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In celebration of sustainable living, come one, come all to the Lopez Community Center for Inter-Island Sustainable Living during the weekend after Thanksgiving.

Contra Dance Hoedown on Saturday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m. Enjoy high-spirited partner dancing. Families and all ages welcome. Instructions. First-timers encouraged. $10 Single, $15 Family, $5 individual student.

Sustainable Living Thanksgiving Community Breakfast on Sunday, Nov. 30, 8-10 a.m., featuring Dona’s famous wood oven fired breakfast pizza. Adults $10, children 5-12 $5. R.S.V.P.

Sustainable Living Winter Gardening Forum on Sunday, Nov. 30, 10-12 a.m., Lopez Community Center (donations only). Maine farmer Eliot Coleman (right), of “Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Garden All Year Long” fame, will present a live, big-screen, telecast.

And to help Eliot bring it a bit closer to home, Katie Penche of Seattle Tilth and Engela Wanerstrand of Sustainable Ballard will – live and in person – share their Northwest Maritime winter gardening adventures and experiences.

More info is at www.slgrassroots.org. Free overnight accommodations are available. Look for Sustainable Living Weekends monthly rotating between the islands!

The Whole Islands Catalog is an online resource for people to share skills, knowledge and connect with one another. You might use the directory to learn more about a business you already support or to find a business that is in line with your ethics regarding social and environmental responsibility. As a business, group or organization you can use the directory to post a free listing describing what you offer to the San Juan Islands community.

The Whole Islands Catalog is also a place to share information. Have you written an article, report or essay relating to sustainability in the Islands? Please share by contributing your article to The Whole Islands Catalog.

Please take advantage of this free community building, information sharing, local online resource and create listings for your business, group, organization, project and yourself... sharing what it is you have to offer the Whole Island Community.