Support Complete Streets... TODAY!
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Here's an immediate opportunity to voice your support for a more bikable,
walkable, rollable, and complete street system. Read the
late-breaking news from Jessica Yorko
here/now!
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Save Time & Increase Exposure with New Community
Calendar
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Community builder, Warren Armstrong, has been working on a tool (Syndicate
Us) which help us share our events more efficiently.
Click here for more
info, and take a peek at the sample calendars
below.
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Complete Streets: Why Not Lansing?
- Lyndon Babcock
lyndonrb@comcast.net
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I had been following efforts in Illinois to require "complete streets"
at the state level. To my surprise, SB314 passed the Illinois Senate and
House in August 2007. But elation turned to one more bicycle
disappointment when the Illinois governor emasculated the bill by using
his amendatory veto to change all the words, "shall" to "may".
Since then, I had mostly forgotten about Illinois SB314 and have been
well-occupied with bicycle activities in Lansing and Michigan.
However, our enlightening meeting with Mayor Bernero on February 21 led me
to plan to present the SB314 story at a future Task Force meeting.
Disappointment became belated elation as I discovered that the veto had
been overridden last October.
Illinois YES! Why not Lansing and Michigan? Read all about it!
http://www.biketraffic.org/content.php?id=1342_0_16_0_C
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MMEAC Land Use Luncheon -- 2nd helping
- Gene Townsend
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Suzanne Schulz, Planning Director for City of Grand Rapids, has been added
to this fine series. She'll talk about GR's new Form-Based Codes
Master Plan. This is cutting-edge information that should provoke some
good conversation about Lansing.
Eric Schertzing is the speaker next Friday, March 7. He'll talk
new urban housing opportunities.
Click here for
details.
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Video of the week
Beth Monteith
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The Mayor of Santa Barbara filmed this clip and sent it out as a Christmas
card.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuuesBhOR9g
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Quote of the week
Julie Woodward (Wholistic
Life Services) and Souza
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Dance
as though no one is watching
Love as
though you have never been hurt before
Sing as
though no one can hear you
Live
as though heaven is on earth
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Calendar
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New Calendar!
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calendar
Learn to add events to this calendar (from any computer that's hooked
to the web).
Better yet... create
your own calendar!
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Feb 29 - March 8 ANR Week
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click here
From "Farmers Market Boot Camp" to "Beekeeping"
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Mar 4 NWI Food System Meeting
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Please remember
that our next Food Systems Project meeting is Tuesday, March 4th at 4pm at
the Letts Community Center. Please email me with any agenda items.
Katie Olender, Food Systems
Project Coordinator, NorthWest Initiative
katie@nwlansing.org
www.nwlansing.org
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Mar 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.
Click here for more info.
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Mar 6 Mental Health Awareness Event
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The Community Mental Health Authority of
Clinton-Eaton-Ingham Counties Annual Report Meeting will host a
"Community Education Event" on March 6th at the Lansing Center. Joseph
Greco, the writer and Film Director of the movie "Canvas" will be the
keynote speaker. Joe is an inspirational speaker; details for the event
are attached here.
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Mar 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”
New Revised Flier
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Mar 11
Landscaping with Native Plants Class
-Kit Rich
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If you want to make
your gardening easier, try adding native plants which thrive in Michigan
and will attract birds and butterflies to the garden. Learn how to design
and maintain a native garden at the Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta
Road on Tuesday March 11 at 7:00 pm. The class will be taught by Vern
Stephens of Designs by Nature. The price of the class is $10. Please call
(517) 349-3866 or email
harriscenter@sbcglobal.net to have a registration form sent to you.
For general information about this and other
programs offered at the Harris Nature Center, call Kit Rich at (517)
349-3866.
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Mar 15-16 Maple Syrup Festival
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Click here
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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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Apr 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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Apr 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”
New Revised Flier
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Apr 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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Apr 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 Designing
Healthy Livable Communities
-Paul Hamilton
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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
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