September e-Update
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I. Potluck (September 11th)
II. Post-PotLuck Program (September 11th)
III.Cooking Class (September 11th)
IV.Dining Out (August 19th)
V.Dining In (August 28th)
VI. OUTINGS and Outreach Events
VII. "JEFFVILLE 211" Potluck (September 2nd)
VIII. Events attended by EarthSave
IX. Miscellaneous
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I. Potluck --Good food. Good chef-vibes. Good neighborhood setting. (#potluck)
Louisville's most famous Plant-Centric Public Monthly Potluck
Saturday, September 11th, 2010; 6 - 8 p.m.
6 p.m. POTLUCK: Bring a plant-based dish (cooked or raw) for 8-12 people, your recipe to share, and your own utensils/plates/cups. Location: 150 State Street (United Crescent Hill Ministries; on the corner of Frankfort Ave. and State Street), 40206. (Just two blocks up the hill from the North End Cafe.) $2, or $3 with no utensils.
II. Post-PotLuck Program (#program)
7 p.m. TITLE: Health and Wellness "State of the City Stew". The City of Louisville obtained $8 million from the Federal Government to "fix" some food problems in our fair city. We will hear of their proposal, their results so far, their prognosis for the future, and how we can get involved in several different ways. Some tax dollars go to good things--Let's find out exactly what they are doing! We can do things collectively in a better way than individually--and the government is the best representation of this belief/hope/fact. Marigny Bostock will be giving a multimedia presentation; she's capable of "delivering the goods", believe me! (...See if you don't agree...) Read from their website and come with probing questions involving the word "meta-analysis"--PLEASE!
Announcements will be given (pertaining to healthy food and behavior change), and a general ruckus and melee will result from raffling with a high-win ratio.
8 p.m.-10 p.m. MIX, MINGLE and MUSIC:
Immediately after the speaker, there will be a mixer and ice-breaker so that connections, relationship strengthening and co-affiliations "just happen". Tons of on-topic books are naturally in the Reader's Corner; someone to be reading a favorite, aloud. Guitars and piano jamming in the mainroom. Discussing of future Earthsave "You know we oughta..." topics in the kitchen during clean up. View a recent film about food and/or the food industry...and our health. Afterparties can always be held at the Zen Tea House (2246 Frankfort Ave) just up the street; they offer complementary tea tastings and are open until 11pm--Let's make it a habit!
COST: $3 with a dish to share or $8 without a dish to share to help defray costs. Bring a place settings for a $1 discount.
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III. "Veggie Table" Cooking Class (#cookingclass)
SATURDAY, September 11th, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Same location as the potluck.
THEME: Walking on Eggshells!
The huge recall on Salmonella-carrying eggs is ridiculous, especially when we don't need eggs for nutrition nor as binder for cooking. There are substitutes and replacers for eggs. Come and hear all about it--and see it, and try it. At 4:00pm on Saturday, September 11th to the United Crescent Hill Ministry kitchen (150 State Street, LVL) Whitney Kerzinger will be explaining, demonstrating, answering questions, and engaging all participants. Whitney is currently a U of L student in the Masters of Public Health Program--and Public Health is in the kitchen indeed! Beginners and experts both welcome--we all have something to learn. Here's our guarantee: to be easy, healthy, and mind-expanding. Prepare to be inspired. See this! Come every month from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm to watch and learn from a rotating line of proficient cooks that can show you how to be successful, healthy, and savvy in the kitchen on a budget with little or no incoming skills, while maintaining a fully-plant-based diet--whether cooking for 6 or alone. This event is free and awesome (A $1 fee for food expenses is optional). There's always a place for those who want to learn.
DOWNLOAD THE FLIER AND PASS AROUND.
"HEALTHY BEGINNINGS" IS OUR PASSION !
Contact our office to sign up or for further information--but you can also just show up: louisville@earthsave.org
IV. Dining Out with EARTHSAVE (#diningout)
Please come along with us for our next Dining Out event on Thursday, September 16th, 6:00 p.m. at the veg-friendly Ramsi's.
Ramsi's Cafe on the World is located at 1293 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204-1303 (502) 451-0700. Moderately priced. Menus available at http://allmenus.com .
