GET THIS - Non-GMO Guide
Follow this link for a list of non-GMO products and an register to receive a handy guidebook.
http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Tar Sands Blockade Solidarity Event 3/19
Tar Sands Blockade Solidarity Event
| Date: | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 |
| Time: | 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM |
| Presented by: | Delaware Chapter |
| Leader: | Stephanie Herron - 302-468-4550 stephanie.herron@sierraclub.org |
| Location: | Newark Amtrak, Newark, DE 19713, USA |
Join us on Tuesday in Newark for a Delaware anti-tarsands action during the national Tar Sands Blockade week of action! We'll hold our tar sands banner and signs in front of the very place where the toxic tar sands are being held in rail cars as they wait to be unloaded and processed at the Delaware City refinery.
Delaware is getting railroaded by tar sands which are are not only 3x worse for our warming climate but much more carcinogenic and polluting to refine. As you know, the last thing Delaware needs is more cancer-causing air pollution. Join us on Tuesday to take a stand against tar sands in our state and be a part of the growing international movement to keep dirty tar sands in the ground!
You can park in the Amtrak parking lot near the bottom of the bridge and we'll meet up at the base of the bridge at 5pm. If you need an address for a GPS, you can use 429 South College Avenue, Newark, DE to get in the right general area.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Subject: Sustainability News and Events - Newark Natural Foods Co-op
Greetings
to our very important and inspiring Sustainability Community.
We are excited about much that is happening and appreciate any
information you are sending to us that you would like us to post on our BLOG
site.. (see the bottom of the Newark Natural Foods page at www.newarknaturalfoods.com). Please check it out and let us
know if you are able to access it easily.
Attached is a flyer about the film we are showing this month.. URBAN
ROOTS (Saturday, March 16 from 4-6:30 pm in the Co-op Meadow)..which
documents Detroit's continuing journey from industrial wasteland to sustainable
urban farming- growing healthy food, local resilience, community. See the
trailer at www.urbanrootsamerica.com
. Also, our friend Marilyn Barry suggests watching this video on You Tube
as a good preparation for our film... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=NCmTJkZy0rM&NR=1
After the film we will get to hear from speakers, including an
inner city farmer in Philadelphia, supporters of city gardens in
Wilmington, the Food Bank and more.
Please share this flyer liberally with friends!
TIMEBANK
A timebank update-- We have a dedicated timebank group that should
have the software and website up and running in a few weeks..The name we have
chosen is DE HOUR EXCHANGE. There are three people who will be sharing
the administrative role for now, and several of us who are actively reaching
out to groups that are interested in being involved.. Please send us an e mail
or call Joe at the co-op (368-5894) if you would like to help out at this
stage.
Please note that although we have DE in the title, this will
function as a bio-regional ecosystem for anyone that is in this region and
would like to be involved.
NEWS ABOUT OTHER MARCH OFFERINGS IN THE 'MEADOW'
On Wednesday. March 6 at 7 pm, there will be a Solar
Seminar for Delmarva customers.
A DE energy consultant from SolarCity will be presenting.. Bring
your electric bills and any questions..
On Sunday, March 10, there will be a Vermicomposting
Workshop hosted by the college student group Down to Earth Food Coop.
These students are now providing two healthful meals a week (from organic
produce) for students on campus.
Vermicomposting is a method of composting using red worms to break
down food scraps .. that can do their valuable work in a worm bin in an
apartment or house.. There will be a $10 donation to cover the cost of the
special worms and bin.. Please RSVP to downtoearthfoodcoop@gmail.com
as space is limited to 25 participants.
Since Jan is writing this e mail, I am admitting to all of you
that I still don't trust that you are receiving this information... It could be
going into spam, right?? I would very much appreciate it if even a few of
you could reply and let us know if you are getting our mailings... Hope to see
you at these events--
Best-- Jan and Joe
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Industrial scale palm oil production is coming
to Africa and it’s bad news for the rainforest of Cameroon.
Palm oil is the world’s cheapest edible oil and global demand is booming. That’s why a U.S. corporation called Herakles Farms is pushing ahead with plans to plow down an area of primate rainforest ten times larger than Manhattan to create a palm oil plantation in Cameroon.
https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1287&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=vmr4cgmcb5.app333a
Palm oil is the world’s cheapest edible oil and global demand is booming. That’s why a U.S. corporation called Herakles Farms is pushing ahead with plans to plow down an area of primate rainforest ten times larger than Manhattan to create a palm oil plantation in Cameroon.
