STARTING TODAY... Bread of Life Bakery sales at KC's City Market!
Bring your requests for Gluten-Free baked goods ~ Sweet Sisters' Gluten-Free Bakery will open soon!
http://www.BreadOfLifeBakery.net/
BREAD of LIFE Baked Goods ~ SUNDAY at KC's CITY MARKET
STARTING TODAY... Bread of Life Bakery sales at KC's City Market!
Bring your requests for Gluten-Free baked goods ~ Sweet Sisters' Gluten-Free Bakery will open soon!
http://www.BreadOfLifeBakery.net/
Farmers' Community Market at Brookside - SATURDAYS 8am-1pm
Thank you for coming out last week and braving the Brookside Art Fair traffic. Both the art fair and the market were a great success due to you!! This week is our annual Garden Festival. Look for all thriving, bounding seedlings just waiting for your arrival to be planted in your gardens. And, great local seeds from Border Star!!!
We welcome Steve Mann and his FOOD NOT LAWNS friends to our community tent! They will be there to help you learn fun ways to make your yard beautiful and productive in ways that promote sustainability for the environment.
Also... are you ready...ECO ELVIS IS IN THE HOUSE!!!! Get to the market from 10 am to 11 am and be prepared for a special rompin' treat!
We have Ted and his three man rockin' band treating us to some new/old tunes.
And now, what you've been waiting for...HERE'S WHAT'S FRESH AT THE MARKET FOR GARDEN FESTIVAL!!!
Hello Brookside Market Friends,
We are busy this week preparing for Luke and Mandi's wedding. For those of you that do not know, Luke is getting married this Saturday at 4:00pm to a wonderful girl, Mandi. Luke still plans on being at Brookside until 12:00 so come by and wish him well.Chris will be back with Luke this week also and he is now a married man and ready to help Luke with market and to make sure he gets to his wedding on time.Our booth will have our honey pecan rolls, cinnamon rolls, vegan cranberry chocolate chip scones, vegan pecan scones, cookies, breads and granola's. Puddin Head coffee will also be available to have with a breakfast treat.Come by, have a cup of coffee and enjoy the market. The day should be nice and the boys need some good advice on how to be good husbands.Kathy, Luke and Chris Red Ridge Farms
New this week (just in time for Mother's Day) we are bringing back our famous flower and herb containers- lots of color in some and lots of potential in others!! Check out our toad abode and other crafts. We will continue having a variety of greens including microgreens, lettuce mix, spinach, arugula, cress, and very-young & tender pea shoots. Fresh cut herbs, radishes, spring onions, ramps (wild garlic), and a few portions of baby pac choi will also be for sale. Transplants galore! Ask about our Brookside CSA option- we have 3 spots left.
From the KC Community Farm
It has been a great way to start the market this year. Among the growers
and customers, there seems to be a fresh sense of connection and enthusiasm for our unique farmers' market, for local agriculture and for healthy food.
Maybe it's partly the weather? So far it has made growing your food a lot
of fun around here. Thanks to Alicia, KCCF farm manager, and her crew and volunteers, the fields look tidy, mulched, weeded and productive (and that's not easy this time of year!).
Perhaps the other reason we're feeling so good at the market has to do with our new market manager, Pam Bramlett. She's doing such terrific work for us, and her skills and enthusiasm are amazing. Many thanks, Pam, for spreading a great vibe!
On our tables this week you'll find a nice selection of certified organic
spring vegetables, so bring along your recipes and an extra bag. We'll have great root vegetables including RADISHES, TURNIPS, BEETS and CARROTS. From the allium family we'll bring more taste-it-to-believe-it SPRING GARLIC as well as SPRING ONIONS, LEEKS and SCALLIONS. Lots of great-tasting greens including HEAD LETTUCE, CHINESE CABBAGE and SPINACH and we'll have our delicious bagged SALAD & LETTUCE MIXES. You'll also find BRAISING MIX (a changing mix of kale, turnip greens, pac choi, mustard greens and more) as well as ARUGULA, WATERCRESS, PEASHOOTS and MICROGREENS (for a most beautiful and delicious fresh salad!). We'll round off the table with bunches of KALE, SWISS CHARD and COLLARDS as well as BROCCOLI RAAB (a spring treat that won't last long :). And did I mention KOLLRABI and CUCUMBERS?
And for you vegetable gardeners we'll have more TRANSPLANTS, including lots of tomatoes, peppers and eggplant as well as a variety of herb transplants. This is the best time for planting these warm-season vegetables and it looks like the weather will be great for gardening most of the weekend. Thanks to you all for your support. We appreciate it!
Border Star Montessori will be doing “scratchboard art” this week and reusable snack bags. I’m not sure what scratchboard art is, but it sounds really fun!!! Also, look for Alex’s Organic Cupcakes either this week or next week. They are a favorite at Border Star! Pam
Bear Creek Farms
Can you beat this weather??!! Hope all of you are finding time to get out and play!
Busy week here - still planting - and still have squash, okra, melons and cukes to go. The kids - Lonnie and Jeanna - are loving market. Thanks to everyone for helping them along. Jeanna swears that next year she'll know every tomato - and I just don't have the heart to tell her I change the offering every year!
Saturday sounds like the perfect day - cool and sunny. Hope everyone gets to the market! We'll have lots more plants, beautiful head lettuce and whatever else we can find.
Robbins and Jim
Lonnie and Jeanna
Can you beat this weather??!! Hope all of you are finding time to get out and play!
Busy week here - still planting - and still have squash, okra, melons and cukes to go. The kids - Lonnie and Jeanna - are loving market. Thanks to everyone for helping them along. Jeanna swears that next year she'll know every tomato - and I just don't have the heart to tell her I change the offering every year!
