A Gardening Opportunity

This nice poster was just received from Barbara Burke.    I hope you’ll be able to help out.     Ed

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How to Beat the Heat

——-just emulate these happy youngsters in the ‘hood.      Ed

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Spring Birds in our Neighborhood

This has been an unusually good spring for birdwatching.      Here are some of the recent visitors to our own yard, and one surprise visitor at the end   (hold on to your hats!)     Captions have been given, in case some of these little critters are unfamiliar, which to me, some definitely were.     (Click on a photo to enlarge it and see captions;   use the arrows above a photo to continue the show.)     Ed

A Carless Carleton?

TUESDAY MAY 19: ”A Carless Carleton?: What would it take to get us there?”
A Community Discussion, and Transit Information Fair

Tuesday May 19th Noon – 2 p.m.
Leighton Hall, Room 305 (A Pizza Lunch will be served)

By focusing on the goal of a Carleton without cars, we hope to shed light on the current transportation situation at Carleton and the wider Northfield community. Discussion direction: What segments of the population use cars?  Where do they go with their cars and how often?  Can these needs be met with other forms of transportation? What are the current transportation options for people without cars?  Is a Northfield community-wide ride-share website possible?  What would a comprehensive transit system in Northfield look like?  Would it be economically viable? Campus and Community Residents Welcome!
Please join in this important discussion and share your concerns and ideas!

Tuesday, 4 – 5 p.m. Information Session on transportation options available to faculty, staff and students; Gould Library Athenaeum

Critical Mass Bike Ride 6pm (contact legrande@carleton.edu)

7:30 p.m. PBS E^2 Transport documentary on transport issues in London, Paris and Portland, Oregon. Gould Library Athenaeum

Open the the Community! All are Welcome!

Food Truth Week

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Please join Carleton College’s Food Truth and Farm Club for the following events during Food Truth Week at Carleton:

WEDNESDAY, May 13  7:30pm Libe Athanaeum.
Back to the Land, and Forward: Northfield’s Food landscape past, present, future.

Come hear from local farmers Dave Legvold, Kathy Zeman, Rae Rusnak & Regi Haslett-Marroquin about Northfield’s food system as it has been, is, and can be. Followed by a community discussion about our food future.

THURSDAY May 14 6pm Sayles 251 Dinner & Discussion with convo speaker Susannah Morgan and local food shelf representative about Hunger in America and especially Northfield. Email blanchak@carleton.edu to rsvp for dinner.

FRIDAY May 15 empty bowls on the bald spot. suggested donation: $15 for a beautiful carleton-community-made bowl for soup, to support the food shelf. and look for the food edition of the Carleton Progressive.