Experience the Holidays this Season (green style)! Sustainable Shopping in Style at The Growing Green Co-op's Annual Green Gift Marketplace Friday, Dec 5th, 6-10pm featuring local, hand-made, recycled, organic and creative gifts for everyone on your list! Meet "green" business members of The Growing Green Co-op and transform your shopping mall trends of the past to new found environmentally conscious treasures at our community marketplace. Shop simply this year and promote a season of conscious consumerism! Bring your small and large electronics, CFLs and old batteries to be recycled by our new "green" business members Green Monster E-cycling and NLR (Next Level Recycling). Raffle, Live Music & Organic Treats by Alchemy.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Green Gift Marketplace
Experience the Holidays this Season (green style)! Sustainable Shopping in Style at The Growing Green Co-op's Annual Green Gift Marketplace Friday, Dec 5th, 6-10pm featuring local, hand-made, recycled, organic and creative gifts for everyone on your list! Meet "green" business members of The Growing Green Co-op and transform your shopping mall trends of the past to new found environmentally conscious treasures at our community marketplace. Shop simply this year and promote a season of conscious consumerism! Bring your small and large electronics, CFLs and old batteries to be recycled by our new "green" business members Green Monster E-cycling and NLR (Next Level Recycling). Raffle, Live Music & Organic Treats by Alchemy.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Celebrating the Holidays (green style)
Co-op Update: The renovations at our Hartford location are complete and classes will begin in the new year! Meanwhile, our Green Business Membership is growing - we had a successful turn out at The One Thing Expo! We are getting ready to launch the next phase of our vision: a state-wide delivery of sustainable goods & services provided by our Green Business members! In November we will provide a complete list of all products & services & discounts to all co-op members that will begin this intitial phase. If you have not yet joined the co-op (consumer or business) please email Imani@thegreenvibration.com and she will forward your info to our Membership coodinators!This is an exciting time! Below are some of our Holiday Celebrations!
Upcoming Community Celebrations at The Growing Green Co-op in Hartford, CT! keep it simple this year....let us show you how!
The Growing Green Co-op will host its first annual GREEN HALLOWEEN at its new space inHartford (for kids all ages) $5 per child Friday, October 31st, 7pm - midnight (for older kids) A safe, fun, and healthy option for those families seeking more eco-friendly rituals! Wear your own hand-made or recycled costume! Carve your own local pumpkin, bob for apples from Eagle Valley Farms, play old-fashioned games, meet new friends and re-discover you imagination!
Holiday Clothes Swap! Saturday, November 1st 7-9pm I AM DREAMING OF A GREEN CHRISTMAS! Prepare to bring your warm winter gently loved garments to the November Swap: COATS, SWEATERS, BLANKETS, BOOTS & even things that could be considered as a gift for someone else. We will have sewing machines available for those inspired to create new items led by the Goddesses of Yarn. Bring a friend, your imagination & your holiday spirit! Questions or even special requests? Email the Gift Goddess, Dawn at blessedoya@yahoo.com or 206.2471 REDUCE * RECYCLE * REUSE
Sustainable Shopping in Style at The Growing Green Co-op's Annual Green Gift Marketplace Friday, Dec 5th, 6-10pm The Green Gift Marketplace featuring local, hand-made, recycled, organic and creative gifts for everyone on your list! Meet "green" business members of The Growing Green Co-op and transform your shopping mall trends of the past to new found environmentally conscious treasures at our community marketplace. Order your organic Christmas Tree in advance for pick-up on this special evening or select one on site.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
OPEN HOUSE!
Join us for a peek of the progress on our newly renovated space, meet some of the farmers participating in our year round farmers market and register for our summer youth activist camp beginning this July (see earlier blog below for more details!).
We will be available to answer questions about co-op member benefits, why you should join our community and how you can get involved. Children's activities will be planned and plenty of parking is available at the Trinity College Hockey Rink right next door (the market is located directly between the co-op community center and the rink).
More details will come closer to the date on available products for purchase at the Farmers Market - expect someproduce, local honey, maple syrup, sprouts, flowers, (sign up for a weekly flower share!) eco-friendly cleaners and bodycare products, organic linens, local artisans as well as featured Green Business members of the Co-op (Hale Hill Biofuels, Evergreen Energy, Center for Green Building, Sewn in CT, YawnMower T-shirts & other friends!). Every market will feature a spotlight environmental organization or call for action as well as a recyling program - so bring your CFLs, batteries, old cell phones & ink catidges. Come find out what's up with our new BICYCLE RECYCLE project led by our very own bike enthusiast Rob Graves.