https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1287&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=vmr4cgmcb5.app333a
Fracking Our Farms: A Tale
of Five Farming Families
Their names are Carol, Steve & Jackie,
Susan, Marilyn & Robert, and Christine. They share a bond. Two bonds,
actually: They all own, or owned, farms. And those farms, along with their own
health and the health of their farm animals, have all been ruined by fracking.http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_27073.cfm
PEW Trusts: The Future of US Clean Energy -
Pew believes that advanced clean energy technologies can strengthen America’s economic and environmental future as well as its security. Pew’s research in recent years indicates that clean energy helps create employment, manufacturing, and export opportunities while reducing the pollution and risks associated with current energy patterns and technologies. To reclaim a leadership position in the worldwide competition, the public and private sectors in the United States must work together to strengthen the clean energy industry. Our infographic shows where the U.S. can harness new opportunities in order to create a strong strategy for future energy policy.
Follow the link to view some great charts outlining the various energy usages throughout the US:
http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/data-visualizations/policy-matters-the-future-of-us-clean-energy-85899450414?utm_source=TheLatest&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=clen
Keystone XL Pipeline News
We
were going to send you an inspiring video of last weekend’s Forward on Climate
rally, but breaking news just intervened:
Reporters this morning uncovered the fact
that while 40,000 or more people were outside the White House asking for his
attention about Keystone XL, President Obama was playing golf with oil and
pipeline executives in Florida.
His
staff didn't allow any pictures at the outing -- likely because it’s an
embarrassing spectacle for a President who promised to “end business as usual
in Washington” and “respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that
failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.”
We
need to show the White House they can't get away with doing special favors for
Big Oil. It’s fine to take a day off every now and then, but it’s just plain
wrong to play footsie with the oil industry. Please click here to read and share the whole story,
and make a call to the President: act.350.org/call/obama-golf/
Monday, February 18, 2013
Farmer's Fight With Monsanto Reaches The Supreme Court
This week, the Supreme Court will take up a classic David-and-Goliath case. On one side, there's a 75-year-old farmer in Indiana named Vernon Hugh Bowman; on the other, the agribusiness giant Monsanto.
The farmer is fighting the long reach of Monsanto's patents on seeds — but he's up against more than just Monsanto. The biotech and computer software industries are taking Monsanto's side.
Bowman also is battling a historic shift that's transformed the nation's seed business over the past 20 years.
To see the entire article, follow this link to NPR:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/18/171896311/farmers-fight-with-monsanto-reaches-the-supreme-court
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Tar Sands Protest Arrests
February 13, 2013
Contacts:
Eddie Scher, Sierra Club, 415-815-7027
Maggie Kao, Sierra Club, 202-675-2384
Daniel Kessler, 350.org, 510-501-1779
Eddie Scher, Sierra Club, 415-815-7027
Maggie Kao, Sierra Club, 202-675-2384
Daniel Kessler, 350.org, 510-501-1779
JULIAN BOND, BILL MCKIBBEN, MICHAEL BRUNE, AND OTHERS ARRESTED IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE IN CALL FOR ACTION ON CLIMATE
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning, 48 environmental, civil rights, and community leaders from across the country joined together for a historic display of civil disobedience at the White House where they demanded that President Obama deny the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and address the climate crisis.
http://www.tarsandsaction.org/
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation invites everyone to the Wild and Scenic Film Festival -
13 February 2013
in Camp Hill, PA
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay's Wild & Scenic Film Festival!
This year, the Alliance is partnering with the Goddard Symposium to bring the largest environmental film festival in North America to Central Pennsylvania!
With a growing public awareness for the environment, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival aims to find common ground with a diverse audience through inspiring and educational films which motivate people to go out and become involved in local groups.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation is just one of the many groups who will be there. Stop by our table in between film screenings to learn more about our Save the Bay efforts, and how you can get involved!
This year's films include Chasing Water, which follows Pete McBride as he travels down the Colorado to see where his family's ranch water goes. To see this and other great films in their entirety, come to the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on February 13th. Details below.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE: https://
13 February 2013
in Camp Hill, PA
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay's Wild & Scenic Film Festival!
This year, the Alliance is partnering with the Goddard Symposium to bring the largest environmental film festival in North America to Central Pennsylvania!
With a growing public awareness for the environment, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival aims to find common ground with a diverse audience through inspiring and educational films which motivate people to go out and become involved in local groups.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation is just one of the many groups who will be there. Stop by our table in between film screenings to learn more about our Save the Bay efforts, and how you can get involved!
This year's films include Chasing Water, which follows Pete McBride as he travels down the Colorado to see where his family's ranch water goes. To see this and other great films in their entirety, come to the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on February 13th. Details below.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE: https://
Thursday, January 31, 2013
A note for members of Newark Natural Foods Co-op:
Saturday, February 2nd
Strategic Planning
Session
The Board of Stewards would like your participation in an
upcoming Strategic Planning Session!
