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<div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><p>I hope you are well! I just wanted to make sure that you know that they can attend the 7th Annual Connecting for Change conference for <em><strong>free</strong></em>. This is the largest environmental conference in the SouthCoast and we want as many movers and shakers at this conference as possible and I really think you need to be at Connecting for Change! If you want to come, we want you there! Economic barriers should not get in the way of learning, teaching, and working cooperatively on such key issues!</p>
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<p>The details for the 7th Annual Connecting for Change: A Bioneers by the Bay Conference, October 21-23, in downtown New Bedford, MA can be found at <a href="http://www.connectingforchange.org/" target="_blank">www.connectingforchange.org</a>. The conference is a three-day, solutions based gathering that brings together a diverse audience to create deep and positive change in our communities.</p>
<div>There will be over a dozen keynote speakers including Satish Kumar, teacher and lecturer on reverential ecology, holistic education and voluntary simplicity; Laurie David, the Producer of <em>An Inconvenient Truth</em> and author of <em>The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect with Your Kids</em>, <em>One Meal at a Time</em>; and of course Dr. Mark Hyman, Sobonfu Some, Amy Goodman and so many more. In addition to the keynote speakers, there will be over fifty workshops as well as, films, tours, art, music, a youth initiative, and local and organic food, throughout the 3-day conference. </div>
<div> </div><div><strong>Please visit the link below and enter the code "comp" to receive your pass for free:</strong></div>
<div> </div><div><a href="http://www.marioninstitute.org/connecting-for-change/register" target="_blank">http://www.marioninstitute.org/connecting-for-change/register</a>.</div><p>Please let me know if you have any questions and please spread the word if you see fit!</p>
<p> <br>Very best,</p><p>Desa</p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse;"><font size="2"><font face="Century Gothic"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><b>Desa Van Laarhoven<br>
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