Cultivating Connections Recommends: Events for Metro Louisville - June 2016

Affirming Connections between Planet, People, Power and Possibilities

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Wednesday the 4th * The Louisville Sustainability Forum with Joe Franzen, Multidisciplinary Educator
Thursday the 12th * Tree Triage in Cherokee Park
Saturday, June 11 * Mighty Kindness 2016 Hoot! at Waterfront Park
Monday the 13th - Thursday the 16th * PeaceCasters Making Media That Matters Camp
Thursday the 12th * Meet and Greet with Senate Candidate Sellus Wilder
Tuesday the 17th * Greater Louisville Sierra Club: Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
Saturday the 14th * How to Form a Cooperative
Sunday the 22nd * Mighty Kind Good Time - FUNdraiser for the Hoot
Saturday, July 16 * Children and Nature: A Day with Richard Louv
Ladybug Lane Landscaping Takes A Nature-Wise Approach

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

Featured Presentation
New Roots and Fresh Stop Markets
Karyn Moskowitz, Executive Director

New Roots is a Kentucky-based nonprofit organization that believes access to fresh food is a basic human right. It's main purpose is to unite communities to end food injustice. They work with fresh food insecure communities to create sustainable systems for accessing the farm-fresh food.

New Roots acts as the umbrella organization for the Fresh Stop Markets. Fresh Stop Markets pop up at local churches and community centers in fresh food insecure neighborhoods. The food has been paid for in advance so that farmers don't face the same degree of risk as they do with a standard farmers' market. Families pay in on a sliding scale, pooling their food stamps and cash, in order to qualify for wholesale prices from local farmers, each receiving a "share" of ten varieties of delicious Ky food biweekly. In 2016 we will have 13 Fresh Stop Markets, with an estimated 1400 shareholder families, in Louisville, Lexington, Brandenburg and New Albany, Indiana.

Shorter Presentations

What's growing in Portland?
Amanda Fuller, Lots of Food

Copper and Kings
Zach Meador, Tourism & Group Sales Manager
 
Now in its ninth 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.
 

Saturday, June 4 10:00am-12:00pm
Volunteer with Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Chickasaw Park

Join Olmsted Parks Conservancy and other volunteers to help restore this
beautiful neighborhood park! Gloves, tools and guidance provided.
Just dress for the weather and working outdoors.

For more information and to sign-up, call Sarah Wolff at 456-8125 or www.olmstedparks.org/events.
 

 

 
Saturday, June 11 from 12-7pm 
The 9th annual Mighty Kindness Hoot! 
A free community festival that celebrates Kindness! 
Waterfront Park's Brown Forman Amphitheater & Lawn (next to Doc's Cantina). 
1301 River Rd, 40202

Kindness is the most powerful force on Earth and when communities come together in solidarity, it grows mighty beyond measure! Join Kentuckiana for a community unity festival that celebrates all that is Kind for the body, soul and mind. You will find community groups, local artists, farmers, purveyors of alternative energy and medicine, healers, massage, dance, children's activities, aerial artists and circus performers, local food vendors, a Community Jam, 2 Music Stages, Mighty Kind Second Line Parades, Kindheart Walk, free classes & Workshops, Over 100 booths and much more! 
 
Art in eARTh MUSIC STAGE
Sound by Ultimate Audio 
12-12:25 Dave & M 
12:30-1:00 Joel T. Henderson 
1:10- 1:40 Tom Boone & the Backporch Pickers 
1:50-2:20 Zoe Speaks 
2:30-3:00 Troubadours of Divine Bliss 
3:15-4:00 Hot Brown Smackdown 
4:15-5:00 Vessel 
5:15-6:00 Jefferson Street Parade Band 
6:15-7:00 In Lightning
 
SUN STAGE 
CPHR DVN presents a Hip Hop Odyssey featuring 
DJ Kara 12:30-1:00, 
Space Camp 1:00-130, 
Young Poets of Louisville 1:30-2:00. 
Tonya Buckler Acoustic Showcase 2:00-3:00 
Our Earth Now 3:00-3:30 
Young Poets of Louiville 3:30-4:00
 
KRi Martin & Mark Steiner 4:00-5:00 
Eons D 5:00-5:30, 
RMLLW2LLZ 5:30-6:00, 
CPHR DVN 6:00-6:30, 
Young Kavi 6:30-7:00.

And it's FREE! 
 
 

 
Register Now!
Making Media that Matters
PeaceCasters Summer Camp
Where Peacemaking and Video-making Meet

June 13-16, 9 am - 4:00 pm
at Peace Ed located in Central Church, 318 West Kentucky Street, 40203

Know a 12 - 17 year old who might be interested
in a good summer camp experience?