Saturday, February 2nd
8:30am - 12:00pm
Ashland Nature Center
3511 Barley Mill Road
Hockessin, DE
The goal of the
session is to discuss, determine and redefine, in the very broadest sense, the
primary purposes and priorities of the Co-op.
- What do we do?
- For whom?
- Why?
- Where do we want to be as an organization in the future?
Remember, the
Cooperative is more than just a store...it's a democratic mechanism designed for
a purpose. We operate a retail establishment, but that's not our sole reason to
exist. We will be using this session to clarify our organizational
intentions.
Members are
invited to participate in the morning, while the afternoon is reserved for a
working meeting of the Board of Stewards and General Manager.
PLEASE RSVP TO FLO or ANITA via the Co-op at 302-368-5894.
A great link from Transition US - promoting sustainability and community resilience.
Lots of great ideas and motivators!
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=16a9bff55e0e10287af37f7e0&id=63736c8083&e=81fa87b930
nd cross-sector collaborations needed to Transition our towns and cities across the US.
Getting started
Lots of great ideas and motivators!
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=16a9bff55e0e10287af37f7e0&id=63736c8083&e=81fa87b930
nd cross-sector collaborations needed to Transition our towns and cities across the US.
Getting started
- Find out what it's all about: Transition 101
- Organize a Transition Salon (what is a Transition Salon?)
- Form a group and start a Transition Initiative
- Get in touch at info@transitionus.org
- Support Transition Initiatives and invest in Transition today
- Browse our volunteer opportunities
A petition to ask the European Union to ban pesticides that have been known to harm bee populations worldwide:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/hours_to_save_the_bees/?bdMbocb&v=21422
Quietly, globally, billions of bees are dying, threatening our crops and food. But in just a few hours the European Union could move to ban the most poisonous pesticides, and pave the way to a global ban that would save bees from extinction.
Four EU countries have begun banning these poisons, and some bee populations are already recovering. Days ago the official European food safety watchdog stated for the first time that certain pesticides are fatally harming bees. Now legal experts and European politicians are calling for an immediate ban. But, Bayer and other giant pesticide producers are lobbying hard to keep them on the market. If we build a huge swarm of public outrage now, we can push the European Commission to put our health and our environment before the profit of a few.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/hours_to_save_the_bees/?bdMbocb&v=21422
Quietly, globally, billions of bees are dying, threatening our crops and food. But in just a few hours the European Union could move to ban the most poisonous pesticides, and pave the way to a global ban that would save bees from extinction.
Four EU countries have begun banning these poisons, and some bee populations are already recovering. Days ago the official European food safety watchdog stated for the first time that certain pesticides are fatally harming bees. Now legal experts and European politicians are calling for an immediate ban. But, Bayer and other giant pesticide producers are lobbying hard to keep them on the market. If we build a huge swarm of public outrage now, we can push the European Commission to put our health and our environment before the profit of a few.
A request from the Delaware Riverkeepers:
Please
take a minute to call New York Governor Cuomo this week – Jan. 28 through Feb. 1
-- to tell him
- Do not allow fracking
- Do not issue DEC’s unfinished environmental study (SGEIS)
- Do not finalize DEC’s proposed gas rules
- Fracking is a dangerous method of drilling for natural gas that threatens our health, communities and environment
- New York needs protection from the dangers of fracking
In the next few weeks, New York could
finalize its study of fracking without conducting a comprehensive and publicly
accessible health analysis of the threats to human health, without full review
of all the environmental impacts and economic implications, and without
addressing longstanding and potentially catastrophic deficiencies in how the New
York regulates gas drilling.
But an unprecedented 200,000 comments and
in-depth criticism by experts exposed the fatal flaws and lack of science behind
the proposed fracking regulations.
Tell Governor Cuomo Fracking cannot be
done safely. Step back and consider the immediate and long range indelible harm
that will result if the floodgates of fracking are opened in New
York!
Please recruit your friends, family, and
neighbors to call Governor Cuomo!
We need thousands upon thousands of calls
to make turn the Governor back from the edge of disaster here in New
York.
For more information: http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/about/event.aspx?Id=322
Next TimeBank planning meeting:
copied from our outstanding meeting organizer Hope Hawkins:
copied from our outstanding meeting organizer Hope Hawkins:
A resounding thank you to Marie Goodwin
who answered all our current questions and gave us motivation to begin!
We missed those of you who couldn't make it and encourage everyone who is
able, to join us at our next meeting
Sunday, February
3rd
7-9 p.m.
