August: Events Around the City

Sat August 1st 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Animal Rescue Foundation - Meet & Greet (Puppies and dogs)
This 100% volunteer organization finds permanent and loving homes for unwanted strays. Meet the doggies, learn how to select to right dog for your family and find out about adoption.

Sun August 2nd 2:30pm (Repeat Performances - August 5 & 7 @ 2:30pm as well)
My Earth & Me - Storybook Gardens
Diane Halpin - Storybook Gardens Resident Storyteller for Summer 2009 tells the tale of some of our very own Storybook animal friends.

Thurs August 6th
Heather Whaley @ Storybook Gardens
Listen as Heather recounts personal nature stories and uses interactive songs to teach about the world around us.

Sun August 9th 2:00-5:00pm
Community Garden Walking Tour
Get started growing your own food, with your friends and neighbours! Starts: 2:00 PM, at Peace Gardens, Forks of the Thames, West end of King St. Ends: 5:00 PM back at Peace Gardens, with shared refreshments and conversation. Get to know three Community Gardens on this gentle family-friendly walking tour, which will visit the Forks of the Thames, Ann Street, and Blackfriars Community Gardens, with knowledgeable guest speakers and a chance to chat with local gardeners at each stop on the tour. We will end up back at the Peace Gardens, with a social gathering featuring local fruit and refreshments. Contact events at postcarbonlondon.ca or 519-432-0235.

Mon August 10th 6:30 - 9:00PM
Benefit for Lucy the Asian Elephant
Join us for an evening of fantastic vegetarian food, great discussion and music at Veg Out - London, Ontario's newest vegetarian restaurant. A special meal has been created in honour of Lucy. Venue: Veg Out Restaurant - 646 Richmond Street Doors Open: 6.30 pm, Food served: 7 pm.
WHO IS LUCY?
Lucy is a female asian elephant living alone in a small enclosure at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. Zoocheck has been campaigning to convince the City of Edmonton and the Valley Zoo to relocate Lucy to a sanctuary in the USA. Lucy suffers from a variety of health issues and endures an undersized, boring enclosure and lack of contact with other elephants. Several thousand letters urging that Lucy be moved have already been received by the City of Edmonton, but it is important that momentum be maintained - so the topic is not forgotten. A petition has been set up urging council to take action on Lucy's behalf, please sign (it only takes a minute) and send it to everyone on your e-list.
MENU - Salad course: Fruit layered spinach salad and carmelised frisée; served with coconut-mango coulis and a green apple foam. Hot Appetizer: Sweet potato fennel ravioli with a walnut "gorgonzola" cream sauce and roasted red pepper compote. Entrée: Grilled provencial vegetables & young red potatoes, tempura basil and seared tempeh, topped with olive tapenade and a cherry tomato-olive salsa. Dessert: Deep fried banana in a puddle of caramel, with chocolate, raspberry white chocolate and peanut butter mousses drizzled in date water.
TICKETS: Tickets: $40 each. Only 30 tickets available, so don't delay. Available at Veg Out (519) 850-8688 or by calling Zoocheck Canada (416) 285-1744.

Wed August 12th 6-8pm
EcoLiving London: London's Environmental Evolution
If you are interested in living more sustainably, but have no idea where to begin, you aren't alone. Searching for "green" resources in London often feels like looking for that needle in the hay stack. How can we make things better? Join us to explore Londons current Environmental State of the City, what is happening in other municipalities, and how EcoLiving London is going to help bring us up to speed with the rest of the province, the rest of the country, the rest of the world by making information easily accessible to all Londoners. Presented by Tiffany Roschkow, Coordinator - GreenDrinks London. Location: Central Library, 1st floor

Sat August 15th & Sun August 16th
Harvest Fest - A Fanshawe Pioneer Village Signature Event
Harvest Fest offers something for everyone in a weekend filled with activity. Threshing, exhibits, a non-denominational church service, rare breeds displays, musical entertainment and classic cars are but a few of the many sights and sounds of Harvest Fest. Reserve your own Thesherman’s Lunch at the Pioneer Village Café. For more information please call Fanshawe Pioneer Village at 519-457-1296 or visit the website www.fanshawepioneervillage.ca.

Sat August 15th
London Dragon Boat Festival - Fanshawe Conservation Area
The 17th Annual London Dragon Boat Festival takes place August 15th at Fanshawe Conservation Area. For additional information please call 519-872-6961 or visit the website www.dragonboatlondon.ca.

Tues August 18th 6:30pm
GREENDRINKS LONDON - Carolinian Winery Tour, Talk & Tasting
The Carolinian Winery specializes in fruit and grape/fruit blended wines utilizing fruit grown organically and with environmental sensitivity in mind. Owned and operated by Barry and Anissa Foley since 2004, Carolinian Winery's offerings are developed and produced onsite, with blends using fruit direct from their farm fields. A true 'family business' success story, you'll taste the attention to detail in every glass of their original blend of fruit wine. In-season fruit is also available at the farm for purchase as either ‘u-pick’ or pre-pick option. The winery is located east of London on Hwy 2 (Dundas Street), 1 km east of Shaw Side Road. We will be arranging bike groups and carpool.$5/person.

Fri August 21st 7:00p.m.
An Evening with Adriane Carr
Venue: Forest City Eagles Aerie - 500 First Street
Light refreshments served. Cash bar. Entertainment. Silent auction. Hosted by Southwestern Ontario Green Party. Tickets limited to 140. $10.00 in advance $12.00 at the door. For more information or to obtain tickets contact: Inge Stahl, CEO London Fanshawe Greens 519-686-1946 or istahl@execulink.com

Thursday, Aug 27th, 2009 5:30pm
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE SEMINAR SERIES
Topic: Wind & Solar - What Works and What Doesn’t
Location: Lambton College - 1457 London Road, Sarnia, ON, Room N105 (south entrance of the college)
Speakers:
Maike Luiken, Ph.D., Chair, IEEE London Section, Dean, Sustainability, Business Development & Applied Research
David Cooke, President and CTO—True-North Power NG Inc.
Cost: Free
For more information visit www.bluewatersustainabilityinitiative.com.

Sun August 30th 1:00-4:00 pm
5th Annual Corn Roast - Museum London Wolf Sculpture Garden
Join London artist and rogue roaster Ron Benner at his garden installation ‘As the Crow Flies’ for a corn roast. Part sculpture, part installation and part performance, the event will feature Benner's roving corn roasting wagon Maiz Barbacoa. The site-specific piece first exhibited in Montreal in 1984 after years of researching features a pond, garden and corn plants surrounded by black and white laminated photographs that trace the militarization of food and society, as well as themes of activism, environmentalism and global food politics. Musician Frank Risdale will entertain us with his resolute songs of political misdemeanours covering a wide geographical range from the Port Stanley harbour to Latin American revolutionary songs. The London native and his band Slugfest are best known for their 2006 CD "The Port", which pays homage to the Lake Erie beach he visited as a child and performed at as an adult.