If you are an artisan, a farmer, an activist, an entertainer or would like to volunteer - who would like to be involved, just let us know! Saturday, April 19, 2008
Summer Youth Activist Camp!
EARTH ACTIVISM, CHALLENGING ADVENTURES, INSPIRING IDEAS, LIFE CHANGING, HANDS-ON EXPLORATION Learn how to: make a rain barrel, bake vegan desserts, make organic smoothies, practice yoga, grow a garden, paint a mural, rock climb, kayak, roller blade, unicycle, build your own worm compost, drum, become an activist!
We are so excited to offer venture into our first year of our Summer Youth Activist Camp! This year is going to be AMAZING and the kids participating, whether it is one week or all six, will be transformed! We have a great team of folks working to making it happen. Here's a look into what we are planning so far! More details to come!
Daily Schedule:
9:30-10:30am Arrivals/Group Yoga
10:30-10:45am Meditation/Story Hour
10:45-11am Organic Snack (prepared by kid helpers)
11am-12:30pm Sustainable Activity & Inquiry Process
(Live the Green Dream Theatrical Troupe, Project Visions, Gardening, Hands-on Art & Science Activities)
12:30-1:30pm Organic Lunch & Hour of Affirmations
1:30-3:30pm Focused Physical Activity Projects
(Community Garden, Mural, Build Green House, Circus, Roller Blading, Rock Climbing)
3:30-4:30pm Hour of Celebration (music, dance & mini talent shows) & Pick Up
Week One: July 7th – July 12th
Overall Concept: – What is a Carbon Footprint?
Field Trip: Dinosaur State Park
Week Two: July 14th- July 19th
Overall Concept: You Are What You Eat!
Field Trip: Grocery Store & Farm
Week Three: July 21st – July 28th
Overall Concept: Carbon Conscious Consumerism
Field Trip: Smart Living Center
Week Four: July 28th – August 1st
Overall Concept: Reducing, Recycling, Reusing & Composting
Field Trip: Trash Museum
Week Five: August 4th – August 8th
Overall Concept: Conservation
Field Trip: CT River
Week Six: August 10th – August 15th
Overall Concept: What is an Activist?
Field Trip: Smart Living Center
August 15th: Harvest Celebration
Community stlye "block-party" celebration featuring live performances, farmers market, community clothes swap, organic food, music & dance!
Requirements:
All kids will need to bring their own labeled reusable water bottle (available at Alchemy). All other food items (snacks and lunches) will be provided. All food will be organic with the majority grown locally. Please indicate any special needs or dietary restrictions on your application. Older kids interested in managing the Friday evening Farm Stand will be asked to stay later from 4-6pm. Kids will be given weekly assignments that correspond with our weekly theme. We invite families to try the experiments together to expand the impact of the lesson. Daily recipes and eco-tips will be sent home with students as well to encourage families to put into practice ways of lowering their carbon footprint.
Family Optionals:
*Overnight Kayaking Trips- let us know if you are interested in joining your child(ren) for an overnight adventure!
*Saturday Morning Farmers Markets - kids activities and how-to classes every week while supporting local growers!
EMAIL US FOR A REGISTRATION FORM!
Price (includes all organic snacks & meals and all field trips except kayaking)
$250 week plus $15 per child for annual co-op fee
Discount for all six weeks if paid in full by June 1st: $1000
10% discount for additional children; some scholarships/discounts for large families available - please inquire.
Additional fee for kayaking (kids must by 9 years or older) $55 per trip
*provided by a certified/licensed kayak instructor
We are so excited to offer venture into our first year of our Summer Youth Activist Camp! This year is going to be AMAZING and the kids participating, whether it is one week or all six, will be transformed! We have a great team of folks working to making it happen. Here's a look into what we are planning so far! More details to come!
Daily Schedule:
9:30-10:30am Arrivals/Group Yoga
10:30-10:45am Meditation/Story Hour
10:45-11am Organic Snack (prepared by kid helpers)
11am-12:30pm Sustainable Activity & Inquiry Process
(Live the Green Dream Theatrical Troupe, Project Visions, Gardening, Hands-on Art & Science Activities)
12:30-1:30pm Organic Lunch & Hour of Affirmations
1:30-3:30pm Focused Physical Activity Projects
(Community Garden, Mural, Build Green House, Circus, Roller Blading, Rock Climbing)
3:30-4:30pm Hour of Celebration (music, dance & mini talent shows) & Pick Up
Week One: July 7th – July 12th
Overall Concept: – What is a Carbon Footprint?
