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Events for Metro Louisville - November 2015

Affirming Connections between Planet, People, Power and Possibilities

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Wednesday the 4th * Louisville Sustainability Forum: Evolve Ky
Starting the 6th * Looking for Lilith Theatre Company presents Prevailing Winds
Saturday the 7th * Owl Prowl at the Louisville Nature Center
Sundays * The Guest House at Hotel Louisville
Sunday the 8th * Louisville Timebank Fall Soup Swap
Wednesday the 11th * Celebrate Compassionate Louisville's 4th Anniversary
Monday, November 16th * Social Change Book Club: Engaging Compassion
Tuesday the 17th * Greater Louisville Sierra Club presents Venerable Trees
Friday the 27th * 350 Louisville at Light Up Louisville "Lots of Lights" Parade
Save The Date: December 21 * Winter Solstice Celebration
Thomas Merton Bridge?

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Wednesday, November 4 from 12 - 1:30 pm
Louisville Sustainability Forum
Passionist Earth and Spirit Center
(located behind St Agnes Church at 1920 Newburg Road)

Featured presentation:
* Stuart Unger, EVolve KY, President 

Electric vehicles offer distinct advantages. At their best, they combine cutting-edge design with minimalist motors to achieve something more than the sum of their parts. They can be both fun and environmentally friendly.

EVolve KY is a group of owners and enthusiasts of electric vehicles. Some have expensive electric sports cars, while others have more modestly-priced cars. Some are hobbyists interested in creating a vehicle from scratch. All have in common the desire to move our current complicated and boring state of driving forward -- and fast.

EVolve KY provides a place for EV enthusiasts to compare notes, keep up with current trends, socialize, increase the awareness of EVs by participating in community events and helping spread the adoption of EVs by increasing the number and variety of charging options in and around Louisville.

Shorter presentations:
* Shining a Light on Solar Power     
Jeremy Coxon, vice president of SunWind Power Systems, Inc.  

* Urban Conservation 
Chris L. Chandler, Director of Urban Conservation, The Nature Conservancy, Kentucky Chapter

Now in its seventh 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.

Food & drink:
Feel free to bring a bag lunch. If you'd like to prepare extra food or drink to share with others, that is always welcome!
 

 
Nov 6-7, 9*, 12-14 at 7:30pm
Nov 8, 14 at 2pm
Looking for Lilith Theatre Company presents
Prevailing Winds
Progress over Stagnation: Stories of Louisville's Chemical Corridor 
The MeX Theater, The Kentucky Center, 501 W. Main Street

Our tenth original play is focused on environmental issues in relation to Rubbertown and its surrounding communities, as well as how race and class have played into the Louisville community's dialogue and action around these issues. We have interviewed community members of this area of Jefferson County, together with industry representatives, environmentalists and activists, scientists and people in the media, to create a multi-faceted exploration of the complex interrelationships in this part of our community.

Featuring: Shannon Woolley Allison, Sean Childress, J.D. Green, Dana Hope, Mandi Hutchins, Ebony Nolana Jordan, Jennifer Thalman Kelpler

"It is not just a West End story, but a story of the whole community."

Read more here.

General Admission - $20 Students/Seniors - $15
(Prices do not include Kentucky Center box office and processing fees)
*Community Organizations Engaging in this work - Monday, November 9. Community Night - tickets only $10 each!

Tickets via the KentuckyCenter.org or 502-584-7777 
 

 
Saturday, November 7, 2015  5pm to 7:30pm
Owl Prowl 
Louisville Nature Center, 3745 Illinois Ave, 40213

Join naturalist Rosemary Bauman at the Nature Center for an Owl Prowl.
Light refreshments will be provided. 

Recommended for ages 6 and up. Dress for the weather. 

Cost: LNC members and volunteers: $5 per person or $20 for families 4 or more; 
Non-members: $7 per person or $28 for groups 4 or more. 

Limited to 20 participants. Registration required with payment by Friday, November 6, 2015.
 Call 502-458-1328

(Fees are non-refundable.)
A credit will be given in case of cancellation due to inclement weather

Louisville Nature Center
502-458-1328
502-458-0232 fax

 

  
Sundays in November at 5pm
November 8, 15, 22 and 29
The Guest House
Hosted at Hotel Louisville
120 West Broadway at 2nd Street

The Guest House is an emerging community that celebrates and supports the totality of the human experience. All people and wisdom are welcome.

The Guest House begins a new 6-week series, "Exploring Compassion" this Sunday, November 1st at 5:00 PM at Hotel Louisville (120 West Broadway).

For six weeks we will explore the theme of compassion. From the "brain and compassion" to "compassion and justice." Join us as scientists, artists, activists, wisdom teachers and musicians explore the theme of compassion.

The Guest House...

...where all worldviews, from agnostic to atheist to faith-professing, are respected...

...where all experiences, from mundane to exotic, from painful to joyful, are embraced...

...where all talents, from those newly discovered to those well-developed, are appreciated...

...where all voices, from not-ready-to-speak to shaky to steady, are honored...

...where being human is enough.

At the guest house we weave together the diverse gifts and wisdom of our community, creating the space for the emergence of collective insight and knowledge, which then guides us in our individual journey of being fully human and our collective journey of being a flourishing community, city and planet.
 

 
Sunday, November 8, 4:00 - 4:30pm
Louisville Timebank Fall Soup Swap
Highlands Community Campus, 1228 E. Breckenridge St, 40204

Potluck Dinner is at 6pm this same day!

