[GreenNotes] GreenNotes - 3/17/2008

[Tom Brown]

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PROGRESSIVE CALENDAR

  Mar 16 - Portage Avenue salon
  Mar 18 - Community Forum for Economic Development
  Mar 18 - Erik Reese on coal mining
  Mar 19 - Five Years Too Many: Rally/Vigil to End the War
  Apr 12 - GREEN Michiana: Sustainability Fair

Ongoing Events:

* MPJC peace vigil
  Mondays, 5-6 p.m. at Jefferson and Main St. South Bend
  574-289-2126 or http://www.michianapeacejustice.org.

* South Bend Equality Meeting (gender equality, human rights amendment)
  1st and 3rd Monday of each month, 7pm
  Unitarian Church on Northshore Blvd in South Bend

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## PORTAGE AVENUE SALON

Hear ye! Hear ye!

The Portage Ave. Salon will be meeting this Sunday from 7-9pm at 611 
Portage Ave. Come for conversation & friendly smiles. BYO beverage, 
optional veggie-friendly dish to share, friends, and an open mind.

Hope to see you here, and if you can't come this time, well, there's 
always next week! No need to rsvp, simply come if you can.

Warmly, Lily & Karl

## COMMUNITY FORUM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - CFED

The March meeting of the Community Forum for Economic Development is 
this Tuesday, March 18, from 7 -9 PM, at the office of the Minority 
Health Coalition in LaSalle Square (915 N. Bendix -- just south and west 
of the intersection of Bendix and Lincoln Way West).

This meeting will spotlight two projects of the Community Forum's Unity 
Committee, the ACE Mentor Project at Washington High School and a our 
after-school mentoring program at Dickinson Intermediate.  ACE is a 
national program that provides career direction for students in 
architecture, construction and engineering.  For the Dickinson program, 
we have partnered with Junior Achievement, the Community Health 
Partnership of Memorial Hospital, the Riverbend Community Math Center, 
and members of the Building and Construction Trades to develop a 
mentoring program for a group of eighth grade students.

We hope you will come and share our excitement about these new projects.
We'll also have a report from the LaSalle Square Steering Committee.  
They have begun the process of recommending a planning consultant for 
the revitalization.

We'll also have information on the program for the Third Annual 
Community Forum on Economic Development -- to be held on Sat. April 26 
at IU South Bend.

Hope to see you tomorrow!

## ERIK REECE PUBLIC LECTURE ON COAL MINING

On Tuesday, March 18 - Indiana University South Bend is hosting a public
lecture by Erik Reece, author of Lost Mountain: Radical Strip Mining and
the Devastation of Appalachia.

Erik Reece, Author of Lost Mountain (2006)
Public Lecture: March 18, 2008, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Weikamp 1001

Erik Reece is the author of Lost Mountain, a literary nonfiction work
about the coal industry and radical strip mining. He teaches at the
University of Kentucky. This book is extraordinary in connecting issues
of nature, health, history, poverty, and economic forces.

Since 94% of Indiana's electricity is generated from coal - this topic
definitely hits home here.

The Sierra Club, the Audubon Society and Citizen Action Coalition have
been active in coal issues in Indiana.

## FIVE YEARS TOO MANY

Rally & Vigil to End the Iraq War
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:11:39 +0000
Public area infront of Morris Performing Arts Center
211 N. Michigan Street
19 Mar, 6:00 PM

Michiana residents will gather to mark the 5th anniversary of the start 
of the Iraq war and occupation. Nearly 4,000 American troops have been 
killed and tens of thousands wounded. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis 
have been killed, wounded or displaced. It's long past time for our 
elected officials in Washington to listen to us and end this endless war.  

Bring Signs, Candles and Friends!
 
Sponsored by:

 Michiana Peace & Justice Coalition (www.michianapeacejustice.org)
 WAND of Northern IN (www.wandin.org)
 St. Joe Valley Project-Jobs with Justice (www.sjvp.org)
 Center for Peace and Non-violence (www.cpnv.org)  and more.  

Kathy Liggett
574.220.0846

## GREEN MICHIANA: SUSTAINABILITY FAIR

A Sustainability Fair for Home, Garden and Road
Saturday, April 12, 2008; 10 am - 4 pm
Administration Building Cafeteria
Indiana University South Bend

As part of our year-long series of events related to Indiana University 
South Bend's campus theme: "Sustainable Communities", we are hosting a 
sustainability fair and recycling drive to raise public awareness of

 - local "green" businesses,
 - alternatives in construction, transportation and gardening, and
 - ways to reduce waste and recycle more.

GreenNotes will publish more on the Sustainability Fair in the next 
issue, including a PDF flyer.

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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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