We did come and enjoy the music, food, people and the festival this weekend. It was awesome! The music was great, food was incredible and we left with a fistful of information and a gratifying feeling about being part of something good.
I was so inspired by all you festival-goers who stopped by The Change tent today. After dropping off your GREEN PASSPORTS many of you filled us in on what you are doing, or are going to do, to make a difference in your life and our city. Annalea, Brad and I are amazed by how many of you bike or walk to work, use cloth shopping bags and recycle everything you can get your hands on. Thank you to all of you who let us take your photo and share with the rest of the city what you are doing to engage the change!
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We Can Do It!
Engage the Change!
Today is a day to make some changes! One of the first tables you’ll see set up at the festival is The Change Tent, and it is definitely one you want to visit. Annalea and Brad are there from The Change to tell you all about local companies that are “Greener, Fairer and Truer.
At The Change Tent pick up an Organic Islands GREEN PASSPORT. This baby is basically a scavenger hunt through the festival exhibitors. Stop by the 12 tables listed, find out about that company, get your passport stamped and have a fun day in the sun learning about everything Victoria has to offer the green movement!
Start the “Movement”
“Once our personal connection to what is wrong becomes clear, we have to choose. We can go on as before, recognizing our dishonesty and living with it the best we can, or we can begin the effort to change the way we think and live.” – Wendell Berry
With “The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food”, Carolyn Herriot’s greatest hope is to kickstart a movement: the “grow your own food” movement.
Some Golden Rules
While container and lasagna gardening can make the idea of growing your own vegetables a lot more doable, the amount of knowledge that comes along with even beginning can be overwhelming too! In “The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food”, Carolyn Herriot provides us with 10 of her golden rules for growing great produce. Today, I am going to share a few of those with you.
Green Means Go!
It’s okay to admit that you’ve ignored the big “it.” You thought the green movement was for hippies, or hipsters, tree huggers and environmentalists. It’s not like you don’t recycle. Oh no! You dutifully recycle paper, plastics, tin cans and glass jars just like your mama taught you and wonder what more on earth you could possibly be expected to do. (Of course, in a pinch, you would toss a bottle in the trash can at the park – thinking only die-hards would truck it home, and you certainly don’t consider yourself a die-hard. Besides, you tell yourself, you’ve got too many other things to worry about).
Our Soil, Ourselves
Before the first leaf of basil is pulled and even before it begins to germinate, the soil is where the process begins. Soil nurtures growth and is responsible for maintaining a healthy plant. Local author and organic gardener Carolyn Herriot’s explanation of soil in “The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food” can [...]
Eco-KidsZone Coordinator
We’re looking for an organized, responsible and creative individual to join our volunteer captain team in the capacity of Eco-KidsZone Coordinator.
The ideal candidate has a strong and successful background working with children, experience planning and supervising children’s events, and is committed to educating children through enriching, hands-on learning activities and healthy, fun entertainment. S/he must be creative, reliable, able to develop partnerships with community organizations, able to see the festival experience from the perspective of a child, has experience supervising others including youth volunteers and strong interpersonal skills.
