Archive for the ‘Event’ Category

Volunteer Opportunity! May 14th, Lamp Garden

Calling all volunteers! We have our next breaking grounds this Saturday at 10am at 227 South 26th St. I know it’s a bit early for some of you, but think about how you can enjoy the beautiful morning with beautiful people doing such beautiful work. Plus, then you’ll have the rest of your day to [...]

May 10, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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EarthSave Pot-Luck March 12th

Our executive director will be speaking at the EarthSave potluck on March 12th. This is a vegetarian potluck open to all with a jam pack schedule ranging from a vegan cooking class to a raffle and a premier of Carbon Nation! It’s bound to be a fun, educational, and inspiring meeting. Here’s the agenda:

4:00 PM Vegan Cooking Class–”See Amanda serve up Sea Vegetables!”
6:00 PM Plant-based/Vegan/veggie Potluck (This is Earthsave’s central tenet.)
7:00 PM — 2011 is the year of the backyard garden. And Dr. Martin.
8:30 PM Enviro/Health/Food/Ethic music and conversation

March 9, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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First Workshop Tomorrow!

*Note: This event has already happened – and it was awesome Tomorrow is our first Garden Liaison meeting in a season long series that will train you in sustainable urban agriculture and put you in touch with community members wishing to start their own garden. This meeting will be an introduction to the Garden Liaison [...]

March 6, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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Portland Orchard Work Day

This Sunday, the 20th, at 2pm we will be gathering at 20th and Main to help prepare the soil for what will be an orchard just a matter of blocks from downtown Louisville. This is organized by a diverse community group. The President is a local entrepreneur, the Vice-President is a teenager who is striving [...]

February 19, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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Arbor Day Tree Giveaway!

To celebrate Arbor Day a tree giveaway is being held at the Douglass Community Center on Douglass Boulevard, 2 April 2011, 9:30 to 3:30. So come down and get yourself a native species! Tree seedling species include dogwood, redbud, paw paw, white pine, bald cypress, black gum, sycamore, shellbark hickory, black oak, and possibly Kentucky [...]

February 7, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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Grown in Detroit *TONIGHT* & Volunteer Opportunities

The Green Convene needs Volunteers! – Also, tonight we are hosting a screening of Gown in Detroit at the Henry Clay building on Chestnut and 3rd after a talk by Wes Jackson, the founder of the Land Institute, in partnership with the Festival of Faiths.

November 8, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Community Events – October

We had a great time this weekend at the first annual Beargrass Creek Festival on Saturday and the 10/10/10 work day. Beargrass Creek is an often maligned resource we have in our beautiful city of parks. There has been a constant effort to increase its water quality and the access to its natural beauty thanks [...]

October 11, 2010 · admin · 2 Comments
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Getting Active

Hey all, It must seem life forever since we have done an event so we have taken on participating in three great ones over this next month: 10/9/10 – 10am-2pm – Willow Pond in Cherokee Park – Join us for a celebration of Beargrass Creek! Fishing lessons, Canoe & Kayak demos, music, vendors and more! [...]

October 4, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Workshop Location Change and Other News

The Food Policy and Garden Design Workshop, Thursday February 25th at 6:00pm, will now be held in the Stevenson Hall basement. Stevenson Hall is on the Belknap campus in between the Student Activities Center and the Belknap Research Building. Once you walk in we will be there to take you downstairs. Food will be served! [...]

February 24, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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350 Event – Oct 24th

We are co-sponsoring a 350 event on the Great Lawn Waterfront Park Saturday, October 24 at 2:30 pm as part of a worldwide effort to bring public awareness to the consequences of global climate change. We will assemble and spell out “350″ with our bodies at 3:50 PM. There will be music, speakers, exhibits, puppets, [...]

September 22, 2009 · admin · No Comments
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