Off Grid 2014

One Planet Community Festival

August 14th - 17th 2014

Thoulstone Park, Wiltshire

“Somewhere beyond ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” - Rumi.

Welcome to an Open Space hand crafted for reconnection with ancient roots and re-imagination of our common culture. A moment out of Time to embrace each other playfully, empower ourselves purposefully, share openly and build community.

Off Grid is an opportunity to breathe deeply and tread lightly. In 2014 our temporary community will throw open the doors of perception and glimpse Another World.

This is the Great Turning and we are a People in Transition!

We’re delighted to announce that Off Grid will be held on the beautiful Thoulstone Park, a visionary ‘One Planet’ community and event space in Wiltshire.

www.thoulstonepark.co.uk

Off Grid participants will engage with a diversity of skill shares, open spaces, volunteer opportunities and daily practices over an interactive four day programme:

Off Grid College

Off Grid College is a four day modular course in practical sustainability and appropriate technology. Our holistic approach is designed for personal empowerment through do-it-yourself solutions, featuring a workshop-led crafts village.

Off Grid Conference

Off Grid’s four day ‘Cloud of Unknowing’ community conference applies an open and integrative approach to subjects as diverse as Wisdom, Love, Work and Play, collaboratively self-organised by a growing community of thought leaders and workshop facilitators.

Building Man Festival

Off Grid’s two week eco build and permaculture design short course is an immersive educational experience and ongoing experiment in community access to land and resources.

Birthing Woman

Off Grid’s self-healing biotope is a dedicated space for Mother Earth and the Sacred Feminine including sharing circles and community building, sacred body practice and guided meditations.

Gaia Dome * Red Tent * Men’s Circle * Children’s Fire * Off Grid Kids * Spa and Sauna * Wild Woods * Chai Shop and Lounge

Circle of Visions

Our Open Space and live music and arts venue will include a licensed pop up bar and daily plenary sessions in celebration of both local and global community and culture.

One Planet Community Festival

Off Grid will actively engage with 10 ‘One Planet’ principles designed for local abundance and global sustainability:

Zero carbon

Zero waste

Sustainable transport

Sustainable materials

Local and sustainable food

Sustainable water

Landuse and wildlife

Culture and community

Equity and local economy

Health and happiness

This 100% participatory convergence is a collaborative non-profit enterprise, self-organised by the crews behind Sunrise Celebration, Cloud Cuckoo Land and Building Man.

The People’s Kitchen

Our 100% participatory community kitchen, collaboratively self-organised for the people and by the people!

The Upcycle

Every participant will share responsibility for the implementation of our circular economic plan, designed to deliver zero waste using a Progression of Principles model.

Camp Light

Sustainable event specialists in campsite hospitality, self-catering kitchen facilities and solar powered shower towers!

Sustainable Transport

Featuring a Brake the Cycle and Sustrans cycle scheme from Bristol and Bath, as well as The Big Green Bus, running on recycled cooking oil from Westbury.

To encourage a shared experience Off Grid’s capacity is limited to a family friendly 500 and will be socially networked from peer to peer.

Please book your place early, register for volunteer participation and tell a friend!

For more information email info.offgridevents@gmail.com or visit our website here:

www.offgrid-festival.co.uk