Dunedin Causeway Beach Hands Across the Sand on June 26, 2010

"Heal The Gulf: Paths to Sustainability" Series
Continues on July 24th 3-6 pm

The Heal the Gulf series continues on the 4th Saturday of every month. This month, Heather Hammers from the Florida Sea Grant Extension Office will address how the Oil Spill will impact Tampa Bay locally. Britten Cleveland from Repower Florida will update us on the latest regarding Clean Energy legislation and the Special Session that was adjourned. Finally, Inventor Charlie Frazier will demonstrate how he can fuel a car or a home with water and aluminum scraps.

We did videotape most of June's Heal the Gulf speakers and will be uploading to Youtube soon.

"Hands Across The Sand" Kicks off
"Heal The Gulf: Paths to Sustainability" Event on June 26th

Palm Harbor, FL - Oak Trail Books, a 15-year-old metaphysical book & gift shop, and The Witch's Brew, a coffee & ice cream shoppe in Historic Downtown Palm Harbor, are celebrating their 15th and 3rd anniversaries respectively on June 26th, 2010 with a green-oriented event called "Heal the Gulf: Paths to Sustainability." The event will feature a variety of local eco-friendly vendors and presentations on green technology, clean renewable energy alternatives to oil, and ways to heal the Gulf.

The event will start at the Dunedin Causeway at 11 am with a "Hands Across the Sand" gathering. At Noon, participants will join hands for 15 minutes to say NO to offshore oil drilling and Yes to Clean Energy and Renewables. The message is simple. The images are powerful. We are drawing a line in the sand against offshore oil drilling along America's beaches and across this great land.

The event will then continue at Oak Trail Books/The Witch's Brew (1219 Florida Avenue, Palm Harbor, Florida). Presentations will include a water blessing for the Gulf of Mexico, a poetry reading focusing on the Oil Spill tragedy, an art therapy session using art to process emotions related to the catastrophe, and a talk by a psychotherapist on ways to deal with stress related to the spill.

Presentations on practical ways to bring clean renewable energy into our daily lives are being planned as well. Eric, Director of Code Green Community will be speaking on We are the Revolution: People Power in the 21st Century Taking on Climate Change & Peak Oil. John Gambill of Hotwire Enterprises, will discuss Solar Electricity for Your Home or Business. We will have representatives from the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary and Make Mine Blue to update us on ways to assist in the cleanup with donations and/or volunteering. Music by Florida Folk Singer/songwriter Scotty Rexroat will close the event.

This event is a mini-version of a larger Green Music Festival that is being planned by Kathryn Samaltanos & Lesley Klein that will fundraise for Oil Spill cleanup efforts; the date and location of this event will be determined.

All day long, customers will enjoy 15% off all purchases at Oak Trail Books, may sign up for drawings for prizes like a wine basket from Murielle Wines, and can sample wine & ice cream at The Witch's Brew. The party continues Saturday night with The Witch's Brew's House Band, "The Defendants", who will be performing classic rock from 7:30 pm to 11 pm.