Sustainable Michigan Newsletter
April 2008
© Copyright 2004 Angel Boligan - All Rights Reserved.
 CONTENTS 
FEATURE Michigan conference on peak oil and climate  1
 LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY NEWS & PROJECTS  2
 HomeGrown Festival  3
 Total Energy Research Facility – Kermit Schlansker  3
 Huron River Watershed Council Bioreserve Project  6
 Agraria picks five-acre site  7
 List of Biodiesel and Ethanol Stations in Michigan  7
 21 Things You Didn't Know You Can Recycle  8
 EVENTS through April 30th  11
FEATURE Michigan conference on peak oil and climate 
Source: www.aspo-ireland.org
Excerpted from March 11 Energy Bulletin, by Local Future.
The coming crisis in the oil supply is one of three key topics to be
covered at a conference bringing together national experts on “peak
oil”, climate change and an environmentally friendly and sustainable
economy.
The conference is scheduled for Friday, May 30, through Sunday, June
1, at the Calvin College Fine Arts Center, 1795 Knollcrest Circle in
Grand Rapids.
The first “International Conference on Peak Oil and Climate Change:
Paths to Sustainability” will feature:

Richard Heinberg author of “The Party's Over: Oil, War And
The Fate Of Industrial Societies” and “PowerDown: Options
And Actions For A Post-Carbon World”

Dr. David L. Goodstein author of "Out of Gas: The End of the
Age of Oil", Frank J.Gilloon Distinguished teaching and
Service Professor of Physics at the California Institute of
Technology

Megan Quinn Bachman co-writer & co-producer of the
documentary film, "The Power of Community: How Cuba
Survived Peak Oil"

Julian Darley author of “High Noon for Natural Gas”,
Founder and President of the Relocalization Network and Post
Carbon Institute

Stephanie Mills author of “Epicurean Simplicity, In Service of
the Wild: Restoring and Reinhabiting Damaged Land”, and
“Whatever Happened to Ecology?”

Pat Murphy author of "Plan C: Community Survival Strategies
for Peak Oil and Climate Change" and Executive Director of
"The Community Solution".
Internationally renowned authors Heinberg and Darley appear live
via interactive videoconference from California. U.S. Representative
Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) of the Congressional Peak Oil Caucus introduces
the concept via pre-recorded video.
In addition to the speakers, the conference will include four break-out
periods arranged in twelve tracks covering broad topics of energy,
food, environment, community and economy. A call for presentations
is going out for all interested speakers. Online registration is open now
at www.SustainabilityConference.org
 LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY NEWS & PROJECTS 
 HomeGrown Festival 
Planned for September 13th, 2008, in Kerrytown, the
Homegrown Festival is “A festival celebrating good food and local
business provides a great way to engage people” around the issues of
large-scale food production and links to global warming. The festival
will feature local chefs “creating and serving delicious cuisine from
local/regionally produced food”, showcase locally made, sustainable
products, hold a recipe contest, and offer cooking demonstrations and
children’s activities. The festival grew out of ideas from the Beyond
Sustainability group, connected to the Ecology Center.
For more information: HomeGrown Festival (734) 730-6905 HomeGrown@ThinkLocalFirst.net HomeGrown Festival, P.O. Box
7237, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 http://www.homegrownfestival.org/
 Total Energy Research Facility 
By Kermit Schlansker
Global Warming, financial ruin, and running out of energy will
fill our children’s lives with desperation. We must prepare for the
future by making enormous investments and changing our culture
because we can never produce enough energy to satisfy our present
wasteful consumption. It is difficult to finance the total change but is
easy to finance the research that will tell us what to do.
I have a dream of creating a major research project that will
enhance both a culture and device development that will help save our
children. The initial facility would consist of a single, large, apartment
and general-purpose building situated on as much land as possible. An
8-unit apartment building on two acres would be a good place to start.
I have called this an "Ecomindium". The idea would be to marry
conservation oriented people with technical people and create a social
group that would be much more self-sufficient and use far less energy
than house and car living. One goal would be to reduce per capita
individual energy consumption to 25% of present consumption. Local
energy production is inherently more efficient because waste heat can
be used for space heating, hot water heating and absorption
refrigeration. A low cost of living will shelter our poor and keep them
from rioting. These ideas can be expanded to make larger groups of
such buildings that will support large industries. The tight clustering
of such towns would reduce essential transportation energy to a
minimum.