Saturday sounds like the perfect day - cool and sunny. Hope everyone gets to the market! We'll have lots more plants, beautiful head lettuce and whatever else we can find.
Robbins and Jim
Lonnie and Jeanna
This week I'm bringing out some of the warmer weather crops such as peppers and eggplants. We'll also have our list of cherry and big heirloom tomatoes. I will bring a couple of those wonderful American cranberry bushes and Elderberries as well as some other fun things for us Foods Not Lawns folks. The thing I'm most excited about this week is our recycled kitty litter earth boxes. You can use these to grow your tomato, pepper or eggplants right on a deck or patio as long as it gets sun. The best part about these is they are made almost entirely out of recycled materials and are organic to top it off. Look forward to seeing you all on Saturday.
Dave WilsonCityLights Nursery & Raytown's Green Acres
Blue Door will be at market with great transplants to get your garden going strong. In addition to veggie transplants, I'll have more nasturtiums, some beautiful petunia baskets, and some new flowers that are just coming into bloom: osteospernum, variety "Sky and Ice" - it's a daisy type flower with a purple center and very, very pale lavender petals. Gorgeous (and it will bloom, bloom, bloom).
On the veggie front, look for more chard, leaf lettuce and other tasty spring treats. The spring garlic is looking great, so jump on this seasonal specialty while you can.
See you Saturday!
- Laura
Thanks to you all for supporting local organic farmers and for your dedication to the Farmers' Community Market at Brookside!!
Buy Organic, Buy Local, By Brookside
Saturdays, 8am to 1pm
under the white tents at theBorder Star Montessori School
63rd & Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64113
under the white tents at theBorder Star Montessori School
63rd & Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64113
The Farmers' Community Market at Brookside is Dedicated to Creating a Unique Partnership between the Community and Farmers who provide High Quality, Local and Organic Products in an atmosphere that is mutually beneficial, wholesome and fun.The Market also helps to support the Border Star PTA.
Market Friends! We are on Facebook. Please, take a minute to visit our page and suggest it to your friends!
If you are on Facebook, do a search for Farmers Community Market.
If you are not on Facebook, click on the direct link listed below:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Kansas-City-MO/Farmers-Community-Market-at-Brookside/115620695123742
Thank you for your continued support!
Pam
Pam Bramlett – Market Manager
Farmers’ Community Market at Brookside
Phone 913-217-8535
Buy Organic, Buy Local, By Brookside
Funky First Friday Farmers Market at BADSEED - A MUST ON FRIDAYS IN THE CROSSROADS
THE FOOD REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
......nor will it be hybridized!!
Taste it for yourself this Friday Night at the BADSEED Farmers Market
Season Opening from 4-9 PM
Eat Up Kansas City!!
Every year when I introduce my all-star cast of "gregarious growers" I say the same thing: Farmers are like Rock Stars. They feed you for crying out loud! What is more important than that?? I spent my early 20's traveling all over the world idolizing farmers from various food cultures. I dug up their potatoes, I harvested their beans, I braided their shallots, and I desperately sought to understand the wisdom that came from their dirt. I told myself that when I grew up I too would be a sower of seeds, a steward of the land, and a mother to the good earth. I told myself that one day, I too, would be a farmer. So here I am: dirt-stained and sunburnt. And here you are: tummy rumbling. The only thing left to do is to FEED YOU! How's this for the menu:
- 2010 BADSEED Farmers Market Line-Up -
BADSEED Farm, Brooke Salvaggio & Daniel Heryer (South KC) www.badseedfarm.com
Yeah, yeah, yeah...you know me - a towering 5'1" complete with bad tattoos and a loud mouth. Then there is my better half, Dan (smarter, cuter, well-spoken, etc.). But despite his charm, I still grow a better eggplant (so take your pick). We grow wicked-tasty heirloom/organic vegetables at 95th and Stateline Rd. But not for long!!! After this season we will be transitioning to a 13 acre site on KC's East side. We will plant out an orchard, a vineyard, and a diversified edible oasis. Stay tuned.
This week we've got:
*Heirloom Transplants for your organic garden (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, herbs, flowers, and more)
*Sex in A Bowl (badseed's signature SALAD MIX with chocolate mint, herbs, and chive blossoms)
*Asian Invasion (a spicy salad mix or stir-fry mix with tasty asian greens and mustards)
*Arugula (big bag special)
*Baby Carrots
*Radishes (in easter egg and cherry belle)
*Spring Garlic (oooh sooo glorious)
*Lemon Sorrel
*Fresh Chives, Oregano, Thyme, Mint, Savory, and even more herbal insanity....
Herb"N"Gardener, Lew Edminster (Westside, KCMO)
OOOH Baby, you gotta love Lew - bibs and all. This farmer curses like a sailor, but makes up for it with the meanest organic greens in town. His idyllic urban farm sits at the corner of 17th and Belleview. He is a neighborhood icon and his veggies are all the rage.
This week Lew's got:
*Transplants including heirloom tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, flowers, and rosemary in 1 gallon pots!!
*Arugula, Arugula, and more Arugula
*Gourmet Salad Mixes
*Chives, Sorrel, Green Garlic.....
*Kale & Chard !!
Platte Prairie Farms, Steve Mann (North KC) www.prairietrading.com
Steve Mann is the man! This charming fellow not only grows on his own 2 acre plot in the northland, but he grows in other people's backyards all around the city. What an idea and what a dude. Want your backyard farmed??....talk to Steve.
