Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Rainbarrels

We had 14 people come to the rainbarrel workshop and had fun making rainbarrels out of recycled Coke syrup shipping barrels. They still smelled like coke syrup! We bought more barrels than were sold so we have some available. At $75 they are the cheapest barrels available and you don’t have to pay a shipping fee either. Installation directions from Rutgers are included. And the barrels are white! You can help yourself to the display model. I’ll put another out when I see it gone. Or if you want more than one, please email me or write it on the invoice.

Coal Country & New Jersey
Wednesday Oct 20th - 6:30 pm
Coal Country spotlights Appalachian coal mining through the eyes of miners and activists. The Sierra Club visit miners and coal company officials who are concerned about jobs and the economy and believe they are acting responsibly in bringing power to the American people. What is behind promises of "cheap energy" and "clean coal?" And what are the alternatives for our energy future?
After the film, Christine Guhl, a field organizer for the Sierra Club will make a 30 minute presentation about the coal and it's past and future in New Jersey. The focus of her presentation will be on the existing Hudson generating station and the proposed PurGen plant in Linden, as well as the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission lines.

Food Prep Class: Superfoods
Thursday, Oct 21st - 12 to 2 pm
Join Phyllis, a certified Holistic Health Counselor, here at the Co-op, as she teaches us how to prepare superfoods. Superfoods are vibrant, nutritionally dense foods that have recently become widely available. They offer tremendous dietary and healing potential. They include goji berries, hempseed, cacao beans (raw chocolate), maca, spirulina, bee products, and a host of others. In this workshop we will prepare delicious recipes using superfoods and discuss their health benefits, quality sources for obtaining them and where to go to learn more about them so you can make them a daily part of your diet.
Enjoy! Marnie