addendum: upcoming events

1.
Radical Roots Plant Sale & Farm Tour Keezletown, Va.
April 28th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Come to Radical Roots and see a permaculture farm in the making! A 5 acre market garden with water catchment swales, food forest, permanenet raised beds and of course an abundant plant nursery. with free farm tour at 2:30

http://www.radicalrootsfarm.com/

2.
Charlottesville gardening business for sale
The 3 remaining members of Cville Foodscapes, Patrick, Kassia, and Sky are
looking to pass the business on to a new group of social entrepreneurs.
While the business has been very successful, each of us are ready to
pursue other ambitions.

Please contact us for more details on the tangible and intangible assets of
the business, and the terms of purchase. And please pass this along to
anyone who you think might be interested.

434 806 6255 - cvillefoodscapes@gmail.com

Sincerely,
Patrick, Kassia, and Sky
The Foodscapes Crew


3.
Tell Your Success Story

Come find out how to make social media work for both you and your business. Marijean Jaggers, president of reputation management firm Jaggers Communications, will share best practices on using the social media platform. Enjoy a complimentary lunch before we conclude with a Q&A about final submission of scorecards and documentation requirements.

THURSDAY, APRIL 19TH
11:00am—1:00pm
Water Street Conference Center
(407 East Water Street, Charlottesville)
Lunch Provided Courtesy of the Better Business Challenge
FREE & Open to ALL Local Businesses
Walk-Ins Welcome
PRE-REGISTER ONLINE AT:
www.charlottesville.org/econdev
OR Call 434-970-3117
http://cvillebetterbiz.org/events/#


4.
EARTHWEEK events near Charlottesville
http://earthweek.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=43&Itemid=59

Piedmont Virginia Community College
Monday, April 16, 2012
Bolick Student Center, 12:30 pm
Robbi Savage, director of the Rivanna Conservation Society, will be the featured speaker at PVCC. This event is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
"Gathering in the Garden" with the Horticulture and Environmental Club. 11 am - 1 pm.

Featured Events at the University of Virginia
All UVA events listed below are free and open to the public. Check out http://www.virginia.edu/sustainability/earthweek.html for the full listing of events by and through UVA.

Monday, April 16, 2012
Recycled Art and Crafts Fair
Jefferson Hall, West Range, 7 pm
Come join the Jefferson Society and learn how to make crafts using recycled materials.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
GIFT Project Showcase
Pavilion Garden 1, Lower Level, 12 - 2 pm
Join the Green Initiative Funding for Tomorrow (GIFT) Grant Allocation Committee for the public announcement and showcase of the inaugural 2012 GIFT recipients.

Thursday, April 19, 2012
UVA Eco Fair
McIntire Ampitheatre, 10 am - 3 pm
Meet UVA, local and regional organizations working to create a more sustainable earth and find fun and resourceful ways that you can make a difference too. Games, prizes and giveaways make it fun for everyone.

Friday, April 20, 2012
UVA Community Garden Potluck and Container Planting Workshop
O'Hill Community Garden (corner of McCormack and Alderman roads), 4 - 6 pm
Bring a dish to share and learn about container planting. Pots and plants will be provided.

Saturday, April 21, 2012
E-Cycle Drive
John Paul Jones Arena, 10 am - 2 pm
Bring your telephones, computers, televisions and other electronics for recycling. For more information, visit http://www.cyclesystems.com/escrap.php.

Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Wednesday, April 18 and Thursday, April 19
Wednesday showing: Vinegar Hill Theater, Charlottesville, 7 pm
Thursday showing: Visulite Cinema, Staunton, 7 pm
Presented by Wild Virginia, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival brings together a selection of award winning films that tell a story about our planet, our beautiful and precious wildlands, and the people of the communities who love and defend them. The festival is a call to action. The stories give us a sense of place and what it means to be responsible stewards of the earth. Tickets are $10 per person.
For more information, go to: http://www.wildvirginia.org/?page_id=338.

Grand Reopening of the Ivy Creek Barn
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Ivy Creek Natural Area, 2 pm
Come see all the work done inside our newly repaired barn at the Ivy Creek Natural Area. Starting outside the barn and quickly moving inside to see the repair work and new improvements made to the barn to keep it up for a long time to come. The event is free. Rain date is Sunday, April 22nd, 2 pm.

5th Annual Rivanna River Sojourn
Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22, 2012
Kick off your paddling season with the Rivanna Conservation Society and Blue Ridge Mountain Sports for a guided trip down the Rivanna River. The first day's river run starts at Milton/Shadwell and goes to Palmyra, with lunch at Crofton. The second day's run is from Palmyra to Columbia with lunch at Hell's Bend.
For more information or to register, go to www.rivannariver.org.

