Beyond today in the news. 5/17/07
Hey neighbors, go pick up a copy of the Booster newspaper.
Our Green Dinner series is in the news!
'Green' goes beyond the fringes
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/booster1/news/386496,b1-GreenDinners-051607-sl.article
Email if you'd like to host your own green dinner or attend one!
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Upcoming Events:
May 18 Water's Garden
Day Prep Email Pete if you
can help him get ready for the Water's School Festival. He needs to rent a truck
and get the stage. There's lots of work to do Friday and Saturday: wood chip
spreading, food and drink prep and clean up, setting up and taking down the
stage
May 19 Water's Garden Day
(**Did you know that CPS took $100,000 away from our school? Click
here to learn how you can help us get the money back and NOT lay off the teachers
and have even bigger classes.)
Come to Water's Organic Community and School Garden and help make it beautiful.
Lots of work and fun!
THOMAS J. WATERS FINE ARTS SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL DAY & GARDEN CLEAN-UP MAY 19, 2007 10 AM- 3 PM
10:00-10:30 Room 211: Greek Olympic Anthem & Opening Ceremony
10:30-10:45 Waters School Chorus
10:45-12:00 Classroom Fine Arts Performances
Rooms 107, 108, 202, 203, 205, 201, 301 & 302
12:00-12:15 Cambodian Youth Dance Troupe
12:15-12:30 Global Explorers: Folk Dance from Around the World
12:30-12:45 Room 307: Thai Dancing
12:45-1:00 Parent Ensemble: Mexican Folkloric Dance
1:00-1:30 James Conway: Irish Folk Music
1:30-2:00 Heitor Garcia Quartet: Brazilian Drumming & Capoeira Performance
2:00-3:00 Birthplace of Rhythm: World Music Drumming
Please bring a food dish to share, plates and cups for your family and some
lawn chairs. Our first ever Waters School Community Cookbook will be on sale
for $ 5.00. A pico de gallo contest will be held and the winner will receive
$25.00!
MANY THANKS to our families, community, PAC/NCLB and the International House
of Blues for their generous support of this event!
June 1-3 National Pesticide Forum in Chicago
June 1-3 (Friday-Sunday) The 25th National Pesticide Forum,
Changing Course in a Changing Climate: Solutions for health and the environment,
will be held June 1-3 at Loyola University (Water Tower campus), Chicago,
IL. See details at http://www.beyondpesticides.org/forum
Beyond Today co-sponsors the event. Call to let them know you are with
Beyond Today for a discount. Let us know you are going. We also would
love donations towards the registration fee for our interns who would
like to attend. Let us know if you'd contribute towards that. Thanks!
(Volunteers also needed to be at Beyond Today's table which will feature
information about the Anvil/West Nile issue)
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June 7 Big Fish Ball Friends of the Chicago River.
They need volunteers to prepare for this event. See the Friends of the Chicago
River Website for details.
Saturday, June 9 Beyond Today Town Hall forum/Environmental
Neighborhood Fair. 10AM-Noon Sulzer Library at Montrose and Lincoln
Come learn about the Anvil Spray for West Nile and tell us what you think!
Everybody will get 2 minutes at the microphone. Video segments will be aired
on YouTube.
Saturday, June 9 Beyond Today Town Hall forum/Environmental
Neighborhood Fair. 10AM-Noon Sulzer Library at Montrose and Lincoln
Green Neighborhood 101 at the Sultzer Library with Beyond Today
Join us at the library as we invite you to learn about and contribute to the
Environmental Neighborhood project.
Beyond Today runs a series of conversations about environmentalism called "Green
Dinners" These events happen in people's homes to help bring the community together
around environmentalism and a desire to prevent global warming. There's been
over 30 Green Dinners since last fall. These events aren't on the public calendar
since they are in neighborhood homes.
June 9th is our third public version of a green dinner. It's going to be different,
but we'll follow the same format, and, if you like it, invite you to host your
own green dinner to help this project spread to the block where you live. This
is an excellent event for those who are newly concerned about global warming
and those who are longtime environmentalists. We hope you'll share this invitation
with others who care about the environment and are trying to figure out how
to be most effective in their actions.
This is an excellent event for those who are newly concerned about global warming
and those who are longtime environmentalists. We hope you'll share this invitation
with others who care about the environment and are trying to figure out how
to be most effective in their actions. Drop in or stay the whole time!
Please forward to interested friends and neighbors. Please RSVP beyondtoday@beyondtoday.org
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Saturday June 16th: Riverbank Workday
9AM-noon East side of the river between Berteau and Pensacola somewhere.
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