Green Events March 10, 2010

GREEN EVENTS

Film Series: Growing Together, Feeding our Community

A Saturday Night film series on local food, local resilience, and vibrant community.

March 13 7 p.m.

The Power of Community-How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

March 20 7 p.m.

Dirt! The Movie

March 27 7 p.m.

In Transition 1.0: From oil dependence to local resilience

For more information about films and screening locations: www.purpleporchcoop.blogspot.com or call Tim and Jessica Bayer at 574-286-8459

Free Water Conservation Workshop

March 11 6 p.m.

Elkhart Environmental Center

Participants will learn valuable water conservation techniques and will receive a water conservation kit to install at home. To qualify, attendees must be homeowners and be a City of Elkhart water utility user.

For more information/to register: 574-293-5070.



2010 MSU Student Organic Farm Workshops and Tours

Monday, March 15 3-4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 20 2:30-4 p.m.

Monday, May 10 3-4:30 p.m.

Horticulture Teaching and Research Center; 3291 College Rd, Holt, MI 48842

Registration is required.For more information or to register: Adam Montri at admontri@msu. edu or 517-355-5191 ext.1407



“Ag Days”

March 20-22, 2010

St. Joseph County Fairgrounds

For more information: Katherine Kurtz 574-291-7444 ext.3; Katherine.kurtz@in.nacdnet.net.



“Conscious Capitalism” John Mackey, Chairman and CEO of Whole Foods Market

March 26

10:30 am

Notre Dame Business School.

Free and open to the public.

For more information: See http://business.nd.edu/newsandevents or contact Jean Meade at 631-3277 or Jean.Meade@nd.edu.



15th Annual River Clean-Up

March 27

9:00am – 1:00pm



Hosted by the nonprofit organization Friends of the St. Joe River. Check-in is at Veterans Memorial Park near IUSB.



For more information: www.fotsjr.org or call Mike Hay at 574.271.0973 for details.



Composting Workshop

March 28

10:00 – 11:00am

St. Joseph County Library (Main Branch)

South Bend

For more information: Katherine Kurtz 574-291-7444 ext.3; Katherine.kurtz@in.nacdnet.net.

ONGOING EVENTS

Sustainable Business Round Table Monthly Meeting

Third Friday of the month

7:30 – 9:00 a.m.

For more information: Eric Strader, eric@ericstraderpottery.com, 574-534-0275

IU South Bend’s Environmental Justice League

Second Thursday of every month

Jordan Int'l Center (5 houses west of the Schurz Library)

5:30 p.m.

For more information: Tony Trozzolo, President-Environmental Justice League, atrozzol@iusb.edu

Green Drinks Events

Green Drinks is an international organization where people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions for drinks and conversation.

South Bend Green Drinks

Second Tuesday of each month

5:30-7:00 p.m.

For more information: youcanbegreen@gmail.com

Goshen Green Drinks

Last Thursday of every month.

The Goshen chapter will meet at the Constant Spring, downtown Goshen at 219 S. Main Street from 5-7 p.m., and include a speaker with a short 5-10 minute presentation.

Submit an event for the IUSB Green Event Calendar to kob@iusb.edu

 

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