Please RSVP to Sharon at 222-5115 or slrwa3@yahoo.com
Good conversations happen as a rule, since interesting people are likely to show up. Come out and give it a try!
Are you coming? Haven't you been waiting to invite a friend for a fun outing?
Check with Sharon if you intend to use a coupon or if you have any opinions about where to go in future ventures.
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V. Dining In with EARTHSAVE (#diningin)
Saturday, August 28th at 6:00pm Justin Mog and Amanda Fuller are opening their home for an Earthsave event, the monthly "Dining In". Actually, this is also their well-reknowned:
"SUMMER SQUASH FEST!"
Their new house is centrally located in the Highlands/Germantown area and is bicycle accessible! Their address is 800 Guollon Court, 40204. They have a rocketing garden and a nice covered patio with room in the house for many as well. Justin and Amanda have been tirelessly advocating healthy and fun choices for the earth and for people's well being. We can ask them what their more recent projects are -- and they will do the same to us--so let's make an evening of it! Let's pass around the vegetarian, plant-based potluck creations while we pass around a sensical, nurturing sense of well-being. Exchanging recipes and good-will sounds like a plan. Free; open to the public. A short presentation on interesting aspects of revisioning towards a plant-based diet and economy will be briefly proferred and discussed. These meetings are held in a round-robin style that introduces concepts of plant-based foods in the comfort of someone's home, via example and discussion.
These meetings are held in a round-robin style that introduces concepts of plant-based foods in the comfort of someone's home, via example and discussion.
A "Summer Squash Fest" implies that you will bring a dish of some sort that has Summer Squash in it! (Hint: Use the internet if you don't know what you can make.)
Questions and ideas can be fielded by contacting tasha_timbrook@hotmail.com or louisville@earthsave.org or a call/text to Nate at (502) 299-9520
http://louisville.earthsave.org/DiningIn2010.html
Find out what EarthSave is all about--and what we can all do to tilt the planet back on its feet using the fork as a lever! Just beans-and-rice type or the more elegant soy-cheese ratatoille type dishes--both have full play here. Short video or brief discussion of recent informative article. Typically, this meets on the 4th Saturday for dinner. Mark your calendar--get involved!
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VI. TABLING/OUTREACH/OUTINGS with EARTHSAVE (#outing)
TOUR DE FARMS #1 of several: Biking for awareness of threat of losing local farms to developers. August 28th, 8am - noon. Start at Blackacre Farms. Sign up at tourdefarms502@gmail.com.
Give out Fresh, Vegan Food at the Mayor's Hike 'N Bike on Labor Day, September 6th, in the name of Earthsave Louisville. Why? Awareness raising for our organization; challenging people to get involved in our life-affirming programming and life-affirming food.
HEALTHY PEOPLE, LOCAL FARMS -- sponsored by Sierra Club. September 24 - 25. Located at Spalding University. Keynote speaker: Anna Lappe who respectfully articulates the environmental devastation of factory farms and meat producers. Anna's mother wrote "Diet for a Small Planet" which inspired John Robbins who founded Earthsave. Earthsave will sponsor this event. We will have a table. We will need helpers. We should be EXTREMELY proud to be a part of this event. Contact 299 9520 to register your interest in volunteering...or just contact Sierra Club directly. Or pay the registration and attend this great event. Stay tuned at http://louisville.sierraclub.org/ and http://www.healthyfoodslocalfarmsconference.org/ or contact them directly at aloma.dew@sierraclub.org
Monthly Movie Night at Meyzeek School. Huh? Let's start watching some great "food" movies with a little potluck thrown in. Planned for the 4th Thursday's at 7pm, starting September 24th. This is still tentative so stay tuned.
October 7th -- At 7:30pm, Michael Pollan will present in Knights Hall at Bellarmine University. His presentation will be free and open to the public. http://www.bellarmine.edu/news/michaelpollan.aspx
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EARTHSAVE PLANNING meeting (and the board may quickly vote on little somethings if needed) for everyone interested in coordinating a change in our food habits, food system, food thinking, food vocabulary. All hands on deck. A potluck at 6:15pm and the meeting at 6:45pm - 8:15pm. Tuesday, August 31st, at Lisa Underhill's home, 1311 Cherokee Road. There is much to plan. (Always the 4th or last Tuesday of the month; RSVP to louisville@earthsave.org .)
