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 "Simply Healthy: Creating Sustainable Communities" Simply Living Fair and Wellness Expo - Living Simply Well, Community Building, Eating Local and Eating Healing Meals, November 12 -14th, 2009, Bloomington, Indiana. Keynotes Diana Leafe Christian, Author and Editor of Communities Magazine presenting “Sustainable Living in Community: Ecovillages, Transition Towns, and More”!; Kellie Osmon speaking at Local Food Dinner by Food Works for Middle Way House , Community Conversation Moderated by Marti Crouch; Healing Sound Concert with performances from Tom Roznowski, Alain Barker, Daryl Breeden, Patricia C. Coleman Steve Pollittt, Deb Phelps, Carol Marks. Vendors, Workshops - Contact: Patricia at simplyhlthy@gmail.com or visit http://www.simplyhealthyfair.net Earth Hour is set for March 28, 2009! Lights will be turned out at Rome's Coliseum, the Sydney Opera House, the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square, Chicago's Sear's Tower, the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, and Indy's own IPL building on the Circle in this sustainability movement. "77 countries and 680 cities have already committed to VOTE EARTH for Earth Hour 2009, as part of the world’s first global election between Earth and global warming." Earth Hour will be celebrated by the Irvington Green Initiative on Sat. Feb. 28 at Lazy Daze Coffeehouse, 10 Johnson Ave. At 8:30 pm we’ll go dark for a solid 60 minutes while we converse, snack, sip, and vote for Earth. Biking, carpooling, and walking to Lazy Daze are encouraged. Join Carmel Green Initiative and let the earth rest for 1 hour beginning at 8:30pm on Saturday, March 28th when millions of people around the world will turn out and take action. Local Food Stimulus Package - or how to put $300 million into Indiana's economy. By Victoria Wesseler on her "Going Local Blog." Ball State University to replace coal-fired boilers with geothermal heating and cooling. This will be the largest such system in the country. Live Energy Smart This winter, as budgets get tighter, IPL offers you options to save energy and money while keeping your family warm and safe. From Budget Billing to household weatherproofing to seasonal safety, IPL wants to help you stock up on ideas and info on how to Live Energy Smart. Public Meeting Notice The City of Indianapolis, Office of Environmental Services will hold a public meeting to discuss the future of air quality programs in Marion County. Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Time:6:30 p.m. Place: Public Assembly Room City-County Building 200 East Washington Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Oral and written comments will be accepted at the meeting. Written comments may also be made in advance to: City of Indianapolis Office of Environmental Services 2700 South Belmont Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46221 or ermd@indygov.org Prevent the next Tennessee Coal Sludge Disaster - Send a letter to your member of Congress. The theme for the 2009 Spirit & Place Festival is "Inspiring Places." Applications are now available online and due Friday, March 6th. Workshops on collaborations and how to complete the application will be held in January and February. 2009 Resolutions – Taking the Next Step Towards Sustainability With the New Year upon us, resolve now to become more knowledgeable about sustainability and take action. To get started, here are links to sites that relate to the four core values of the Earth Charter. 1. Respect for the community of life. Learn more about the Earth Charter. Indiana Sierra Club – working to make Indiana green. Subscribe to the Treehugger blog. Subscribe to Chef Ann Cooper’s blog about school lunches. 2. Ecological Integrity We Can Solve It (The Climate Crisis) Hoosier Environmental Council – Become an advocate for Indiana’s environment. Subscribe to Indiana Living Green magazine. Join the Indiana Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. 3. Social and Economic Justice National Council of Churches of Christ Eco-Justice Programs ONE is Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life - united as ONE - to help make poverty history. Redefining Progress - think tank dedicated to smart economics. 4. Democracy, nonviolence and peace. Peace Learning Center – Indianapolis-based community educational institution promoting healthy learning, workplace and community environments. Join the Indiana Peace and Justice Network Amnesty International – action for human rights. Looking for people in Indiana to start a conversation about global water issues: "As concerned citizens and humans, we are searching for community members to participate in developing local, innovative solutions that address our part in the global freshwater crisis. With your involvement, we want to reframe how people think about and manage water, reevaluate how we solve water issues, and inspire people to act." Would you be willing to share your ideas, passion and be a part of this endeavor? Your involvement could be as much or as little as you choose. Join the conversation. Email: freshwaterchallenge@gmail.com http://freshwaterchallenge.wordpress.com http://www.myspace.com/freshwaterchallenge Tips for a Green Conscious