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Greetings!
Learn how to make your own bio-diesel fuel. Attend a
compost bin-making workshop. Find out all about
photovoltaic cells, solar heat, and wind power. Discover what
you can do to cut down on carbon emissions. Join us for The
Sustainable Living Book Fair & Conference April 20, 21, and
22 featuring speakers, authors, films, and books on all things
sustainable. Admission is free of course.
And by the way, there are some extra goodies for you at the
bottom of this newsletter. Take a look.
Happy Spring,
Suzy
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Sustainable Living Book Fair & Conference
April 20, 21, & 22
Today, our newspaper headlines warn of the consequences of
global warming; our electric bills soar; our winter
strawberries are flown and trucked thousands of miles before
they reach our tables. More and more of us have come to
believe that we can’t go on this way if the children who come
after us are to have decent lives. Many worry about the
rising costs of our utilities and fuel. We wonder if next
summer’s storms will be worse than this year’s.
Patricia Klindienst, author
We are booksellers. We don’t have the answers ourselves,
but on our shelves, we have many books written by experts,
thinkers, scientists, engineers, environmentalists and others
who ponder the future and offer ideas and solutions. These
are books that offer hope and guidance for us today so that
we will leave the earth in good health for our children and
grandchildren.
For the Sustainable Living Book Fair & Conference we have
brought in an even larger selection of books on these topics.
We have also invited many experts to speak and share their
wisdom, and those who have written books, to autograph
them. We are grateful for the work that Richard Miller and
the Office of Environmental Policy and the Eco- Huskies are
doing on campus and the assistance they have given us with
this event. We also want to highlight their exciting Earth Day
events running concurrently with the Book Fair.
Sustainable Living Book Fair & Conference Schedule
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Organic Gardening in Self-Watering Containers
Meet Garden Expert Ed Smith and Learn How
Ed Smith, a long time organic gardener, has carefully
researched organic gardening in self-watering containers,
testing various herbs and vegetables and a variety of
containers. In his new book, Incredible Vegetables from
Self-Watering Containers, he shares what he has learned
so that you too can grow carrots, eggplants, tomatoes,
lettuce and more in self-watering containers right outside
your back door. Smith is the bestselling author of The
Vegetable Gardener’s Bible, in which he espouses his
organic principles. For both new and experienced gardeners.
Ed Smith will present as part of the Sustainable Living Book
Fair and Conference on Saturday, April 22 at 1:00 pm.
Preorder Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers now.
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Giant Book Sale! Monday April 10 to Thursday April 13
We’ve negotiated some shockingly low prices for books from
several publishers. Hardcovers. Paperbacks. Children’s Books
Cookbooks. Fiction. Lots of interesting nonfiction.
PLUS, the Springer Physics and Statistics Sales!
For the best selection, come early!
Prices starting as low as
$4.98
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The UConn Co-op is a member-owned independent bookstore
serving the University of Connecticut and the wider academic
community. We welcome everyone, young and old, through our
doors and to our online bookstore.
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