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News includes 11 times more record highs than lows in June; stock up on wine and bacon before the climate gets worse; new cling-film solar panels are two hundred times thinner than Saran Wrap; mowing lawns with goats. Happenings include Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Transpoetic Open Mic; Pastors for Peace caravan visits Southern Illinois.
News includes success of Pay-What-You-Want model at a Panera in Missouri; how wallaby farts could save the atmosphere; U.S. politicians’ campaign against climate scientists; Google says delaying clean energy will cost the U.S. trillions of dollars. Happenings include Soul BBQ at Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Poetry, Words, and Wine; Out of the Wild featuring Prothonotary Warbler; Pastors for Peace caravan for Cuba.
News includes Bill McKibben’s op ed on extreme storms and climate change; drilling company’s coloring book sells fracking to kids; using pee to water plants in public restrooms. Happenings include Thai at Rice and Spice; Blue Plate Specials at Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market, including Grilling Locally; Junior Naturalist of Cache River; Vigil for Peace; Trash Bash at Ferne Clyffe State Park.
News includes Midwest Renewable Energy Fair; Humanity’s Energy Dilemma In Three Easy Charts; Detroit Farm School For Teen Moms Has Been Saved. Happenings include Malaysian at Rice and Spice; Tomcat Hill Social Club at Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Murphysboro Citywide Cleanup; Night Shift observation of bats and insects; last chance to support Treesong’s upcoming novel; Trash Bash litter cleanup at Ferne Clyffe State Park.
News includes energy efficiency tips; roadside assistance for bikes; carrot top pesto; arsenic-flavored chicken; the Food Pyramid becomes the Food Plate; climate change disasters unlikely to be agents of progressive change; why and how to raise chickens in the city; farms in New York City’s skyscrapers. Happenings include Gasland at Longbranch; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; prayer vigil for prisoners; Midwest Renewable Energy Fair.
News includes UN chief says we need to limit climate change more; megacity mayors leading fight for sustainable survival; methane is the low-hanging fruit of climate change action; warming leads to wider variation in global weather. Happenings include Bengali at Rice and Spice; Bankester Family Band at Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Nature Fest at the Cache; Yoga in the Vineyard; Bullied documentary showing at Carbondale Human Relations Commission meeting; Arborwild; Change, an urban fantasy novel by Treesong about climate change.
News includes bike sharing in Washington D.C.; apples, nuts, and stone fruit threatened by climate change; Norway plans billion-dollar clean energy fund for world’s poor; mushrooms make short work of dirty diapers. Happenings include Melissa’s cooking at Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Garden of the Gods tour; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Soil Chorus Chant and Song Circle; Change, an urban fantasy novel by Treesong about climate change; Bullied, a documentary about bullying.
News includes Osama bin Laden and oil; Al Gore saves the planet with an iPhone app; San Francisco voters could ban circumcision; Republican gets slammed for listening to science; homebuyers willing to pay premium for solar. Happenings include Bike to Work Day; Friday Night Fair; Rice and Spice; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Tiny But Mighty, a hummingbird event; Kickstarter campaign for Change, an urban fantasy novel about climate change by Treesong.
News includes climate crisis fueling Mississippi River’s historic floods; protecting the coral reefs; how to get your kids to become environmentalists. Happenings include Middle Eastern at Rice and Spice; Friday Night Fair; Farmer’s Market; Vigil for Peace; Wildflower Hike; Audubon Stewardship Day at War Bluff Valley Sanctuary; Soil Chorus; fundraiser for Treesong’s novel, Change, an urban fantasy tale about climate change.
This week features our interview with Franzi of the Finding Franzi blog where we talk about world travel. News includes our green tip of the week and world population approaching 7 billion. Happenings include Cinco de Mayo at Rice and Spice; Farmer’s Market; Spring Garden Work Party at Gaia House; supporting the flood evacuation support work at Eurma C. Hayes Center.
