What is EarthSave all about?

EarthSave Louisville educates people about the extremely powerful and documented effects our food choices have on the environment, our health and life of Earth, and encourages a shift toward a healthy, plant based diet--all within a local context.

EarthSave Louisville is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation;
PO Box 4397 Louisville, KY 40204

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Board membership: Carole Bretschneider, Carolyn Dean, Christie Moore, Lisa Underhill, Marlena Bolin, Melanie Smith, Michael Friedman, Nate Pederson, Ryan Egly, Sharon Adams, Summer Auerbach

February e-Update

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I. Potluck (March 13th)

II. Post-PotLuck Program (March 13th)

III.Cooking Class (March 13th)

IV.Dining Out (February 18th)

V.Dining In (February 27th)

VI. Louisville Vegetarian Society (?)

VII. "INDY 211" Potluck (March 4th)

VIII. Events attended by EarthSave

IX. Miscellaneous

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I. Potluck --Good food. Good chef-vibes. Good neighborhood setting.

Louisville's only Plant-Centric Public Monthly Potluck

Saturday,March 13th, 2009; 6 - 8 p.m.

6 p.m. POTLUCK: Bring a plant-based dish (cooked or raw) for 8-12 people, your recipe to share, and your own utensils/plates/cups. Location: 1094 E. Kentucky Street, German-Paristown Neighborhood Center. Desert samples provided by Amazing Grace.

II. Post-PotLuck Program

7 p.m. PROGRAM: Tom Fitzgerald will provide a run down of just how the environment is being taken care of by our elected officials. Inquiring minds want to know; Tom is the one to inform!

Announcements will be given (pertaining to healthy food and behavior change), and a general ruckus and melee will result from raffling.

8 p.m.-10 p.m. MIX, MINGLE and MUSIC:

Tons of on-topic books are naturally in the Reader's Corner. Guitars in the galley. Discussing future Earthsave "You know we oughta..." topics in the kitchen during clean up. View a recent film about food and/or the food industry...and our health.

COST: $3 with a dish to share or $8 without a dish to share to help defray costs. Bring a place settings for a $1 discount.

 

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IV. Dining Out with EARTHSAVE

Please come along with us for our next Dining Out event on Thursday, February 18th, 6:00 p.m. at Zen Garden. Vegetarian friendly. More info in this flier:

Please RSVP to Sharon at 222-5115 or slrwa3@yahoo.com

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V. Dining In with EARTHSAVE

Our next home-based monthly potluck gathering (round-robin style that introduces concepts of plant-based foods, via example and discussion) will be Saturday, February 27th from 6 - 8 PM Find out what EarthSave is all about--and what we can all do to tilt the planet back on its feet using the fork as a lever! Just beans-and-rice type or the more elegant soy-cheese ratatoille type dishes--both have full play here. Short video or brief discussion of recent article. Typically, this meets on the 4th Saturday for dinner. If interested, more information found by contacting Tasha at tasha_timbrook@hotmail.com or louisville@earthsave.org or calling 502 299 9520

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VI. TBD with EARTHSAVE

Goto the planning meeting of the Lousville Vegetarian Society at Zen Garden on February 13th at 1pm. See Facebook for details.

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VII. "INDY 211" Potluck

Earthsave potluck at 211 E. Court St., Jeffersonville, Indiana (Jeffersonville Public Library) at 6:00PM on Thursday March 4th. Great location. Starting with a great spread of food, brought by attendees, and ending a short video clip of a synoptic message about a topic relevant to health of self and planet--and a song. (Done by 8:30PM.) This potluck is held monthly on the 1st Thursday of each month in the main conference room (with kitchenette). The place to see and be seen is the INDY 500 AND the INDY 211 !

THIS PLACE IS GORGEOUS!

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VIII. Events Attended by EarthSave

--3rd Tuesday, 6pm Raw Food potluck at Core Wellness 246 Spring St. Jeffersonville, Indiana

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IX: Miscellaneous

Send in your best tasting vegan recipes to louisville@earthsave.org where we will compile them, and others from potlucks into a virally marketed, local cookbook. Note that our website now has a "Recipes" link!

Attend weekly free Amazing Grace classes Thursday's at 6:30pm and more.

Attend monthly raw food potlucks on the 2nd Tuesdays at Rainbow Blossom in St. Matthews at 6:00 pm. Rainbow Blossom was selected as LVL's best Health Food Store.

Whole Foods Louisville has a useful website on eating the vegetarian/vegan diet. Reading widely is always encouraged.

Support Earthsave by using a Kroger sponsor card. Learn more about this program at the potluck; it's a win/win program from Kroger, recently voted as in the top 20 for most reputable mega-company on Earth. (Kentucky is listed in her 2008 Sustainability Report.) This card is rechargeable, works like cash, and is usable at Kroger where 4% of gross sales is donated to EarthSave but costs you nothing. Charge it up anytime, and use it to buy anything, even gasoline. Works like a debit card.

Yum Brands and Coach Pitino are continuing their partnership to encourage healthy nutrition and exercise. www.keepitbalanced.com They say, "We want consumers to make informed choices about their balanced diet and incorporate exercise into a healthy lifestyle" and "Eat more vegetables, grains and fruit" and "Substitute cheese and cheese sauces for vegetables or salsa." Praise their efforts by emailing them.

Help EarthSave administer and broker deals for turning a few abandoned lots into food production units (e.g. community gardens). Bodies and minds needed now.

Now that some have seen the movie, Food, Inc., a film that lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the [fact that] our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations... it is now time to sign their petition for healthy school lunches (quick_click).

Next time you eat out, ask if the restaurant participates on the ESL "10% off on veggie items". If they don't, ask if they want to--then let ESL know so we can setup the deal with them. Win/win/win/win--everybody. Check-out participating restaurants discounting EarthSave Members.

Preview the list of available DVD's from EarthSave on the ESL Forum under Health and Wellness. Look for an annotated bibliography of awesome YouTube sites in our forum too, including The Meatrix and EarthSave TV.

Invite your friends to join this email list by visiting HERE then pasting their email address and clicking the box "EarthSave Louisville ENEWS". Viral movements need your fingertips. Membership to EarthSave is available there too.

Do you have any time to give to EarthSave? Any wish to do pro bono professional volunteering? Please hail us; projects starting continually.

This post/flier is found by pointing to http://louisville.earthsave.org/events.html

Utilize the Social Medium that we can rely on: Facebook is up and ready. Also, use the Earthsave Online Forum, http://earthsave.org/louisville/yabb . Also available: MYSPACE. Please follow and re-tweet by following us at twitter.com/earthsave_LVL

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There really are so many great ways to get involved and informed. But if you really want an easy button, just call 299-9520 or email louisville@earthsave.org for a quick orientation.
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EarthSave Louisville is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation; PO Box 4397 Louisville, KY 40204 louisville@earthsave.org