Healthy Community Update  #151
   March 24, 2008

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Saginaw-Oakland Road Diet
- Jessica Yorko

Here  is a nice 4-page factsheet on a potential road diet for Saginaw and Oakland Streets.

Deadline to Sponsor Community Diversity Mural:  April 15
- Jessica Yorko

Click here for more information about this exciting project on Lansing's westside.  Learn more here.

How Today’s 20 Year Olds Will Become the Greatest Generation and Save the Planet
- Terry Link

Dr. Eban Goodstein, professor of economics and author of the widely used textbook Environment and Economics (now in its 5th edition) will be speaking on “How Today’s 20 Year Olds Will Become the Greatest Generation and Save the Planet” on Tuesday April 1, 7:30 pm, 109 S. Kedzie on the campus of Michigan State University,

Dr. Goodstein is also the founder and chief organizer of “Focus the Nation”, www.focusthenation.org   a national educational initiative on global warming solutions for America, that involved more than 1,800 colleges, schools, churches and communities this past January in local discussions around community responses to climate change. He is author of several other books including The Tradeoff Myth: The Fact and Fiction About Jobs and the Environment (1999) and Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction: How Passion and Politics Can  Stop Global Warming (2007) and many articles in both scholarly journals as well as the New York Times, Scientific American, Time and The Economist. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Michigan.

The public is welcome and the event is free of charge. For more information contact:

More at www.ecofoot.msu.edu  

Free Local Conference on Climate Change:  April 8-9 at MSU
- Tom Stanton

This important conference includes a breakout session using "open space technology" to  discuss "no-regrets" policies and actions to curb climate change.  More here

Yin Leadership

How can the feminine qualities of leadership restore balance in our world?   

Join this dialogue with Grace Menzel on April 5.  More here.

Seed Starting Workshop
- Allen Neighborhood Center

Check out another free gardening workshop presented by Allen Neighborhood Center & The Garden Project 

Saturday, March 29th, at 2:00PM, in the Hunter Park Community GardenHouse.

Join Linda Anderson, of Allen Neighborhood Center, to start out the “spring fever” season for hands-on learning techniques of starting and planting your own seedlings. Look for more workshops around the Eastside and in the GardenHouse in April & May (Intro to Gardening) and June (All about Composting).

The GardenHouse will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 PM to 7 PM and Saturdays from 11 AM to 3 PM. All Eastside neighbors welcome to stop in and see how you might get involved.

Also, visit the Garden Project website here.
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Master Composter Class
 

The City of Lansing is teaming up with Ingham County MSU Extension for the 16th year, to offer residents the opportunity to become a Master Composter.  The Master Composter Training is an excellent way to improve your composting knowledge.  The program will cover the decomposition process, composting containers and methods, a nutrient analysis of compost, troubleshooting tips and more.

 

Location:  Fenner Nature Center

Dates:  Tuesday, April 29 – Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Time:  6:30 – 8pm

Cost:  $15.00

 

To register:  Call the Ingham County MSU Extension Office at 676-7207.  Class size is limited to the first 50 people to register.


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A Greener Future

Inspired by the "Ted Talk" below, I did a little research on other episodes.  Here are a few you might wish to mark with your "green" highlighter:  http://www.ted.com/index.php/themes/view/id/15

Video of the Week
- Bill Paddock

My Stroke of Insight:   "Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another."

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In about 15 minutes, you can create a calendar like the one below, from any computer connected to the Internet.  Click here and learn more.     -LeRoy


 

 


Mar 26  Local First Marketing Seminar


Attention all business owners! Capital Area Local First and Allen Neighborhood Center will host a free informational meeting on Wednesday March 26th from 5:00-7:00 pm at Trippers in Frandor.  This free event will include an educational speaker presenting on ‘Marketing in Tough Economic Times’, as well as information about joining Capital Area Local First. For more information call Kate at 517-999-3923.
 



www.localfirst.info


Mar 26  Midwinter Market Event
 - Joan Nelson


Join us at the Allen Neighborhood Center for a Midwinter Market Event from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.. We will be constructing and painting new signs and    markers for use at Allen St. Farmers Market.  Not interested in signs? Come over and help us cook and watch our feature food film. For more information, contact Hollie at 517-999-3911.


Mar 29  Seed Starting Workshop
 - Joan Nelson


Free Gardening Workshops:  EVERYONE WELCOME! 
Presented by Allen Neighborhood Center & The Garden Project
Call the Garden Project @ 887.4660

Saturday, March 29th, at 2:00PM, in the Hunter Park Community GardenHouse.

Join Linda Anderson, of Allen Neighborhood Center, to start out the “spring fever” season for hands-on learning techniques of starting and planting your own seedlings. Look for more workshops around the Eastside and in the GardenHouse in April & May (Intro to Gardening) and June (All about Composting).
The GardenHouse will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 PM to 7 PM and Saturdays from 11 AM to 3 PM. All Eastside neighbors welcome to stop in and see how you might get involved.
 


Apr 1  How Today’s 20 Year Olds Will Become the Greatest Generation and Save the Planet


Tuesday April 1st 2008 we welcome Dr. Eban Goodstein, Professor of Economics and founder of Focus the Nation (see left). Dr. Goodstein will be talking about “How Today’s 20 Year Olds Will Become the Greatest Generation and Save the Planet” at 7:30 PM in room 109 South Kedzie Hall.

more at www.ecofoot.msu.edu/


Apr 4  Land Use Luncheon Series


Dr. John Biernbaum, MSU Professor of Plant and Soil Science  talks about “The Return to Locally Grown, Healthy Food”  

New Revised Flier


Apr 4-5  Rural Route Film Fest
- Ginger Ogilvie & Steve Hayward

The Rural Route Film Festival has been created to highlight works that deal with rural people and places. Check it out: here.

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Apr 5  Yin Leadership


Join us for a dialogue about "Yin Leadership" at Urban Options  from 10am - noon.  More here  

How can the feminine qualities of leadership restore balance in our world?


Apr 9-10  Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region (at MSU)
- Tom Stanton

Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region Poster
 click here


Apr 12  Body, Mind, Spirit Wellness Expo (rescheduled from 2/23)
- Nancy Brandon nanbran48823@yahoo.com


click here


Apr 15  Guardianship for Future Generations: Legal and Policy Frameworks


Tuesday April 15th 2008 we welcome Carolyn Raffensperger , Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network to our fair campus. Carolyn will be addressing “Guardianship for Future Generations: Legal and Policy Frameworks”  at 7:30 PM in room 109 South Kedzie Hall.

more at www.ecofoot.msu.edu/


Apr 22  Earth Day Celebration


Don't miss this Greater Lansing Earth Day Celebration:  More here.


May  29-30  Designing Healthy Livable Communities
-Paul Hamilton


The preliminary program and registration brochure for the May 29-30 Fourth Michigan Designing Healthy Livable Communities Conference is attached for your information.  Please post on your web sites, distribute and register early and often.

Click here


Jul 26  Saturday in the Park
-Joan Nelson


Allen Neighborhood Center presents
Saturday in the Park

A Day of Food, Fun, & Fitness in Hunter Park including...

  • a youth 3-on-3 basketball tournament
  • a 3K family fun walk
  • tours of the Hunter Park GardenHouse
  • gardening workshops
  • Mini Farmers Market
  • the new Hunter Park pool and splash area
  • live music
  • exercise samplers
  • and much, much, more
     
Call Sarah Steele of ANC at 367-2468, ext. 2008 for further information.


Jul 26  Westside Summer Fest


More here


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