Christmas - Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Indianapolis put together a great flyer that you can download here. New Local Whole Wheat Flour - can be ordered through Farm Fresh Delivery Feel Good Foods is proud to bring you the only locally grown and milled flour on the market.Made from Alice White Winter Wheat,this unbleached flour is freshly milled weekly by Brandon.This nutrient rich flour isperfect for baking your holiday cookies, pie crusts, and anybread that does not rise. After the wheat is dried in a brick oven it is taken to a stone mill in Columbus, Indiana that was built in the 1890's. This mill was originally run on a steam engine. Since this flour is made from the whole wheat berry, it is perishable and should be refrigerated up to 4 months or frozen up to 6 months. Sold in 2pound bags, this flour is a great way to bake healthy treats for your family from truly local ingredients. Keith and Anna Welch grow this local wheat without chemicals at Fields of Agape Farm in Carthage, Indiana.Their mission is to bring natural, wholesome, and affordable food to local communities.They believe that working together is the key to sustainability and ensuring that consumers have access to locally grown food. Thewheat berries that are ground into this flour are an amazingly nutrient dense food, naturally rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber. To find out more about Fields of Agapecheck outPBS this Saturday,November 22nd at 6:30pm. Environmentalists win big EPA ruling Thanks to the efforts of the Sierra Club, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) will no longer be able to ignore global warming pollution caused by coal-fired power plants. Indy Winter Farmers Market - begins this Saturday, November 15th! The Indy Winter Farmers Market connects local farmers with city residents by delivering fresh healthy produce to 2442 N. Central Ave. on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Indy Winter Market allows Indianapolis’ urban-dwelling residents to purchase vegetables, fruit, meat, baked goods, herbs, natural cleaning products and other locally produced food & household products straight from regional farmers. By directly connecting farmers and producers to Indianapolis area residents, the Indy Winter Market supports family farms, preserves farm land, delivers fresh healthy produce to those who need it most, and reduces the environmental effects that result from food traveling across the country or world. Students Imagine a Just, Sustainable, and Peaceful Community Last Saturday, November 8th, 7 students representing Brebeuf Jesuit, Herron, and Broad Ripple High Schools participated in a workshop facilitated by Peace Learning Center.Center. During the workshop, they brainstormed about their visions for just, sustainable, and peaceful communities and then produced visual depictions of their ideas. As part of the Spirit & Place Festival, Exploring Imagination, they then presented their artwork to community leaders and the general public. It was an inspiring and thought-provoking discussion. Their artwork is shown below and will be displayed at Peace Learning Center.Center.    Back Row: Mrs. Judy O'Bannon, Dr. Carol Johnston, Ben Knapp, Will McHenry, Bob Braddus, Keni Washington, Tim Nation Front Row: Sophia Yoo, Katie Cookerly-Dietrich, Natasha Alford, Jamie Williams IPL offers tabindex="0" style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: hidden; height: 6424px; width: 100%;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" name=" rebates to help change the world one bulb at a time  Saving money and energy this year can be as simple as the twist of an ENERGY STAR-qualified compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL). It’s a quick and easy solution to lowering utility bills in addition to saving energy and helping the environment. From Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2008 (or while supplies last), IPL is encouraging Indianapolis residents to “Change the World” one light at a time by replacing the bulbs in their home’s five most frequently used light fixtures with ENERGY STAR-qualified CFLs. IPL is helping Indiana residents make the simple switch to energy-efficient lighting by offering up to a tabindex="0" style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: hidden; height: 6424px; width: 100%;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" name=" instant cash-back rebate on ENERGY STAR-qualified CFL purchases. With the instant rebates, the CFLs will sell for as little as $0.99 at select Ace Hardware, True Value and Do-It Best locations, while supplies last.
These retail stores will also have CFL recycling bins available for customers to drop off any used CFL bulbs. Committing to change the world can start with simply changing a light bulb. Sustain Lane's 2008 ranking of U.S. cities lists Indianapolis 44th out of 50. Mayor Greg Ballard announces the formation of an Office of Sustainability for Indianapolis. The initiative will be called SustainIndy.  Summits on the impact of climate change in Indiana were held on Saturday, October 11th. Below, participants in Indianapolis view the keynote presentation at Butler University. 
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