This week Steve's got:
*Spinach
*Arugula (yeah that's right, more arugula)
*Bamboo Shoots
*Black Raspberry Plants, Tomato Plants, & Bamboo Tomato Trellises (heck yeah!)
PJ's Mushroom Farm, Paul & Judy Miller (Warrensburg, MO)
Paul and Judy are the bomb, and they cultivate some succulent and divine Oyster & Shitake Mushrooms on their lovely farmstead. In addition to the "shrooms", they've got some super happy hens who are eager to provide you with farm-fresh eggs each week. Lets hear it for the fungi!!.....and give those laying hens a hand.
This week P & J will have:
*A whole lotta' Shitake Mushrooms
*A limited amount of Oyster (come early)
*Farm-Fresh Eggs
*Cornish Hens
*Hand-made crafts (compliments of Judy) from recycled materials
Parker Farms, Tom and Paula Parker (Richmond, MO) www.parkerfarmsmeats.com
All you "flesh-eaters" listen up: We are so excited to welcome the Parkers to our lovely market this season! They are excellent people and righteous farmers. They raise all natural meats using truly sustainable and humane methods.
This week the Parkers will have:
*A variety of 100% grassfed beef and all natural pork including pork chops, country breakfast sausage, pork bratwurst, pre-cooked franks, T-Bones, Rib steaks, KC strip steaks, stew meat, and ground beef patties.
*Homemade soy based candles and gourd birdhouses (compliments of their lovely girls who grew the gourds on the farm!!)
Bread Of Life Bakery, The Crowther Family (Stewartsville, MO) www.breadoflifebakery.net
The Crowthers are absolutely the most excellent people you will ever meet. They don't make em' like that anymore folks! And further more these excellent people specialize in a wide variety of breads and baked delights made exclusively with LOCALLY-GROWN 100% ORGANIC FRESH GROUND WHEAT!!
This week B.O.L. will have
*sandwich breads
*savory breads
*sweet breads
*specialty treats (vegan items as well)
Puddin' Head Coffee, Harry Lee, (Raytown, MO) www.puddinheadcoffee.com
Boy can this man roast a bean!!! Harry is my all time favorite "micro-roaster". He uses certified organic, fair-trade beans and roasts them in small batches to absolute perfection. Try the Ethiopian - it will blow your mind.......dark and devastaing in all the right ways. Drink up!
This week Harry will have his usual selection of roasted beans, as well as coffee by the cup for you more sassy shoppers. (You are always welcome to sneak into my kitchen and grab a mug!!)
....and if coffee aint your thing, how about a WHEAT GRASS SHOT from the lovely Angela Hoffman, former owner of Artemis Tea Shop in Weston, MO. All you health-foodies out there have been demanding the green stuff - and now we've got it. Angela will also have wheat grass available in trays for those of you who like to get groovy and juice it up at home!! As local produce becomes available, Angela will have smoothies and other healthful beverages to boot.
Other organic offerings include:
ARTISAN GOAT CHEESE from Goatsbeard Farm
That's right. Its back. I'm in heaven.
I live for Goatsbeard cheese, and soon you will too. Their healthy herd of 50 gorgeous gals in Harrisburg, MO produces some of the finest goat cheese in the midwest. Aged & Fresh varieties include Moniteau Blue, Prairie Bloom, Walloon, Taum Sauk, Osage Orange, Herb Crusted, Feta, and more....
Dig In.
Certified Organic Flour from Heartland Mill
Calling all bakers & pasta makers!!! This stuff will blow your mind. This is by far the finest quality local/organic flour I have ever had the supreme pleasure of dipping my hands into. Oooh and when you kneed it........simply orgasmic! No joke. Turn those ovens on and get that yeast a brewin' because home baked goodies, breads, and pastas have never tasted so delicious. An impressive selection will be available including all purpose, whole wheat, whole wheat pastry, golden buffalo, malted, and blue cornmeal!!
Let the Food Revolution Begin! See you Friday.
Yours Truly,
Brooke
-farmer and mistress of the BADSEED
BADSEED
An Urban-Organic Farm & Market
Celebrating Local Food, Culture, and Community
Celebrating Local Food, Culture, and Community
Remember KC's 39th Street Market? NOW it is Westport Plaza Farmers' Market... OPENING WEDNESDAY
Hello Lovely People,
Those of you watching the gardens grow know-this is an excellent season so far for local food. The produce is off to a great start and you can reap the benefits. Wednesday the 5th from 4:30 -7:30, come on down to Westport Road and Wyoming Street in the lot three blocks east of State Line on the north side of the street. Click below for a map...
http://www.farmersmarketkc.org/events.html
It is our grand opening in our new location featuring many of the same vendors from the old neighborhood favorite, the 39th Street Community Market, and more! It's time to get back into local salads, responsible meat, gourmet home cookin' and planting some of your own.
Those of you watching the gardens grow know-this is an excellent season so far for local food. The produce is off to a great start and you can reap the benefits. Wednesday the 5th from 4:30 -7:30, come on down to Westport Road and Wyoming Street in the lot three blocks east of State Line on the north side of the street. Click below for a map...
http://www.farmersmarketkc.
It is our grand opening in our new location featuring many of the same vendors from the old neighborhood favorite, the 39th Street Community Market, and more! It's time to get back into local salads, responsible meat, gourmet home cookin' and planting some of your own.
Check it out - We'll have Greens, Salad Mix, Radishes, Carrots, Herbs, Jams, Breads, Grass Fed Beef, Free Range Eggs, Oyster Mushrooms, Starts and Plants of all kinds. There will also be a Massage Therapist on hand to relax your woes! See you Wednesday!
