Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 6:00 PM (ET)
Join us to celebrate our first birthday at, Rebar, one of Brooklyn’s best community driven fun-spots. Festivities will include:
6PM & ON:
THE SUPPER CLUB POTLUCK DINNER
Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to bring a dish that is fresh, local, seasonal, and organic.
What's seasonal in December in NYC? Apples, beets, cabbage, carrots, greens (collards, kale, broccoli rabe, etc.), leeks, onions, parsnips, pears, potatoes, pumpkins, turnips, and winter squashes.
Need tips for purchasing sustainable meat, dairy and fish? Email our resident sustainable foods chef for more info! carolyn@greenedgenyc.org
GIVE FOR GOOD & GRATITUDE ALTERNATIVE GIVING BAZAAR
Take action for change this holiday season!
Booths of honor will include:
Canned Food Donation - Bring a can of food, and Green Edge will deliver it to people in need!
Just Food - sign up for your 2008 CSA share!
Get Fresh - sustainable meals to take home!
Recycle a Bicycle - get on some wheels!
Heifer International - ending hunger, caring for the earth!
Master Composter - learn to compost in an urban apartment!
NY Wind - bring your electric bill to switch to wind power!
MEET THE AUTHORS
The Big Green Apple – meet author Ben Jervey!
The Real Food Revival - meet author Sherri Brooks Vinton!
CONSCIOUS CONSUMER ART & DESIGN SHOW
Featuring a wide-range of work that explores both issues and solutions surrounding consumption choices.
Exhibitors include:
Design by Brian Ponto
Design by Nick Foley of Domestic Aesthetic
Installation by Chris Kennedy & Lucinda Kalin
Prints by Astrid Chastka
Interactive Installation by Jennah Synnestvedt & Ann Hintze
Photographs by Patti Hallock
Garbage of Eden Design by Stephanie Huffaker
The Linens Project by A. Stranger
Tylea Richard & The Nicarguan Garmet Workers Fund
Ambient Music in the game room by: Vusac and Vector Zero
Photography by James Ransom
Francis Simeni
THE RECIPE RAFFLE
A Supper Club tradition in the making. Tickets are $1-$5 or FREE with a recipe.
Recipes will be used in The Supper Club Cookbook.
7:30PM:
GREEN TRIVIA GAME
Test your eco/local/sustainable knowledge in this team competition.
8:30PM
PRIZE PRESENTATION FOR TRIVIA & RAFFLE
Enter and or compete to win a selection of green prizes from our sponsors:
Burt's Bees
Baggu: Reusabe Shopping Bags
Replayground: Play with Your Garbage
Garbage of Eden Design
Brookadelphia
Good Magazine
Better World Books
Things To Look At
Native Energy
Carolyn Gilles: Sustainable Foods Chef
Recycline
The Big Green Apple
Candle Cafe
Blades Construction Company
Food and Water Watch
Gorilla Coffee
and more to come!
A few notable past Supper Clubs:
February 2007:
Dane Klinger from The Blue Ocean Institute on the state of sea life.
March 2007:
Ian Marvy from Added Value on urban agriculture
in Brooklyn's Red Hook
April 2007
Earth Day Celebration in Prospect Park with the breaking
of the hummer pinata.
October 2007:
Nicole Sherwin on her time filming about pesticide use in banana
and sugar cane farming in Nicaragua.
www.GreenEdgeNYC.org
Our mission is to facilitate an ongoing discussion, through innovative and fun events, that aims to bridge communities with organizations, to build awareness and to inspire action towards a sustainable future.
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