The facility proposed would be a generator of manufactured
products that would increase jobs in any state that promoted it. One
should be built in every state. Worthwhile ideas need to be publicized
so that they can obtain funding and public support.
Major Features
1. A gathering place where many methods for counteracting Global
Warming and energy starvation can be demonstrated to the whole
world. A place where altruistic people can join with technically
oriented people to produce a model of Sustainability. A place
where energy conservation can be practiced and measured and
where universities can teach students how to solve real problems.
2. The gathering of many small-scale energy experiments at one
location so that they can gain maximum attention from
entrepreneurs, inventors, manufacturers, and volunteers and thus
create many new energy conserving and producing devices.
Experimentation in general with wind, solar, biomass and earth
energy. The processes of Cogeneration, Comanufacturing, and
combustion-powered heat pumps will be fully explored. This
process will create many new useful products thus increasing our
manufacturing base and creating jobs.
3. A means of counteracting the universal poverty that is sure to
come as energy prices get higher and higher. People here can stay
warm in winter and can grow their own food. Everyone can use
spare time to work toward their own sustenance. There is no
unemployment.
4. The creation and storage of food that might help to feed a nearby
city thus cutting shipping costs. This would create local jobs and
would contribute to the food security of the community. The use of
farm products to create both food and energy. Pioneering the use
of soybean meal and corn distiller's grains for human consumption.
This greatly increases the cost effectiveness of making liquid
biofuels because people food is worth more than animal food. The
making of charcoal as a comanufacturing process and using it as a
soil fertility enhancer and as a means of storing carbon.
Experiments with nitrogen from clover, sewage, and manures as a
means of creating fertile garden soils.
5. The design of a building that uses geometry and better insulation
to reduce heating to less than half of that normally required. Cogeneration and co-manufacturing can reduce heating costs to zero.
6. The creation of small industries that furnish waste heat while
making useful products. This is called co-manufacturing. A small
aluminum foundry would be a good example. In general
manufacturing any mass saleable chemical, solid, or liquid fuels by
any process that is efficient in a small facility while using waste
heat to the fullest extent. Corn to ethanol, and soybeans to oil can
be made into more cost effective processes by distilling within a
heating system, using solar energy for part of the processing, and
using waste process heat.
7. Making a biodigester that will process sewage, create methane gas
useful in furnishing much of the energy needed by the complex,
create waste heat, create fertilizer, and help in recycling water.
Alfalfa and other legumes may be used to improve the filtering,
create more fuel gas, and add more nitrogen to the fertilizer.
Leaves may also enhance production of gas and fertilizer.
8. Making a gasifier furnace that uses wood chips or various biomass
fuels to create a burnable fuel gas, fuel an internal combustion
engine, heat for a Rankine system, charcoal, and waste heat. This
will also furnish a large mount of the energy needed by the
complex.
9. The design of engine systems that can use the fuel gases from
biodigestion and gasification to produce electricity, compress gases,
or heat pumping. Many different cogeneration devices must be
experimented with. Useful waste heat can be derived from the
exhaust of such engines. Initially, used car engines driving
alternators can be used. Steam engines powered by solar energy or
by waste heat will be experimented with.
10. Doing experimental research on running farm tractors or other
farm machinery on woodgas, biodiesel, biogas, charcoal, or farm
made ethanol. This effort can be expanded to include buses, trucks,
and cars. It is essential to make agriculture independent of foreign
oil.
11. The demonstration of the use of solar mirrors for creating building
oriented energy. This applies to power generating Rankine
systems, using mirror heat for pyrolization to create charcoal and
fuel gas, heat for crop drying, heat for space heating, and solar
lighting. Most of the waste heat can be used for space heating,
distilling ethanol, or powering absorption refrigeration. Also the
use of solar voltaics as a means of obtaining emergency power will
be explored.
12. Experimenting with small windmills that pump or compress rather
than make electricity, thus increasing their cost effectiveness.
These would be especially useful for refrigeration. Experiment
with disposable blades that will permit larger diameter mills.
13. Pioneering of low cost heat pump sources such as cisterns, wells,
refrigerated food storage facilities, and skating rinks. The powering
of heat pumps with engines to secure maximum heating efficiency.
The use of heat pumping equipment that uses both the cold end
and the hot end. A heat pump that heats water while air
conditioning or cooling a refrigerator is an example.
Experimenting with absorption refrigeration driven by solar
mirrors.
14. Experimenting with the use of semi-wild animals as a meat source.
15. Making a pond where experiments can be conducted on intensive
fish farming. The pond could also serve as a place to store treated
water, as a place to grow algae or water plants, and as a heat
source for air conditioning or winter heating. Experiments with
sand beds that can be used for growing food while purifying water.