Dave Bennett
Market Manager
Dave Bennett
Market Manager
Weekly Sustainability Announcements
SUSTAINABILITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK, Lawrence Kansas
4 May 2010
Local Solutions for Transition to a Sustainable Economy
ECO RADIO KC ¤ WEEKLY ECOLOGICAL ISSUES RADIO SHOW
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 12:00noon ¤ on Kansas City Community Radio
Listen at KKFI-FM 90.1, or on web-streaming at http://www.kkfi.org/
On EcoRadio KC this week, Steve Mann will host a discussion about the Kansas City Missouri Urban Agriculture Zoning issues. The discussion will be among several guests from the urban farming contingent and Kansas City officials.
Stay tuned at 12:30 when the Bioneers radio series presents "All My Relations: Indigenous Visions", with Oren Lyons, Leslie Gray, and John Mohawk.
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KC URBAN AG BUSINESS REFORMS ¤ CODE REVISIONS AT CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 1:30pm - City Council Planning & Zoning Committee, City Hall
After passing two political hurdles at City Hall, the urban agriculture zoning revisions will be discussed by the full Council as recommended by the Planing & Zoning Committee. The Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture and the Food Policy Coalition of Greater Kansas City are inviting all interested parties to attend the above meeting and express your support. Alternately, you could write your Council Person, or ask your church or community group to give support. For details go to Greater KC Food Policy Coalition - ning, or Urban Grown Newsletter_April 2010.
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ALL THE EASY OIL IS GONE ¤ HUBRIS OF ONE MILE UNDER-OCEAN DRILLING
As the world's on-land oil fields are in terminal decline, including the giant Saudi Ghawar field, countries have turned to the deeper, more remote, and underwater fields - the proverbial bottom of the barrel. Understandably, these wells require more time and resources to tap, so the oil costs more. In the 1930's the Energy Return On Investment (EROI) was 100:1 - 100 barrels extracted per one expended. Today the EROI is 11:1 and dropping. In addition to the $544 million just to lease the Deepwater Horizon floating drilling platform from Transocean, Inc., for British Petroleum to tap into the Mississippi Canyon Macondo oil field has required many hundreds of millions more. Now on top of that, BP is facing a potential $12.5 billion in liabilities for capping the well rupture, oil clean up, fishery damage, disruption of tourism and fishing industries, and wrongful death lawsuits - How much will the BP oil spill cost? Is this a workable policy for clean and cheap energy? Oil is now $86.15/barrel, a 72 percent increase from the $50/barrel of a year ago.
And intent on maximizing profits, oil industry operators cut costs anywhere, including safety. The BP drilling rig had multiple "fail-safe" methods in place including a 15,000psi Blowout Preventer, a hydraulic pressure valve trigger, and a manual shut off, all of which, uhhh, failed. But they did not have a "super-shear preventer" which cuts and squeezes a pipe at depth, most interestingly because of Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force. He had decided the cost of such a device was too burdensome on the oil extractors - Dick Cheney and the Oil Spill. Even more interesting is that the pressure surge at the well head, speculated as the cause of the explosion, occurred while the well casing was being strengthened with concrete by sub-contractor Halliburton - Halliburton is Suspect in BP Oil Spill. Halliburton is also being investigated for performing a poor cement job in the casing of a major blowout in the Timor Sea off Australia last August. And in typical Dick Cheney style, Halliburton is deflecting ideas of their responsibility in the matter by the pretense that "It is premature and irresponsible to speculate on any specific causal issues.…"
There is no end in sight for this catastrophe nor the complex and opaque web of intrigue guiding our energy priorities and procedures. It remains to be seen whether our corporatist president will roll over for his handlers so as to maintain their line of profit, or if he will reverse himself on the cavalier folly of off-shore drilling. To follow current developments, these sites are very useful - Peak Oil Context for BP's Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon Incident | NOAA, gCaptain | A Maritime Blog.
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LAWRENCE PEAK OIL TASK FORCE
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 4:00pm
City Manager's Conference Rm., City Hall 4th Floor, 6th & Massachusetts St.
The task force is in the process of compiling and editing chapters of the draft Peak Oil Plan. So far there is an introduction and five chapters which need to be meshed into a consistent format. The content is open to revision, and a couple more chapters are in the works, so the public is welcome to provide input at the meetings. This article - The next crisis: prepare for peak oil - WSJ.com - provides a perspective of peak oil distinct from the ecological perspective.
Meetings are open to the public, and the public is encouraged to attend. And the Peak Oil Task Force web page has developed an extensive list of resources (click on "resources") including other cities' action plans such as San Francisco and Portland, videos, advocacy groups like Post Carbon Institute and Transition Boulder County, and key data and reports.
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5th ANNUAL REALLY, REALLY FREE MARKET
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 10:00am-1:00pm
Clinton City Park, 5th & Alabama St., Lawrence KS
The gift must always move! This free and open market will be a celebration of the cooperation and gift-giving that make life possible beyond the constraints of capitalists markets. Everyone is invited to give and receive clothing, household items, books, plants, seeds, crafts, information, skills, music, services, art, performances, stories, food, etc. There is no buying, selling, bartering, or exchanging involved-in this market, everything is strictly FREE!
Small items and clothing not taken from the Really, Really Free Market will be donated to the Penn House or Social Service League thrift store. However, large items cannot be transported to the thrift store. People are asked to take responsibility for any large items they bring that are not taken by the end of the event.
