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April 2008
Greetings,
Beth Byron of the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, Carol Miller, Market Master of the Coventry Farmers' Market, (and owner of Topfield Herb Farm), Sarah Pappenheimer of Brown Farm and other experts will be here sharing their expertise during the Sustainable Living Book Fair & Conference. The Eco-Huskies, Eco-Gardeners and Local Roots also have many Earth Day events planned.This will be fun and useful. Do come.
See you soon! Suzy
Bonnie is now adding the books to the mural. I love cheese book the mouse is reading. What do you think she'll have the toucan reading? We are planning a celebration for the completed mural on Sunday, May 4 at 4:30. Please join us.
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 Dorion Sagan
Notes from the Holocene: A Brief History
Dorion Sagan writes, "The very substance of our bodies comes from and will return to the biosphere when we die. We depend on other species, many of whose roles in maintaining the biosphere fit for life are more important than our own. Indeed, our rampant growth has perturbed the planet as a whole, arguably compromising it's functioning in a way that will imperil and perhaps eliminate us." Sagan, the author most recently of Notes from the Holocene: A Brief History is the author of many highly acclaimed science books. He also writes for The New York Times, Natural History, and Bioscience among other publications. He is the son of the late astronomer Carl Sagan and the biologist Lynn Margulis.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2:30 pm
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Growing Vegetables You Don't Have to Plant Every Year
Tuesday, April 22, 7:00 pm
 No annual tilling! No annual planting! Eric Toensmeier, the author of Perennial Vegetables: From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro, A Gardener's Guide to Over 100 Delicious and Easy to Grow Edibles will offer his insights and tips into making your garden a perpetual, low-maintenance source of food. Eric has worked as a small farm trainer at the New England Small Farm Institute (Belchertown, MA) and currently manages the Tierra de Oportunidades new farmer program of Nuestras Raíces (www.nuestras-raices.org) in Holyoke, MA. There he is designing and installing a permaculture landscape in concert with immigrant farmers who are starting farm-based enterprises in an urban context. Eric is a graduate and former faculty member of the Institute for Social Ecology in Plainfield, VT.
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A Better Way to Compost
When we recycle (compost) coffee grounds, garden trimmings, fruit rinds and such, we not only reduce the impact on our already over taxed landfills, we improve our garden soil. But composting requires effort. Deb Martin will be here to talk about the ideas in The Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner Batches, Grow Heaps, Comforter Compost, and Other Amazing Techniques for Saving Time and Money, and Producing the Most Flavorful Nutritious Vegetables Ever, the new book she wrote with Barbara Pleasant. Even if you are an experienced composter, you will learn from this talk. And if you've never composted, you will want to begin as soon as you go home.
Sunday, April 20, 2:00 pm
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