16. Designing machines that mass plant energy crops such as fruit
trees, nut trees, and hazel bushes for less than $1 each.
17. Pioneering the use of human and animal power to furnish energy
for pumping water and other essential activities.
It is important that we unite and form organizations that will
advocate this project and others. Please consider joining the Peak Oil
group - visit our webpage at http://oilawareness.meetup.com/285/.
There needs to be a greater awareness of the problems that will face
our children.
I am a University of Illinois graduate with a degree in
Engineering Physics. During my career as an electronics and aerospace
engineer I worked at Bendix on projects that went to the moon. I am a
professional engineer, wrote a book called "Blueprint for
Sustainability" and have spent many hours in thinking about energy
products.
Kermit Schlansker, PE
Email: kssustain@provide.net 734-9715283 http://provide.net/~kssustain
 Huron River Watershed Council Bioreserve Project 
If you’d like to get outdoors this Spring and explore some of the last
remaining natural areas in the Huron River Watershed, join the
bioreserve project. The project’s purpose is to survey these areas and
prioritize them based on their ecological integrity and importance to
the watershed. Training provided! Anyone who would like to learn or
practice identifying plants welcome. See their zoomable natural areas
map at http://hrwc.org/bioreserve/b_map.pdf. For more info, contact
Kris Olsson at 734/769-5123 x16 or kolsson@hrwc.org.
http://www.hrwc.org/text/volunteer.htm
 Agraria picks five-acre site 
Lauren Heaton, Yellow Springs News (Ohio)
The model, low-energy development Community Solution calls
Agraria became a little more real late last fall when organizers of the
project purchased a 5.1-acre parcel of land on the north end of town.
And after informal discussions with the Village about possible
annexation, Community Solution hired a consultant to study the
feasibility of building a sustainable community of 10, 20, or 30 houses
on the property.
“Our dream is to have a demonstration of a passive housing
development using half or less of the land for housing and the rest for
agriculture and organic gardening,” Community Solution member
Faith Morgan said. “And we hope,” added Community Solution
Director Pat Murphy, “that those who will be happy to live in a small
space without deleterious effects on the planet will come here.”
The idea for Agraria was first proposed at Community
Solution’s second annual Peak Oil Conference in 2006, when the
energy-efficient development’s plan to design a lifestyle using 75
percent less energy seemed “radical,” Murphy said. Since then, the
issue of fuel shortages and the environmental impact of energy
consumption has come into mainstream consciousness, he said, and
made the concept of reducing our energy usage to half its current rate
seem reasonable. It has even made much bigger reductions, on the
order of 80 to 90 percent, seem necessary in order to soften the impact
of climate change, he said.
Since Agraria was conceptualized, Community Solution has
remained active in researching and planning for the best and most
effective solutions for Agraria. (20 March 2008)
Read about Agraria: http://www.communitysolution.org/food.html
 List of Biodiesel and Ethanol Stations in Michigan 
Michigan is continuing an aggressive pursuit of the development and
placement of biofuels pumps in Michigan. For more information on
renewable fuels in Michigan, visit the Michigan Renewable Fuels
Commission website at www.renewablefuelscommission.org (For info
on Biodiesel, visit www.biodiesel.org or www.michigansoybean.org.)
http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125--187045--,00.html
 21 Things You Didn't Know You Can Recycle 
From Co-op America via MySpace Sustainable Michigan website
http://groups.myspace.com/mamabearsllc
Garbage. Americans produce more and more of it every year, when we
need to be producing less.
Even the most waste-conscious among us can feel overwhelmed by the
amount of household waste that goes beyond what municipal recyclers
and compost bins can handle.
That's why our editors have spent the summer investigating the state
of waste management in our country, and putting together
information for you, our Co-op America members, explaining how we
can get serious about the three R's – reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Supporting members of Co-op America can expect to receive this issue
of the Co-op America Quarterly this fall. If you're not already a
supporting member, join us now to get this special issue mailed to you.
1. Appliances: Goodwill accepts working appliances,
www.goodwill.org, or you can contact the Steel Recycling Institute to
recycle them. 800/YES-1-CAN, www.recycle-steel.org.
