The Hive Grand (re)Opening Show...

A quick announcement for Cape Ann locals & visitors who will be around this coming Saturday - come out, support local arts, and help build and strengthen the social fabric at the Grand (re)Opening of The Hive at it's new location on Main St. in Gloucester: 

Saturday June 12th from 6-9pm

Come on down to help us celebrate new work & our new location (@Art Haven) on Main Street in Gloucester. If you like what we are doing, spread the word and help us build community through creativity. Local food and beverage provided by Alchemy and Cape Ann brewing. After party across the street at Alchemy.

180 B Main St. Gloucester, MA 01930

email. thehivecapeann@gmail.com

web. www.thehivecapeann.com

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The Hive

Check out the grand opening of the Hive Cape Ann - a local artist gallery / community hub - here's to strengthening the social fabric!









































Learn more at www.thehivecapeann.com

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Food, Inc

Get ready for what looks like a great movie on the food industry - hopefully it will help bring home why it's so important to buy local and organic, and support the development of a safe, resilient food system - so often these reasons are invisible to us, so a movie like this should be a big help and great reminder:



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Gloucester Blogapalooza

A quick heads up for any local Gloucester / Cape Ann readers - get involved with the first ever Gloucester Blogapalooza!

Tonight (Tuesday, June 9th) at 6:30pm, anyone who blogs, or reads blogs here on Cape Ann please come join the fun for and enjoy some brew and socialization at the Cape Ann Brewing Co.

Joey of Good Morning Gloucester blogging fame is pulling it together - I'm actually really bummed, because I can't make it, already had plans I can't break in the city tonight, but hopefully there will be more... and just wanted to spread the word in the mean time.










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Local Resilience for the Post-carbon Economy

Another MSLS alum just passed on this great piece by Daniel Lerch, the author of 'Post Carbon cities: Planning for energy and Climate uncertainty' and Program Director at the Post Carbon Institute. It does a great job of tying together systems thinking concepts and the importance of applying them to more consciously and strategically building resilient local communities with resilient local economies.

http://www.postcarbon.org/energy_uncertainty_and_community_resilience

The piece also has a bunch of great links to case studies and role-model stories - in particular, check out the last paragraph that talks about success of applying the framework for strategic sustainabile development to create "eco-communities"... the success of the model in Sweden has led to an organic, grassroots adoption of the concept here. Lots of great, inspirational reading, for these back-to-back great, historic days - happy MLK and inauguration! Stay going.