Cultivating Connections Recommends
November 2011
Upcoming Events for Metro Louisville
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Louisville Sustainability Forum
Wednesday, November 2 12 - 1:45 pm
Passionist Earth and Spirit Center
(located in the Barn behind St Agnes Church 1924 Newburg Road)
20 Minute Presentation -
Ray Yeager making connections between
obesity, access to healthy nutrition and recreation
Now in its Fifth year the purposes of the Louisville Sustainability Forum are:
1. We hold and promote the intention of sustainability for Louisville.
2. We establish and nourish relationships that strengthen community and create change.
3. We create a space for discussion that inspires, motivates and deepens our ability to catalyze social change.
Please park in St. Agnes Church lot and walk back behind the church
to the Earth and Spirit Center
Food & drink:
Heine Bros. provides us with Heine Bros. coffee. Feel free to bring a bag lunch, but know that the Barn opens its doors to us at 11:30 a.m. -- no earlier. If you'd like to prepare extra food or drink to share with others, that is always welcome!
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16th Annual Festival Of FaithsSacred Air - Breath of Life November 2 - 7
including programs sponsored by Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light,
Cultivating Connections, 350 Louisville and the Sierra Club Program Highlights Include
Wednesday, November 2 11:30 am This Old House of Worship:
How to Save Energy and Money at Your Congregation hosted by Tim Darst
Thursday, November 3 7:30 am Interfaith Breakfast with Bill McKibben
renowned Climate Change activist and 350.org founder 9:00 - 11:00 am Youth Workshop
with Bill McKibben and Alec Loorz founder of "Kids vs. Global Warming"
Friday, November 4 9:00 am - 2:15 pm Youth Day (with Alec Loorz)
Saturday, November 5 5:15 pm Chief Francois Paulette presents
The Violation of Sacred Air by the Tar Sands Project
For details and full schedule
www.festivaloffaiths.org
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Sunday, November 13, 11 am Mark Steiner presents The Power of "No, Thank You" in a World of Super-Normal Stimuli Clifton Unitarian Church 2231 Payne Street
Recent strides in understanding our brains and how their evolution impacts our mental processes are changing our understanding of what is often described as obsessive or addictive behaviors.
This includes instincts to acquire always "a little more" of substances that used to be hard for us to find such as salts, sugars, fats, and caffeine. Now not only are these substances readily available but they are present in such refined forms that they can be considered "super-normal stimuli".
This talk examines this phenomena and offers new understandings of what can be called miss-matched instincts. |
Tuesday, November 15, 7pm
Greater Louisville Sierra Club
November Meeting - Guest Speaker
Patrick N. Angel Ph.D
Please join us Tuesday, November 15 as we welcome Patrick N. Angel, Ph.D., Senior Forester/Soil Scientist, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation, discussing the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI). Dr. Patrick Angel has worked trying to protect the environment and citizens from the abuses of the coal mining industry for over 40 years. He is a native of eastern Kentucky and has been employed by the federal Office of Surface Mining (or OSM) since the implementation of the federal Surface Mining law in 1978. Dr. Angel has the distinction of having issued the first federal closure order under the federal surface mining law and for 28 years he supervised the inspection and enforcement operations for OSM in eastern Kentucky.
Our monthly general meetings are at the Clifton Center, Clifton and Payne Streets (www.cliftoncenter.org). Our programs begin at 7:00 p.m. and are free and open to the public. |
Monday, November 21, 6:00 pm Social Change Book Club Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer by Duncan Watts Heine Bros. Coffee 119 Chenoweth Lane, St Matthews.  In our November book, Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer, Duncan Watts shows how common sense reasoning and history conspire to mislead us into believing that we understand more about human behavior than we do. And why attempts to predict, manage, or manipulate social and economic systems so often go wrong. The Social Change Book Club is open to everyone who is interested in understanding, participating, leading, or supporting social change. Each month we select a book and get together to discuss. Selections rotate among three themes: social changes, how we work with others to make change happen, and the inner qualities needed to bring change into the world. Please just show up if you are interested--no RSVP, commitment, etc. It is great when people have read the book, but that is not a requirement to come and discuss. We got this going because there is a lot to learn about how to make social change happen and people who are interested in changing the world need opportunities to share stories and experience community with others who care. |
Sunday, November 27, 11 am Troubadours of Divine Bliss present Possessing a Grateful Presence Clifton Unitarian Church 2231 Payne Street 
Catch this special service where Aim Me & Renee
will offer in word and song their visions of how a grateful presence leads one to live a conscientious life |
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