Archive for February, 2007

[ March 3, 2007; 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. ]

Forget the pesticides and fungicides, let the ladybugs do the work. Gardening season is quickly approaching. This year do it organically. Saturday, March 3rd from 9am to noon learn the techniques and advantages of organic gardening. Learn organic gardening basics, soil preparation, seed starting, water conservation, companion planting and more.

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[ February 28, 2007; ] The steering committee has made some good progress over the past several weeks, and would greatly appreciate your involvement and input as we move forward with the Buy Fresh, Buy Local Campaign in Green Country. There will be several opportunities for you to get involved next week on Wed. the 28th.
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[ February 21, 2007; 5:30 pm; ] SGC hosts Green Drinks, an informal opportunity for people interested in sustainability to meet and discuss their interests over cocktails. Third Wednesday of every month.
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[ February 23, 2007; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Help us solve the world’s problems before noon! Join us the fourth Friday of every month.
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[ February 8, 2007; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] What is Natural Building? Come hear about some of the ideas behind this movement, and see a slide show about building in cob and with earthen plasters.

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[ February 17, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world’s scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced. If that sounds like a recipe for serious gloom and doom — think again. . .

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[ February 6, 2007; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film that explores the birth, limited commercialization, and subsequent death of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology. [More]

Reading an article written by Jon Frank, an eco-gardener he states,”It is important to have a vision of where you want to go and what you want to achieve.” In addition, “Get a roadmap. A roadmap is an indispensable requirement when starting a journey to an unfamliar destination. Once we have established our starting point and our final destination, the roadmap helps us plot our course of action.” Sustainable Green County has a vision of focusing on the inteconnection of the rural, with the urban, for a healthy vibrant ,community. . .
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