Thursday, September 24, 2009

September Green Drinks

GREEN DRINKS SEPTEMBER, THURSDAY THE 24TH!
Join us for a night of good company and green conversation! Kevin Rooney of the Cleaner Greener America Foundation will join us to talk about biodiesel. So come with questions and ready to hear about this alternative fuel source!
Where: (by popular demand) Union Jack Pub on Loudoun Street walking mall.
When: Sept 24 @ 5:30ish.
Who: YOU and all of your friends!

Just FYI: October 22nd will be in Tom's Brook at the Natural Art Garden Center and we'll be seeing their green roof and hearing from the owner about first hand pro's, con's and other really cool green roof stuff!

Also FYI, keep a lookout for a Green Film Fest coming up in November hosted by the soon to be open Alamo Draft house. This should be a super fun (and free) event, so let the buzz begin, I'll pass on more details soon!

Monday, September 21, 2009

Home Show in Tom's Brook

The Toms Brook Fire Department is putting together a home and garden expo at the new
Natural Art Garden Center in Tom's Brook. Friday and Saturday, September 25th and 26th. It's a great way to learn about and support local businesses, AND the Garden Center has a green roof! Too cool!
Go to their website for more info: http://naturalartgarden.wordpress.com/

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Sustainabilty Festival


Well, if you can't read the snazzy poster, it says:

SUSTAINABILITY FESTIVAL
GREEN FEST 2009
Sherando Park, Stephens City, Virginia
Sunday, September 20, 2009
10am to 2pm
FREE!!!!

Bringing together the community to explore food, products, and energy for a sustainable future...

Vendors:
Renewable Energy
Alternative Transportation
Green Building
Green Products and Services
Sustainable Agriculture ~local produce for sale~
Food (sandwiches with local ingredients! $5 from One Block West)
Filtered Alkaline Water provided by The Wellness Group

Schedule of Events:
10am Pick up your FREE Toy Solar car kit voucher from sponsors (for kids under12)
11am Toy Solar Car kit giveaway & build
11:30 Alternative Energy with Sand Energy
12pm Electric Truck Demo with Model E Conversions
12:30 DIY Solar H2O workshop with Always Thinking


Basically, the most fun, and green, event for you and your family of the fall!

Green Drinks: Eastern Panhandle!

YOU ARE INVITED TO

GREEN DRINKS of the EASTERN PANHANDLE

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

6 pm @ Craftworks

Every month we meet at a location in the Eastern Panhandle to interact with people who work in, or are interested in, the environmental field. This is an informal world-wide organization known as Green Drinks. These events are simple and relatively unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals, and have had moments of serendipity.....all in the spirit of greening our lives for the betterment of all humankind.

Chad Gauthier of Pinnacle Enterprises and Karen Valentine of GoGreenGals are the co-founders of this chapter. We look forward to sharing our commitment to a healthy, productive, and sustainable Eastern Panhandle with all of you. Our goal is to unite the community to embrace responsible, local, and environmentally sustainable lifestyles. So come and join us for some healthy organic apps and drinks. On behalf of us both, we look forward to meeting you and joining forces to green the Panhandle!

Join Green Drinks for refreshments on the deck overlooking Cool Spring Marsh and Bullskin Run, and learn about this unique new resource for Jefferson County.

CraftWorks at Cool Spring is a center for creative learning in art, craft, nature and sustainable living that supports protection of the Cool Spring Marsh landscape, where people come to learn, relax and rejuvenate in a setting that fosters deep connections with the natural environment and stronger communities.

What's truly distinctive about CraftWorks is that it invites artisans, environmental educators, green builders, and other creative people into create and offer classes, gather, retreat, and help invent the long-term future of this resource.

CraftWorks director David Lillard will take Green Drinkers on a short 15-minute walk through the grounds and describe the plans for studios and programs.

Refreshments provided by CraftWorks; donations to offset costs warmly appreciated.

Directions to CraftWorks. We'll meet at Mrs. Thornton's cottage.

Take Route 340 south from Charles Town. After you pass Washington High, the 4 lane highway ends and it becomes a two lane road. Soon you’ll pass a diner on the right, a produce stand on the left and you’ll make a SHARP right hand turn immediately after the diner onto Wheatland Road (WVA Rd 340/2)

Continue on Wheatland until it deadends (about 2 miles)—turn right (Lloyd Road). The first house on the left is Mrs. Thornton’s Cottage. The second entry on the left is Cool Spring Farm (has a sign and a split rail fence)—turn in, then turn left to follow the sign to the cottage.

Note: If you use Mapquest for directions, Lloyd Road is called by its old name Haines Road

enjoy~karen

Karen Valentine
GoGreenGals/River&Trail
304-261-1532

Free Movie Screening: Fuel

The Cleaner Greener America Foundation, eCycle Green Collective and Mountain Media Systems have joined forces to bring a special screening of the movie FUEL to Winchester for one viewing only just before it's DC release September 18.


ADMISSION IS FREE!

JOIN US

WHEN:Thursday September 17th 2009

WHERE: The Shenandoah Arts Council
811 S. Loudoun St
Winchester VA, 22601

Doors open at 6:30pm movie starts at 7:00pm
Space is limited, if you have not yet RSVP'd please do so at: ecycleconsulting@gmail.com





BE A PART OF THE MOVIE AND THE MOVEMENT

PLEASE READ BELOW:

FUEL:
One movie has the answer to the Climate Crisis and America’s energy security
Be a part of the nationwide movement to change the way we power our lives
If one movie answered the challenges laid out in An Inconvenient Truth, wouldn’t you see it? Wouldn’t you want your friends, neighbors, coworkers and family to see it with you? That movie is coming to theaters this month.That movie is FUEL.
WATCH THE TRAILER FOR FUEL, IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE THIS SEPTEMBER
Winner of the Best Documentary award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, FUEL is a personal journey of one man - Josh Tickell - as he works to end America’s reliance on foreign oil. Along the way, he learns how his voice can create change; and shows us all that we can do the same.
In the spirit of Josh’s, a national movement of grassroots volunteers and FUEL Ambassadors is working in cities across this country to spread the word about the film and the hopeful solutions it presents.

The L.A. Times called FUEL “VITAL,” and the Seattle Times described it as, “dynamic and persuasive. It’s a must-see, and not just for environmentalists.”
This movie truly is for everybody, and we’re counting on you to not just see the movie but spread the word. So watch the trailer, sign up for updates, and get involved with the FUEL Movement by visiting http://www.TheFuelFilm.com.

Thanks and we hope to see you there,
Cheryl Anne Ash
540-323-0888

www.ecyclegreencollective.weebly.com

eCycle Green Collective & Construction
Sustainable Services For the Planet and the People That Live Here