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LAWRENCE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 5:30pm
Recycling and Resource Recovery Annex, 320 N.E. Industrial Lane, Lawrence KS
The May agenda will be available soon. The S.A.B. meets monthly to discuss any and all aspects of furthering sustainability policies and practices by the City of Lawrence government and private persons. The public is welcome. Minutes are finalized in about a month after each meeting http://www.lawrenceks.org/wrr/envadvisoryboard
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KANSAS CITY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 4:00-6:00pm
Mid America Regional Council, Rivergate Center 2nd floor, 600 Broadway, KC MO
The Environmental Management Commission promotes environmental awareness and resource efficiency to the City's leader and staff, to assist the progress of Kansas City toward sustainability. Members of the general public are encouraged to attend and observe meetings and to join and participate in its efforts. More information and the EMC April 2009 minutes are available at http://www.kcmo.org/manager.nsf/web/emc
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4th ANNUAL KANSAS CITY PLANT, SEED, & BULB EXCHANGE
Saturday, 15 May 2010, 9:00am to 12:00pm - FREE
Discovery Center of MO Dept. of Conservation, 4750 Troost, K.C. MO
Bring your labeled extras to put in the group, and it's all available to choose take home. Herbs, heirlooms, veggies, trees, seeds, bulbs, cuttings - you name it people bring it. It is all free and they do it to encourage gardening and growing locally. For more info contact dthrumc@sbcglobal.net.
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LAWRENCE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENT
Saturday, 15 May 2010, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Free State High School 4700 Overland Drive , Lawrence KS
Electronics devices typically contain toxic heavy metals like lead and mercury and cadmium, and precious metals like silver and gold. If recycled properly, these metals can be materials feed stock for new industrial processes, not to mention saving production costs, and keeping them out of the landfill.
This one day event will provide Lawrence residents and businesses a way to conveniently recycle old, unwanted electronics equipment. Items accepted for recycling are computer monitors, desktops, laptops, keyboards, printers and other peripherals, televisions, copiers, scanners, telephones, cell phones, pagers, fax machines, VHS/DVD drives, and hand held devices. There is a recycling fee for computer monitors ($10.00) and televisions ($15.00). There are no charges for other electronic equipment. Items not accepted are large appliances such as refrigerators and AC units. Fees may be paid by cash or check.
Electronic recycling will be provided by Extreme Recycling, Inc. http://www.extremerecyclinginc.com/ recycling the E-waste in accordance to Federal and Kansas Electronic Waste Processing Regulations. The event is sponsored by the City of Lawrence Waste Reduction & Recycling Division http://www.lawrencerecycles.org/
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SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK - MONTHLY MEETING
Sunday, 16 May 2010, 4:00pm
location TBA, Lawrence KS
Local Solutions for Transition to a Sustainable Economy
S.A.N. organizes societal scale action for ecological sustainability both in our personal lives, and through public policy changes. "Be the change you want to see". The S.A.N. meeting agenda will include:
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REPEATED TAXPAYER LOANS TO SUNFLOWER ELECTRIC, FOLLOWED BY DEFAULT
Even as Sunflower Electric Co-operative (your 1400MW coal plant friends) has applied for another 895MW coal plant permit, they are in default on over five hundred million dollars in federal taxpayer loans. As a result, they have been forced three times by the Rural Utility Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to restructure the loans, some of which were written off.
Furthermore, in the deal brokered by Governor Parkinson last May, Sunflower is now protected from having its rate increases and expansion plans reviewed by the Kansas Corporations Commission, the official state agency to protect ratepayers and taxpayers. As mountaintop removal mining, deadly deep shaft mining, and toxic coal slurry proves that there is no such thing as clean coal, Sunflower continues to bet our money on coal, and squander critical time and financing for a transition to a clean renewable energy future. Fortunately, the Sierra Club and Earth Justice have filed a Federal court motion to prevent Sunflower's expansion RUS-Sunflower-motion.pdf (legalese for you wonks). For an overall report go to the GPACE blog at Pay No Attention to the Taxpayer Behind That Curtain!
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"SOLAR 2010" NATIONAL SOLAR CONFERENCE
Monday-Saturday, 17-22 May 2010 - $$
Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix AZ
Produced by the American Solar Energy Society, it claims to be the leading conference on the emerging trends, technology, and opportunities shaping the new energy economy. There will be many workshops, seminars, and tours, including a tour of Taliesin West by Frank Lloyd-Wright (which incidentally, he designed to be a large-lot, horizontally spreading development that became a prime inspiration for urban sprawl). For more details and registration info go to SOLAR 2010 Program.
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AMTRAK "NORTHERN FLYER" MEETINGS WITH KDOT & LAWRENCE OFFICIALS
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
5:00-6:00pm, Lawrence City Commission Chambers
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will meet with Lawrence and Douglas County officials to present a feasibility study for a possible Amtrak "Northern Flyer" train from Dallas-Ft. Worth to Kansas City. They will explain potential ridership, schedules, costs, and requirements for communities to be "train ready", as well as grants that communities could apply for.
6:30-8:00pm, Lawrence Union Pacific Depot
KDOT will hold a public meeting with formal presentations at 6:45pm and 7:30pm. They are soliciting input about the options for the Northern Flyer. For more info go to Northern Flyer Alliance, Inc.
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"WITHIN REACH" FILMMAKERS' PRESENTATION ¤ FILMS FOR ACTION
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 7:00-8:30pm - $
Liberty Hall, 644 Mass St., Lawrence KS
In celebration and exploration of all things green, two bicyclists are on a year-long journey around the United States to share what they've learned about sustainable communities. They have visited and filmed 100 sustainable communities of all types as a project to make the film "Within Reach", to be released in 2011. The evening will include an interactive presentation, video-clips from the film in progress, and a dynamic group exercise in community building. For more info Watch the trailer, and check their website.
