{EcoLink} OCT/NOVEMBER 2008 Activist Calendar

GrassrootsAction GreenEvents & related notices
(a service of the Eco Media Center of Monroe County & Center for Sustainable Living)
Submissions: Mylo Roze: greenthecity@yahoo.com, Subject Line: EcoLink, Ph: 335-2572

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Table of Contents:

~ Special Notices -
>EcoReport radio show airing weekly
>Fairview Chimney Swift Action Alert - call for matching funds
>CARR, HEC begin I-69 ad campaign

>OCTOBER<

{EcoLink} updated as of AUGUST 12th GrassrootsAction & GreenEvents Calendar & related notices

{AUG '08} events (& beyond) - Table of Contents:

*Special Notices -*OASIS PermaCulture garden & RainKiosk project seeks input, donations & help
*New Green Media Lab @ the Caldwell Eco Center - call for involvement
*Simply Healthy Fair "Local Foods & Aging Well" - appeal for help
*Earth Machine composters - call for six volunteers to table
*Hoosier Hills Food Bank Gleaning Project - call for volunteers
*Natural Living Festival vending/booth opportunity

{EcoLink} end of JUNE/JULY GrassrootsAction & GreenEvents Calendar & related notices

{end of JUNE/JULY'08} events - Table of Contents:

*Special Notices -
*New PermaCulture garden seeks input, donations & help
*New Green Media Lab @ the Caldwell Eco Center - call for help*NOTICE: IFA seeking new coordinator
*Action Alert from the Citizens Action Coalition regarding Duke coal plant
*Recent/Upcoming episodes of INTERCHANGE on WFHB Community Radio
*Land in path of proposed new-terrain I-69 for projects available

>JUNE<

6/27 ~ Runcible Spoon Poetry Series - "Men's Words"

GrassrootsAction & GreenEvents Calendar & related notices

{MAY 2008} events - Table of Contents:

*Special Notices -
*New Local Eco News outlets - Radio, Print & Net
*New Green Media Lab @ the Caldwell Eco Center - call for help
*Upcoming episodes of INTERCHANGE on WFHB Community Radio
*10 acres of Marc Haggerty's property in path of proposed I-69 open to eco ideas

>MAY<

{Various/Multiple dates ~ Gardening Updates from Stephanie S. of MHC}
5/2 ~ Deadline to Register for Building Green: Affordable Housing Conference
5/2 ~ HECM Conselor Exam Preperation Webinar

GrassrootsAction & GreenEvents Calendar & related notices

{OCTOBER/NOVEMBER} events - Table of Contents

*Special Notices - New Local Eco News outlets - Radio, Print & Net
*New Green Media Lab @ the Caldwell Eco Center - call for help
*FreePress.net Action Alert! - Stop a new move for Media Consolidation (FCC)
*USPIRG - Al Gore/IPCC, Nobel Peace Prize, Global Warming legislation/petition
*Action Alert! - Stand with Burma petition

>OCTOBER<

10/21 ~BIONEERS Plenary speeches in Fine Arts Auditorium
10/21 ~BUSTAN, Green Building & Environmental Justice in Israel/Palestine

GrassrootsAction & GreenEvents Calendar & related notices

{OCTOBER/NOVEMBER} events - Table of Contents

*Special Notices - New Local Eco News outlets - Radio, Print & Net

>OCTOBER<

10/4 ~Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project @ Boxcar Books & Community Center
10/4 ~PFC Forum Series #1: Ali Abunimah on Peace & Justice in Palestine/Israel
10/4 & 10/5 ~'Burma in Crisis' & 'Burma Beautiful/Burma Brutal' (Indianapolis)
10/5 ~Steve Conard's Art Show during the Gallery Walk
10/5th thru 10/7th ~12th Annual Heartwood/Indiana Forest Alliance Reunion
10/6 & 10/7 ~State Green Party Congress in Terre Haute
10/6 ~Mother Hubbard's Cupboard Garden Work - Volunteer Opportunity
10/7 ~Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project @ Boxcar Books & Community Center
10/9 ~Sustainability Commission (BCOS) Monthly Meeting
10/9 ~'Discovering a Sense of Place' w/the Northwest Earth Institute
10/9 ~'A Conversation About Poverty' with Mayoral Candidates Kruzan & Sabbagh
10/11 ~NAMI Panel - 'Decriminalizing the Mentally Ill' @ the MCPL Auditorium
10/11 ~IDEM Enviro Ed & Health Workshops for Educators & Administrators
10/11 ~B-TOP (Bloominton Transportation Options for People) general meeting
10/12 ~Caldwell Eco Center general meeting
10/15 ~City of Bloomington Bike & Pedestrian Safety Commission meeting
10/15 ~'THE PARTNERSHIP WAY' - Book Discussion Session @ the Eco Center
10/16 ~Center for Sustainable Living Board Meeting
10/18 ~Mother Hubbard's Cupboard Seed Saving Class
10/19-10/21 ~BIONEERS simulcast & events @ Fine Arts on IU Campus
10/20 ~Parks & Rec - Putting the Willie-Steeter Community Gardens to bed
10/21 ~BUSTAN, Green Building & Environmental Justice in Israel/Palestine
10/22 ~Dom Nozzi, 'Road to Ruin' author (Livable Cities Speaker Series)
10/25 ~Indiana Forest Alliance Benefit
10/26 ~Caldwell Eco Center general meeting
10/27 ~Hoosier Hikers Council Trail Race/Walk

GrassrootsAction & GreenEvents Calendar & related notices

{SEPT/OCT/NOV events - Table of Contents}

Green Events Grassroots Action Calendar
July & August 2007
~In this Issue:
7/17 INTERCHANGE -Citizens Action Coalition on Duke Energy (mp3)
7/21 Sustainable Bloomington Unconference @ MCPL
7/21-7/28 Project Hot Seat/HEC/CEC/CSL tabling @ County Fair
7/26 Food Security Group meeting @ the Adult Comm Ctr
7/26 Project Hot Seat meeting @ MCPL
7/28 Introduction to PermaCulture w/Peter Bane
7/30 Environmental Commission Green Bldg Committee meeting
7/31 Deadline for SPEA NonProfit Service-Learning course
{AUGUST 2007}
8/1 Deadline to register for travel stipend with American Rivers

That instituions & societies are often slow to accept new ideas & are even slower to actually change their practices & lifestyles is not surprising & somewhat understandable.

But we are in a particularly different situation now & stand at a crossroads more pivotal than previous epochs. The problem at present isn't so much a lack of knowledge of how to address the pressing environmental & social justice issues of our time, but a lack of will.

~Green Calendar Item~

The City of Bloomington Commission on Sustainability (or BCOS)
is presenting a Local Foods Tour this coming weekend.

BCOS is organizing a series of "Sustainability Tours" modeled after the popular Garden Walks to educate and illustrate sustainable practices and policies. The goal of this event is to educate, demonstrate and raise awareness that growing, consuming and supporting local food contributes to the sustainability of Bloomington.

the innaugural
LOCAL FOODS TOUR!

Saturday, June 16
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm