Go Green
Last night, despite my crappy eye injury (see above), we visited the Pink Elephant in North Park to share one of our favorite issues — being eco-friendly. There’s been a lot of buzz about this topic lately, but it is one that is meaningful to us personally as well. We hail from picturesque places all around the US — the south, the northwest, New England, Hawaii, and of course, California — and all grew up feeling a great appreciation for and debt to nature. GGG wants to promote that sense of responsibility here in San Diego. But beyond all the talk about going green, we’d like to suggest a few things you can DO to make a difference. Start with our suggestions on this month’s flyer, and also make time to:
- Incorporate whatever tips you can from the experiment of No Impact Man
- Learn about the long-lasting effects of our consumer culture at Story of Stuff
- Renew your resolutions daily with help from Ideal Bite
- Find the recycling center nearest you — and if your building doesn’t recycle, organize a program!
- Shop smart with The Green Guide
- Get your whole family into it with these ideas from Working Mother
- Go vegetarian or cut down as much as you can — it’s not just nicer for animals, it’s also healthier for the environment when done right
- Plan your trips using public transportation
Be sure to print this and all our flyers on recycled paper, or, if you’re extra savvy, pass it around electronically.
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Farewell Lady Lib
We’d like to share our thanks and wish best of luck to a founding GGG dancer, Lady LibHERty, who is moving on to work on other projects this year. Don’t be sad though, she’ll still be darting in and out to accompany us on certain missions, and her influence behind-the-scenes will continue to radiate. Leave some sappy messages to her in the comments!
In other news, GGG is excited to announce its participation in the latest project by Paul Druecke, an artist concerned with public space, social interaction, and personal identity. Our contribution to his exhibit will appear in San Diego soon, and we’ll give you all the details as they come.
We’ve also updated the site, which now includes dancer profiles but no longer features an event calendar. You can still subscribe to our g-cal, but until we have new hands on deck we’re not going to be posting a lot. Suggested events will continue to be listed on our del.icio.us account and our Twitter page.
And Twitter we will when we head out this weekend to crash an all new locale. See you then!
Close Guantánamo
January 11, 2002 marked the arrival of the first prisoners to Guantánamo Bay. Six years later, we acknowledged this anniversary by joining activists across the country in calling for the official and permanent end to the controversial facility and its un-Constitutional practices.
For more information and tips on what you can do, please see the ACLU’s page about the prison. You can also print or email their factsheet and talking points, which is what we handed out at the A.C. Lounge and The Ould Sod last night. (The bad news is, we didn’t get to dance because the floor was too packed. The good news is, we formed a conga line and got the word out anyway!)
To stay up to date with news about torture, rendition, and indefinite imprisonment, subscribe to the RSS feed of del.icio.us/notorture. The stream is managed by Survivors of Torture, International, a non-profit serving survivors of politically-motivated torture in San Diego County since 1997.
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Eat Local!
- Get started, share your experiences, and gather tips at the Eat Local Challenge blog.
- See which California grocers, restaurants, and markets use local ingredients at Buy Fresh Buy Local.
- Meet others who are growing their own food through San Diego Food Not Lawns.
- Subscribe to action alerts and news with the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture.
- Find recipes based on seasonal ingredients and stay up-to-date with the So. California Farmers Markets schedule at Seasonal Chef.
- Subscribe to a Community-Supported Agriculture program through San Diego Roots.
- Learn about Pick-Your-Own farms and how to preserve your fruits & veggies at PickYourOwn.
- See how this all ties together at World Watch Institute.
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