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"DIRT: THE MOVIE" ¤ SCREENED BY FILMS FOR ACTION & LOCAL BURGER
Monday, 24 May 2010, 7:00-8:40pm - $
Liberty Hall, 644 Mass St., Lawrence KS
Though the term "soil" might be more reverential for the sublime subject matter that this film honors, Dirt: The Movie nevertheless provides a superb view of our planet's living skin. It features a range of agronomists, activists, and organizers like Vadana Shiva, Wes Jackson, and Wangari Maathai, describing how healthy soil supports all life, how industrial abuse is destroying our soils, and how we have the means to preserve and heal the soil. For more info go to Dirt! The Movie. Free Veggie Burger bites provided by Local Burger. More films at Films for Action.
The SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK, Inc. is a Kansas not-for-profit organization. DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED, and checks can be mailed to P.O.Box 1064, Lawrence KS 66044. Our mission is to advocate and organize societal scale action to address sustainability issues. The triple crises of Energy-Ecology-Economy are building so rapidly that large scale action is needed immediately and methodically to overcome institutional barriers and advance public policy that preserves ecological sustainability. Our focus is to build a relocalized economy-ecology in concert with the Transition Town movement occurring in many other communities. To join the Sustainability Action Network please contact us at <paradigm@ixks.com>
Our current projects include:
1) Transition Kaw Valley - initiating transition to a relocalized post-carbon economy, and municipal level Peak Oil response planning.
2) Kaw Permaculture Collaborative - developing skills and resources for poly-cropping sustainable food production.
3) Energy Conservation & Renewables - advancing a green economy through decentralized technologies and regulations, for conservation and renewable energy.
4) Land Consortium - organizing interested stakeholders to acquire prime farmland in the urban fringe for land-based economic development and regional food security.
5) Water Rights and Watersheds - protecting the water commons, the source of all life, from privatization and contamination, and restoring our watersheds.
6) Electric & Human Powered Vehicles - promoting neighborhood electric vehicles and utility tricycles, including infrastructure and pro-active regulations.
7) Weekly Sustainability Announcements - informing and encouraging others to become active in the Sustainability Action Network, or other action driven groups.
8) Collaboration with sister organizations - such as: The Light Center eco-village; Kaw Valley Food System farm-based economic development; Citizens for Responsible Planning; Films for Action; Kansas River Valley Growers fighting for local water rights; national efforts by the Sustainable Energy Network; KC Metro groups like the Kansas City Food Circle and the All Species Project, etc.
We welcome suggestions for items to be included. Please send items to <paradigm@ixks.com>
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SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK, Lawrence Kansas
4 May 2010
Local Solutions for Transition to a Sustainable Economy
ECO RADIO KC ¤ WEEKLY ECOLOGICAL ISSUES RADIO SHOW
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 12:00noon ¤ on Kansas City Community Radio
Listen at KKFI-FM 90.1, or on web-streaming at http://www.kkfi.org/
On EcoRadio KC this week, Steve Mann will host a discussion about the Kansas City Missouri Urban Agriculture Zoning issues. The discussion will be among several guests from the urban farming contingent and Kansas City officials.
Stay tuned at 12:30 when the Bioneers radio series presents "All My Relations: Indigenous Visions", with Oren Lyons, Leslie Gray, and John Mohawk.
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KC URBAN AG BUSINESS REFORMS ¤ CODE REVISIONS AT CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 1:30pm - City Council Planning & Zoning Committee, City Hall
After passing two political hurdles at City Hall, the urban agriculture zoning revisions will be discussed by the full Council as recommended by the Planing & Zoning Committee. The Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture and the Food Policy Coalition of Greater Kansas City are inviting all interested parties to attend the above meeting and express your support. Alternately, you could write your Council Person, or ask your church or community group to give support. For details go to Greater KC Food Policy Coalition - ning, or Urban Grown Newsletter_April 2010.
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ALL THE EASY OIL IS GONE ¤ HUBRIS OF ONE MILE UNDER-OCEAN DRILLING
As the world's on-land oil fields are in terminal decline, including the giant Saudi Ghawar field, countries have turned to the deeper, more remote, and underwater fields - the proverbial bottom of the barrel. Understandably, these wells require more time and resources to tap, so the oil costs more. In the 1930's the Energy Return On Investment (EROI) was 100:1 - 100 barrels extracted per one expended. Today the EROI is 11:1 and dropping. In addition to the $544 million just to lease the Deepwater Horizon floating drilling platform from Transocean, Inc., for British Petroleum to tap into the Mississippi Canyon Macondo oil field has required many hundreds of millions more. Now on top of that, BP is facing a potential $12.5 billion in liabilities for capping the well rupture, oil clean up, fishery damage, disruption of tourism and fishing industries, and wrongful death lawsuits - How much will the BP oil spill cost? Is this a workable policy for clean and cheap energy? Oil is now $86.15/barrel, a 72 percent increase from the $50/barrel of a year ago.
