[GreenNotes] GreenNotes - Jan. 4, 2008

Fri Jan 4 08:00:10 PST 2008

Please circulate widely. Contact us to include your announcement in 
GreenNotes.

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PROGRESSIVE CALENDAR

* Jan 12 - SJVGreens Congress 
* Jan 15 - Community Forum for Economic Development meeting
* Jan 19 - "Earth Friendly Eating - Living Green" seminar
* Jan 19 - "A Little Taste of Peace"
* Jan 20 – Progressive Town Hall
* Jan 21 - Martin Luther King Day activities 
* Jan 19-26 - Michiana Call to Action 

Thanks to Linda Wolfson at CFED for calendar updates.

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ST. JOE VALLEY GREENS CONGRESS

The local Greens meet at least once per year to set goals, empower working groups and committees to realize the goals and review our effectiveness since the previous Congress. Greens often hold two Congresses each year.

This Congress we will screen a film, share a meal, review our previous goals and set new ones. The public is welcome. Please let us know you are coming.

  Where: Weikamp Hall, room 2170, IUSB
  When: January 12, 2008; schedule and agenda to be announced
  Who: Public is invited to join us
  Why: Plan for the next 6-12 months

COMMUNITY FORUM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Where: Minority Health Coalition Office, 915 N. Bendix Drive (in LaSalle Square) 
When: Tuesday, January 15, 7-9 pm 
What: An interactive activity has been planned, focusing on the need for strong and enforceable tax abatement ordinances in South Bend, Mishawaka, and St. Joe. Co. By the end of this meeting, you'll be an expert on why! 

EARTH FRIENDLY EATING - LIVING GREEN SEMINAR

January 19, 2008
Saturday 11:00 am
Main Library, Dickinson Room

Would you like to make your nutrition greener, your diet healthier?  You can do it!  Please join us as Judith Rubleske, RN, Nutritionist, leads our exploration of the many ways that we can make our eating more eco-friendly including buying locally grown food, using whole and organic food, and growing our own.

Learn about how our food choices affect the world's water supply, global warming, and our health...how our living green choices make a better world possible. Enjoy some eco-snacks and take home some green recipes.
Come to rekindle your determination in living earth friendly.  Everyone is welcome. Please register online at the link below or call the library at 282-4630.
http://evanced.info/stjoseph/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=7835

A LITTLE TASTE OF PEACE

Bring a dessert, or other finger food to share, and participate in a discussion about how we can work together for justice and peace in out community. 

Where: St. Adalbert Catholic Church, 2505 W. Grace St., South Bend (500 block of S. Olive) 
When: Saturday, January 19, 6:30 - 9 PM 
Who: People of all races, cultures and religons are invited to attend. Childcare will be provided when requested in advance 
RSVP: South Bend Human Rights Commission. Please call Vicky at 574-235-9355 to make your reservation. 

2008 Sponsors include: South Bend Human Rights Commission, United Religious Communities (URC), the CommUnity Religious Effort (CURE), Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership of Saint Mary's College (CWIL), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY 

Planning for Martin Luther King Day activities at the Century Center are underway. Watch for details in upcoming communications. 

MICHIANA CALL TO ACTION

January 19-26.

The Michiana Social Forum invites area residents to participate in a Michiana Call to Action during the week of January 19-26, 2008. The week's activities are planned to coincide with the World Social Forum's call for a global week of action (www.wsf2008.net). Throughout the week, Michiana groups speaking out for labor rights, peace and justice, and sustainability will lead us in actions supporting specific initiatives. Working together we aim to build new relationships across different organizations and constituencies. The week's activities will culminate on Saturday during an event at the St. Joseph County Public Library where people can learn more about the World and U.S. Social Forums, reflect on the week's activities, become familiar with local groups and initiatives, and join in discussions about launching a local social forum process in Michiana. 

For more information about the Michiana Social Forum, visit our web site at http://www.michianasocialforum.org/About.html

PROGRESSIVE TOWN HALL

If you are you looking for a fairly easy yet educational and progressive New Years resolution, the Progressive Town Hall will meet to discuss a topic that relates to our fair habitat, the cities of South Bend and Mishawaka. 

On January 20th at 4pm in the Fiddler’s Hearth Pub, we will discuss the concept of Cool Cities and how we can help our cities to sign on and see the benefits. Christine Fiordalis from the Sierra Club and guests will be on hand to give all the information. Also, Kathleen Petitjean will be discussing the hydropower project for the St. Joseph River in "The River that Runs through Us: Embracing the Force that Birthed South Bend".

We will invite the city councils and mayors from both South Bend and Mishawaka to attend to also learn about this great initiative. Food and drink are available continuously during the town hall.

GREEN TV

It's Comcastic! GreenTV is dead. Long live GreenTV. 

Comcast pulled the plug on public access programming in Indiana on December 15. The South Bend Department of Public Works may hold hearings in response. 

Whatever the official reaction, the issue of reformatting GreenTV for broadcast on the World Wide Web is on the agenda for the St. Joe Valley Green's Congress on January 12. If you have an interest in public access programming, please attend the Congress.

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WHAT'S FRESH AT WWW.SJVGREENS.ORG

Here are just a few of the recent articles.

* Greenwash at BP Whiting refinery
  http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/greenWashAtWhiting.shtml

* National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran Undermines Bush-Cheney' Claims and Intentions
  http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/nieIran.shtml

* BP Refinery Toxics Waiver - BP Tar Sands Oil Production
  http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/bpTarSandsOil.shtml

* Toxics in IN; 2 Opportunities to Act (US Steel, Duke Energy)
  http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/toxicsInIndiana.shtml

* CAFOs, Honeybees, Cage-Free Eggs
  http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/cafosHoneybees.shtml

* 17,000 Signatures in 6 Days to Impeach Cheney -- Add Yours
  http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/impeachCheney5.shtml

* U.S. Green Party Co-Chair receives award for leadership in drug law reform
  http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/gpusLeader.shtml

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KEY VALUES OF THE GREENS

1. Ecological wisdom
2. Social justice
3. Grassroots democracy
4. Nonviolence
5. Decentralization
6. Community-based economics
7. Feminism
8. Respect for diversity
9. Personal and global responsibility
10. Future focus

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St. Joe Valley Greens, South Bend, IN
http://www.sjvgreens.org/
mailto: tbrown at sjvgreens.org or khardy at sjvgreens.org