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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010

Look for the Jan/Feb issue of GreenList!

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010

We were thinking about all those New Year’s Resolutions we could write about when our friend, Maria Whitley at Shine, came up with the idea of a New Year’s Revolution! (Thank you, Maria.)

We’d say it’s about time for a revolution. For the New Year, the news from climatologists is pretty dark. Copenhagen has yielded no reason for optimism. Health care? Yet, in spite of it all and because of it all, the beautiful people of Louisville are going about the business of saving the world one step at a time. There’s a quiet revolution going on, and it’s something to celebrate!

So this issue is dedicated to our 2010 Louisville New Year’s Revolution! We know change must come from the top – and to that effort we are happy to announce Jackie Green’s Green Mayoral Platform. Check out our Green Happenings pages for his vision . Best of luck to you, Jackie.

We also know that change too comes swelling up from the bottom – inspired by individuals and groups who understand that gloom and doom can stop people in their tracks, send them off into comfortable denial. But action and optimism can send a wave of energy into the world, sweeping us along in its power to transform.

We need dreams and we need dreamers. But Revolution is a call to awaken. To that end, we feature the Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium. The Earth and her inhabitants are hurting. We need to know it and explore what one person can do. The power of one can become the power of one million! Here is a golden opportunity to deepen knowledge of both the disturbing and the inspiring.

Revolution calls us to action. We highlight a slice of that home-grown action with a look at 15,000 Farmers. Gary Heine of Heine Brothers Coffee and Breaking New Grounds isn’t dreaming of a local food economy. He’s planting the seeds for Easy Farms. Kurt Rutkowski offers an insight into easy stewardship . Local food looks good with washable, resuable linen. Local landfills look noticably undernourished.

Youth shows us all that the world is reborn again and again. The Revolution of evolution. Spencer Scruggs founded the Seneca HS Green Club to involve his generation in the environmental community. A dreamer and a doer, he shows us what one young person can do when he steps into the larger world. Anna Roeder, UofL activist shows us the quiet force of modeling. Beyond the scope of verbal messages, living your vision and sharing illuminates what can be.

The Earth gifts us with nutrients and medicine. Revolution requires stamina. We look at ways to care for ourselves while living in tune and perhaps living with less. Simplicity and clarity inspire articles on healthy food choice by Rae Hatherton ND, healthy dental care by Bob Lavely DMD, and healthy first aid with master herbalist, Jenny Boice.

And finally, Revolution requires embodiment. Earth Mamas draw from the music and movement of all cultures of the world to tell the story of Earth and her plight. Dance with them and come to know your place in this glorious and threatened web of life.

We wish a bold New Year to all in 2010.

Let the Revolution rock!

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11th Day

Thur Feb 11 5:30 to 7:30pm at Heine Brothers Coffee 119 Chenowith La

Join Gary and Valerie for "11th Day" Thursday Feb. 11, 5:30-7:30 pm come for some warmth, connection and good people.

Come join us. Bring a friend!

Heine Brothers' Coffee - Chenoweth Lane

119 Chenoweth Lane Louisville KY 40207.

Look forward to seeing you!

The Network continues to surprise and delight as people connect with who and what is needed.

15,000 Farmers

Sat Feb 20 9-10:30 am at Clifton Unitarian Church 2231 Payne Street

Come to our informational meeting:

(we'll have yummy HBC coffee!)

We're helping to create 15Thousand Farmers growing their own food organically in our Louisville backyards in the next five years! 15Thousand of us!! What does that make possible, what would life become here in our neighborhoods, in our community as this possibility unfolds? The idea is a bold one and one that we made up. Maybe it's never been tried before - how much fun is that!! What will it take to make this happen? You tell me... One thing it will take is a collaboration of many, many folks who want to create something new and amazing with us.

Here are some of the things people are already volunteering for:

· To be farmers this spring

· To create a simple website

· Developing a logo

· Acting as the organizer of all the information that's coming in

· Developing backyard farm planting schedules for us

· Offered us a free meeting space

15,000 Farmers on Facebook

The Impact at Work Challenge Launches in Louisville

New program encourages and supports workplace greening

The Impact at Work Challenge Launches in Louisville

Net Impact Bluegrass introduces the Impact at Work Challenge to encourage positive social and environmental change initiatives within local businesses. Impact at Work, Net Impact Bluegrass' first major program initiative, officially kicks off on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at http://www.netimpactbluegrass.org.

Louisville is full of individuals passionate about making our city a better, greener place to work and live. But that goal can often seem too big for one person to overcome. The Impact at Work Challenge provides each of us with the opportunity, tools, and motivation to help enact small changes in our own lives. Our chapter is excited to see the big impact we can realize together.

Learn more about the Impact at Work Challenge and sign up to enter the competition at: http://www.netimpactbluegrass.org

Community Farm Alliance Hosts Dinner with Joel Salatin

Fri Mar 12 5:30p at the Clifton Center 2117 Payne St

Due to overwhelming response, there are now TWO opportunities to hear Joel Salatin in KY

The evening will begin at 5:30pm with a presentation from the world renowned author, Joel Salatin. Stay a while longer and enjoy a local food dining experience brought to you by Sherry Hurley (Farm to Fork Catering), in partnership with some of Louisville's favorite chefs: Kathy Cary-Lily's, Mark Williams-Brown Forman, Timothy Tucker- Center of Hope Culinary Training Program, Katie Payne- Chef Instructor Sullivan University, local chef Jim Whaley, and CFA board member Jo Self- BonVivant Savant.

Tickets

Talk ONLY- $20.00 per person in advance, $25.00 at the door.

Talk and Dinner- $75.00 per person (limit 2).

To purchase, visit www.communityfarmalliance.org or call 502.775.4041. To schedule a carpool, inquire about scholarships, or request a vegetarian meal, please call 502.775.4041

Two Wheel Tuesday

6pm Bike Couriers Bike Shop 2132 Frankfort Av

Frankfort Avenue businesses are encouraging cyclists (kids, grandmas, racers, cruisers, etc.) to visit the avenue on Tuesday nights for “Two Wheel Tuesdays.” Everyone is invited to cycle along historic Frankfort Avenue beginning at 6:00pm, and enjoy food and drink specials from restaurants and coffee shops along Frankfort Avenue (Aztecas, Heine Bros & others).

Transition Louisville

Join a Transition Movement study group

Global oil, gas and coal production is predicted to peak in the coming years, and severe climate changes are already having effects around the world. What can you do? Transition Louisville is exploring the options. No doom and gloom group, it believes transition is “…A creative, engaging, playful process, wherein we support our communities through the loss of the familiar and inspire and create a new lower energy, largely local, infrastructure which is ultimately an improvement on the present.” – Rob Hopkins, Founder of the Transition Movement.

There’s still time to take part in the second Transition Movement study group. Fun bimonthly meetings and engaging text. For more information: http://transitionkentucky.ning.com or email info@transitionlouisville.org

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We are excited to introduce our new online directory. As a supplement to our publication we ask that all sustainable and green businesses in the Louisville area (including southern Indiana), even those already listed in the print publication, fill out our online form.

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If you are a green business in the Louisville area (including southern Indiana!) without a website we can create and host a website for you. Click here for details.

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