Healthy Community Coalition Gathering
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All are welcome to attend a healthy community coalition gathering on 2/13
at Gone Wired Cafe. More details
below.
If you plan on attending, please
take this very brief survey.
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March 6: Greening
Mid-Michigan:
What does it mean for the Tri-County Region?
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A workshop designed to educate and engage decision makers regarding green
infrastructure planning. March 6 the 5:30 - 9 p.m. RSVP by
2/29 to reception@mitcrpc.org
(with name, organization, title, phone, e-mail, and address).
More at
www.greenmidmichigan.org/
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The NorthWest Initiative Grows Good Things in Lansing
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Look what's sprouting at some local schools and convenience stores...
click here
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Parks & Trails are Moving Forward In South Lansing
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S. Lansing's tireless advocate, Kathie Dunbar, offers this exciting update... click here
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Healthy Developments on Lansing's Eastside
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Check
out a few of these exciting initiatives underway on the Eastside...
click here   
Allen Neighborhood Center
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Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council on the Move
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This is just a small sampling of MMEAC's fine efforts in our region.
Click here
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Bike-Ped Chat... Tonight!
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Join us for an informal Bike Ped Chat: at 6pm on the 2nd Monday (2/11).
This one's at El Azteco West. Share some good food, beverage, and
conversation about issues you care about. For a summary of the
last conversation, click here.
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Lansing Goes for the Gold
- Ivy Hughes, Capital Gains
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The City of Lansing increased its
Promoting Active
Communities (PAC) rating from bronze to silver in 2007, recognizing
the city's increased effort toward being a walkable, healthy community.
More here 
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New: Green Home Guide
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From Seattle to Des Moines to New
York City, anyone can have a green home. Rented or owned,
affordable or market-rate, single-family or multi-unit, urban,
suburban or rural: If it’s housing, it can be green:
http://www.greenhomeguide.org/
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Work Starts on Green City
- BBC
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Abu Dhabi has started to build what it says is the world's first
zero-carbon, zero-waste car-free city.
More
hereSounds pretty fishy to me, but worth exploring... ed.
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Calendar
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Ongoing...
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Other Calendars
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February
11 Building Prosperity & Growing
Michigan
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Learn more about this conference at MSU on smart growth
Click here
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February
11 (2nd Monday)
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Bike Ped Chat: Join us for an informal chat about
biking, walking, and your visions for the area. The next
conversation will be at 6pm at El Azteco (1016 West Saginaw).
Click here for a
summary of January's conversation
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February
13 Healthy Community Coalition Gathering
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Join us on Wednesday, Feb 13 from 11:30am - 1pm at Gone Wired Cafe for
lunch, updates on healthy community initiatives, and conversation about
topics of your choice!
If you plan on attending, please take this brief survey.
Click here.
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February 23
I
♥
My Neighborhood Fair
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Please join us for the
I ♥
MY
NEIGHBORHOOD
Fair!
at the Foster Community Center
People all over the Eastside are discovering new ways to celebrate
and improve our vibrant community! To learn more about how you can make a
difference where you live, join us at Allen Neighborhood Center's I ♥
My Neighborhood Fair on
Saturday, February 23, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Foster Community
Center.
Visit anytime between 10 am and 2 pm, and check out the many
informational tables; learn how to organize and plan fun activities, deal
with concerns on your street, beautify your street, etc. Meet others who
have experience in neighborhood work to discuss your ideas or experience.
Remember: there are many different ways to be active in your
neighborhood. Come learn about new ways to get to know your neighbors and
build friendship and fellowship on your street.
Come by yourself, or better yet, make it an outing with your
neighbors. If you have any questions, please call 367-2468 and ask for
Sarah or Leslie.
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March 6
Green Infrastructure Planning
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Help identify the natural areas in our region that our most important to
us!
Don't miss this opportunity to begin to map our Green
Infrastructure in the tri-county area! The activity will happen on
March 6th from 5:30 - 8:30 pm at the
Hannah Community Center at 819 Abbot Rd. in East Lansing. More details
coming soon. Read more
about Green Infrastructure
here.
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March 7 Land Use
Luncheon Series
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Eric Schertzing, Ingham County Treasurer explores “The Ingham County Land
Bank—A Tool for Re-building Cities”
click here
PDF Flier
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Mar 18
Sustainable Speaker Series Continues
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Click here
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Mar 18 CADL Sustainable Living Exhibition
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Capital Area District Library has chosen Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore,
as its countywide read for 2008. Discussions of the book will be
taking place in all14 branches and will be featured in area bookstores.
As a culminating event, a panel of three presenters have been invited to
discuss topics ranging from overview of global warming (Steve Curwood,
author and host of the NPR program Living on Earth); to an idea of what a
community can do ( David Konkle, Energy Coordinator for the City of Ann
Arbor); to a very personal account of living sustainably (author Judith
Levine, Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping).
More here
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Mar 19 CADL Sustainable Living Exhibition
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Capital Area District Library has chosen Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore,
as its countywide read for 2008. Discussions of the book will be
taking place in all14 branches and will be featured in area bookstores.
As a culminating event, a panel of three presenters have been invited to
discuss topics ranging from overview of global warming (Steve Curwood,
author and host of the NPR program Living on Earth); to an idea of what a
community can do ( David Konkle, Energy Coordinator for the City of Ann
Arbor); to a very personal account of living sustainably (author Judith
Levine, Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping).
More here
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April 1
How Today’s 20 Year Olds Will Become the Greatest
Generation and Save the Planet
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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/
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April 4 Land Use Luncheon Series
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Dr. John Biernbaum, MSU Professor of Plant and Soil
Science talks about “The Return to Locally Grown, Healthy Food”
click here
PDF Flier
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April 12 Body, Mind, Spirit Wellness Expo
(rescheduled from 2/23)
- Nancy Brandon
nanbran48823@yahoo.com
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click here
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April 15 Guardianship for Future Generations:
Legal and Policy Frameworks”
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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/
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May 29-30 Save the Dates
-Paul Hamilton
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Save the dates for the 4th
Designing Healthy Livable
Communities Conference
to be held on May 29 & 30. Paul says we'll have some of the
best speaker in the country on the topics of
Public Participation/Consensus Building/Charettes and
Transit Ready Development.
More to come...
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