COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS FORUM

New this year will be the Community Solutions Forum, which will present a number of speakers involved in our local community-building movement.

ANDRE PIVER has worked as a family doctor in mental health multidisciplinary teams, on small farms and with environmental organizations. He has also published papers and essays on environmental, psychiatric and community matters. Andre has recently been part of organizing a large, well-supported regional/local food self-reliance conference for November in Nelson and has written and thought a lot about intentional community.

LAURA WATT and RACHEL HERBISON are accomplished leaders in Non-Violent Communication. They have been participating in the Bay Leadership program for Bay NVC for the past year and were key in organizing Marshall Rosenberg's visit to Nelson. They are passionate about helping people to relate to each other and solve conflicts more easily.

GARY DELFINER is an expert in alternative energy building and living. His house in Oregon has become a show-home and he has recently moved to Nelson to bring his skills and dream of community living to the Kootenays.

AIMEE WATSON is our Kaslo and Area Food Security Co-ordinator with a wealth of knowledge and experience with food and farming. As a farmer going back to farming, Aimee is dedicated to creating a people's food system. She believes the quote that "whoever controls the food, controls the people".