BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260414T150450Z UID:206-1562089@unitycharlottesville.org DTSTART:20260411T140000Z DTEND:20260425T160000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260311T125507 DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the Earth that nurtures us all with meditation\, music\, and provocative conversation!\nUnity of Charlottesville \n2825 H ydraulic Circle\n \nThree Events\, Three Saturdays in April!\n\nSpiritual ity &\; Nature Meditation Saturday April 12th 10 AM-Noon Suggested Dona tion $10-$20\nFuse Ensemble unEarthed Concert Saturday April 18th 7 PM TIC KETS $20\nBeauty &\; Ecology Workshop w Sarah F. Jayne Saturday April 2 5th 9 AM-Noon Investement $20\n\n \nDetails:\nSpirituality &\; Nature Meditation Workshop\nSaturday April 12th 10 AM- Noon\nWith Karolyn Kinane\ n$10-$20 Click for Ticket\nShare your experiences of spirituality in natur e with fellow-seekers during a contemplative activity\, followed by journa ling and conversation. Participants will be guided to listen and reflect w ith the more-than-human world at Unity of Charlottesville’s gardens and pathways. All are welcome to this refreshing\, meditative\, interactive ex perience in nature\, inspired by the wild church movement. No meditation e xperience necessary. $10-$20 donation suggested.\nAbout the Facilitator: A contemplative educator\, musician\, yoga instructor\, and Wild Church fac ilitator\, Karolyn Kinane weaves together spirituality\, nature connection \, and creative practice to help people awaken wisdom\, deepen presence\, and live with alignment and intention. \n \nFuse Ensemble Concert "unEar thed"\nSaturday April 18th  7PM\nElectro-acoustic chamber musicians Fuse Ensemble\n$20 Click for tickets\nunEarthed examines societal notions of hu manity's dominion over the earth and the ensuing exploitation by integrati ng sounds from Virginia’s waterways into new works by contemporary class ical composers. This performance acknowledges our need to reawaken our abi lity to meaningfully connect with our life-sustaining planet and offers mo ments of connection to the Earth\, each other\, and the divine feminine\, often lost in our inherited and illusory ideas of separateness. Through co llective moments of transformation and connection\, we look to find our pa th homeward through a creatively imaginative and inspiring experience of l ive music and visuals. \nAbout Fuse Ensemble: Fuse Ensemble is a unique e lectroacoustic chamber music ensemble. Each season a concept is presented\ , giving voice to new music composers and creating musical happenings with visual elements of live or interactive video\, electronics or kinetic ins tallations. They joyfully collaborate with sculptors\, visual artists\, in strument makers\, poets.  \n \nEcology &\; Beauty: Creating a Lanscap e that Welcomes Wildlife &\; People\nSaturday April 25th 9 AM-Noon\nWor kshop with Sarah F. Jayne\n$20 Click for Tickets\nNow more than ever our y ards and community spaces need to support biodiversity. How can we ensure that our spaces are both ecologically rich and beautiful. We’ll look at which plants matter most when it comes to your local biodiversity: how to procure them for generous plantings\; and how to place them to increase th eir appeal to wildlife and people\, along with strategies to protect wildl ife our natural plantings attract. We’ll consider strategies to ensure t hat our landscapes gain community acceptance such that they become invitat ions for others to transform their landscapes. This cost-conscious. DIY ap proach makes taking actions doable. Ideal audience: People who are startin g to transition their spaces to more wildlife-friendly habits and who are interested in supporting biodiversity within an HOA or traditionally lands caped neighborhood.  \nAbout the Facilitator: Sarah F. Jayne is an enviro nmentalist\, educator\, and life-long gardener who has worked for over 45 years from California to the East Coast. Her book\, “Nature’s Action G uide: How to Support Biodiversity and Your Local Ecosystem” is a compani on to Doug Tallamy’s “Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conserva tion That Starts in Your Yard” and features fifteen actions we urgently need to take that starts in your yard to support biodiversity.  \n \nFor full details about events and presenters\, click here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T125507 LOCATION:Unity of Charlottesville SUMMARY:Earth Month Events Saturdays in April 2026 URL;VALUE=URI:https://unitycharlottesville.org/events/earth-month-events-sa turdays-in-april-2026/2026-04-11 ATTACH;FILENAME=earth-month-events.JPG;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq5pwpg1q 8ru0.cloudfront.net/2026/02/09/20/15/13/62476e0c-714a-49ce-b0a3-4562d07e4a c8/earth-month-events.JPG END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR