CAMP Friday Night Movie Series presents:

WHAT A WAY TO GO: life at the end of empire

When: Friday, May 16 7:30 pm

Where: CAMP, 3026 Cherokee (at Minnesota) in south St. Louis

$5-$8 donation requested, but NOTAFLOF*

This documentary is a disturbing, compassionate, sometimes humorous
personal essay about coming to grips with climate change, peak oil,
environmental meltdown and the collapse of the Amerikan empire. Friends
and experts analyze the historical, social and psychological factors
driving us toward HUMAN EXTINCTION. The makers of this film challenge

Come join the Greens for a bulk mailing of Synthesis/Regeneration magazine, 6-10 pm at 3026 Cherokee, Community Arts & Media Project. This meeting will be in the library room.

we're having a work party to winterize camp. the plan right now is to cover the first floor and second floor office windows with plastic. we will also finish repairing the window in the stairwell. party starts at 10 am and will probably last 2-3 hours. if you have a hair dryer, clear packing tape or plastic to help cover windows please bring them.

At present, the nearest recycling depot is located at Jefferson & Pestalozzi, which is inconvenient.

Here are details on curbside recycling service by Earth Circle Recycling:

The cost for curbside recycling service is $50.00 per six months. We collect
once a week and the recycling is single stream, so there is no need to separate
your materials. We would deliver a bin, recycling guide and holiday schedule.
If you were interested, send payment to the following address:

Earth Circle Recycling
P.O. Box 3505
St. Louis, MO 63143

1973 Flyer for seed bombs
URL: http://www.lizchristygarden.org/lcbh_files/seed_bomb.html

Who: Home Eco

Contact: Terry Winkelmann

4611 Macklind

St. Louis, Missouri 63109

(314) 351-2000

www.home-eco.com

What: Green Building Products Presentation

Mike Matthews, editor of Green Building Products Dealer magazine, will share his knowledge of trends in green building products for both new home construction and remodeling. See samples of Marmoleum, bamboo, zero VOC paints, cellulose insulation and much more. Pick up free copies of Environmental Home Magazine, courtesy of Home Eco.

When: September 22, 2007

9 to 10 a.m.

"GREEN BUILDING ANEW"

How can you use the best environmental practices when building new homes? Host Don Fitz and builder Mike Greene look at photos of Sage Near-Zero-Energy homes. They discuss the importance of green building in combating global warming, what is going on in the St. Louis area, and several specifics that go into home construction. This Green Time (No. 268) is produced by the Gateway Greens in conjunction with KDHX. Call 314-727-8554 or contact fitzdon@aol.com for information. See http://stlcamp.org/greentime for a listing of Green Time shows.

Presentation given by Don Fitz on 7/23 about his & Barb's visit to Rhizome Collective, located in Austin, TX

More on Rhizome:
http://rhizomecollective.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome_Collective
http://www.residentadvisor.net/photo-gallery.aspx?set=1840

Wikipedia calls it a "consensus-run democracy."

Other scattershot notes:
- collective located 2-3miles from downtown, close to region being quickly gentrified. property prices rising rapidly.
- city has 99-98% occupancy
- had to abandon adjacent vacant lot, move chicken coops

Unsorted info about options for solar-powered heating. Watch this space.

CAMP has a couple 8x8' solar water-heating panels sitting in garage, probably enough capacity for the apartment. (Big heavy things, they are.) We'll will need some sort of crane to raise to roof.

Link for a (very) simple solar-powered heating contraption. Nifty.
http://www.mobilehomerepair.com/article17solar.htm

Also, attached please find some propaganda from the Energy Star folks about reducing HVAC costs.