Thur May 1st 7:30-9:30 pm
Living on Earth as if We Want to Stay - Mike Nickerson & Donna Dillman
Who: Thames Region Ecological Association (TREA)
Where: Grosvenor Lodge, 1017 Western Rd.
While Climate Change has captured public attention, it is a symptom of a greater challenge. That challenge is that the human species has grown to fill its planet. Cures do not result from treating symptoms. The cause must be addressed.
It is odd that at a time when our biggest problems are the result of our size, our leaders maintain that more growth is the solution. Like adolescents approaching adulthood, our society clings to its carefree past. Since most adults have been able to make that transformation successfully, there is good reason to believe that our society will also accept its maturity.
During their discussions, while Nickerson looks at the big picture, Dillman, the Lanark area grandmother who went 68 days without eating last fall to protest uranium exploration and mining in eastern Ontario, speaks to an 'on the ground' example of what needs changing. "Toilet train we must if we are to assure an un-soiled world for our grandchildren."
Thurs May 1, 2008 - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
BUILDING NEIGHBOURHOODS
Councillor Judy Bryant invites you to Ward 13 - Community Forum
Stevenson & Hunt Room
Central Library (251 Dundas Street, London)
Highlights:
Building Neighbourhoods: "It's a Place, not a Project"
Presented by Sean Galloway, City of London - Urban Designer
Success Stories from Community Leaders
Networking Opportunities
http://www.altlondon.org/calendar_event.php?eid=20080413210117972
Fri May 2nd 6:30(doors open 6:15)
FREE SHOWING. The 11th Hour narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio
Turn mankind's darkest hour into his finest.
Where: LANDON LIBRARY - 167 Wortley Road, London, ON
Sponsored by the London West Federal Green Party Association
Join us for a relaxing and social evening. Coffee and refreshments will be provided following the movie. Meet London West Candidate Monica Jarabek. For more information-contact Gary Brown (519)601-2461. LondonWestGreens@gmail.com
Sat May 3rd, 8am - 2pm
London Composts - Compost Sale - 30 litres for $2
3 Locations - Quixtar Canada, 375 Exeter Rd, at White Oak Rd
Try Recycling, Enter off Medway, East of Clarke Rd
Masonville Place, Fanshawe & Richmond (by Nash Jewellers)
Proceeds: London & Area Food Bank, Memorial Boys & Girls Club, St Leonard’s Society, TREA, Community Garden Project
When: Saturday, May 3: 9 am - 2pm
Who: Old East Village Community Association
What: Plant & Compost & Mulch & Composter Sale
Compost $2 for 50 lbs loose, $2.50 in bag
Composters ($30) may be preordered
Where: Lorne Ave School, at English Street
Proceeds: OEVCA, Lorne Ave School
Contact: Donna Currie 519 439-7120 or trees4oev@yahoo.ca
Sat May 3rd
Spiritual Gardening: Creating a Sacred Sanctuary (Weekend & One Week Workshop)
Each day you will have an organic gardening experience, which will focus on methods and applications of forest gardening, the practice of spiritual gardening, soil as the prime foundation, and hands-on exercises. There will be regular field trips for inspiration into the wild meadows and forest. For more information email info@thelivingcentre.com.
Mon May 5th 7:00 to 8:00 pm
Thames River Stories - Central Library
Join storytellers Lynn Williams and Susan Getchell to celebrate our river Thames with an evening of stories, fanciful and true. Free to drop-in.
Fri, May 9, 7:30 pm
Museum London FILM SCREENING
Radiant City: A Documentary about Urban Sprawl
Followed by a Q & A with directors Gary Burns and Jim Brown.
Venturing into territory both familiar and foreign, directors Gary Burns and Jim Brown turn the documentary genre inside out, crafting a vivid account of life in the Late Suburban Age. Burns and Brown rummage through a toybox of cultural references, from Jane Jacobs to The Sopranos, to create a provocative reflection on why we live the way we do. Riffling off sitcoms and reality TV, they play fast and loose with a range of cinematic devices to consider what happens when cities get sick and mutate.
Sat May 10th - 10:00 AM
“Carfrae Green Gateway”Grand Opening
The OSCO Environmental Committee invites you to the grand opening of the Carfrae Green gateway on Carfrae Crescent, just south east of the Richmond St. Bridge. Help plant shrubs, set species markers and spread woodchips to finish off the "Small Yard Small Tree" demonstration project. Grand Opening celebrations will follow, including coffee and donuts. Please bring your travel mug.
This will be a great day to meet your neighbours and learn about native flowering trees and shrubs suitable for even the smallest Old South yard. If you can't make the grand opening, be sure to walk through another time to check out this new native plant demonstration garden and get ideas that you can bring home with you.
