Judy and I took the Edmonds ferry over to Kingston, and drove to Port Gamble on Friday, to help our friends Sandra and Andy set up the second annual Greater [Kitsap] Peninsula Future Fair. Sandra created the festival in 2008.
The open-air events featured several exhibits, demonstrations, lectures, discussion groups and kids' features by environmental organizations and companies. There were also many arts & crafts booths. The outstanding entertainment at the festival was mostly provided by the New Old time Chautauqua players, a collective of about 40 multi-talented performers:
Once the fair opened, Judy and I spent about three hours visiting the environmental organization and green capitalist (wind & solar power, green building, innovative composting products) booths. We also visited political booths there - the Kitsap County Democrats (Kitsap County is pretty blue), and other organizations involved in restoration concepts that some might consider "political."
Although Alaska has a lot of events, seminars, conferences and so on that have elements of what we experienced at the future festival, none seem to combine all these components, especially with the kid-friendly entertainment and crafts activities they provided.Could we do something like this in Alaska? I'm sure we can. But what organization or group of orgs could? I'm not sure, but I was so impressed by what I saw, I'm going to put more effort into trying to get something together up north.
Here's a YouTube of the Chautauqua group's Aqua Chautauqua from 2008:
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Hey - I KNOW some of those people!! Yes it would be delightful if we had something like the Chataqua in Alaska. Count me in.
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