Staunton Green 2020

Join Staunton Green 2020, Transition Augusta, and Mary Baldwin’s Center for Global and Civic Engagement tonight for a free screening of the film “Fresh”. Special guests, farmers Daniel Salatin and Jenny Driver, will be on hand to discuss afterwords.

The film will be screened in Mockingbird Restaurant’s music room. Doors open at 5:30 for a special meal featuring locally-raised food.  Come support the local farm producers participating. Film starts at 7pm.

Come early for best seats. Trailer below.

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We’re going to be burning the midnight biofuel* the next few days getting ready for some awesome events:

~ Fresh, the movie: Thur. Apr. 15 @ 7pm at the Mockingbird Restaurant (123 W. Beverley St. Staunton)

New thinking about what we’re eating… This uplifting film picks-up where Food, Inc. left off and will inspire and empower you. Post film chat with local farmers Daniel Salatin and Jenny Driver.

The movie is FREE, but come early (doors open at 5:30pm) for a special dinner in the Music Hall featuring food from local farmers (call 540.213.8777 for reservations). Click here to learn more about the film.

Co-sponsored with Transition Staunton Augusta and the Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement.

~ Earth Day: Sat. Apr. 17 @ 9am-Noon at the Sunspots Parking Lot in Downtown Staunton (immediately adjacent to the Farmer’s Market)

From rain barrels, composting and solar gadgets to live music/plants, great kids activities and public art you’ll have a blast celebrating, learning about and committing to our sustainable future.

~ Dawn of a New Urban Landscape – The Natives Return: Wed. Apr. 21 @ 7pm at Staunton City Hall, Council Chambers (116. W. Beverley St.)

On Earth Day Eve find out how native grasses in our yards sequestor carbon, absorb that nefarious stormwater and restore our quickly disappearing biodiversity. Click here to learn more.

We look forward to seeing you at these great events!

steve grande and the Staunton Green 2020 Steering Committee

*p.s. So this polar bear walks into a bar (with melting ice caps they have to go somewhere) and says to the bartender: “I’ll have a gin………………….……….. and tonic” The bartender say’s “Sure, but why the big pause?” The polar bear looks down and replies: “I don’t know, but my Dad had them too.”

Join Staunton Green 2020, Valley Conservation Council and Transition Augusta as we offer a free screening of the film “Dirt”. The film starts at 7pm. Doors open for dinner or drinks prior to the film at 5:30pm.

More info about the film at www.dirtthemovie.org

See you there!

The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival.

Wild Virginia is hosting the 2010 Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Wednesday, March 24, at the Vinegar Hill Theater in Charlottesville, and Thursday, March 25, at the Visulite Cinema in Staunton.  Screenings will be at 7pm.  There will be 16 different short films in all, with an entirely different slate of films at each venue.  Admission is $8 each night and advance tickets are available at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports in Charlottesville and Mint Spring Frame Shop in Staunton.  For more information, see www.wildvirginia.org or contact David Hannah at dhannah@wildvirginia.org or 434-971-1553.

Act quickly so you can see “HOME”, for FREE!

HOME is a harrowingly beautiful 90 minute documentary, narrated by Glenn Close – see synopsis below.  But hurry, it will only be available on YouTube for three more days! It may change and/or reinforce your outlook of this fragile, incredibly beautiful and interdependent world we call home…and the urgency for all of us to act decisively, collectively and individually, one act at a time.

Synopsis
In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it is too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the Earth’s riches and change its patterns of consumption.
http://www.youtube.com/homeproject