Earth Day Spokane

What: April 25th, 2009: Concert and Earth Week Celebration Pre-Party Benefit for Pedals2People, 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.  Check out the flyer for more info.

Where: Empyrean Coffee House, 154 S. Madison, Spokane

Featuring:

-Live Music by Johanna Kunin, her band, Olive Green, and Alexandra Mackey

-Live readings by environmental writer Estar Holmes “Message in a Bottle: Lost in Nuke country”.

-Environmental films to be featured at Riverfront Park the following day

Suggested donation of $5, proceeds benefit Pedals2People

www.pedals2people.org

This collection of 12 short films on food and sustainability are entertaining as well as informative! They are great to watch as a complete collection or individually as accompaniments to feature-length films. These films will be shown at 12:30pm and 3:00pm at City Hall City Council Chambers.  Don’t miss Estar Holmes speaking at 2:10pm and 4:40pm!

Titles on this collection include:

The Luckiest Nut In The World
Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary)
Food Justice: A Growing Movement
Recycle
Terminator Tomatoes
Young Agrarians
Profit Cola
Water Warriors
Don’t Worry
One More Dead Fish
The Meatrix
Ripe for Change

All under 8 minutes. Check out our other collections at www.mediathatmattersfest.org

A community dialogue on sustainability and environmental issues will be held at the South Hill Huckleberry’s bistro area. Down to Earth Northwest will be moderating the first of many discussions this Saturday, April 18th, 2009 at 3pm.

Panelists will include Jim Schrock, owner of Earthworks Recycling, Inc., Janice Raschko, President of One World Spokane, Taylor Weetch a Youth Development Project Associate, and Brian Estes of Spokane Tilth.

For more information on this event, visit DTE at http://www.downtoearthnw.com/blogs/down-earth/2009/apr/15/important-dte-announcement/.

One World Spokane needs help in creating it’s stage-one Community Garden!

Our first work party will be this Saturday, April 18, from 10:00am-2:00pm.  Our main needs are as follows:

1)  Build Garden Boxes:   We have currently have enough lumber for approx 10 beds.  They are pretty simple to put together, but if you have a skill saw and/or electric drill with screwdriver bits, it would really help!  We are also in need of Long galvanized deck screws.

2) repot seedlings;   We have been donated over 200 seedling plugs which need to be repotted into larger containers.

3) turn, amend compost;  compost needs to be removed from bins, amended w/brown material and manure, and returned in layers.

4)  Spread bark;  we have a large amount of bark being delivered, and  it needs to be spread in the prep area.

Please let me know if you will be available to help…..  Thanks in advance…You are appreciated!

Shelli Pitner   474-9049

Plan on attending Millwood’s Arbor Day celebration at the City Park April 25th, 2009 at 9am.

We will plant a tree and Spokane Conservation District arborist, Garth Davis, will talk about trimming, planting for energy conservation, and common plant pathogens.

After the arbor day event, we will turn loose on the city and start our annual spring clean up day!

Millwood Presbyterian Pastor Craig Goodwin is organizing the event.

PROJECT HOPE SPOKANE, in association with RIVERFRONT FARM and GREEN JOBS NOT JAILS, presents…..

SEEDS OF CHANGE: A Local Food Systems Educational Series

Thursdays, 7:00pm @ The Porch Church (1804 W. Broadway)
FREE with food donation for area food bank or seeds for farms

Date: Wednesday, May 13
Location: Coffman Engineering , 10 N. Post St., Ste. 500
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Come listen to Ryan Yahne discuss legal issues around sustainability. Cost is free!

LUG-IN’s are open to the public and offered monthly on the second Wednesday of the month, 7:30-8:30am.
Continuing Education Credits are available

To register, visit http://www.cascadiagbc.org/ or contact Dan Kurtz at (509) 838-8240 or dkurtz@NACARCHITECTURE.com.

Date: Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Location: Red Lion Inn at the Park

Time: 10am to 2pm

You must register for this event at http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=722000 or contact Jordan Deja at (360) 725-2980 or JordanD@cted.wa.gov.

Come join the forum bringing together interested parties in residential energy conservation opportunities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). There are three funding streams for energy conservation, including the Low Income Weatherization Program, the State Energy Program (SEP), and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG). Each have their own requirements, purposes, and application procedures. The common element among all three is the opportunity for coordination and collaboration for funds directed to residential energy conservation. While use of the funds may not have been determined yet for SEP and EECBG, it’s a good time to make local connections, identify local needs and opportunities, and determine next steps.

Our focus is on residential energy conservation and repair, as funded by ARRA. Attendees should include current low income weatherization and energy assistance service providers, utilities, non-profit organizations and small business examining ARRA opportunities, municipalities applying for EECBG funds, and other interested parties.

Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided

Transformational Lecture Series: Clark Brockman (LEED User Group will present “Climate Responsive Designs: Reflections on Place-Based Buildings and Communities.”

Date: Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Location: Magic Lantern Theatre, Saranac Building (25 W Main)

Time: 5pm to 7pm (doors open at 5pm, lecture starts at 5:30pm)

Cost: Free for Cascadia members & students (Please remember to bring your Cascadia passport to receive free admission)

$10 for non-members

For more information visit www.cascadiagbc.org or contact Angie Morgan at (206) 223-2028 or angie@cascadiagbc.org.

Celebrate Earth Day with Inland Northwest Land Trust.

INLT is gathering a group of volunteers to partner with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Avista Utilities and Ducks Unlimited with their restoration efforts on the Pack River Delta.

Wednesday, April 22nd, INLT will make the trek up to the Pack River, just east of Sandpoint, ID to help in the restoration process. INLT volunteers will help plant soil stabilizing vegetation and reseed the islands with native grass vegetation.

Space is limited; please contact Drew Reinke at (509) 232-1342 or by email at Stewardship@inlandnwlandtrust.org if you’d like to help.