And intent on maximizing profits, oil industry operators cut costs anywhere, including safety. The BP drilling rig had multiple "fail-safe" methods in place including a 15,000psi Blowout Preventer, a hydraulic pressure valve trigger, and a manual shut off, all of which, uhhh, failed. But they did not have a "super-shear preventer" which cuts and squeezes a pipe at depth, most interestingly because of Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force. He had decided the cost of such a device was too burdensome on the oil extractors - Dick Cheney and the Oil Spill. Even more interesting is that the pressure surge at the well head, speculated as the cause of the explosion, occurred while the well casing was being strengthened with concrete by sub-contractor Halliburton - Halliburton is Suspect in BP Oil Spill. Halliburton is also being investigated for performing a poor cement job in the casing of a major blowout in the Timor Sea off Australia last August. And in typical Dick Cheney style, Halliburton is deflecting ideas of their responsibility in the matter by the pretense that "It is premature and irresponsible to speculate on any specific causal issues.…"
There is no end in sight for this catastrophe nor the complex and opaque web of intrigue guiding our energy priorities and procedures. It remains to be seen whether our corporatist president will roll over for his handlers so as to maintain their line of profit, or if he will reverse himself on the cavalier folly of off-shore drilling. To follow current developments, these sites are very useful - Peak Oil Context for BP's Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon Incident | NOAA, gCaptain | A Maritime Blog.
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LAWRENCE PEAK OIL TASK FORCE
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 4:00pm
City Manager's Conference Rm., City Hall 4th Floor, 6th & Massachusetts St.
The task force is in the process of compiling and editing chapters of the draft Peak Oil Plan. So far there is an introduction and five chapters which need to be meshed into a consistent format. The content is open to revision, and a couple more chapters are in the works, so the public is welcome to provide input at the meetings. This article - The next crisis: prepare for peak oil - WSJ.com - provides a perspective of peak oil distinct from the ecological perspective.
Meetings are open to the public, and the public is encouraged to attend. And the Peak Oil Task Force web page has developed an extensive list of resources (click on "resources") including other cities' action plans such as San Francisco and Portland, videos, advocacy groups like Post Carbon Institute and Transition Boulder County, and key data and reports.
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5th ANNUAL REALLY, REALLY FREE MARKET
Saturday, 8 May 2010, 10:00am-1:00pm
Clinton City Park, 5th & Alabama St., Lawrence KS
The gift must always move! This free and open market will be a celebration of the cooperation and gift-giving that make life possible beyond the constraints of capitalists markets. Everyone is invited to give and receive clothing, household items, books, plants, seeds, crafts, information, skills, music, services, art, performances, stories, food, etc. There is no buying, selling, bartering, or exchanging involved-in this market, everything is strictly FREE!
Small items and clothing not taken from the Really, Really Free Market will be donated to the Penn House or Social Service League thrift store. However, large items cannot be transported to the thrift store. People are asked to take responsibility for any large items they bring that are not taken by the end of the event.
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LAWRENCE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 5:30pm
Recycling and Resource Recovery Annex, 320 N.E. Industrial Lane, Lawrence KS
The May agenda will be available soon. The S.A.B. meets monthly to discuss any and all aspects of furthering sustainability policies and practices by the City of Lawrence government and private persons. The public is welcome. Minutes are finalized in about a month after each meeting http://www.lawrenceks.org/wrr/envadvisoryboard
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KANSAS CITY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 4:00-6:00pm
Mid America Regional Council, Rivergate Center 2nd floor, 600 Broadway, KC MO
The Environmental Management Commission promotes environmental awareness and resource efficiency to the City's leader and staff, to assist the progress of Kansas City toward sustainability. Members of the general public are encouraged to attend and observe meetings and to join and participate in its efforts. More information and the EMC April 2009 minutes are available at http://www.kcmo.org/manager.nsf/web/emc
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4th ANNUAL KANSAS CITY PLANT, SEED, & BULB EXCHANGE
Saturday, 15 May 2010, 9:00am to 12:00pm - FREE
Discovery Center of MO Dept. of Conservation, 4750 Troost, K.C. MO
Bring your labeled extras to put in the group, and it's all available to choose take home. Herbs, heirlooms, veggies, trees, seeds, bulbs, cuttings - you name it people bring it. It is all free and they do it to encourage gardening and growing locally. For more info contact dthrumc@sbcglobal.net.
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LAWRENCE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENT
Saturday, 15 May 2010, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Electronics devices typically contain toxic heavy metals like lead and mercury and cadmium, and precious metals like silver and gold. If recycled properly, these metals can be materials feed stock for new industrial processes, not to mention saving production costs, and keeping them out of the landfill.
This one day event will provide Lawrence residents and businesses a way to conveniently recycle old, unwanted electronics equipment. Items accepted for recycling are computer monitors, desktops, laptops, keyboards, printers and other peripherals, televisions, copiers, scanners, telephones, cell phones, pagers, fax machines, VHS/DVD drives, and hand held devices. There is a recycling fee for computer monitors ($10.00) and televisions ($15.00). There are no charges for other electronic equipment. Items not accepted are large appliances such as refrigerators and AC units. Fees may be paid by cash or check.
Electronic recycling will be provided by Extreme Recycling, Inc. http://www.extremerecyclinginc.com/ recycling the E-waste in accordance to Federal and Kansas Electronic Waste Processing Regulations. The event is sponsored by the City of Lawrence Waste Reduction & Recycling Division http://www.lawrencerecycles.org/
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SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK - MONTHLY MEETING
Sunday, 16 May 2010, 4:00pm
location TBA, Lawrence KS
Local Solutions for Transition to a Sustainable Economy
S.A.N. organizes societal scale action for ecological sustainability both in our personal lives, and through public policy changes. "Be the change you want to see". The S.A.N. meeting agenda will include:
- plans for Transition Kaw Valley presentations
- plans for 18 July Permaculture Tour
- refinements on our Challenge Statement and Mission Statement
- S.A.N.web site design
- report on new features of the Films For Action web site
- Lawrence Peak Oil Plan, suggestions for input
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REPEATED TAXPAYER LOANS TO SUNFLOWER ELECTRIC, FOLLOWED BY DEFAULT
Even as Sunflower Electric Co-operative (your 1400MW coal plant friends) has applied for another 895MW coal plant permit, they are in default on over five hundred million dollars in federal taxpayer loans. As a result, they have been forced three times by the Rural Utility Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to restructure the loans, some of which were written off.
