Green Notes Week of June 14, 2009

Green Notes

HEALTH CARE REFORM EVENTS . . . The 2009 Purple Bus Tour is traveling America educating and motivating action for health care reform. The Tour will be in Nebraska Tuesday, June 16. There will be a press event at the State Capitol Building Rotunda in Lincoln at 10:00am. The afternoon of June 16th, the tour will rally in Omaha from 4:00 to 6:00pm at 72nd and Dodge Streets. For more information, phone Jennifer Piatt at Nebraska Appleseed, 402.438.8853, Ext. 114, or e-mail jpiatt [at] neappleseed [dot] org. Click here to e-mail your personal health care feedback to Senator Johanns.

LINCOLN PEACE VIGILS . . . Lincoln peace vigils continue at the Federal Building, 15th and O Streets, every Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00pm. Contact Mark at 402-499-6672 or e-mail mark [at] weddleton [dot] com for more information.

OMAHA PEACE VIGILS . . . Omaha peacemakers vigil every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30pm, at StratCom/UN-O, 6801 Pine Street, east of the Scott Technology Center on the Un-O campus. Free parking is available at the NE Corner of 67th Street and Pine in a student lot. For more information, phone Jerry Ebner, 402.502.5887. Every Saturday, 1:00-2:00pm, there is an Anti-War and Peace Vigil at 72nd and Dodge Streets. Contact Steve Horn at 402.426.9068.

OMAHA PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL . . . There is a People’s Film Festival every Wednesday evening, 7:00pm, at McFoster’s Natural Kind Cafe, 38th and Harney in Omaha. The event is always free and open to the public. This week’s film is called Private.  Food and drink is available. A lively discussion follows each showing. For more information, click here.  The People’s Film Festival – Expanding Political Consciousness Since 2004.

LINCOLN BIONEERS MEET . . . Thursday, June 18, 2009, Lincoln Bioneers will meet at 6:00pm for finger food potluck followed by a project installing drip tap in the gardens at 1666 Burr Street, near 17th & Van Dorn. Everyone is welcome. For more information about Bioneers, click here.

LGBT PRIDE . . . The Nebraska Pride Festival is Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20, 2009. The pride site will be open at Lewis & Clark Landing, 515 North Riverfront Drive, OMAHA, on Friday from 2:00pm to 11:00pm, and on Saturday until 11:00pm. Saturday’s Pride Parade is from 11:00am to 1:00pm starting at 10th & Pacific Streets. Click here for parade route.

LINCOLN BACKYARD HABITAT TOUR . . . The Wachiska Audubon Annual Tour of Lincoln’s most interesting and diverse wildlife habitat gardens is Sunday, June 21, 2009, 11:00am to 4:00pm. Homeowners will be on hand to answer questions. Visitors can start at any location. Maps and brochures will be available at each site. The 2009 Tour includes gardens at the following Lincoln locations: 2020 Pinedale Avenue, 1320 Evergreen Drive, 4410 South 61st Street, 2525 Calvert Street, 4845 Old Creek Road, 2315 Ridge Road, and 7001 South 14th Street. There is a suggested donation of $5 for the entire tour, and children under 12 are free. Phone the Wachiska office at 402.486.4846 with questions.

BUY FRESH. BUY LOCAL. . . . Join the local food revolution by shopping farmer’s markets and eating fresh foods grown in or very near your own community. Eating locally grows family farming, grows the local economy, and is thousands of miles fresher. Click here for Nebraska Buy Fresh. Buy Local. information. Lincoln’s eight Markets are as follows:

  • Old Cheney Farmers Market, 55th Street and Old Cheney Road, 10:00am to 2:00pm, Sundays through November 1.
  • Historic Haymarket Farmers Market, North Seventh between P and Q streets, 8:00am to noon, Saturdays through October 10. During peak season, mid-June through mid-August, there are about 215 vendors.
  • Havelock Farmers Market, north parking lot behind businesses between 62nd and 63rd streets and Havelock Avenue, 3:00 to 6:30pm, Wednesdays through October 28.
  • Piedmont Farmers Market, 1265 South Cotner Blvd., parking lot of Piedmont Shopping Center, 8:00am to noon, Saturdays through September/October.
  • Jazz in June Market, 12th & Q streets, Tuesday evenings in June, in conjunction with Jazz in June concerts.
  • St. Paul United Church of Christ Farmers Market, 1144 M Streets, 4:30 to 7:30pm, Tuesdays through September 8.
  • Community CROPS Farmers Market, Pentzer Park, North 27th & Potter Streets, 4:30 to 7:30pm, Thursdays, June through September. Click here for a map of local Community CROPS gardens.
  • Centennial Mall Garden Market, 14th & M Streets, noon to 4:00pm, Wednesdays, July 1 through September 30.

We are no longer the alternative; we are the imperative. –Rosa Clemente