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For those interested in sustainable agriculture isuses: Kara Fitzgerald and Ryan Beauchamp, farmers and graduates of Earlham College, will be speaking about sustainable farming and their own experiences this Wednesday at 7 p.m., in Earlham’s Stout Meetinghouse. They started a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program in Vermont, only to have their fields destroyed during Hurricane…
about 3 months ago - 1 comment
Affordable housing may be one of the most present features of a person’s life, month to month – it can be a question of having shelter or not; for some, their income makes this consideration nearly invisible, at most an aesthetic concern; for others, it is a bean-counting navigation of the possible driven by the…
about 4 months ago - 1 comment
Richmond native Evan Blum writes: Richmond, Indiana is slowly shrinking- the population has dwindled from 43,999 in 1970 to 36,812 in 2010, a decrease of over 16%. Once a community largely supported by manufacturing, we now find ourselves in the midst of a transition to create a new sustainable economy. The likelihood of a single…
about 7 months ago - No comments
The Richmond Advisory Plan Commission reviewed a proposed new transportation plan at its September 22 meeting and recommends adoption of the plan as an amendment to the city’s comprehensive plan. The recommendation is planned to be reviewed at the Richmond Common Council meeting on October 3. The plan was prepared by LSL Planning and Parson…
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On Saturday, October 1st, 2011, the Richmond Human Rights Commission and the Student Initiative for Equality will be conducting their first ‘No Vote…No Voice’ voting awareness and registration campaign. They will have a group of student volunteers going door to door throughout the city, providing information to our residents about the importance of voting, offering…
about 1 year ago - No comments
Visit the area’s biggest environmental celebration! Browse vendor booths, learn about local organizations working to make a difference, hear live music, and enjoy environmentally-responsible give-a-ways such as trees and reusable Chico grocery bags! Food available for purchase at the event. This year’s Family Earth Day Celebration is happening on Saturday April 16th from 10 AM…
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Charles Murray, W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute is a political scientist, author and libertarian who first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950-1980, which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. Join Murray as he presents an…
about 1 year ago - No comments
Professor Gebisa Ejeta from Purdue University will be speaking on ““The Concern Over Hunger, Poverty, and Food Insecurity in the 21st Century” at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 in Goddard Auditorium on the campus of Earlham College. Recipient of the 2009 World Food Prize Laureate for research leading to improved sorghum varieties in…
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Sponsored by Johnson Chiropractic, COPE Environmental Center, & the Clear Creek Food Co-op, a local group of volunteers has put together a Winter Farmers Market that takes place every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month from 9 AM to 12 Noon at the Innovation Center, 814 East Main Street in Richmond. 2011 Market Dates:…
about 1 year ago - No comments
East Village Opera Company will be performing on Saturday, January 29th 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Goddard Auditorium, Carpenter Hall on the campus of Earlham College. East Village Opera Company takes a selection of opera arias and re-imagines them as popular songs, using full symphony orchestra, R&B horns, and choir alongside the group’s guitars, drums,…
