Brains and Bodies, How PTA Parents Can Influence the Health & Academic Success of Students through School Gardening
Advocates for Health in Action and the Wake County PTA Council are
working together to provide a workshop" "Brains and Bodies, How PTA
Parents Can Influence the Health & Academic Success of Students
through School Gardening" on October 6th from 10-11:30 at Marbles Kids
Museum in Raleigh. While this event is being marketed to parents,
anyone interested in school gardening is welcome to come! We will be
discussing what it takes to start and maintain a school garden, and a
local teacher will share her experiences with the group to help promote
this idea.
North Carolina Environmental Stewardship Initiative Pilot Program Webinar
Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 9:00am
The North Carolina Environmental Stewardship Initiative will be conducting a 2 year long Pilot Program for non-DENR regulated organizations beginning in January 2010.
Introduction to the North Carolina Environmental Stewardship Initiative Webinar
Is
your company looking for ways to improve environmental performance, develop an
environmental management system or get recognition for their environmental
excellence? The NC Environmental Stewardship Initiative may be a good fit for
you.
Wayne Memorial Hospital is now seeking letters of interest from local farmers for a mini farmer’s market on our campus
Our goals:
1) Support LOCAL farmers who can offer fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers to our employees and visitors
2) Promote health and wellness to employees, patients, visitors and Wayne County
We hope to have our first farmer’s market on Thursday, August 20.
We are in the initial planning stages, so we don’t have all the details for you in this email. However, we wanted to send this notice to you in hopes that you could help us generate some leads.
If you or a local grower are interested in participating, please send a letter of introduction and interest to me at the address below:
Talk and Walk: LEED BD&C 2009 Update
August 26, 2009, 4-6 PM, Raleigh Convention Center
As of June, all new LEED projects are to be registered under the new 2009 standards. This new format represents the most exciting and progressive changes to the LEED process so far, and is a great opportunity for building owners and designers to push their performance expectations. The August talk-n-walk will be an introductory resource to realizing the affects of LEED BD&C on our design decisions.
Raising cattle cleanly - Couple favor pastures over pens
Murray Cohen grew up a city kid on Chicago's south side, where farmers were characters in songs and storybooks. But the forces of change moving through his generation got him thinking about where food comes from.
"In all honesty, I was a back-to-the-land hippy in the '60s," he says.
After 38 years of farming a couple of hundred acres in Chatham County, Cohen still believes in what drew him to a career in agriculture as a young man: People need clean food.
Moore Square Redesign Contest is open and accepting registrations
CALLING ALL GREEN DESIGNERS: Let's make our stamp on an important, visable part of downtown Raleigh!!
NC State Announces it's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Good Afternoon-
It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of North
Carolina State University's inaugural Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory.
To reduce the environmental impact of printing the report it is only
available online via the University Sustainability Office Website: www.ncsu.edu/sustainability/climate_impact.php
Showing of "FRESH" - Durham, NC
FRESH -- The Movie
Friday 7/31, 7:00 p.m.
E.R.U.U.F., Durham
You are invited to a free screening of FRESH -- the movie. FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system, including Michael Pollan, Joel Salatin, Will Allen, George Naylor, and Andrew Kimbrell. As the reviewer at Eco Salon said, "If Food Inc. was your wake up call, FRESH is your call to action."
You can watch the trailer at www.FreshTheMovie.com. You can watch related video at www.FreshTheMovie.com/about/more-trailers . Some reviewer comments are copied below.
Annoucement of CropMob being started in Raleigh area
Raleigh is a wonderful place to live, but for the past decade the
city has been falling steps behind the Western Triangle in the field of
grassroots agriculture. This is why I am taking the initiative to create a Crop
Mob for the Eastern Triangle region. A Crop Mob is a group of experienced
agrarian volunteers that can go out to a site and do a lot of work in a short
amount of time. This can be extremely helpful to a local small farmer trying to
make a living on their next harvest or a community that wants to start a garden,
but doesn't know where to start. You can take the time to check out the
successes Crop Mob has had in the Western Triangle region at their website: http://cropmob.org. They have been
