By Matthias Jung
July 2010
Last nights screening of “Submission: In Defense of the Unborn” was a compelling insight to the toxicity of our system. Chemicals are entering into our bodies through everyday products and being passed on to our children in high doses. These chemicals interact with the fabric of our cellular structure, causing a striking increase of birth defects, learning debilities and destruction of the reproduction systems.
Just in from the Gulf Restoration Network:
Ask President Obama to demand a larger response and reconsider increased oil drilling
Dear Houston,
Just two days before Earth Day, a few weeks after President Obama's call to increase drilling in off-shore areas, an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, 45 miles off of Louisiana's coast, near the Breton and Delta National Wildlife Refuges.
Check out the menu for the Living Off the Land dinner tonight!
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--Homemade smoked sausage/leek/apple cassoulet
--Caramelized onion and leek pizza with cilantro pesto
--Israeli couscous and roasted root vegetables
--Citrus pound cake with strawberries and whipped cream
....did someone say local, fresh, seasonal vegetables AND whipped cream? Yummy!
*******Also remember to pick up the NEW Earth Day Edition of the Houston Green Guide! *********
Join Central City Co-op on Sunday, March 21st from noon- 4 pm to celebrate the Co-op's last day as management at Green Market. They have dedicated two years to building the market and will now be passing the management duties to Urban Harvest. Urban Harvest manages the largest of Houston's markets, Bayou City Farmers Market, on Saturdays from 8am-noon at 3000 Richmond. For more information about this market, see below.
2010 Earth Day Houston 5K, Celebration and Green Expo
The 18th annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital begins today, March 16, and will run through March 28, presenting 155 films offering fresh perspectives on global, national and local environmental issues. The complete Festival program is available online.
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