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Our vision is
to build a city and region in
which the growth of today fosters the economic, social, and
environmental
prosperity of tomorrow (BG Green)
In the
news...
Events
T
Dec. 9 @ 6-ish Discussion Group at Bread
and Bagels
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Dec. 16 @ 5:30p HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
at
Verdi’s on the Square!
Happy
thanksgiving to everyone! There is much to be thankful for this
year,
with the awakening awareness of all things sustainable in our own
community and promises for more sustainable directions for our country
from the newly elected administration.
Great friend to
BGGreen, KY and the
environment, Tom Fitzgerald, Director of KRC, delivered a highly
relevent inaugural speech
for the Sustainability Lecture
Series at UK on Mindful Living. I encourage all to read
his
words. Thomas J.
FitzGerald
is an environmental attorney, graduate of the UK College of Law,
and a recent recipient of the Heinz
Award in
the Environment.
Steve
Beshear, Attorney General Jack Conway and U.S. Reps. Ben Chandler and
John
Yarmuth are to be commended for writing letters in opposition to the
proposed
changes to mountaintop mining disposal protocols. See Elected officials on right track on
mining, BG
Daily News, 11/20/08 On
other matters, continued
public input is vital. See KRC recent postings:
KRC Statement on Beshear Administration
Energy Plan and Request
for Moratorium on Development
of Trails and
Access to State Natural Lands.
Founding
friend Jim Embry, from the Lexington
Sustainable Communities Network,
recently
returned from his trip to Terra Madre in
Italy for the Slow Foods Conference, reports there were almost
20 delegates from Kentucky, 800+ from the USA, and
7,000 from 153 other countries! We plan for
Jim to share news of his experience and what is happening in the
international
slow foods movement in Bowling Green early next year. If
you can help in organizing for this, contact gogreen@wku.edu.
From Jim:
"Another
world
is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her
breathing."
~Arundhati
Roy
"Human progress is neither
automatic nor inevitable ... It comes only through the tireless efforts
and
passionate concern of dedicated
individuals ... This is no time for apathy nor complacency.
This
is a time for vigorous and
positive action."~Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
Nancy Givens, BG
GBreen co-chair, had the fortune, along with Christian Ryan-Downing,
WKUs Sustainability
Coordinator, to
attend the
AASHE ’08 Conference. After
the conference, Michelle
McKay, Vice President of Second Nature spoke with Vandana
Shiva, a keynote speaker, about
her important work with “food
democracy.” Listen here: Vandana
Shiva Interview Another keynote speaker: hear Van Jones on the
Green
Jobs Revolution.
“Now
is the time to confront this [Climate Change] challenge once and for
all. Delay
is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response.”
-President-elect Barack
Obama, on legislation for Climate Change
GREEN FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
To help
raise money for projects, BGGreen has partnered with LetsGoGreen.biz. Buy Green and help raise money for BGGreen.
All
items are eco-friendly and designed to
save resources and money. Just visit www.LetsGoGreen.biz
on the web, choose your items. At
checkout, select BGGreen Partnership as your partner group and
25% of
proceeds will be donated to BGGreen.
Visit often, even
monthly, and thanks for your support!
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Articles
&
Links
Longtime Head of House Energy Panel Is
Ousted
By John Broder, NY Times, 11/20/08
Rep.
Henry A. Waxman unseated John D. Dingell to become chairman of the
powerful
Energy and Commerce Committee.
A very important development for future energy and environment policy.
ASES News:
Climate Change Report
Jan 31, 2007 Groundbreaking report on potential of
renewable
energy and
energy efficiency to reduce carbon emissions in the US by 2030.
CASE HISTORY: Fitting Into a Mountain
Environment,
by Suzanne Johnson, Solar
Today, Nov-Dec 2008 How
a retired Silicon Valley executive built a
house that soaks up the sun. And
watch this VIRTUAL TOUR
of the house,
with
architect David Arkin, Arkin Tilt Architects (arkintilt.com). Video
courtesy of Dave Renné and Paulette
Middleton, Aspen Hill Films (aspenhillfilms.com).
By
Design: Blue Is
the New Green NY Times, 11/2/08 It
would be a mistake not to take advantage
of innovations in water management technology, Allison Arieff writes.
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Local
Events
The
Go Bus
runs routes daily in Bowling Green. Casa's website
has the routes!
Check
out WBKO's "Green" website:
http://www.wbko.com/green
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Tuesday, Dec 16 -- BG Green Holiday
Celebration on the Square at Verdi's
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Bowling
Green (& surrounding area) Green Directory
This
first Green Living Directory for Bowling GreenKentucky
was developed by the BGGreen Partnership for a Sustainable
Community, with
the purpose to promote “green” businesses in our community. Every dollar spent is a vote, and this
directory is designed to help people “vote” in closer accordance with their beliefs, by giving them
information about businesses that are actively working to reduce their environmental impact and to contribute to a
more equitable, safe, and prosperous future for our community. and
southcentral
This
directory was
created as a tool for busy people – to help each of us begin to bring
our purchasing habits more in line with our
beliefs. Use it to find
local products and services or information you need. Exercise the
“power of the
purse”, i.e., customer demand, to stimulate demand for more green
products and
business options. Our hope is that this Directory will encourage the
growth of
more green businesses in our community and help them to prosper.
Throughout
this Directory you will see Green Partners.
These are
businesses that contributed to help fund the printing of this
Directory. We
encourage you to thank these businesses and to use them, for supporting
this
effort and the goals we collectively promote for the betterment of our
community.
Nancy
Givens, Chairperson
Editor-in-Chief
(Click category links to search for
local green businesses)
Categories
ART
& MUSIC
BUILDING
ENERGY
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP
FAITH BASED
FARMS & PRODUCE
FINANCIAL
FOODS & HEALTH FOODS
GARDEN & YARD
GOVERNMENT
HEALTH & FITNESS
HEALTHY HOMES
LIFESTYLE
& CONSUMPTION
MEDIA
NONPROFIT
& COMMUNITY
PARKS
PRINTING &
MARKETING
RECYCLING &
WASTE MANAGEMENT
SPORTS & RECREATION
STORES & CONSIGNMENT
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
WATERSHED PROTECTION
Directory Index
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