 Silent Meditation MIKE GRENVILLE
Friday 08:00 - 09:00 Guided Chakra Meditation MIKE GRENVILLE
Friday 10:00 - 12:00 Introduction to Transition MIKE GRENVILLE
Friday 13:30 - 14:30 Fivepenny Farm/The Peasant Evolution Producers Co-Operative JYOTI FERNANDES
Friday 15:00 - 17:00 The Future of Food: scaling up community solutions to create resilient food communities CLAIRE MILNE
Friday 18:00 - 19:00 TimeBanking - justice, sustainability, education, health and community-building STEPHANIE REARICK
Friday 20:00 TIN CINEMA: The Transition Movie + Findhorn Movie
HEALING WORKSHOP SPACE 11:00 - 13:00 Visioning World Peace Daniel Harris
Friday 14:00 - 16:00 Wild Nature/Human Nature Jewels Wingfield
Friday 16:00 - 18:00 tbc William Bloom
Friday 13:30 - 14:30 Ancient Chinese Circle Walking PaKua
UNIVERSAL MYSTERIES 11:00 - 12:30 Yoga and Earth Chants Giles Bryant & Dee Henderson
Friday 12:30 - 14:00 Freeman talk/Discussion Nolan
Friday 14:00 - 15:30 Creativity in Consciousness; Living a Mad Life of Sound! Clare Hedin
Friday 15:30 - 17:00 What on Earth is Geomancy Shaun Kirwan
17:00 - 19:00 2012: The Unravelling and The Awakening Mike Grenville
Friday 19:00 - 21:00 2012: Paradigm Shift Mark Heley
Friday 21:00 onwards Esoteric Solar Cinema
THE MALOCA 08:00 - 09:00 CFQ Qigong
Friday 09:00 - 10:00 Yoga
Friday 10:00 - 11:00 Tai Chi
Friday 11:00 - 12:00 Authentic Movement with Helen
Friday 12:00 - 13:00 African dance
Friday 13:00 - 14:00 Performance - The Curse of The House of Atreus - A table top tragedy
Friday 14:00 - 16:00 Spiritual Activism Discussion with William Bloom, Venus Kumara and Brian Viziondanz
Friday 16:00 - 18:00 Alternative Economics
Friday 18:00 - 21:00 Open Space Discussion
Friday 21:00 - 22:00 Acoustic Jam & Song
Friday 22:00 Freedome Jam
KIDS AREA 09:00 - 10:00 Yoga bugs
Friday 10:00 - 11:00 Tree Trail - Identify and greet tree on an exciting walkabout through the site
Friday 11:00 - 12:00 Back yard science - As a team, make an eco gadget
Friday 12:00 - 13:00 Tai Chi and Kung Fu combined
Friday 14:00 - 15:00 Wild Food Forage with Rupert Burdock
Friday 15:00 - 16:00 Living Instuments with Paul Eagles
Friday 16:00 - 17:00 Find your power animal
Friday 17:00 - 18:00 Capoeira
Friday 18:00 - 19:00 Story Telling
PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS 11:30 Simple tinctures and ointments to make and use at home - Medical Herbalists
Friday 14:00 Guided herb walk and talk around the Traveling Medicinal Herb Garden
OTHER ACTIVITIES 22:00 Fire show with The Wreck and Roll circus!