2. Batteries: Rechargeables and single-use: Battery Solutions, 734/4679110, www.batteryrecycling.com.
3. Cardboard boxes: Contact local nonprofits and women's shelters to
see if they can use them. Or, offer up used cardboard boxes at your
local Freecycle.org listserv or on Craigslist.org for others who may
need them for moving or storage. If your workplace collects at least
100 boxes or more each month, UsedCardboardBoxes.com accepts
them for resale.
4. CDs/DVDs/Game Disks: Send scratched music or computer CDs,
DVDs, and PlayStation or Nintendo video game disks to AuralTech
for refinishing, and they'll work like new: 888/454-3223,
www.auraltech.com.
5. Clothes: Wearable clothes can go to your local Goodwill outlet or
shelter. Donate wearable women's business clothing to Dress for
Success, which gives them to low-income women as they search for
jobs, 212/532-1922, www.dressforsuccess.org. Offer unwearable clothes
and towels to local animal boarding and shelter facilities, which often
use them as pet bedding. Consider holding a clothes swap at your
office, school, faith congregation or community center. Swap clothes
with friends and colleagues, and save money on a new fall wardrobe
and back-to-school clothes.
6. Compact fluorescent bulbs: Take them to your local IKEA store for
recycling: www.ikea.com.
7. Compostable bio-plastics: You probably won't be able to compost
these in your home compost bin or pile. Find a municipal composter to
take them to at www.findacomposter.com.
8. Computers and electronics: Find the most responsible recyclers, local
and national, at www.ban.org/pledge/Locations.html.
9. Exercise videos: Swap them with others at www.videofitness.com.
10. Eyeglasses: Your local Lion's Club or eye care chain may collect
these. Lenses are reground and given to people in need.
11. Foam packing: Your local pack-and-ship store will likely accept
foam peanuts for reuse. Or, call the Plastic Loose Fill Producers
Council to find a drop-off site: 800/828-2214. For places to drop off
foam blocks for recycling, contact the Alliance of Foam Packaging
Recyclers, 410/451-8340, www.epspackaging.org/info.html
12. Ink/toner cartridges: Recycleplace.com pays $1/each.
13. Miscellaneous: Get your unwanted items into the hands of people
who can use them. Offer them up on your local Freecycle.org or
Craigslist.org listserv, or try giving them away at Throwplace.com or
giving or selling them at iReuse.com. iReuse.com will also help you
find a recycler, if possible, when your items have reached the end of
their useful lifecycle.
14. Oil: Find Used Motor Oil Hotlines for each state: 202/682-8000,
www.recycleoil.org.
15. Phones: Donate cell phones: Collective Good will refurbish your
phone and sell it to someone in a developing country: 770/856-9021,
www.collectivegood.com. Call to Protect reprograms cell phones to
dial 911 and gives them to domestic violence victims:
www.donateaphone.com. Recycle single-line phones: Reclamere,
814/386-2927, www.reclamere.com.
16. Sports equipment: Resell or trade it at your local Play It Again
Sports outlet, 800/476-9249, www.playitagainsports.com.
17. "Technotrash": Project KOPEG offers an e-waste recycling
program that can help you raise funds for your organization. Use
Project KOPEG to recycle iPods, MP3 players, cell phones and
chargers, digital cameras, PDAs, palm pilots, and more. Also, easily
recycle all of your CDs, jewel cases, DVDs, audio and video tapes,
pagers, rechargeable and single-use batteries, PDAs, and ink/toner
cartridges with GreenDisk's Technotrash program. For $30, GreenDisk
will send you a cardboard box in which you can ship them up to 70
pounds of any of the above. Your fee covers the box as well as
shipping
and
recycling
fees.
800/305-GREENDISK,
www.greendisk.com.
18. Tennis shoes: Nike's Reuse-a-Shoe program turns old shoes into
playground and athletic flooring. www.nikereuseashoe.com. One
World Running will send still-wearable shoes to athletes in need in
Africa, Latin America, and Haiti. www.oneworldrunning.com.
19. Toothbrushes and razors: Buy a recycled plastic toothbrush or
razor from Recycline, and the company will take it back to be recycled
again into plastic lumber. Recycline products are made from used
Stonyfield Farms' yogurt cups. 888/354-7296, www.recycline.com.
20. Tyvek envelopes: Quantities less than 25: Send to Shirley
Cimburke, Tyvek Recycling Specialist, 5401 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,
Spot 197, Room 231, Richmond, VA 23234. Quantities larger than 25,
call 866/33-TYVEK.
21. Stuff you just can't recycle: When practical, send such items back
to the manufacturer and tell them they need to manufacture products
that close the waste loop responsibly.
..©2005 Co-op America.