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VII. "JEFFVILLE 211" Potluck (#event)
Earthsave potluck at 211 E. Court St., Jeffersonville, Indiana (Jeffersonville Public Library) at 6:00PM on Thursday September 2nd. Great location. Starting with a great spread of food, brought by attendees, and ending a short talk and/or video clip of a synoptic message about a topic relevant to health of self and planet--and a song. A vegetarian editor for the newsandtribune will speak up about the "waking up" of Southern Indiana; may it be so. (Done by 7:30PM.) This potluck is held monthly on the 1st Thursday of each month in the main conference room (with kitchenette). Random people in the library visit us because the aroma is wonderful; see this unfold into an Southern Indiana food movement!
THIS PLACE IS GORGEOUS! More details here:
http://louisville.earthsave.org/indiana.html
There is also a student chapter of Earthsave at IUS, so Indiana has two enclaves into Indiana; rah, Hoosiers!
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VIII. Events Attended by EarthSave (#volunteer)
--3rd Tuesday, 6pm Raw Food potluck at Core Wellness 246 Spring St. Jeffersonville, Indiana
--"15th Day" and 15,000 Farmers Event. On the 15th day of every month at 6pm. Check Facebook for locations; often at Fresh Start, 1007 E. Jefferson Street, LVL. Potluck.
Stone Soup Community Kitchen -- Various locations. Check out the website at http://stonesoupky.org We use Farmers Market Food and cook it into delicious feasts all over the parts of town that need encouragement to eat more healthy.
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Send in your best tasting vegan recipes to louisville@earthsave.org where we will compile them, and others from potlucks into a virally marketed, local cookbook. Note that our website now has a "Recipes" link! Or just post your recipes to the playspace/sandbox "WIKI" at http://mediawiki.metageny.com/wiki/Main_Page
Read the latest ranting and whinings of the BLOG for Earthsave Louisville.
Attend weekly free Amazing Grace classes Thursday's at 6:30pm and more.
Attend monthly raw food potlucks on the 2nd Tuesdays at Rainbow Blossom in St. Matthews at 6:00 pm. Rainbow Blossom was selected as LVL's best Health Food Store.
Whole Foods Louisville has a useful website on eating the vegetarian/vegan diet. Reading widely is always encouraged.
Support Earthsave by using a Kroger sponsor card. Learn more about this program at the potluck; it's a win/win program from Kroger, recently voted as in the top 20 for most reputable mega-company on Earth. (Kentucky is listed in her 2008 Sustainability Report.) This card is rechargeable, works like cash, and is usable at Kroger where 4% of gross sales is donated to EarthSave but costs you nothing. Charge it up anytime, and use it to buy anything, even gasoline. Works like a debit card.
Yum Brands and Coach Pitino are continuing their partnership to encourage healthy nutrition and exercise. www.keepitbalanced.com They say, "We want consumers to make informed choices about their balanced diet and incorporate exercise into a healthy lifestyle" and "Eat more vegetables, grains and fruit" and "Substitute cheese and cheese sauces for vegetables or salsa." Praise their efforts by emailing them.
Help EarthSave administer and broker deals for turning a few abandoned lots into food production units (e.g. community gardens). Bodies and minds needed now.
Now that some have seen the movie, Food, Inc., a film that lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the [fact that] our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations... it is now time to sign their petition for healthy school lunches (quick_click).
Next time you eat out, ask if the restaurant participates on the ESL "10% off on veggie items". If they don't, ask if they want to--then let ESL know so we can setup the deal with them. Win/win/win/win--everybody. Check-out participating restaurants discounting EarthSave Members.
Preview the list of available DVD's from EarthSave on the ESL Forum under Health and Wellness. Look for an annotated bibliography of awesome YouTube sites in our forum too, including The Meatrix and EarthSave TV.
Invite your friends to join this email list by visiting HERE then pasting their email address and clicking the box "EarthSave Louisville ENEWS". Viral movements need your fingertips. Membership to EarthSave is available there too.
Do you have any time to give to EarthSave? How about "microvolunteering" (i.e. very small monthly online tasks that act like Lilliputians for a big effect.)? Any wish to do pro bono professional volunteering? Please hail us; projects starting continually.
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