Master Gardeners October 28, 2018

Autumn garden plants & advice ...

The UC Cooperative Extension/LA County Master Gardeners will be at the Green Tent at their usual spot this coming Sunday, October 28.

Nature is starting to rebel.  Rats decimated many of the seedlings that our intrepid Master Gardeners had lovingly grown.   A new assortment is being gathered and all will be revealed this Sunday.  

PLEASE NOTE:  The Master Gardeners will be taking a much deserved break during November and December.  They will be returning on January 27, 2019.

• Earn some good karma by bringing your old six-pack trays so we can continue to grow seedlings for your gardening pleasure.  THANKS!
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Special Guest Replaces Green Tent - October 21, 2018

Green Tent is taking a break this Sunday. 

But our space is still filled with environmental awareness. 

Please support our local entrepreneurs.

Yes, there is a second life for broken crayons!

Roman (11) and Eleanor (9) are a brother and sister team who collect broken unwanted crayons from their community and melt them in molds to create brand new colorful homemade crayons.  In the process, they are learning many valuable lessons about recycling and setting up a business! Roman and Eleanor plan to give 15% of their October and November profits to the St. Margaret’s Thanksgiving Food Drive in Inglewood.   They will accept any donated broken crayons you want to bring them!

More important stuff...

BAGS BAGS BAGS!  

We've all done it... forgotten our reusable shopping bags or bought too much delicious food.  What a relief to find a spare in the Bag Exchange bag, near the Green and Blue Tents.  But we are running very low.  Please help by dropping off your clean extras any Sunday.  Stuff it in the green checkered container or leave it at the Green Tent.  Also accepting clean pillow cases for the truly desperate.  Thanks for your help!

Bags needed October 14, 2018

SLOLA (Seed Library of Los Angeles) is returning.  For more information, click here.

BAGS BAGS BAGS!  

We've all done it... forgotten our reusable shopping bags or bought too much delicious food.  What a relief to find a spare in the Bag Exchange bag, near the Green and Blue Tents.  But we are running very low.  Please help by dropping off your clean extras any Sunday.  Stuff it in the green checkered container or leave it at the Green Tent.  Also accepting clean pillow cases for the truly desperate.  Thanks for your help!

Are You Prepared to Vote for Your Planet?

Voter registration deadline : October 22

Click here to register online.

Mark your calendar - Vote Tuesday November 6

Drawdown October 7, 2018

www.drawdown.org

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Reversing Global Warming

Saving the planet from global warming can seem overwhelming. Fortunately a group of top-notch scientists and researchers have collected data on what actions are already working and have ranked the top 100 solutions in order. Are you ready to take the next step in reversing climate change?  Here is your opportunity.

Drawdown Workshop Series 5 sessions

Thursday, October 4  

St. Bede's Church from 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.  

 For more information, contact Naomi ncurland@gmail.com

Solution #6 - Educating Girls  Stop by the Green Tent this Sunday, October 7 and learn how one Mar Vistan is taking action to rebuild lives and reduce global warming  through her organization, Speak For Silent Voices.  Working with orphans and abused children, founder Kristina Maglic is helping to rescue girls (and boys) from a life on the streets Kalkata.

Waleed is the two millionth person born in Gaza

Solution # 7 - Family Planning
Honoring the dignity of women and children through family planning is not about governments forcing the birth rate down (or up, through natalist policies). Nor is it about those in rich countries, where emissions are highest, telling people elsewhere to stop having children. When family planning focuses on healthcare provision and meeting women’s expressed needs, empowerment, equality, and well-being are the result; the benefits to the planet are side effects.

Solution # 62 - Women Smallholders
Women have less access to a range of resources, from land rights and credit to

education and technology. Even though they farm as capably and efficiently as men, inequality in assets, inputs, and support means women produce less on the same amount of land. Closing this gender gap can improve the lives of women, their families and communities, while addressing global warming.