 EVENTS through April 30th 
Solar Presentation: Ypsilanti Food Cooperative Presents at UM's 2008
Earth Week Event
Thursday, March 27, 10:00 am-1:00 pm
University of Michigan Central Campus (Diag)
Come to this talk and learn about solar power in theory and practice,
and what the general public can do to conserve and produce their own
power. The Cooperative will also be demonstrating a DIY solar oven
and baking cookies.
http://www.recycleannarbor.org/events/greenevents06.htm
Public Lecture: Icebreaker: Mission Report from the Northwest Passage
Thursday, March 27, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Bldg, Exhibit Museum of Natural
History, University of Michigan
David West Reynolds, Phaeton Group. Reynolds and his team
traveled into the Northwest Passage in October 2007, becoming
eyewitnesses to the historic first opening of this legendary route.
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/exhibitmuseum
Potato Seeds, seed potatoes and sweet potato slips: growing sweet
potatoes and Bolivian Potatoes in Michigan
Saturday, March 29th, 10-11:30am
Leslie Science Center Nature House, 1831 Traver Road, Ann Arbor
In this class, presented by Project Grow, learn about their history,
characteristics, and how to raise them from seed or tubers. Project
Grow Instructor: Royer Held. For more information call Project Grow
at 734-996-3169, to register please visit the web site
http://projectgrowgardens.org
The Peace Pole Playhouse ~ a Kid's Cottage at the Strawbale Studio
land
April-Sep 2008
Location: NE of Oxford, Michigan, one hour north of Detroit on 50
acres of beautiful wooded rural land.
This small (8'x10') "Start-to-Finish" structure will give participants
the opportunity to experience all the aspects of a natural building
within a relatively short time period. It is being planned for June,
July, and August. Individuals or families can come for one, some, or
all of the sessions. We are in the process of giving further definition to
this project and welcome your input. Call Deanne 248 628 1887.
Organic Fruit Growing Made Easy
6:30-8:30 pm, April 3, 8, 10
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor
Instructor Mike Levine teaches about native wild fruits and how to
manage an orchard organically. To register, visit
http://www3.wccnet.edu/lifelong-learning/browse/view/category/homegarden/page/2/. Fee: $72
http://projectgrowgardens.org/classcalendar.htm
Climate Change: Lessons Learned from Antarctic Glacial Ice
Thursday, April 3, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Bldg, Exhibit Museum of Natural
History, University of Michigan
Professor Sam Mukasa, chair of the U-M Department of Geological
Sciences, will discuss the lessons learned from climate records in
Antarctica and elsewhere.
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/ExhibitMuseum
Family Workshop - Sculpt a Playspace out of Earth
Sunday April 6, 12:30 to 5 pm
For location and info, call Deanne at 248 628 1887
Help sculpt a indoor play area out of natural materials and earth (cob)
Based on real natural building techniques.
Adults and Children 5 and up accompanied by at least one adult.
Taught by Deanne Bednar, Strawbale Studio
You Can Argue with the Facts: A Political History of Climate Change
Monday, April 7, 4:00 PM - 5:30 pm
Naomi Oreskes, University of California, San Diego. Science,
Technology, Medicine and Society Speaker Series Betty Ford
Classroom (Room 110), Weill Hall, University of Michigan
http://www.umich.edu/~umsts/
Solar Photovoltaic Apprentice Training
April 7th -11th , 2008
GLREA Energy Center, Dimondale, MI
This 5-day program combines classroom sessions with field experience
to provide the graduate with the experience and reference materials
needed to advance a career in the distributed generation profession.
For more info: 517-646-6269 or E-mail: info@glrea.org
http://www.glrea.org/education/PVApprentice040708.html
Clean Energy Strategies for California Utilities
Thursday, April 10, 5:15-6:30 pm
Hal LaFlash, California Pacific, Gas & Electric. Erb Speaker Series
Executive Residence (Business School) Room: 1540, University of
Michigan
http://www.erb.umich.edu/News-and-Events/
Ecology Center 2008 Annual Membership Meeting
Thursday, April 10, 7:30 pm
Morris Lawrence Building Room 101, Washtenaw Community College,
4800 E. Huron River Drive
Speaker: Mark Schapiro, Editorial Director of the Center for
Investigative Reporting and author of Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry
of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for American Power.
