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Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma will be talking about the farm bill on Monday, July 16 on the NPR show “On Point” at 10 a.m. ET; he also recommends FarmPolicy.com as a resource for the folks playing at home (0) #
» The Renegade Craft Fair is almost here! June 16-17 (Sat & Sun), 11am-7pm, McCarren Park Pool on Lorimer St. in Brooklyn (0) #
Bag the Habit
Image from Bag the Habit
My friend, the very lovely Liz Long, is launching her reusable-shopping-tote biz, Bag the Habit, with a month-long art exhibition “exploring the environmental repercussions of common consumer behaviors.”
Bag the Habit’s signature carry-all—which is made from recycled PET (think former soda bottles) and is itself recyclable—plus limited-edition bags created by various artists and designers, will also be for sale. (The proceeds from the second will be going to New York City’s Gaia Institute.) Liz’s très chic bags are also up for grabs on her Web site.
» Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Slow Food movement, will be talking about his new book, Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean and Fair at the American Museum of Natural History on May 15, 7pm; $15. RSVP through the museum box office at 212-769-5200.
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» The second annual Crafty Pie handmade-crafts fair will be held on Sunday, May 6 at Union Pool in Brooklyn. Hello, crafts and pie? I am so there. (0) #
» Steve Ettinger, author of Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats to speak tonight, 7pm, at McNally Robinson, 52 Prince St. [via Manhattan User's Guide] (0) #
» w00t! Earlier today, Gov. Jon Corzine joined New Jersey’s environmental leaders—including Environment New Jersey and other supporters—to announce a global warming solutions action plan. The plan includes an Executive Order to reduce New Jersey’s global warming emissions by 80 percent by 2050 and 20 percent by 2020. The legislative hearing on the Global Warming Response Act will be held at the West Orange High School on Tuesday, Feb. 20, starting at 7pm (0) #
» “Urban Gardening & Permaculture” at the General Theological Seminary on Sunday, Jan. 28 from 9:30am to 4pm; $15 (0) #
» The Green Renter: Wind Power in Your Apartment: What Buying Green Electricity Does and Doesn’t Mean, Jan. 22., 7pm at Solar One (0) #
» “Inquiry, Impact, and Action: The 2007 Farm Bill”: Learn about “the most important piece of agricultural legislation, covering issues of conservation, nutrition, and food security, and has implications for people in developing countries.” Jan. 25 at Hunter College’s Brookdale Campus, from 8am to 5pm.
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» Drop off your electronic waste at Union Square on Sunday, Jan. 7 from 8am to 4pm [via Shift] (0) #
Gift on Grand Craft Fair Tomorrow
33 Grand St. (between Kent & Wythe)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
11-8pm
Dec 9: First Annual Fair Trade Fair
Judson Memorial Church
239 Thompson St.
New York, NY 10012
212-477-0351
www.judson.org
11-4pm
Rough Guide to Climate Change
Luv 24/7
247 Eldridge St. (between Stanton and Houston)
New York, NY 10002
212-505-7600
www.luv247nyc.com
6:30-8pm
[via Ben Jervey]
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Watch Black Gold
Millions of sophisticated coffee drinkers relish a good cup of coffee. But for every $3 cup of coffee, a coffee farmer typically receives only 3 cents. Most of the money goes to the four giant conglomerates which control the coffee market.
Black Gold follows Tadesse Meskela, General Manager of the Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union in Ethiopia as he tries to secure a living wage for the 70,000 coffee farmers he represents. Tracing the tangled trail from the 2 billion cups of coffee consumed each day back to the coffee farmers who produce the beans, Black Gold exposes how international commodities markets are rigged against the nations of the global South.
After seeing Black Gold, coffee will never taste the same. A sip of cappuccino will remind viewers of the farmers who grew the beans and of their own power to pressure corporations where it hurts most—the bottom line.
Watch the trailer here.
Opening dates/locations:
Oct. 6, 2006
*New York NY - Cinema Village
(with brief discussion and Q & A with Scott Codey of the NYC Fair Trade Coalition and Rodney North of Equal Exchange)
Seattle, WA - Landmark Metro
Bellevue, WA - Lincoln Square
Oct. 13, 2006
Chicago, IL - Gene Siskel Film Center
Oct. 27, 2006
Boston, MA - Coolidge Corner
Nov. 10, 2006
San Francisco, CA - Roxie
Nov. 12, 2006
Savannah, GA - Reel Savannah
Dec. 8, 2006
Washington, D.C. - Landmark E. St.
To learn more and take action, visit www.oxfamamerica.org/blackgold.
