Calendar
On-going events
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE
3rd Fri., 7:30-9:00 AM,
contact Eric Strader, Eric@EricStraderPottery.com, 574-534-0275
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE
3rd Fri., 7:30-9:00 AM,
contact Eric Strader, Eric@EricStraderPottery.com, 574-534-0275
COMMUNITY FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION ON LOCAL WATER QUALITY ISSUES
SAVE THE DATE
Thurs, August 5, 2010 ~ 5-7:30PM
~ IUSB Campus ~
Special Guest Speaker:
Professor Deb Marr, Biology Department and Faculty Member of the Center for a Sustainable Future, IUSB
A FREE EVENT organized by YOUR St. Joseph County SWCD (http://stjoseph.iaswcd.org/),
The Michiana Stormwater Partnership (http://michianastormwaterpartnership.org/),
& IUSB's Center for a Sustainable Future (http://www.iusb.edu/~csfuture/)
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The documentary WATERLIFE is an award-winning documentary that examines the story of the Great Lakes and our sustainable future.
Locally significant water quality issues will be explored in light of the St. Joseph River feeding into Lake Michigan.
For DETAILS or to RESERVE a “SEAT”, call 574-291-7444 x 3
www.ourwaterlife.com
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Monthly meetings will continue to meet on the third Friday with dates as follows:
May 21st, June 18th, July 16th, Aug. 20th, Sept. 17th, Oct 15th, Nov. 19th, Dec. 17th
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Sound of the Environment - 12:00 noon,The first Wednesday of every month, Reith Interpretive Center located at 421 W. Plymouth Ave, Goshen, led by Melissa Kinsey with the Goshen Parks District. Melissa always has an interesting presenter and a lively discussion at this meeting. It is a lunch time gathering and geared to all things which can and do affect the environment. Feel free to bring a sack lunch
Green Drinks International- Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.
Goshen Green Drinks, Goshen, IN, Constant Spring, third Thursday of every month, 5:00-7:00 pm
South Bend Green Drinks second Tuesday of every month
St Joe Sustainability Council
last Wed. of the month
contact Doug Stahnke eplansets@yahoo.com or Jay Newman jnewman@civilitycenter.org
Lecture: "Soil, Not Oil: Food Security in Times of Climate Change" - Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., international environmental activist
Date/Time: 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 27
Location: Goshen College Church-Chapel
Cost: Advance sales price is $10 general and $5 students. Prices at the door will be $12 and $7. Tickets for this lecture go on sale through the Goshen College Welcome Center (574) 535-7566 on March 1.
Dr. Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist, activist, editor and author of many books. In India she has established Navdanya, a movement for biodiversity conservation and farmers' rights, and she is the Founding Director of Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, a network of researchers specializing in ecology, health and sustainability. She has established a school for sustainability, Bija Vidyapeeth, on the Navdanya Biodiversity Farm in Doon Valley. Her most recent books are Earth Democracy and Water Wars. She is on the Board of International Forum on Globalisation and World Future Council and she is the Vice President of the global movement Slow Food International.
Dr. Shiva's visit is sponsored by the Ecological Stewardship Committee of Goshen College, the Agroecology Program of the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College and Organic Valley Co-op.
Thurs, August 5, 2010 ~ 5-7:30PM
~ IUSB Campus ~
Special Guest Speaker:
Professor Deb Marr, Biology Department and Faculty Member of the Center for a Sustainable Future, IUSB
A FREE EVENT organized by YOUR St. Joseph County SWCD (http://stjoseph.iaswcd.org/),
The Michiana Stormwater Partnership (http://michianastormwaterpartnership.org/),
& IUSB's Center for a Sustainable Future (http://www.iusb.edu/~csfuture/)
* * *
The documentary WATERLIFE is an award-winning documentary that examines the story of the Great Lakes and our sustainable future.
Locally significant water quality issues will be explored in light of the St. Joseph River feeding into Lake Michigan.
For DETAILS or to RESERVE a “SEAT”, call 574-291-7444 x 3
www.ourwaterlife.com
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Monthly meetings will continue to meet on the third Friday with dates as follows:
May 21st, June 18th, July 16th, Aug. 20th, Sept. 17th, Oct 15th, Nov. 19th, Dec. 17th
---------
Sound of the Environment - 12:00 noon,The first Wednesday of every month, Reith Interpretive Center located at 421 W. Plymouth Ave, Goshen, led by Melissa Kinsey with the Goshen Parks District. Melissa always has an interesting presenter and a lively discussion at this meeting. It is a lunch time gathering and geared to all things which can and do affect the environment. Feel free to bring a sack lunch
Green Drinks International- Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.
Goshen Green Drinks, Goshen, IN, Constant Spring, third Thursday of every month, 5:00-7:00 pm
South Bend Green Drinks second Tuesday of every month
St Joe Sustainability Council
last Wed. of the month
contact Doug Stahnke eplansets@yahoo.com or Jay Newman jnewman@civilitycenter.org
Lecture: "Soil, Not Oil: Food Security in Times of Climate Change" - Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., international environmental activist
Date/Time: 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 27
Location: Goshen College Church-Chapel
Cost: Advance sales price is $10 general and $5 students. Prices at the door will be $12 and $7. Tickets for this lecture go on sale through the Goshen College Welcome Center (574) 535-7566 on March 1.
Dr. Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist, activist, editor and author of many books. In India she has established Navdanya, a movement for biodiversity conservation and farmers' rights, and she is the Founding Director of Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, a network of researchers specializing in ecology, health and sustainability. She has established a school for sustainability, Bija Vidyapeeth, on the Navdanya Biodiversity Farm in Doon Valley. Her most recent books are Earth Democracy and Water Wars. She is on the Board of International Forum on Globalisation and World Future Council and she is the Vice President of the global movement Slow Food International.
Dr. Shiva's visit is sponsored by the Ecological Stewardship Committee of Goshen College, the Agroecology Program of the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College and Organic Valley Co-op.