Open to the public; free admission.
http://www.ecocenter.org/events/introduction.php
Photovoltaic Intermediate Workshop
Saturday, April 12, 9:00-4:00 pm
GLREA Center, 257 S. Bridge St., Dimondale, MI 48821
$40 GLREA Members, $55 Non-members
http://www.glrea.org/education/PVIntermediateSeminar041208.html
Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener
Saturday, April 12, 10:00-11:30 am
Leslie Science Center Nature House, 1831 Traver Road, Ann Arbor
Instructor Royer Held teaches how to create your own plant varieties.
For more information call Project Grow at 734-996-3169 or register
online at
http://www.vcwebdesign.com/projectgrowgardens.org/event_form.php
.
Compost – Close Up
April 12th, 10 am – Noon
Ann Arbor's Material Recovery Facility, Platt & Ellsworth, Ann
Arbor
Come see how our hard-working compost crew helps nature turn leaves
and grass clippings into wonderfully rich compost. Guests will take
home a seedling they plant in compost and will also receive a coupon
for a free bushel of compost from the Drop-Off Station. Pre-register
by calling the Leslie Science and Nature Center at 734-997-1553 or
contacting info@lesliesnc.org.
http://www.lesliesnc.org/events.php#MRF
The Coming Transformation - America, Capitalism and the
Environmental Future
Monday, April 14, 4:00-6:00 pm. 250 Hutchins Hall, Law School, 625
South State St., Ann Arbor.
James Gustave Speth, the Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the School
of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and Sara Shallenberger Brown
Professor in the Practice of Environmental Policy. Dean's Speaker
Series, SNRE. http://www.snre.umich.edu/
Sustainability in Building and Design
Thursday, April 17, 7:30 pm
Robert Black, Sunstructures Architects; Jason Bing, Program
Manager, Recycle Ann Arbor; Jacob Corvidae, Green Programs
Manager, WARM Training Center, Detroit
Crazy Wisdom Bookstore Tea Room, 114 S. Main Street in Ann Arbor.
Info: lucindakurtz@comcast.net
Wind Intermediate Workshop
Saturday, April 19, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
GLREA Center, 257 S. Bridge St., Dimondale, MI 48821
$40 GLREA Members, $55 Non-members
http://www.glrea.org/education/PVIntermediateSeminar041208.html
Science Café: Melting at the Poles
Wednesday, April 19, 5:30-7:30 pm
Conor O'Neill's Traditional Irish Pub, 318 S. Main St., Ann Arbor
Ben van der Pluijm, U-M professor of Geology, the Environment, and
Director of the U-M Global Change program, and Barry Rabe,
professor of Public and Environmental Policy, will discuss predictions
concerning sea level rise caused by melting ice caps at the Earth's
poles. http://www.lsa.umich.edu/exhibitmuseum/programs/calendar
Earth Day Expo
Saturday, April 19, 11:00-6:00
Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center and Oakland University are
pleased to bring you the third annual Earth Day Expo on the OU
campus at the Oakland Center on Saturday April 19th from 11am6pm. http://www.earthdayexpo.org/
FULL MOON Bonfire & Potluck at Strawbale Studio
Sunday, April 20th, 6:00-9:00 pm
Gather to network about sustainability and enjoy nature with a
bonfire outdoors or the woodstove in the Strawbale Studio.
RSVP appreciated several days in advance. Deanne 248 628 1887 or
ecoartdb@gmail.com
http://strawbale.pbwiki.com/December+FULL+MOON+FIRE+&+P
OTLUCK
Earth Day Reflections - Dalai Lama Presents the Wege Lecture on
Sustainability
Sunday, April 20, 2008 - 2:00 pm, Crisler Arena, 333 East Stadium
Boulevard, Ann Arbor.
Tickets are now gone, but you can volunteer as an usher at
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/dlvolunteering/home. You can join the
mailing list at https://listserver.itd.umich.edu/cgibin/lyris.pl?enter=earthday-dalailama
Dance for the Earth 2008
Saturday, April 26, 8-11 pm
Downtown Home & Garden, 210 S. Ashley St., Ann Arbor
Featuring FUBAR. Dance and silent auction featuring local artists
and earth-friendly items. $15 plus cash bar, $10 students.
http://www.ecocenter.org/events/dance/
Earth Day Festival
Sunday, April 27, 12-4 pm
Leslie Science & Nature Center, Celebrate the earth with local
environmental organizations. Explore and participate in the variety of
hands on activities and demonstrations while listening to Joe Reilly
perform his earth friendly songs. All are welcomed to come dressed as
their favorite plant or animal to join the all species parade. Free.
http://www.lesliesnc.org/events.php#earthday
© Copyright 2005 Andy Singer