Pacem in Terris
1304 N. Rodney
Wilmington, DE
19806
(302) 656-2721
Sunday will be our first get down to
business meeting where we will match our personal gifts to the needs of
Timebanking setup. We need to think about where we would like to concentrate our
energies in areas like Computer, Marketing, Launch, Logo, Mission and
identifying a point person coordinator. Lots to do but very exciting! Here we
go...!!!
Hope
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Home Solar Energy Seminar to be held in Newark; Sponsored by the Sierra Club
Monday, January 28, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Newark Free Library
750 Library Ave Newark DE 19711 (map)
Are you interested in learning more about whether installing solar panels on your home is right for you? How much renewable energy capacity you need? Can you even afford to install solar on your roof or in your yard? Join us for a Solar Homes Educational Workshop with Flexera, the Delaware-based company that submitted the winning proposal in our Solar Homes RFP for its innovative financing and solar lease programs.
Have all of your solar questions answered, and bring your electricity bills with you to have a customized solar proposal developed for your home during the workshop.
Here is the link:
http://delaware.sierraclub.org/content/solar-homes-workshop-newark-january-28-2013
Newark Free Library
750 Library Ave Newark DE 19711 (map)
Are you interested in learning more about whether installing solar panels on your home is right for you? How much renewable energy capacity you need? Can you even afford to install solar on your roof or in your yard? Join us for a Solar Homes Educational Workshop with Flexera, the Delaware-based company that submitted the winning proposal in our Solar Homes RFP for its innovative financing and solar lease programs.
Have all of your solar questions answered, and bring your electricity bills with you to have a customized solar proposal developed for your home during the workshop.
Here is the link:
http://delaware.sierraclub.org/content/solar-homes-workshop-newark-january-28-2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Timebanking
A note from Hope Hawkins - Hope, along with the DE Pacem in Terris organization, has been taking the lead to coordinate the beginings of our own Timebank here in Wilmington and Newark
Hello Timebankers,
We now have the information that we need for our upcoming meeting with
Marie Goodwin of Timebank Media.
The Meeting will be held on Saturday, January 26th from 7-9 p.m.at the Ronald
MacDonald House near I-95 in Wilmington. Marie will be available to answer our
questions as we determine how to begin the process. Very exciting!
Are you asking - What is a Timebank! Contact Jan or Joe for more information!
India Signs Mandatory Labelling of GMO's into Law
This is exciting news-- is anyone interested in taking on a project to do the same in this state - or regionally? Let Jan or Joe know!
Here is the link to the whole story -
http://naturalsociety.com/india-signs-mandatory-gmo-labeling-into-law/?utm_source=Natural+Society&utm_campaign=96ea282022-Email+78%3A+1%2F14%2F2013&utm_medium=email
This is exciting news-- is anyone interested in taking on a project to do the same in this state - or regionally? Let Jan or Joe know!
Here is the link to the whole story -
http://naturalsociety.com/india-signs-mandatory-gmo-labeling-into-law/?utm_source=Natural+Society&utm_campaign=96ea282022-Email+78%3A+1%2F14%2F2013&utm_medium=email
New movie release for local theaters - Promise Land starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski.
Below is a summary of the movie from Food and Water Watch:
Have you heard about Matt Damon's new movie, "Promised Land"? It's coming out tonight and has the potential to really change the debate on fracking, bringing it to a wider audience than ever before. Grab your friends, check out the movie this weekend and help your local community take action by passing out flyers while you're there!
"Promised Land" is about a small town in rural America that gets a visit from two top oil and gas industry salesmen, hoping to drill (or "frack") for natural gas beneath the ground. Directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) and co-starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski, it has the potential to be huge — and to show people how fracking can tear apart local communities. Get your friends together to see the movie and show your support for a ban on fracking by passing out flyers outside the theater!
Follow the link to their site to download their flyer and take local action:
http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=8941&em_id=4401.0
Below is a summary of the movie from Food and Water Watch:
Have you heard about Matt Damon's new movie, "Promised Land"? It's coming out tonight and has the potential to really change the debate on fracking, bringing it to a wider audience than ever before. Grab your friends, check out the movie this weekend and help your local community take action by passing out flyers while you're there!
"Promised Land" is about a small town in rural America that gets a visit from two top oil and gas industry salesmen, hoping to drill (or "frack") for natural gas beneath the ground. Directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) and co-starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski, it has the potential to be huge — and to show people how fracking can tear apart local communities. Get your friends together to see the movie and show your support for a ban on fracking by passing out flyers outside the theater!
Follow the link to their site to download their flyer and take local action:
http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=8941&em_id=4401.0
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