Monthly Archives: December 2010

Centre Region Climate Change Action Plan Project

Reports from a joint project of the Centre Region Council of Governments and Penn State Geography Department: Greenhouse Gas Project Overview – PowerPoint Centre Region Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory – 2006 State College Sustainability Plan – Dec. 2007 Options for … Continue reading

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PASA Farming for the Future Conference

Strength from Our Roots: Claiming Our Food System Future FEBRUARY 2 – 5, 2011 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Conference website. Preparations are underway for the annual Farming for the Future Conference, and the conference staff is busy going over … Continue reading

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Farm Food Safety – Winter Workshops

Penn State Cooperative Extension will be offering farm food safety workshops for fresh produce growers at 8 locations from January through March of 2011: March 21 in Chambersburg and March 22 in Altoona. Attached is an announcement with details. You … Continue reading

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Garden Gleaning in Sarasota

From Transition Sarasota, via Transition US. Since 1980, food banks throughout the United States have been participating in the time-honored tradition of gleaning: rescuing food from local farms that would otherwise go to waste in the fields…

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Gas Drilling, Fracking and Our Environment

Ahimsa Village Saturday Night Sustainability Series Program Gas Drilling, Fracking and our Environment Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 7:00PM, 4022 S. Eagle Valley Rd, Julian, PA Join Wayne Hansen for a lively discussion on the Marcellus Shale situation here in Central Pennsylvania. Wayne … Continue reading

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