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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Come One Come ALL! Celebrate with us!
The Indian Summer presents
b r o o d i n g:: hope and relief.
For 80 days in the fall, Arley Arrington and Sarah Tisdale attempted to get their carbon footprint as low as possible through dramatic changes in their everyday lives. Both began to question the status quo of overconsumption and poverty in the world today. Brooding is a collection of art work reflecting their experience. Can we continue to ignore disparity? What role do we play in this story? We are brooding, but for how long? Where is the hope, the actual relief? Please join them in a celebration of the Indian Summer FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 4-6 PM, Fine Arts Cafe in Campbell Hall with their work, free local food, and a collaborative art project.
To learn more about the Indian Summer visit theindiansummer-cville.
Plan. Act. React.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
:::so it might be old news...but we are still dwelling on it:::
ON THE NEWS!
We had a really nice video; but it seems to have disappeared. O well.
And the last phase of the Indian Summer is embarking...now that we have had time to take a little introspective journey through art making and other reflective processes, the manifestations (aka art works) will be displayed soon in an exhibition with free local food. Friday April 29 to be exact. Everyone's invited. More details to follow.
We had a really nice video; but it seems to have disappeared. O well.
And the last phase of the Indian Summer is embarking...now that we have had time to take a little introspective journey through art making and other reflective processes, the manifestations (aka art works) will be displayed soon in an exhibition with free local food. Friday April 29 to be exact. Everyone's invited. More details to follow.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Newsies!
We're going to be on the local news tonight! WE'RE GOING BIG TIME.
Wow. We can't believe this is happening. We'd like thank Charlottesville, the University, our families, and The Big Guy Up There. We couldn't have done it without you.
The full story will be on CBS at 5 and 6, with abridged versions at 7, 10, and 11 on other local news channels. Chcchchchceck it out. We'll post a link once they have it up!
Wow. We can't believe this is happening. We'd like thank Charlottesville, the University, our families, and The Big Guy Up There. We couldn't have done it without you.
The full story will be on CBS at 5 and 6, with abridged versions at 7, 10, and 11 on other local news channels. Chcchchchceck it out. We'll post a link once they have it up!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Sweet, sweet summertime.
Summertime DEFINITELY isn't over! This coming week, we want YOU to do the Indian Summer with us. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to reduce your carbon footprint in any or all of our 5 different focuses.
If you need a review of what it is we're doing, you can find that here- http://theindiansummer-cvi
...Flip through the blog to find our thoughts, tips, and reflections, and decide how you want to ACT! (we'll be putting more posts about topics we haven't covered real soon). You can officially pledge by posting it on the facebook event page (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125133897540465), leaving a comment on the blog, or by emailing us at indiansummercville@gmail.com.
Some ideas of what you can pledge for the week...
- NO CARS to get anywhere in cville
- 5 minute showers
- Eating locally (one meal a day, three meals a day?)
Think about what you want to do, and prepare for that. For example, you might need to visit the market on Saturday (highly recommended anyway), or tune-up your old bike. If you need any tips or advice, be sure to let us know! We would love to help out in any way we can!
Peace, love, and everything local.
If you need a review of what it is we're doing, you can find that here- http://theindiansummer-cvi
...Flip through the blog to find our thoughts, tips, and reflections, and decide how you want to ACT! (we'll be putting more posts about topics we haven't covered real soon). You can officially pledge by posting it on the facebook event page (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125133897540465), leaving a comment on the blog, or by emailing us at indiansummercville@gmail.com.
Some ideas of what you can pledge for the week...
- NO CARS to get anywhere in cville
- 5 minute showers
- Eating locally (one meal a day, three meals a day?)
Think about what you want to do, and prepare for that. For example, you might need to visit the market on Saturday (highly recommended anyway), or tune-up your old bike. If you need any tips or advice, be sure to let us know! We would love to help out in any way we can!
Peace, love, and everything local.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Dirty Thoughts
It had to be done.
Arley: Honestly, this has been one of the easier parts of the project. I think most people recycle when its most convenient for them, and I was definitely one of those people before this project started. So it wasn't the biggest life-altering aspect of what we're doing. Its soooooo easy not to throw paper in the trash, or when I'm cooking to just throw away the parts I'm not using out of vegetables. Recycling/composting is always right next our trash and composting. The trickiest part has been packaging-which we've been able to avoid in a big way because we're shopping at the market! We buy a lot of fresh food, so its easy to avoid the packaging that processed food comes in. Recycling and composting makes easy-breezy sense. It surprises me how many people don't do it! (13,000 pieces of individual paper are thrown away per year in an average American household, instead of being recycled. Yikes.) Just doooo it people. Plus, recycling and composting your waste is cheaper on your bills. So there's affordability in the Indian Summer! Holler.