Furthermore, in the deal brokered by Governor Parkinson last May, Sunflower is now protected from having its rate increases and expansion plans reviewed by the Kansas Corporations Commission, the official state agency to protect ratepayers and taxpayers. As mountaintop removal mining, deadly deep shaft mining, and toxic coal slurry proves that there is no such thing as clean coal, Sunflower continues to bet our money on coal, and squander critical time and financing for a transition to a clean renewable energy future. Fortunately, the Sierra Club and Earth Justice have filed a Federal court motion to prevent Sunflower's expansion RUS-Sunflower-motion.pdf (legalese for you wonks). For an overall report go to the GPACE blog at Pay No Attention to the Taxpayer Behind That Curtain!
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"SOLAR 2010" NATIONAL SOLAR CONFERENCE
Monday-Saturday, 17-22 May 2010 - $$
Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix AZ
Produced by the American Solar Energy Society, it claims to be the leading conference on the emerging trends, technology, and opportunities shaping the new energy economy. There will be many workshops, seminars, and tours, including a tour of Taliesin West by Frank Lloyd-Wright (which incidentally, he designed to be a large-lot, horizontally spreading development that became a prime inspiration for urban sprawl). For more details and registration info go to SOLAR 2010 Program.
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AMTRAK "NORTHERN FLYER" MEETINGS WITH KDOT & LAWRENCE OFFICIALS
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
5:00-6:00pm, Lawrence City Commission Chambers
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will meet with Lawrence and Douglas County officials to present a feasibility study for a possible Amtrak "Northern Flyer" train from Dallas-Ft. Worth to Kansas City. They will explain potential ridership, schedules, costs, and requirements for communities to be "train ready", as well as grants that communities could apply for.
6:30-8:00pm, Lawrence Union Pacific Depot
KDOT will hold a public meeting with formal presentations at 6:45pm and 7:30pm. They are soliciting input about the options for the Northern Flyer. For more info go to Northern Flyer Alliance, Inc.
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"WITHIN REACH" FILMMAKERS' PRESENTATION ¤ FILMS FOR ACTION
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 7:00-8:30pm - $
Liberty Hall, 644 Mass St., Lawrence KS
In celebration and exploration of all things green, two bicyclists are on a year-long journey around the United States to share what they've learned about sustainable communities. They have visited and filmed 100 sustainable communities of all types as a project to make the film "Within Reach", to be released in 2011. The evening will include an interactive presentation, video-clips from the film in progress, and a dynamic group exercise in community building. For more info Watch the trailer, and check their website.
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"DIRT: THE MOVIE" ¤ SCREENED BY FILMS FOR ACTION & LOCAL BURGER
Monday, 24 May 2010, 7:00-8:40pm - $
Liberty Hall, 644 Mass St., Lawrence KS
Though the term "soil" might be more reverential for the sublime subject matter that this film honors, Dirt: The Movie nevertheless provides a superb view of our planet's living skin. It features a range of agronomists, activists, and organizers like Vadana Shiva, Wes Jackson, and Wangari Maathai, describing how healthy soil supports all life, how industrial abuse is destroying our soils, and how we have the means to preserve and heal the soil. For more info go to Dirt! The Movie. Free Veggie Burger bites provided by Local Burger. More films at Films for Action.
The SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK, Inc. is a Kansas not-for-profit organization. DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED, and checks can be mailed to P.O.Box 1064, Lawrence KS 66044. Our mission is to advocate and organize societal scale action to address sustainability issues. The triple crises of Energy-Ecology-Economy are building so rapidly that large scale action is needed immediately and methodically to overcome institutional barriers and advance public policy that preserves ecological sustainability. Our focus is to build a relocalized economy-ecology in concert with the Transition Town movement occurring in many other communities. To join the Sustainability Action Network please contact us at <paradigm@ixks.com>
Our current projects include:
1) Transition Kaw Valley - initiating transition to a relocalized post-carbon economy, and municipal level Peak Oil response planning.
2) Kaw Permaculture Collaborative - developing skills and resources for poly-cropping sustainable food production.
3) Energy Conservation & Renewables - advancing a green economy through decentralized technologies and regulations, for conservation and renewable energy.
4) Land Consortium - organizing interested stakeholders to acquire prime farmland in the urban fringe for land-based economic development and regional food security.
5) Water Rights and Watersheds - protecting the water commons, the source of all life, from privatization and contamination, and restoring our watersheds.
6) Electric & Human Powered Vehicles - promoting neighborhood electric vehicles and utility tricycles, including infrastructure and pro-active regulations.
7) Weekly Sustainability Announcements - informing and encouraging others to become active in the Sustainability Action Network, or other action driven groups.
8) Collaboration with sister organizations - such as: The Light Center eco-village; Kaw Valley Food System farm-based economic development; Citizens for Responsible Planning; Films for Action; Kansas River Valley Growers fighting for local water rights; national efforts by the Sustainable Energy Network; KC Metro groups like the Kansas City Food Circle and the All Species Project, etc.
We welcome suggestions for items to be included. Please send items to <paradigm@ixks.com>
To subscribe to this list, please send an e-mail to <paradigm@ixks.com> with the subject line reading “subscribe to Sustainability Announcements”.
If you do not care to continue on this announcements list, please respond "unsubscribe to Sustainability Announcements" at <paradigm@ixks.com>
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