March
April
September
September 10 - Community Education and Outreach Meeting - 5:30pm at Earth Fare
August
August 25 - Sustainable Greensboro Board Meeting - 5:30pm
July
June
June 2-3 - SJF Summit on the New Green Economy, Durham, NC. www.sjfund.com
May
May is Bike Month! Go to www.pedpower.org/bikemonth.htm for a full listing of events!
May 12 - Sustainable Styles - Hosted by the Junior League's Designer Showhouse. Dennis Quaintance (Quaintance-Weaver Resturants and Hotels) will be speaking. www.juniorleagueofgreensboro.org
May 14 - Go Green and Save Money - The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce is featuring an educational program at the 2009 Triad Business Showcase at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center in Room 1. The event is free. Go to www.greensborochamber.org for more information.
May 14 - Sea Turtle Benefit at Studio B (More Info to Come)
May 16 - Glenwood Multicultural Festival (www.glenfest.org). Sustainable Greensboro will have a table. Come visit!
May 27 - Green Drinks Greensboro at Elsewhere Artist Collaborative. 606-608 S. Elm St. 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
April
04.04 - Earth Day Fair @ Price Park/Kathleen Edwards Library, 1-5pm, 1420 Price Park Road. Event sponsored annually by the City of Greensboro Field Operations Department & Friends of the Greensboro Public Library. (Great American Cleanup precedes from 9am - noon, sponsored by Greensboro Beautiful.)
04.15 - A Clean Transportation Technology visits the Greensboro Coliseum on April 16th. Pre-registration is required. See the latest in alternative and hybrid vehicle technology.
04.18 - Piedmont Environmental Alliance Earth Day Fair on the campus of Wake Forest University.
04.22 - Earth Day Celebration, Center City Park, 4:30pm to 7:30pm. Sponsored by Sustainable Greensboro, Action Greensboro, and Elsewhere Artist Collaborative.
04.25 - Deep Roots Co-op Market's 14th Annual Co-0p Taste Fair, 12-4 pm, Food, music, festivities, free stuff, and a dog wash!
Visit Deep Roots for a taste of local, delicious food from local vendors, plus product samples from inside the store. Bring your dog for a non-toxic doggie bath! Learn about organics, GMOs, nutrition, and pick up tried-and-true natural recipes! Listen and dance to local musicians! Learn about Greensboro's only natural foods cooperative!
04.27 - Putting Trees to Work in Your Community, Alamance Community Center, Burlington
March
03.06 - What Comes Next? Sustainable Business Strategies in Uncertain Times? Come to this NC Sustainabile Business Council Forum at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Library from 9:30am to 3:00pm. Click here for registration and more information.
03.09 - Eat The Sky: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork" - Anna Lappe. 7:00pm, Salem College Fine Arts Center. 336.917.5313, or info@salemcollege.edu.
The Beverly Johnson Pritchard Lecture
Winner of the Nautilus Award for Social Change, Anna Lappé's book Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet, is co-written with her mother Frances Moore Lappé. It chronicles social movements around the world and addresses the root causes of hunger and poverty. Lappé's book Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen combines an exposé of industrial agriculture with seasonal menus. Named one of Time Magazine's "Eco-Who's Who," Lappé has been featured in The New York Times, Gourmet and O Magazine among others. Since 2002, Lappé has been collaborating with her mother through their Small Planet Institute as well as operating the Small Planet Fund (which has raised more than $500,000 for social movements worldwide, two of which have won the Nobel Peace Prize). Lappé will explore the connection between the food system and the climate crisis and what we can do about it.
Reception and book signing to follow the program. Free and open to the public.
03.12 - NCSU Lecture Series presents Kristen ford, Brown & Keener, Philadlephia, "Green Infrastructure for Grey Cities," 6:15pm Burns Auditorium, Kamphoefner Hall, NCSU, Raleigh.
03.14 - Haw River Cleanup-a-thon. The Haw River Assembly is hosting this local event at Haw River State park to remove old fence line, litter and debris. Contact the Assembly at info@hawriver.org, or 919.542.5790. Registration is required. Max. 40 people.
