2009 Choices for Sustainable Living Expo: Food for Thought
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On November 7th, 2009, we will co-host our 5th Annual Choices for Sustainable Living Expo with Teatown Lake Reservation at The Garrison. This year, The Glywood Center joins us as a special partner as we explore the importance of fresh, local food to a sustainable lifestyle. This event is FREE and open to the public.
New this year...
Together we can make a difference right here, right now. Participate in one or both of the following initiatives at the Expo. Collections will be distributed that afternoon.
Sustainable Community Food Drive - Help your neighbors in need, bring a dry or canned good (ex. rice, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, pancake or cake mixes, etc.) to be distributed through the Philipstown Food Pantry.
Winter Wear Recycle - Practice reuse in a really meaningful way, drop off your old warm coat or winter jacket to be donated to a child or adult in need of outerwear for the coming season.
Here are the program details:
When:
Saturday, November 7, 2009 9am-1pm
Where:
The Garrison, Route 9 & Snake Hill Road, Garrison, NY
Featured Speaker:
Michel Nischan
10am - 11am
Chef Michel Nischan wears many hats- from dynamic restaurant owner, award-winning cookbook author and media personality- to food policy activist and non-profit foundation CEO.
A proponent of sustainable farming, local and regional food systems and heritage recipes, Michel has long been a leader in the movement to honor local, pure, simple and delicious cooking, which he now serves daily at Dressing Room, his homegrown restaurant in Westport CT.
Michel’s “cuisine of well-being”, which was first served at Heartbeat Restaurant at the W Hotel in Manhattan, is now featured at Pure, India’s first organic restaurant located at the Taj Land End Hotel in Mumbai.
His recipes and philosophies may be explored in his award-winning cookbooks – Taste Pure & Simple (James Beard Award 2004) and Homegrown Pure & Simple.
It is now Wholesome Wave Foundation that seeks to make life healthier, tastier, more meaningful and accessible to all through locally and sustainably grown food, and whose current projects include two CT farmers markets and a metro New York City farm-to-college dining program.
Sustainable Technologies & Green Products Exhibits:
9-10am & 11am-1pm
Learn about energy conservation, consumer products, recycling & reuse, building practices & materials, gardening, local food & agriculture, biodiversity, alternative energy (including solar & geothermal), & more...
Kids Good Food Workshop:
10am - 12:30pm
Hands-on cooking fun with wholesome ingredients for school-aged children
Break-out Sessions:
11:15am - 12:15pm
Green Building Innovations, Big & Small
Ways to Enjoy a Fresh and Local Diet (panel discussion led by The Glynwood Center)
Sustainable Communities: A Local Check-up
Local Homes Tour:
1:30pm - 3:30pm
See Sustainable Design & Practices in Action
Tour schedule & directions will be available at the Expo Welcome Desk
Sponsored by: Hudson Highlands Land Trust & Teatown Lake Reservation, with special assistance from The Glynwood Center
Event made possible by the generous support of Turner Construction Company and The Garrison.
Past Events
Sustainability Expo 2008 Slideshow