PLANT

Title: Rochester Roots: Dig In!
Location: Rochester Contemporary Art Center, PLANT Reading Room

Description: It is time to develop innovative approaches to building healthy lives and healthy communities. Homegrown food is one key. In this workshop, Jan McDonald, Director of Rochester Roots will give you an exciting look at an innovative urban agriculture and educational program for youth that is teaching people how to do just that. Watch a video about the Rochester Roots Urban Agriculture project as told and animated by students who participate in the project. This workshop is for anyone who’s interested in understanding the benefits of growing their own seasonal organic produce, improving the health of the community, the environment, and themselves.
Start Time: 1pm
Date: August 23
End Time: 3pm

Title: Bicycle Tour of Edible Gardens
Location: Departs from Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Start Time: 1pm
Date: June 28
End Time: 3pm
Description: Where can Rochestarians find good food, community fun, great smells, and exercise all rolled up in one urban experience? Edible inner-city gardens of course! Join avid amateur gardeners, Colleen Buzzard and Hucky Land, for a bicycle tour of some of Rochester’s community garden treats. $1 / free for members Departs from RoCo, Sunday, June 28 @ 1pm.

Title: Rochester City Living
Start Time: 1pm
Date: 2009-05-31
End Time: 2pm
Location: Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Description: City living offers affordability, accessibility, and excitement, but city living is also a great way to do your part for ecology. Huh, you say? How do our most intensively developed areas—and living in them—aid environmental protection? There are many reasons why City Living Is Green. We will discuss them in detail with Evan Lowenstein, Coordinator Landmark Society Of Western New York.

Cordwood Wall

Title: Cordwood Construction: A reawakening of our building roots.
Location: Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Start Time: 1pm
End Time: 3pm
Date: May 3
Description: Peter Turkow, Co-Founder of Rochester Green Living will present on this centuries old construction method that has had a resurgence in interest and practice throughout the world since the late 70’s. The simplicity (children are very encouraged in the construction process), efficiency, aesthetic beauty, cost and environmental benefits of this method of construction will be shown through a power point presentation, diagrams and a physical test wall to see what you can do with wood that most people burn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwood_construction

Cordwood Construction Photo Album