<div>Hi Patricia - Why am I not surprised to see this from you? Hope all is well and thanks you for your continuing leadership and love - </div>
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<div>Your Friend - </div>
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<div>Steve Cochran</div>
<div><a href="http://www.sustainabilitystrategies.com/">Sustainability Strategies LLC</a></div>
<div>(US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development)<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Patricia Haines <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:levelgreeninstitute@yahoo.com">levelgreeninstitute@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-TOP: 0px"> Join hundreds of thousands around the globe at<i style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"> 7 pm this coming Saturday</i> who - all at the exact same time - will share a prayer for <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">world peace</span> (see below) - reinforced by the universal harmonics of music and dance.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">
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<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-TOP: 0px">EARTHDANCE began in 1997 as one person gathering his neighbors. Last year over 350 groups in 60 countries joined the dance <<a style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; COLOR: rgb(0,51,153); TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://earthdance.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">earthdance.org</span></a>>. <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">John Lennon</span></span>’s legacy coming true: “Imagine all the people...”!</p>
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<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">Ithaca</span></span>’s first community EARTHDANCE will be at the Level Green Farm (1519 Slaterville Rd, on the valley side just past where Pine Tree enters Rt 79E) from 6-11ish on <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">Saturday night</span></span>. Two live bands, DJ Gourd, drum circle - all ages welcome.</p>
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<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">
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<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; MIN-HEIGHT: 13px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">
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<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-TOP: 0px">If you can’t join us in person but would like to support these local forces for local and global peace, donations may be sent to the Community Foundation of <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">Tompkins County</span> (309 N.Aurora St) or the Center for <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><span style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">Environmental Sustainability</span></span> (CES), c/o Level Green, <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">1519 Slaterville Rd, Ithaca, 14850</span></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-TOP: 0px">"We are one global family<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">
</span>All colors, All races<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"></span>One world united.<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">
</span>We dance for peace and the healing of our <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">planet Earth<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">
</span>Peace</span></span> for all nations.<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"></span>Peace for our communities.<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">
</span>And peace within ourselves.<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"></span>As we join all <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">dance floors</span></span> across the world,<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">
</span>let us connect heart to heart.<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"></span>Through our diversity we recognize Unity.<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">
</span>Through our compassion we recognize Peace.<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"></span>Our love is the power to transform our world.<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none">
</span>Let us send it out<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"><br style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.2em; OUTLINE-STYLE: none"></span>NOW...”</p></span><br>LEVEL GREEN - fostering sustainable community through collaborative initiatives in hospitality, education and the arts, in the 150 year-old democratic spirit of the Danish Folk School. 1519 Slaterville Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 339-9472</td>
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