What could be better that exchanging soup so that you have many different soups in your freezer this fall?!

All diets welcomed to exchange. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free (most soups are already!) and omnivore. Just make sure the recipe that you are using is good for freezing. Most cream based soups generally do not work, but if you have had good success with it frozen, bring it! 

Use the Signup Genius Link here.

This soup exchange is really, really simple. Bring 4 quarts of soup frozen in containers. Big yogurt containers are a quart and there are also inexpensive ziplock containers that are 40 ounces that would fit a quart (32 ounces) Quart freezer bags are hard to fill full, so if you want to use bags, get bigger than a quart and measure it out. 

More details on their Facebook event page
 

Wednesday, November 11, 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Come CelebrateCompassionate Louisville's 4th Anniversary
Metro Hall 4th Floor Gallery, 527 West Jefferson Street
 
Join in our celebration! 

* Louisville was just named the Model Compassionate City by the Charter for Compassion for the 4th year in a row.  Come hold the trophy you helped to win!


 

* 100 organizations like yours have signed compassion resolutions.  There is an exciting free opportunity for these organizations that will be announced.


 

* Hear Mayor Fischer's call to action.


 

* Enjoy a panel including YUM!, UPS, Brown-Forman and Metro Government representatives who will share their compassionate practices


 

* Hear Harry Pickens perform live the original piano music he composed for His Holiness the Dalai Lama


 

* Learn about social media opportunities to inspire your communities to join you in helping to build a compassionate city.

 
Light refreshments will be served.
No RSVP necessary

You Are Helping to Build A
A Compassionate Louisville!


 
Monday, November 16
Social Change Book Club presents
Engaging Compassion Through Intent and Action
by Vanessa Hurst,
who will be joining our discussion
Heine Brothers,  119 Chenoweth Lane

Compassion is nurtured by intent and action, according to Louisville author Vanessa Hurst. Both are equally important to a compassionate spirit. Life often interferes; we get busy. The connection between our intent and action becomes blurred. In life's busyness, we miss or ignore opportunities to share compassion. While our heart may be willing, our actions do not mirror our compassionate intent. 

Through conscious awareness, we can lay a foundation on which the connection between our intent and action is strengthened. Engaging Compassion Through Intent and Action shares resources and offers clues to building and sustaining a personal, compassion-centric bridge. We begin by laying a strong foundation of awareness and sinking life pillars of being present, understanding our self, living with curious daring, and taking a long look at our life into that foundation. Our bridge's cables are mindfulness practices that anchor us in the moment and help us to release life stressors. We lay our bridge's deck through our intent and action.

Each of its parts serves a specific purpose and contributes to the safety and integrity of the bridge. The bridge's substructure includes a foundation and pilings or pillars. On that sturdy base, a deck is laid and cables are strung. All of the bridge's parts, when built with integrity, ensure a safe journey.

The Social Change Book Club is now in its ninth year of monthly meetings. It 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.

Hosted by Howard Mason


  
 Tuesday, November 17, 7pm
Greater Louisville Sierra Club presents
a program and booksigning with Tom Kimmerer
author of Venerable Trees
Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St

Tom Kimmerer is chief scientist at Venerable Trees, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of woodland pastures and ancient trees in the Bluegrass. Trained as a tree physiologist and forest scientist, he has been a researcher and teacher in the United States, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Tom will discuss and sign his new book, Venerable Trees: History, Biology, and Conservation in the Bluegrass. In the book, published by University of Kentucky Press, Tom showcases the beauty, age, size, and splendor of one of the largest populations of presettlement trees in the nation, found in both rural and urban areas. Kimmerer explains the biology of Bluegrass trees and explores the reasons why they are now in danger. He also reveals the dedication and creativity of those fighting to conserve these remarkable 300 to 500 year-old plants:  from conscientious developers who build around them rather than clearing the land, to farmers who use lightning rods to protect them from natural disasters.

 Featuring more than 100 color photographs, this beautifully illustrated book offers guidelines for conserving ancient trees worldwide while educating readers about their life cycle. Venerable Trees is a call to understand the challenges faced by these companions so deeply rooted in the region's heritage and a passionate plea for their preservation.

Greater Louisville Sierra Club's programs are always
free and open to the public.
Please join us.

 
  
 
Friday, November 27 at 6:30 pm
350 Louisville at Light Up Louisville "Lots of Lights" Parade
Starts at 4th and Chestnut, Ends at 5th at Jefferson

The Lots of Lights Holiday Parade is part of the annual Light Up Louisville celebration and features an evening parade of lights, bands, carolers, car clubs, floats, children's groups and civic organizations.

It will start at 6:30pm and follow a new route along Fourth Street through Fourth Street Live!
The Parade will start on 4th Street at Chestnut, go North onto 4th to Jefferson, make a left onto Jefferson, and end on 5th Street.

On the eve of the big U.N summit in Paris, the climate movement, including 350 Louisville, is taking to the streets to encourage a just transition to 100% renewable energy. 350 Louisville's local parade message: "Light up Louisville with Clean Energy!"  Come cheer us on!

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Save The Date: December 21
Cultivating Connections' Winter Solstice Celebration
at Unity of Louisville

   




 
Local news and social media have been full of stories about Metro Council members' suggestion that the new I-65 bridge next to the JFK bridge be named after Kentucky's revered monk and author Thomas Merton.  Cultivating Connections likes this idea : )

Read the Courier-Journal's piece here.
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