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ISS007-E-10807 (21 July 2003) --- This view of Earth's horizon as the sunsets over the Pacific Ocean was taken by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Anvil tops of thunderclouds are also visible. Credit: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center

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The Seas Beckon

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The Seasteading Institute has a busy fall season coming up with their second annual conference and the Ephemerisle “floating festival of politics, community and art.”


Credit: The Seasteading Institute, Paul Spooner - Concept Art

http://seasteading.org/interact/events/conference09

The Seasteading Institute Second Annual Conference

Date: Monday, September 28Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Location: Cathedral Hill Hotel – 1101 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA | Google Maps

 

Description:

Image Credit: The Seasteading Institute, Paul Spooner – Concept Art

The Seasteading Institute second annual conference will provide an opportunity for seasteading enthusiasts and newcomers alike to learn, discuss, and explore the future of seasteading. The three-day conference will include social activities, talks and workshops, special TSI member events, and a unique seasteading strategic simulation.

Conference attendees are also invited to join TSI for our first-ever floating festival, Ephemerisle, conveniently scheduled for the weekend following the conference. To be held October 2-4 in the Sacramento River Delta, Ephemerisle will celebrate political experimentation, community, and art. Join us as we take our ideas to the water!

To learn more and register for the conference, please visit us here: http://seasteading.org/interact/events/conference09. Early registration ends September 13, so sign up soon!


http://ephemerisle.org/

Ephemerisle

Date: Friday, October 2Sunday, October 4, 2009

Location: Sacramento River Delta (the lagoon inside Headreach Island) CA USA | Google Maps

 

Description:

Ephemerisle is the first-ever floating festival of politics, community and art. The festival will launch October 2, 2009 in the Sacramento River Delta in California.

Participants will bring their crafts and their ideas to build an eclectic temporary village of boats, rafts, barges, junks, and other floating structures. A large central platform will be provided as a common space to come together. We’ll have music, dance, open mic performances, even classes on how to build your own floating platform… and on Saturday night, a community feast to begin the evening’s festivities.

But this is just the beginning: This will not be a spectator event, though there will be plenty to see. Participants will bring their own art, activities, ideas, and love of community and freedom. You will define what Ephemerisle turns out to be.

We aren’t content to simply dream of a freer world. We want to live it. Ephemerisle will be the first step.

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