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 This year the Fayetteville Free Library will offer an exciting and educational summer reading program for adults. The series, entitled, "Water Your Mind - Green Your World" will showcase an array of entertaining and informative speakers throughout July and August, on just about every green topic under the sun. Happy Reading! WATER YOUR MIND & GREEN YOUR WORLD: SAVE RAIN WATER Tuesday, July 6 at 6:00 PM Cornell Cooperative Extension educators present "Save The Rain" - Learn benefits and how-to's of Water Gardens and Rain Gardens. All registered participants will receive a prize. Click here for additional information. Registration Required. SYRACUSE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE Wednesday, July 7 at 7:00 PM To Kickoff Adult Summer Reading Program, the FFL will host a talk by Syracuse Center of Excellence Director of Communications, Martin Walls. The Syracuse CoE engages collaborators at 200+ companies to address global challenges in clean and renewable energy, indoor environmental quality, and water resources. Members conduct targeted research, demonstrate new technologies, commercialize innovations, and educate the workforce. Syracuse CoE’s LEED-Platinum designed headquarters building in downtown Syracuse—a living laboratory to research and demonstrate green building products and services—was dedicated in March 2010. Registration Requested. GREEN MOVIE: THE BOTANY OF DESIRE Thursday, July 8 at 7:00 PM Botany of Desire, based on book by Michael Pollan, visits familiar plants evolution: apple, tulip, cannibis, potato. 120 minute runtime. “THE TRUTH ABOUT SUPPLEMENTS” Thursday, July 22 at 7:00 PM A candid discussion about the Vitamin Industry, including how to spot fillers and fakes on drug store shelves. Learn what to look for in pure supplements for you & your family. Discussion led by Dr. Irum Hussain of Tipp Hill Family Chiropractic. This is part two of a two part series on health topics. Please call to register, 637-6374. WATER YOUR MIND AND GREEN YOUR WORLD: GO PAPERLESS! Thursday, July 29 at 7:00 PM Save a tree and go paperless using the internet. Don't print on reams of paper when you can share documents over the internet. Keep track of what you read online! WATER YOUR MIND AND GREEN YOUR WORLD: GREEN BOOK CLUB! Wednesday, August 4 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at Cafe 300 at the FFL An informal book discussion on green living at Cafe 300. WATER YOUR MIND AND GREEN YOUR WORLD: EDIBLE GARDENING! Tuesday, August 10 at 7:00 PM Expert Gardener and Blogger John Allen will discuss the CNY edible gardening movement. Visit www.egcny.org for more info, or read his blog. GREEN MOVIE: "FLOW" Thursday, August 12 at 7:00 PM Water is the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century- should anyone own it? 84 min. unrated. Sundance 2008 selection. WATER YOUR MIND AND GREEN YOUR WORLD: LEARN TO COMPOST! Tuesday, August 17 at 7:00 PM Home Composting with Jim D'Angelo. From sheet composting to the legendary compost pile, learn how to start and maintain your own compost, keeping it smelling sweet and earthy! Raffle for "Let it Rot!" book and desserts provided. WATER YOUR MIND AND GREEN YOUR WORLD: GO ORGANIC! Wednesday, August 25 at 7:00 PM Mark Bitz, co-founder of CNY Crops/CNY Feeds will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of organic fruits, vegtables, grains and meats for the consumer and environment. He will answer questions. Refreshments provided. |