Saturday, May 10, 10am-1pm
Volunteers Needed to Plant Trees - ReForest London is planting 2,000 trees in 20 projects throughout the city this spring. Help out with Carfrae Crescent at the Thames River. For more information email info@reforestlondon.ca.
Sat, May 10th 9:30 - 1:00pm
Waldorf School's Annual Native Plant Sale and Fundraiser. Don't miss this great opportunity to purchase locally grown, native plants with all proceeds going to a great cause. Landon Library - 167 Wortley Road. All plant material is from local growers and they expect to have a variety of flowers, grasses, sedges, shrubs and trees.
Sat, May 10th - 1:00pm
Museum London LECTURE
James Howard Kunstler has long been recognized as a fierce critic of suburban sprawl and the high costs associated with an automobile-centric culture. He is the author of The Geography of Nowhere (Simon & Schuster, 1993) and Home from Nowhere (Simon & Schuster, 1996). Most recently, he authored The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century. "The future will require us to build better places, or the future will belong to other people in other societies." James Howard Kunstler
3:00 pm - PANEL DISCUSSION
Local Identity and Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture
5:30 - 7:30 pm COMMUNITY FORUM
Lorraine Ivey Shuttleworth Community Gallery - Community members are invited to discuss the changing landscape of London in a conversation led by City of London urban designer Sean Galloway.
Sat May 10th
The Incredible Edibles
Live-Food Cuisine, Wild Plant Foraging and Your Indoor Kitchen Garden (Weekend & One Week Workshop). For more information email info@thelivingcentre.com.
Sun May 11th - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!
Sun May 11th 1:00 pm
Walkabout May - Thames Talbot Land Trust invites everyone to Take A Hike!
Please join us for the First Annual Joany's Woods Walkabout. We'll meet at "Sylvan's Foremost Bookstore" and carpool from there to the trail head. Corner of Sylvan Road and Elginfield Road (formerly #7 Hwy.). Refreshments will be served. March or Meander, Come and Have Fun
May 15th – June 22nd, 2008
THE RIVER PROJECT: 19 London artists turn to the Thames
Opening: Thursday, May 15 at7:30 pm
Artists will be present. Special poetry reading by Cornelia Hoogland.
McIntosh Gallery, The University of Western Ontario
Tel (519) 661-3181, e-mail: celliots@uwo.ca, http://www.mcintoshgallery.ca/
Gallery Hours: Tues - Thurs 12 - 7 Fri - Sun 12 - 4
Sat May 17 - 9:30 - 11:30 am
Spring Plant Exchange Sherwood Library
It's time to think about your garden and what you might like to bring in for our annual Spring Plant Exchange! Perennials, house plants, seeds, are all welcome additions to this popular event. Please make sure that your plants are in leak-proof containers. Call the branch for more information at 519-473-9965.
Sat May 17 - 8 to noon
Who: Woodfield Community Association
What: Plant & Compost & Mulch Sale & Plant Exchange
Where Lord Roberts School, Princess Street
Proceeds: Lord Roberts School & WCA
Sat May 17 - 8 to noon
Who: London Fanshawe Horticultural Society
What: Plant & Compost Sale - $3 per bag
Where: Eastern Star Temple, 800 Fanshawe Road, east of Adelaide
Proceeds: LFHS
Tues May 20th - 7pm onwards
GreenDrinks London is now being held at the Alex P. Keaton. If you haven't been out to our new venue - please join us for some organic beer and good conversation. We had a gentlemen out last month who had just returned from 2-days training with Al Gore - fascinating!!!
Sat May 24 - 9:30 - 11:30 AM,
Plant Exchange, Cherryhill Library
Drop-in to exchange your extra bulbs, seeds, annuals, perennials and houseplants. Please label items for easy identification.
Saturday, May 24, 10am-1pm
Volunteers Needed to Plant Trees - ReForest London is planting 2,000 trees in 20 projects throughout the city this spring. Help out with Gainsborough Park. For more information email info@reforestlondon.ca.
Sun May 25th 8:30-3:00 pm
SPRING PLANT SALE
The City of London has partnered with friends and volunteers of the Civic Garden Complex to bring you the Annual Spring Plant Sale. Perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs, grasses, herbs and veggies will be available for purchase. Compost is also available. For more information please call 519-427-3553 or visit the website http://www.friendslcgc.com/.
Sun May 25th - 8:30 to 3 pm
Friends of Civic Garden Complex - Plant & Compost Sale ($3 per bag)
Where Civic Gardens, 625 Springbank Drive west of Wonderland Rd
Proceeds: Greenhouse & Complex improvements
Contact: 519-472-3553 http://www.friendslcgc.com/
Saturday, May 31, 10am-1pm
Volunteers Needed to Plant Trees - ReForest London is planting 2,000 trees in 20 projects throughout the city this spring. Help out with Gainsborough Park. For more information email info@reforestlondon.ca.
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