03.16 - Author Johnathan M. Estes will sign copies of his new book, Smart Green: How to implement Sustainable Business Practices in Any Industry and Make Money, at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School at 6pm. The school's Center for Sustainable Enterprise is hosting the presentation, which is free and open to the public, at Koury Auditorium on the UNC campus next to the Dean Smith Center. Early release copies of the book will be available. For more information, contact Rita Leadem at rita@strategicmeasuresinc.com.
03.18 - Green Drinks Greensboro - Natty Greene's Brewhouse, 3rd Floor, 5:30pm, sponsored by UNCG's Sustainability Committee
03.18 - Sustaining Your Business, 5:30-7:30pm, Piedmont Environmental Center, 1220 Penny Rd., High Point, NC. Light Refreshments will be served. Speaker: Ralph Kirschner, President of Kirschner Agency shares his experiences with companies making a difference, both to the world and to their bottom line.
03.19 - Sustainable Energy Alternatives & Their Impact on Low Income Citizens, See here for more conference information.
03.19 - NCSU Lecture Series presents Steven Kellenburg, EDAW, "Developing Sustainable Planned Communities," 6:15pm Burns Auditorium, Kamphoefner Hall, NCSU, Raleigh.
03.24 - North Carolina's Green Economy, presented by Dr. John Hardin (Acting Executive Director of the NC Board of Science and Technology) in the Maple Room of Elliot University Center, UNC-Greensboro, 2:00pm.
03.24 - Clean Water Lobby Day. Talk to your state legislators about key water quality and conservation legislation. Go here to register and for more information.
03.27 - When Death Knocks: A Community Symposium , 6:30-8:30pm, First Lutheran Church, 3600 W. Friendly Avenue. For more info call Faith Action: 336-379-0037 ext. 7. Mark Harris, journalist and author, to speak on "Natural Alternatives to the Modern Funeral." Free and open to the public (donations welcome.)
03.28 - Earth Fare Spring Kick-off. From 9-11am, grab breakfast with Larry's Bean's coffee, organic pastries and tea with proceeds going to the Piedmont Land Conservancy. Learn about composting, rain water conservation using rain barrels, and find out what the Piedmont land Conservancy is doing to preserve land in the Triad. We will also have free samples, “Green” basket raffles, Republic of Tea tasting, live music, a kid's class, and much more. See store or visit www.earthfare.com for more information.
*5% off store sales that days sales will benefit Piedmont Land Conservancy!
03.28 - First Annual Concert for Peace, Justice & Sustainability with Eliza Gilkyson. Church of the Covenant, 501 S. Mendenhall, 7:30pm. Tickets: $20 are available at Deep Roots Market or email PJNtickets@gmail.com.
03.31 - Be Healthy - Grow What You Eat Workshop - Karen Neill, Urban Horticulture Agent for Guilford County will be presenting information on how you can save money with your own productive garden. Time: 6pm at Earth Fare, 2965 Battleground Ave. Class limited to 25 people. Register by calling Pam Marshall at 375-5876 or pamela_marshall@ncsu.edu by March 30th.
February
02.18 - Green Drinks Greensboro - Natty Greene's Brewhouse, 5:30 pm
02.18 - "Tackling Air Quality and Climate change Issues through a Low-Carbon Electrical System: Implications for Businesses and Communities," - Stephen Doig, Ph.D., Lena Hansen, and Martha Pickett of the Rocky Mountain Institute at Catawba College's Center for the Environment, 2300 West Innes St., Salisbury, NC. Contact Amanda Lanier at 704.637.4727 or allanier@catawba.edu. Free and open to the public but registration is required.
02.26 - UNCG Sustainability Film Series, Black Diamonds charts the escalating drama in Appalachia over the alarming increase in large mountaintop coal mines. These mammoth operations have covered 1200 miles of headwater streams with mining waste; demolished thousands of acres of hardwood forest; and flattened hundreds of Appalachian mountain peaks. Directed by Catherine Pancake. Weatherspoon Art Museum 6:30pm.
02.26 - The Piedmont Environmental Alliance invites you to an Environmental Exchange on Greening Your Business from 7-9pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem, 4055 Robinhood Road in Winston-Salem. Business owners and employees will receive practical advice for how to improve their bottom line while making sustainable choices. Discussion will include energy management, water conservation, waste reduction, recycling, triple bottom line planning and more. Free and open to the public.
02.28 - Growing Community gardening conference hosted by UNC Greensboro. Get all of the details here.