Volunteer or Showcase your Green Business or Organization at the Durham Earth Day Festival
Saturday, April 25, 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
Downtown Durham

The Durham Earth Day Festival will draw people from all over the
Triangle to celebrate the earth and learn more about green living.
Highlights include: the Earth Day Parade, "green" raffle prizes,
hands-on environmental activities, Kid's Zone, The Eco Lounge,
Sustainability and Transportation Expos, Stream Clean-ups and more.
Musical and performing guests include Carnavalito, The Wigg Report,
TROSA Band, Scene of the Crime Rovers, DJ Piddipat, Music Explorium and
Paperhand Puppet Intervention. Special guests include Durham Mayor

Dear NC Community Gardeners, Advocates and Leader(s),
 
Are you part of a group of people that garden together (whether it be in your neighborhood, at your school, worksite, church, housing complex, or any other place) or do you know of a group that does? 

Home, home on the range: Grass-fed beef a welcome addition to dining halls
(Environmentally friendly grass-fed beef a welcome addition to University dining hall fare)

Published: Sunday, March 22, 2009

Updated: Sunday, March 22, 2009

Carolina Dining Services demonstrated its commitment to the health and concerns of University students by deciding to serve grass-fed beef in Ram’s Head Dining Hall once a week.

Serving the more expensive grass-fed beef will not take any money away from the University’s budget.

Dining services gets its money from vending and student meal plans — it does not receive any money from the state.

Habitat CEO to speak about leadership at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business
School

On Thursday, April 2, Kenan-Flagler Business School will welcome
Jonathan Reckford, Chief Executive Officer of Habitat for Humanity. His
speech will be held at 7:00 pm in Koury Auditorium, and he will be
speaking about leadership.

Mr. Reckford has accomplished a great deal during his life. He was a
Morehead Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill and earned his MBA from Stanford
University. After several years at Goldman Sachs, he won the
prestigious Luce Scholarship, moved to Korea, and worked for the Olympic
Organizing Committee while coaching the Korean national rowing team.

Don't miss...
Bridge to an Organic Future
The 27th National Pesticide Forum
April 3-4, 2009 at the Century Center in Carrboro

RALEIGH -- For years, Hillsborough
Street has been a traffic-choked dividing line between N.C. State
University and the rest of Raleigh, a magnet mostly for those looking
for cheap pizza and beer.

But on Saturday, students and community
members gathered for what they hoped was the rebirth for a signature
section of the thoroughfare that runs through the university area.

The Hillsborough Street Renaissance Festival drew a modest crowd to a
rain-soaked stretch of pavement. The weather dampened the event but not
the hopes that Hillsborough Street can become a sort of community plaza
that unites the city and its university.

“Buy Local” Message Has Global
Appeal, Needs More Local Support

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The
concept of purchasing goods and services from the vendor around the block has a
quaint, nostalgic appeal, but new research from Mintel shows that “buying local” still has many
fans to earn in America.

CASE invites you to attend the inaugural presentation of its Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Presented to:
E+Co

Lecture by E+Co Founder and CEO, Philip LaRocco
Public reception to follow

Thursday, March 19, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Duke Fuqua School of Business, Geneen Auditorium

RSVP online: www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=3p0DXyFyyuPSPmbJLNGgYw_3d_3d

More Information: The CASE Award for
<http://www.caseatduke.org/events/ESIaward/index.html> Enterprising Social

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Hello All,

It’s March and that means it’s time for Historic Green.  Hundreds of EGB volunteers from all over the country are heading south for two weeks of work in the Lower Ninth
Ward (March 10-20).  You can check out our blog for progress updates.  You can also
keep up with the comings and goings of the neighborhood at Help Holy Cross.