Can It This Sunday
Photo by Ian O’Leary/Getty Images
I was always the last to get picked at school (explains so much, doesn’t it?) but does anybody WANT TO BE MY CANNING BUDDY?
Wycoff Farmhouse Garden Workshop: Canning & Food Preservation
September 17, 2006
Free
Discover the lost art of canning fruits and vegetables from all-star canner Classie Parker of Just Food! Part of the Museum’s annual APPLE FESTIVAL, which will also include cider-pressing, live music, and a variety of activities for kids. In collaboration with Just Food City Farms.
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
5816 Clarendon Road, Brooklyn NY 11203
718-629-5400
www.wyckoffassociation.org
2 p.m.
CitySol on Sunday
The next CitySol is happening this Sunday, August 13, 2006:
CitySol, a summer music and market series on Manhattan’s East River waterfront is powered by the belief that bringing environmentalism to New York means first putting more New York into the environmental movement.
The urban lifestyle, contrary to popular belief, is the most sustainable form of living in terms of energy and resource consumption. It’s true that the ecological footprint of our city is broad and deep, but New York is also a global hub of cultural, commercial and technological imagination, and ideas and applications of sustainability are in no short supply.
Citysol celebrates the idea that greening New York is about unleashing, not taming, the city and its energy. Each free all-day event includes: renewable energy-powered live music featuring emerging NYC acts, interactive exhibits showcasing key innovations, practices and policies for New York’s sustainable future, and a green lifestyle marketplace offering apparel, electronics, household goods, media and much more.
Stuyvesent Cove Park
23rd Street and East River, Manhattan
www.citysol.org
12-8pm
The last time we went, the hub and I picked up a pair of compact fluorescent bulbs for something like $4 apiece from a high-school-run biz called Tru Light. So far, we’ve replaced just about every bulb in our apartment, except for the fixtures in the bathroom and hallway, which require smaller-fitting bulbs we’ll have to hunt for. Oh, some genius had also painted over the light fixture in the office/guest room so we can forget about that one unless we get hold of a chisel, an ice pick, and a set of power tools so magnificent that its sheer exquisiteness would cause the home-improvement section of Bed, Bath, and Beyond to writhe in paroxysms of despair and shame, before committing mass hara-kiri. (We have a CFL in the lamp in there instead because hardware disembowelment is messy and pointless.) If you’re in the area, check them out. CFLs can cost upwards of $7, so this is the place to stock up less expensively.
CitySol is also hosting another electronics recycling event so here’s your chance to give your deadware the old heave-ho ecologically.
Be sure to try the corn-on-the-cob! (AAA+++BETTER THAN EXPECTED, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, GREAT CITYSOLER!!!!1)
1This is what happens when your husband is out-of-town for work and you’re alone at night with a steadily decreasing pint of Phish Food, a cat having a Garbo moment, and a wireless cable connection. Oh the humanity.
Coffee & Tea Festival NYC
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
www.metropolitanevents.com
Saturday, July 15: 11am-7:30pm
Sunday, July 16: 10am-6pm
($10 per adult; $15 weekend pass; children free)
Everything 4 Coffee and Tea Festival is a two-day event dedicated to the growth and proliferations of the specialty coffee and gourmet tea market place. Bringing together over 40 vendors from international, national and local coffee and tea distributors, roasters and cafes, this festival allows participants to explore topics from brewing a perfect cup of coffee to choosing the best confectionery delights to have with your tea.
Details on the festival Web site here. The NYC Fair Trade Coalition will have a table on both days. Expect loads of tastings and samples. Want to get in for free? We still need volunteers!
CitySol: Free Solar-Powered Music Happening
This Sunday, July 2, 2006:
WNYU co-sponsors and DJs a free renewable energy-powered festival with live music from Aa, Dame Darcy, Japanther, Parts and Labor, and the Wowz. Plus WNYU DJs, also interactive exhibits showcasing key innovations, practicesm and policies for New York’s sustainable future and a green lifestyle marketplace offering apparel, electronics, and household goods.
Stuyvesent Cove Park
23rd Street and East River, Manhattan
www.citysol.org
1-8pm
Black Gold and Inconvenient Truths
Black Gold, a documentary about the international coffee trade, will make its New York City debut at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival (June 9-12).
Check out the trailer on the movie’s Web site here. (Thanks, Scott!)
Speaking of movies, SuperAwesomeAlGore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth, will be opening tomorrow in NYC at the Lincoln Square AMC and Sunshine theaters. (Join Green Home NYC and Solar One for discussion and drinks afterward; RSVP required.)