11:30 Herb Walk Olivia Cliff
14:00 Herb Walk Olivia Cliff

SATURDAY 21st Schedule See Thursday / Friday / Sunday
VENUE Time What Who
ZIA SOLAR MAIN STAGE 12:00 - 14:00 Presentation/ Talk Tamsin Omond/Kindness Offensive
Saturday
 14:00 - 15:00 Sam Welbourne - Classical guitar recital
Saturday
 15:00 - 17:00 Presentation/ Talk Tamsin Omond/Kindness Offensive
Saturday
 18:00 - 18:45 Live Music Performance Sudha & Tarisha
Saturday
 19:15 - 20:00 Live Music Performance Tim Hall &The Architypes
Saturday
 20:30 - 21:15 Live Music Performance Wriggles of Nen
Saturday
 21:45 - 22:30 Live Music Performance Avalon Roots
Saturday 23:00 - 23:45 Live Music Performance Celtech
Saturday 00:15 - 01:00 Live Music Performance Spanner Jazz Punks
OFF GRID COLLEGE 09:30 - 11:00 Introduction to WET Systems, Treebogs and Low-Tech Anaerobic Digestion Jay Abrahams (Biologic Design)
Saturday
 11:30 - 13:00 Eco-Construction - an Overview Frank Blaker
Saturday
 13:15 - 14:45 TBC - Eco Engineering Ross Elliott (tbc)
Saturday 15:00 - 16:30 Building Regulations + Interaction between Architecture and Life-style Mark Waghorn
Saturday
 16:30 - 18:00 Building a Compost Loo Frank Blaker
TRANSITION TIN VILLAGE 07:00 - 08:00 Silent Meditation MIKE GRENVILLE
Saturday 08:00 - 09:00 Guided Chakra Meditation MIKE GRENVILLE
Saturday 10:00 onwards Various Eco-Workshops Grow Your Own Village
Saturday 11:00 - 12:30 Interactive Mycorrhiza Talk ~ Friendly Fungi GLENN PRIGMORE
Saturday 13:30 - 14:30 Co-operative Solutions for Housing, Land, and Energy ALEX LAWRIE
Saturday 20:00 TIN CINEMA: Argentina - Hope on Hard Times
HEALING WORKSHOP SPACE 10:00 - 11:00 Being a Happiness Revolutionary - three ways to change the world through your presence Natalie Fee
Saturday 12:00 - 14:00 Visioning World Peace @ Healing Workshop Space Daniel Harris
Saturday 14:00 - 16:00 Wild Nature/Human Nature @ Healing Workshop Space Jewels Wingfield
Saturday 16:00 - 18:00 Living Love for Couples @ Healing Workshop Space Jewels Wingfield
Saturday 13:30 - 14:30 Ancient Chinese Circle Walking PaKua
UNIVERSAL MYSTERIES 11:00 - 12:30 Building Peace Circles Giles Bryant & Dee Henderson
Saturday 12:30 - 14:00 Living with indigenous tribes Kek Harbour
Saturday 14:00 - 15:30 Nature Spirits - Talking to Gnomes Shaun Kirwan Kek Harbour
Saturday 15:30 - 17:00 Stone Age Survival Hugh Newman
Saturday 18:00 - 21:00 DJ set - Chillion Party Time!
Saturday 21:00 - 23:00 DJ set - Mark Mandala
Saturday 23:00 - 00:00 DJ set - Galactic Wind
Saturday 00:00 onwards DJ set - New Human
THE MALOCA 08:00 - 09:00 CFQ Qigong
Saturday 09:00 - 10:00 Yoga
Saturday 10:00 - 11:00 Tai Chi
Saturday 11:00 - 12:00 Physical movement workshop - Number and shape in space and time
Saturday 12:00 - 13:00 Theatre and Improv working with the elements through interactive stories
Saturday 13:00 - 14:00 Tribal Belly dance(with live music) with Babs
Saturday 14:00 - 17:00 Freeman Conference
Saturday 17:00 - 20:00 Open Space Discussion
Saturday 20:00 - 21:00 Acoustic Jam & Song
Saturday 21:00 - 22:00 Poetry Jam hosted by Paradox
Saturday 22:00 - 23:00 Poetry Jam
Saturday 23:00 Freedome Jam
KIDS AREA 09:00 - 10:00 Yoga bugs
Saturday 10:00 - 11:00 Tai Chi
Saturday 11:00 - 12:00 Kids crazy song writing
Saturday 12:00 - 13:00 Tai Chi and Kung Fu combined
Saturday 14:00 - 15:00 Guided Nature walk - spot wildlife, plants and explore healing properties!
Saturday 15:00 - 16:00 Body Percussion with Luke
Saturday 16:00 - 17:00 Den Building and Interactive story telling
Saturday 17:00 - 18:00 Creative Mediation with Kali
Saturday 18:00 - 19:00 Story Telling
PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS 11:30 What to put into a herbal first aid kit and why
Saturday 14:00 Guided herb walk and talk around the Traveling Medicinal Herb Garden
Saturday 15:00 Helen Rideout - Wild Herb Walk - Leaving from The Info Stand
OTHER ACTIVITIES 14:00 Pillow Fight! - A secret location near YOU!
