The Really Really Free Market

brought to you by Occupy Petaluma

April 14th 2012  1-5pm
Walnut Park
(D St. at Petaluma Blvd)

Music, workshops, clothes, art, kid’s activities, plants, seeds, veggies, love, goods and community!

A Really Really Free Market is like a potluck for whatever you want to give or take away. Have you ever brought one dish to a potluck and gone away with a full belly and a balanced meal? Nothing is required for participation, but please think creatively about the skills you have and could teach, the useful or beautiful things you have and don’t need, or the resources you can share with people to create something during the event.

We will have children’s activities, music, jam and drum sessions, workshops, plant and seed exchange and more.  Please write to the email below if you have a workshop, activity or a band to play and we can schedule you in or connect you with others.  Or just show up and do your thing!

As a community we have many more resources than we do as individuals. If we share our resources we won’t need to buy as many new ones. This uses fewer of the Earth’s resources, and fewer of our working hours, leaving us more time to devote to ourselves and our communities. This event is not a dumping ground for people to get rid of things they don’t want; rather it is a space where people come together to provide for each other, inspire each other, and share together in the abundance of goods, skills, and creativity of our community.

Because scarcity is a myth constructed to keep us at the mercy of the economy, Because a sunny day outside is better than anything money can buy, Because “free trade” is a contradiction of terms, Because no one should have to do without food, shelter, entertainment, and community, Because life should be a picnic, but it only will be if we make it happen.

No Money, No Barter, No Trading, Leave the business cards at home and remember the joy of giving for the sake of giving.

Questions, ideas, or comments?  Email elienos@yahoo.com