Historic Garden Week
Sunday, April 22 – Sunday, April 29, 2011
Sponsored by Albemarle Garden Club, Charlottesville Garden Club and Rivanna Garden Club, Historic Garden Week features guided group tours of some of the area’s most renowned
gardens, including Farmington, Monticello, UVA Pavilion Houses & Gardens, and more.
For a full schedule of events and to purchase tickets for any of the tours and lectures, please visit www.vagardenweek.org.

National Park Week
Saturday, April 21 - Sunday, April 29
The 2012 theme of National Park Week is "Picture Yourself in a National Park". Throughout the country, visitors can enjoy the beauty and wonder of 84 million acres of the world's most spectacular scenery, historic places and cultural places for FREE! Park visitors can plan their visit at www.nationalparkweek.org.

Blue Mountain Brewery Earth Day Fair and Growler Sale
Sunday, April 22
9519 Critzers Shop Road, Afton, 2 - 4 pm
The Blue Mountain Brewery Earth Day Fair will feature displays from great local organizations including Appalachian Voices, The Wildlife Center of Virginia, Outdoor Adventure Social Club, AM Fog, Misty Mountain Alpacas and the James River Association. The growler sale runs all day; get $5 off of a 68 ounce growler purchase (does not include fill up). Live music from Jeff V Bluegrass from 2:30 - 5 pm.
More info can be found at http://www.bluemountainbrewery.com/.

Green Egg and Jam
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Random Row Books, 315 W Main St, Charlottesville, 7-9 pm
Synopsis: Celebrate Nature with Words! Poets and philosophers have found their inspiration in the environment for centuries - not it's our turn! Stimulate your gray matter and express your feelings with an evening of green-centric live readings, both fresh and rediscovered.
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." -- William Shakespeare
Cost: Free, but on-site donations to Earth Week greatly appreciated

"Fresh" - a Movie and a Meal
Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Haven, Corner of 1st and Market (112 W Market St), Charlottesville
4 pm, showing of "Fresh," the movie (2009) (run time: 72 minutes) - in the Sanctuary
Synopsis: FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
6 pm, Fresh, the locavore meal - in the Kitchen/Dining Area

Synopsis: Join Leni Sorenson, the culinary historian at Monticello, and Cynnie Richardson, the owner of Bellair Farm and CSA, and others after the movie for a locally grown, locally sourced, hot meal! The topic of general discussion will be food - from how we grow it to how we get it to the table. Does good food have to be so expensive? Share your stories, get to know locavore proponents, and, though casual dinner-time discussion, figure out how you can make all your meals a little fresher!
Cost: $5-10 suggested donation. Kids free. If you can bring your own bowls, plates and cups for the meal, that would make the whole dinner more homey and eco-friendly (but it's not required)!

Virginia Native Plant Society - Plant Sale at Ivy Creek
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Ivy Creek Natural Area, 1 pm
Don't miss the unique opportunity to purchase garden grown native wildflowers, trees and ferns from the Jefferson Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society. The event starts at 1 pm and is free. Weather permitting, the sale will be in the Quiet Area near the barn. In case of rain, it will be heldin the barn.

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Back to Basics: Creating Sustainability and Conscious Community was created to build conscious community while sharing information and skills to prosper regardless of economic, political, health or climatic challenges. It is taking responsibility to prudently prepare to live in a way that is not dependent upon high technology or current (and highly vulnerable) means of delivery of required goods or services. Getting Back to Basics can sustain us in hard times. It is preparation for the worst while working to manifest the best.

POSSIBLE TOPICS to be discussed in meetings, field trips, newsletters and classes include:

FOOD: survival gardening, cold frames, greenhouses, food harvesting, dehydration, canning, storage, freeze-dried foods, where to get bulk foods, calculation of needs
WATER: water harvesting, storage, filtration and purification
ENERGY: wood, wind, solar, geothermal, alternative fuels, generators, back-up systems .
MONEY/EXCHANGE: how to manage/invest what you have now, and how to get what you need through non-money means, e.g., bartering.
HEALTH: stocking and understanding home medicine cabinet, basic self health care, homeopathy, growing medicinal herbs and making/using herbal medicines, first aid, energy medicine, detoxification, enhancing all systems of the body simply in non-toxic ways, mind-body healing
MIND: stress management, accessing subconscious resources for creative problem solving
SPIRIT: tapping into spiritual resources for healing, direction and inspiration
VISION: envisioning a society, neighborhoods or pods that enhance the true well-being and potential of each individual
NETWORKING: knowing who to contact to meet needs
CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING: group think tanks, lateral thinking
SAFETY
HOUSING

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