FUTURE FARMING CONFERENCE
Saturday 10:00 Introduction to the Conference
Saturday 10:15 Introduction to Fernhill Farm with Andy Wear
Saturday 10:30 Morning Session: Energy & Waste
Saturday 12:30 Lunch Break
Saturday 13:30 Early Afternoon Session: Education & Tourism
Saturday 15:00 Later Afternoon Session: Sustainable Food Production & New models of farming
Saturday 16:30 Early Evening: The Big Debate: The Future of the County Farms in Somerset
Saturday 18:30 Film: A Farm for the Future (Possibly introduced by BBC Producer Rebecca Hosking)

SUNDAY 22nd Schedule See Thursday / Friday / Saturday
VENUE Time What Who
ZIA SOLAR MAIN STAGE 12:00 - 14:00 'Off-Grid Living' - Presentation/ Talk Nick Rosen
Sunday
 14:00 - 15:00 Live Music Performance Phoenix Rose
Sunday
 15:00 - 17:00 'Is it possible to get a zodiac sign transplant?' - Talk Jonathan Cainer
Sunday
 18:00 - 18:45 Live Music Performance Kora Colours feat. Ravi
Sunday
 19:15 - 20:15 Live Music Performance Seize The Day
Sunday
 20:45 - 21:30 Live Music Performance Cormac
Sunday
 22:00 - 22:45 Live Music Performance Martin & Su from baka beyond
Sunday 23:00 - 00:00 Tbc TBC
OFF GRID COLLEGE 10:00 - 12:00 Food Preservation and Storage Eleanor Mains
Sunday
 12:00 - 14:00 Wild Food & Medicine Foraging Tasha Elena and Patch Tucker
Sunday
 14.30 - 15:30 No Dig Gardening Stephanie Hafferty
Sunday 16:00 - 17:30 Composting Cara Naden
TRANSITION TIN VILLAGE 07:00 - 08:00 Silent Meditation MIKE GRENVILLE
Sunday 08:00 - 09:00 Guided Chakra Meditation MIKE GRENVILLE
Sunday 10:00 onwards Various Eco-Workshops Grow Your Own Village
Sunday 13:00 - 15:00 Avoiding Burnout MIKE GRENVILLE
Sunday 20:00 TIN CINEMA: The Green Beautiful aka 'La Belle Verte'
HEALING WORKSHOP SPACE 11:00 - 12:00 Shamanic Journeying Danu Forest
Sunday 12:00 - 13:00 Part 2 of adult theatre journey (part 1 in Maloca Saturday) working with the elements, consciousness and energy through improv performance Debbie
Sunday 14:00 - 15:00 Singing workshop with Baka Beyond Su & Martin
Sunday 15:00 - 16:00 Bardic workshop Tim Hall
Sunday 17:00 - 18:00 Childless Women - A sensitive journey for women who have no children and transmuting the maternal intinct into other gifts for ourselves and the world
Sunday 18:00 - 20:00 The Art of Meaning Workshop Paradox
UNIVERSAL MYSTERIES 11:00 - 12:30 Yoga and Earth Chants Gile Bryant
Sunday 12:30 - 14:00 Food & Consciousness Holly Page
Sunday 14:00 - 15:30 Ecologies of Sensory Archaeologies Claire Marshall
Sunday 15:30 - 17:00 The Art of Hitch-hiking Kek Harbour
Sunday 17:00 - 18.30 Freeman on the Land Talk/ discussion Nolan
Sunday 18:30 You are being Lied to? Jonathan Adams
Sunday 21:00 onwards Esoteric Solar Cinema
THE MALOCA 08:00 - 09:00 CFQ Qigong
Sunday 09:00 - 10:00 Yoga
Sunday 10:00 - 11:00 Tai Chi
Sunday 11:00 - 12:00 Physical movement workshop - Number and shape in space and time
Sunday 12:00 - 13:00 African dance
Sunday 13:00 - 14:00 Tribal Belly Dance with live music with Babs
Sunday 14:00 - 16:00 The Imagi-Nation: The future of the Sunrise Community
Sunday 16:00 - 18:00 Open Space Discussion
Sunday 18:00 - 19:00 Off-Gridders Networking Session
Sunday 19:00 - 21:00 Bardic Circle with Tim Hall
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00 Acoustic Jam & Song
Sunday 22:00 Freedome Jam
KIDS AREA 09:00 - 10:00 Yoga bugs
Sunday 10:00 - 11:00 Tai Chi
Sunday 11:00 - 12:00 Playful Permaculture - get ready for mucky hands!
Sunday 12:00 - 13:00 Body Percussion with Luke
Sunday 14:00 - 15:00 Den Building and Interactive story telling
Sunday 15:00 - 16:00 Living Instruments with Paul Eagles
Sunday 16:00 - 17:00 Reiki for Kids!
Sunday 17:00 - 18:00 CREATE OUR FUTURE DISCUSSION - what are you ideas to heal the world?
Sunday 18:00 - 19:00 Story Telling
PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS 12.30 Question Time: ask your herbal questions to a panel of experienced herbal practitioners - Medical Herbalists
Sunday 14:00 Guided herb walk and talk around the Traveling Medicinal Herb Garden
Sunday 15:00 Helen Rideout - Wild Herb Walk - Leaving from The Info Stand