Roots Market and Cafe is an innovative approach to local foods, providing year-round access to fresh foods, workshops and other food-friendly activities. Read more about them here: http://www.localrootswooster.com/AboutUs.html

Or see for yourself Nov. 20th from 7 to 9 pm

140 S. Walnut St. in Wooster; 330-263-5336

for more events, see: http://www.localrootswooster.com/Events.html

The Tuscarawas County Sustainability Network presents…

Do you have acreage that you are managing? Are you wondering what sustainable and profitable solutions exist for your forest? The Tuscarawas County Sustainability Network, in partnership with Kent State University at Tuscarawas, will present a free Sustainable Forestry and Non-timber Forest products workshop on Thursday, November 12th, from 7 to 8 pm, in the Science and Advanced Technology Center room 113. To register, contact the Office of Continuing Studies and Community Development at 330.308.7434. Walk-ins are welcome, but registration is preferred.

Presenting will be Mr. Randy Clum, Owner of Clum Forestry Consultants and Dr. Randi Pokladnik, PhD in Environmental Studies and President of the Roots of Appalachia Growers Association.

Mr. Clum worked for the ODNR division of Forestry from 1979-1997, and now owns his own consulting company. He received the 2007 Harrison County Forest Stewardship Award and the 2009 Tuscarawas County Conservationists of the Year award.  Born and raised in the mesophytic forests of Appalachia, Dr. Pokladnik’s studies have focused on restoration ecology and non-timber forest products.

September 26th, 1 pm

at Amanda’s House.

RSVP to 330-343-2516 or tuscsustainability (at) gmail.com

Bring a dish and friends!

Presented by Jennifer, from The Wilderness Center

September 15th, 7:30 pm at KSU Tuscarawas in the Auditorium

Trying to sort out the ‘clean coal’ debate? Here are some fact sheets about Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plants, being touted as ‘advanced energy’:

http://www.energyjustice.net/coal/igcc/

It’s that time again! Last Saturday of the Month drum circle at the Amphitheatre on Deis Hill in Dover, from 9-12. This time we’ll be cooking out, so bring some things to share and we’ll break bread at noon! Hope to see you there!

Bring instruments and your selves!

Come join us at the Farmer’s Market from 3-7 at the Fairgrounds for a Make-your-own-instrument and Jam! session. We will have many recyclable materials to work with, though please bring your own as well if you’d like.

Also, volunteers are needed to staff the TCSN booth at the Market during this time as well.

Contact 330-343-2516 for more info or to volunteer

We hope to see you at

Countywide’s June 10, 2009, CAP meeting!

Thank you for your interest in the Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility’s Citizens Advisory Panel. Your participation is greatly appreciated and we look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of the issues that concern our neighbors.

*Please join us for our next meeting at 

Countywide Landfill Remediation Trailer

3619 Gracemont Street SW

East Sparta, Ohio 44626 

Wednesday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m.

Refreshments will be provided.

Please RSVP by Monday, June 8, to 330.874.3855 or Jeff Kraus (krausj@repsrv.com).

SUSTAINABILITY  AND  RECYCLING 

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 

OR 

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 

Sign Up for the District’s  

E-mail Registry at 

www.timetorecycle.org 

offered by the Joint Solid Waste Management District

Click here for flier download: 2009-teacher-workshop-flyer-1

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/18/2005

The City of Dover and Clean Coal

Kyle Valentini, Free Press guest columnist

The City of Dover has signed a contract with AMP-Ohio to purchase power for the next fifty years from a proposed $3.3 Billion coal-fired power plant to be built in Letart Falls, Ohio. The plant will be the fifth of its kind in a 10 mile radius. The original estimated price tag was $1.2 billion. AMP-Ohio released new numbers in November, with estimates projected at $3.3 billion, plus financing. Costs could increase even more if federal regulations to control carbon dioxide are enacted. The proposed contract is a take-or-pay contract, where ratepayers, including Dover Light and Power customers, must pay for the plant for 50 years, no matter how high the costs go.

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