Our PeaceCasters camps are divided between exploring and deepening the basic skills around affirmation, communication and cooperation that are core to Peace Ed's work and the fundamental skills of digital video-making.  During  this four-day camp we will create short videos about youth and peacemakers in our community who are helping to create a better world.

The PeaceCasters camp is designed to build skills while also providing a fun experience.  Activities will include plenty of cooperative games and visits from some special guests such as youth activists and local experts from the world of videography and filmmaking.

Participants must be ready and willing to interact in small groups.
Fee is $50. Some scholarships are available.

Online registration and a downloadable form are available at
Requests for additional information and general questions can be directed to mark@PeaceEducationProgram.org.

 

  Monday, June 13, 6:30 -8:30 pm
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Annual Chapter Meeting
First Unitarian Church, 809 South Fourth Street, 40203

Join us for our 2016 Jefferson County annual chapter meeting and potluck! We will be electing new leaders, celebrating work and victories over the past year, and more! Feel free to bring a dish to share.

These annual chapter meetings are an important part of KFTC's democratic process. They provide a time to reflect and celebrate our accomplishments, set new goals, and engage all interested members in building a strong grassroots organization.

This is our local chapter's time to:
Celebrate local efforts and accomplishments
Elect KFTC board representatives
Volunteer (or nominate others) to serve on KFTC's statewide committees or to help with publicity, membership, and fundraising in the local chapter
Provide input and suggest changes to KFTC's issue platform
Vote whether to continue as a KFTC chapter
Discuss goals for the year ahead

Please visit www.kftc.org/annual-chapter-meeting to view background materials related to our agenda. Or call (606) 878-2161 to request these materials by mail. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact chapter organizer Alicia Hurle at alicia@kftc.org or (502) 589-3188.


 
  Tuesday, June 21 at 7:00 pm
Greater Louisville Sierra Club presents Aruni Bhatnagar, Ph.D.
on "The Natural Environment and Heart Disease"
The Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St. 40206

Please join us for a unique and informative program with Aruni Bhatnagar, Ph.D., professor and distinguished university scholar in the Institute of Molecular Cardiology, professor of medicine, and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Louisville, as we discuss "The Natural Environment and Heart Disease".

Dr. Bhatnagar's research interests include the cardiovascular effects of environmental pollutants and his work has led to the creation of the new field of environmental cardiology. His research is supported by several grants from the National Institutes of Health, including two program-projects.

Dr. Bhatnagar is a graduate of Kanpur University, India and received his post-doctoral training at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He is currently serving on the editorial boards of both Circulation Research and Circulation, has participated in over 50 National Institutes of Health review panels, and is the author of over 120 publications.

Greater Louisville Sierra Club's programs are always
free and open to the public.
 
  
Saturday June 25 and Sunday June 26
The Art of Hosting: A Weekend Workshop and Community of Practice
 for Organizational and Community Change Leaders
The Loft, 107 Crescent Ave, 40206

The Art of Hosting is a two-day workshop faciliatated by Jud Hendrix and Howard Mason which engages leaders, managers, and community organizers in the latest conversation and change technologies. Participants will learn how to design context-specific conversations, harvest collective intelligence, encourage participatory leadership, and promote dynamic systems change.

The workshop will explore . . .
    Models and Principles of Change
    Integral Organizations and Living Systems
    The Chaordic Path between Chaos and Order
    The Six Breaths Process Architecture
    Developing "Wicked Questions"
    Varieties of Process Modalities
         (Theory U, Conversation Cafe, Open Space, Peer Circle, and more)

After the workshop, participants will be invited to continue their learning within an Art of Hosting Community of Practice.  This Community of Practice will collaborate on discerning and co-hosting future conversations on our communities most pressing and essential issues.

The program runs Saturday, 9 am to 4:30 pm and Sunday, June 26 - 9 am to 12 pm.  The cost is $175 for for-profit leaders and $150 for non-profit leaders. Register here.


Tuesday, June 28, 12 - 1:30 pm 
Compassionate Louisville Town Hall Meeting 
Harshaw Trane, 12700 Plantside Dr. 40222

Experience compassion in action! Each month we invite you on a pilgrimage to discover the city's often hidden compassion gems. Once at the site, we will share the mission of the host organization, celebrate the newest organizations to have adopted a compassion resolution, share how Compassionate Louisville is encouraging compassionate action, and provide a forum for you and others to share their compassionate actions.

Nikki Thornton, Executive Director of True Up, and a member of the Town Hall Planning team arranged this meeting. Harshaw Trane is a professional services company that delivers high performing environments. They partner on innovative technology and systems that optimize performance while minimizing energy use and reducing costs over the entire lifecycle of a building. They signed the Charter of Compassion last fall. Their CEO, Frank Harshaw, will be present sharing about his company and why he started True Up, a program that helps children growing up in Foster Care and facility homes.