Sarah: There's a reason there are so many triple R phrases, songs, and movements. Reducing, reusing, and recycling are awesome. Like we mentioned before we cut our trash in (less than) half at our house of twelve girls by recycling and composting. Arley and I have made very little trash. And let me just tell you, it feels pretty good. Composting is cool too. It makes sense. I can't believe I never did it before. I mean, you have nutrient rich waste that can be composted for better soil for gardening or whatever your needs. I just challenge any of you to really gage how much you are throwing away in any given day. Then figure out the week. And then the year. And then your life so far. That's probably a lot of trash. And it will probably be good for you to think about it. What if you could cut it in half or even more? What if everyone did that? Call me a dreamer, but hey it could be so amazing. Speaking of challenges...
GET READY FOR OUR INDIAN SUMMER CHALLENGE starting this Saturday (yes perfectly in line with the farmer's market for your convenience) where you can pledge to live a more mindful "Indian Summer"- style lifestyle for a week. You can pick one thing, a couple things, or do the whole she-bang that we are doing to come along with us! We will post more details and a facebook event to make it official very soon.
Arley: Honestly, this has been one of the easier parts of the project. I think most people recycle when its most convenient for them, and I was definitely one of those people before this project started. So it wasn't the biggest life-altering aspect of what we're doing. Its soooooo easy not to throw paper in the trash, or when I'm cooking to just throw away the parts I'm not using out of vegetables. Recycling/composting is always right next our trash and composting. The trickiest part has been packaging-which we've been able to avoid in a big way because we're shopping at the market! We buy a lot of fresh food, so its easy to avoid the packaging that processed food comes in. Recycling and composting makes easy-breezy sense. It surprises me how many people don't do it! (13,000 pieces of individual paper are thrown away per year in an average American household, instead of being recycled. Yikes.) Just doooo it people. Plus, recycling and composting your waste is cheaper on your bills. So there's affordability in the Indian Summer! Holler.
Sarah: There's a reason there are so many triple R phrases, songs, and movements. Reducing, reusing, and recycling are awesome. Like we mentioned before we cut our trash in (less than) half at our house of twelve girls by recycling and composting. Arley and I have made very little trash. And let me just tell you, it feels pretty good. Composting is cool too. It makes sense. I can't believe I never did it before. I mean, you have nutrient rich waste that can be composted for better soil for gardening or whatever your needs. I just challenge any of you to really gage how much you are throwing away in any given day. Then figure out the week. And then the year. And then your life so far. That's probably a lot of trash. And it will probably be good for you to think about it. What if you could cut it in half or even more? What if everyone did that? Call me a dreamer, but hey it could be so amazing. Speaking of challenges...
GET READY FOR OUR INDIAN SUMMER CHALLENGE starting this Saturday (yes perfectly in line with the farmer's market for your convenience) where you can pledge to live a more mindful "Indian Summer"- style lifestyle for a week. You can pick one thing, a couple things, or do the whole she-bang that we are doing to come along with us! We will post more details and a facebook event to make it official very soon.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Trash Talk [take 2]
In honor of the theme, we have decided to recycle a post title.
Before we share our own personal reflections, we thought we might share one more really cool project that seeks to reduce our consumption by increasing recycling. Check out William McDonough and Michael Braungart's cradle-to-cradle design. Cradle-to-cradle creates products that never see the landfill in their entire life cycle-an important part of that is removing down-cycling from their life cycles. Some materials are "down-cycled" instead of recycled, because the material in its re-used state, is lower quality or less useful than the state is was in before. McDounough and Braungart co-wrote a book printed on plastic (cool, right?) that you can find here. You should also check out the website about cradle-to-cradle design and certification. They also made a documentary called "Waste=Food" that explores the unnecessary sacrifices we're making to consume. You can watch it on google video, which sounds kind of sketchy, but it works! Enjoy!
Peace love + everything local.
Before we share our own personal reflections, we thought we might share one more really cool project that seeks to reduce our consumption by increasing recycling. Check out William McDonough and Michael Braungart's cradle-to-cradle design. Cradle-to-cradle creates products that never see the landfill in their entire life cycle-an important part of that is removing down-cycling from their life cycles. Some materials are "down-cycled" instead of recycled, because the material in its re-used state, is lower quality or less useful than the state is was in before. McDounough and Braungart co-wrote a book printed on plastic (cool, right?) that you can find here. You should also check out the website about cradle-to-cradle design and certification. They also made a documentary called "Waste=Food" that explores the unnecessary sacrifices we're making to consume. You can watch it on google video, which sounds kind of sketchy, but it works! Enjoy!
Peace love + everything local.
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