Everyone is invited! Bring a Friend! No RSVP required.

Questions: Contact Mary Sullivan, (502)292-6154 or mary.sullivan@metrounitedway.org   

and celebrates a community and world becoming more and more compassionate. Our mission is to champion and nurture the growth of compassion.Through intention and social innovation, Compassionate Louisville creates.


Save the Dates - Looking into July
  


Saturday, July 16
Children and Nature: Cultivating a Nature Rich Life
A Day with Richard Louv

Richard is the author of: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder and The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age, as well as the recently released handbook: Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature Rich Life.  In addition, he is the founder of the Children and Nature Network.

Part One:
Exploring Our Options: Coming Together to Build a Nature Rich Life
Iroquois Park Amphitheater
Richard Louv 9:30 - 10:30 am *  Breakout Groups* 10:30 - 12 pm
Free tickets available at richardlouviroquois.eventbrite.com

* We will breakout into affinity groups focused on different ideas and projects that cultivate a nature rich life.  Attendees are encourage to bring their ideas to the event or host groups around ideas that emerge out of our time together.

Part Two:
Children and Nature: Cultivating a Nature Rich Life
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest - Sunset Amphitheatre
Family activities: 5:00-10:00 pm Richard Louv 7:00-8:00 pm
Free tickets available at richardlouvbernheim.eventbrite.com

Presenting Partners:
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, ChooseWell Communities, Compassionate Louisville (Health and Earth Constellations), Cultivating Connections, Metro Parks and Recreation

Sponsors:
The Charter for Compassion, Greater Louisville Sierra Club, Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, Louisville Nature Center, Waldorf School of Louisville, Waterfront Botanical Gardens, Wilderness Louisville, Inc.

 
  


After hearing about Ladybug Lane from Ruth Sandercock, and being taken in by such phrases as "habitat-minded landscape design" and "creating biodiverse and sustainable landscapes", I asked her if she'd be willing to share with Cultivating Connection's readers.  She agreed.  : ) . . .

Ladybug Lane Landscaping Takes A Nature-Wise Approach
 
This year, on May 20, my dear, gentle Grandmother would have been 117 years old. She grew up a country girl on a farm in the rolling hills of western Kentucky. Somewhere in the sharing of her stories and experiences of playing in the fields and woodlands, and tending her family's vegetable garden and flowers, my lifelong love affair with gardening began. And through her example of tending plants in natural ways (the old-fashioned way, I'm sure she'd say now), she shaped my view of and respect for Mother Nature, and "planted the seed' that grew to be my concern for nature-wise gardening.
 
A lot has changed since my Grandmother carefully mounded the hill around a tomato plant and reveled in the miracle of her mophead hydrangea, each year bearing both blue and pink flowers. The changes can be summarized in two words: climate change.
As Cornell University Professor David W. Wolfe, a leading authority on climate change impacts on natural ecosystems and food security, recently said, "This is the first generation of gardeners, ever, who cannot rely on historical weather records to tell us what our climate is or what to expect in the future...".
 
The effects of global warming have forced us into a reckoning with Nature. In his book, Bringing Nature Home, ecologist and researcher Doug Tallamy spreads the message that climate change is as much or more of a concern at the local (urban and suburban yards, business and public green spaces) as at the global level. He warns of the impending crises of species extinction of local pollinators and soil organisms, leading to destruction of native ecosystems, on which our food supply depends.
 
Yet, Tallamy advises, the local nature of the problems presents both an opportunity and a global responsibility to manage our yards and land in more eco-friendly ways. All home gardeners and land managers, he says, can fight climate change by planting to support native pollinators and changing our land care regimens.
 
As responsible landowners and managers, I too believe we all have a responsibility - even a moral imperative - to care for Mother Earth in healthier ways. Ladybug Lane Landscaping, my ecological landscaping and garden maintenance business, is dedicated to tackling ecological concerns at the local level by designing biodiverse and sustainable landscapes. With over 25 years experience and a comprehensive knowledge of both native and non-native plants, my intent is to design unique landscapes that create habitat for and nurture local butterflies, birds, and other pollinators.
 
Regardless of style of design, formal or informal, choices can always be made to produce a more Mother Nature-friendly landscape. A nature-wise approach starts with a concern for healthy soil and makes recommendations for more organic ways to manage lawns, landscapes and gardens. Whether as an in-your-garden coach and teacher, consultant or landscape planner, Ladybug Lane Landscaping aims to fight climate change by creating landscapes pollinators and people alike can love! My Grandmother loved Nature's critters - wherever she is, she's surely smiling.

June Sandercock, Horticulturalist and Designer
LadybugLaneLandscaping@gmail.com

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