Field Trip: Dinosaur State Park
Week Two: July 14th- July 19th
Overall Concept: You Are What You Eat!
Field Trip: Grocery Store & Farm
Week Three: July 21st – July 28th
Overall Concept: Carbon Conscious Consumerism
Field Trip: Smart Living Center
Week Four: July 28th – August 1st
Overall Concept: Reducing, Recycling, Reusing & Composting
Field Trip: Trash Museum
Week Five: August 4th – August 8th
Overall Concept: Conservation
Field Trip: CT River
Week Six: August 10th – August 15th
Overall Concept: What is an Activist?
Field Trip: Smart Living Center
August 15th: Harvest Celebration
Community stlye "block-party" celebration featuring live performances, farmers market, community clothes swap, organic food, music & dance!
Requirements:
All kids will need to bring their own labeled reusable water bottle (available at Alchemy). All other food items (snacks and lunches) will be provided. All food will be organic with the majority grown locally. Please indicate any special needs or dietary restrictions on your application. Older kids interested in managing the Friday evening Farm Stand will be asked to stay later from 4-6pm. Kids will be given weekly assignments that correspond with our weekly theme. We invite families to try the experiments together to expand the impact of the lesson. Daily recipes and eco-tips will be sent home with students as well to encourage families to put into practice ways of lowering their carbon footprint.
Family Optionals:
*Overnight Kayaking Trips- let us know if you are interested in joining your child(ren) for an overnight adventure!
*Saturday Morning Farmers Markets - kids activities and how-to classes every week while supporting local growers!
EMAIL US FOR A REGISTRATION FORM!
Price (includes all organic snacks & meals and all field trips except kayaking)
$250 week plus $15 per child for annual co-op fee
Discount for all six weeks if paid in full by June 1st: $1000
10% discount for additional children; some scholarships/discounts for large families available - please inquire.
Additional fee for kayaking (kids must by 9 years or older) $55 per trip
*provided by a certified/licensed kayak instructor
Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Latest Update!
The countdown is near! We are in the final stage of completing renovations for the physical space for the community center located in Hartford next to the Alchemy Cafe. We will be ready for the first official season of our Farmers Market & Summer Youth Activist Camp soon!
Our newly renovated parking lot will feature a permeable gravel grid system that will house our market, 45 foot climbing tower, our biodiesel shed, greenhouse and 28 parking spaces! Indoor plans for the community space include a large room where we will show our weekly activist films, breakdown our weekly food delivery, host community classes & events, offer yoga classes & operate our kids programming. Our space will be as green as can be - a showroom of sorts featuring geo-thermal and solar thermal systems to warm our floors, along with our pellet stove. PV panels will help defray our energy usage while our green roof will help to insulate. We'll house our compost worms (who made it through the winter!) in our greenhouse where we will grow our sprouts! An this is just the beginning!
Our Summer Youth Activism program will feature the following: morning meditation & yoga, storytime (for younger ones), environmental themes, hands-on activities (arts, food preparation, gardening)and physical conditioning (obstacle courses, rock climbing, kayacking). All this with an overview of an in-depth understanding of the preciousness of our planet and steps to take to become stewards for Mother Earth. The camp will be offered Mon-Fri from 9am-4pm starting July 9th with optionals for families such as weekend adventure trips. Older children will experience work on a real farm - helping to harvest crops and then learn the business aspect by running our Friday evening Farm Stand. The kids will eat all organic meals & snacks, eat food they grow themselves and learn how this is a first step in saving our planet. They will become empowered and enthusiastic about their role as leaders in the years to come. We will begin accepting registations April 20th. You must be a co-op member to enroll your child(ren). Some scholarships will be available for families living in Hartford.
Membership is growing as well as our online community! A Saturday morning food delivery is offered to members who have either paid in full or made a $55 deposit. We are looking to grow this aspect of our co-op immediately by partnering with the cafe to offer not only bulk foods (through United Northeast Co-Op) & local produce from both CT farmers and New England farmers but raw food boxes and other sustainable products that will be delivered to members across the state. We have a core group of "green" businesses who are on board and are looking to build a strong local economy and offer their sustainable stuff to co-op members (biofuels, organic mattresses, home building supplies...). If you are interested in any aspect of what we are doing now is the time to get on board! Welcome!
Our newly renovated parking lot will feature a permeable gravel grid system that will house our market, 45 foot climbing tower, our biodiesel shed, greenhouse and 28 parking spaces! Indoor plans for the community space include a large room where we will show our weekly activist films, breakdown our weekly food delivery, host community classes & events, offer yoga classes & operate our kids programming. Our space will be as green as can be - a showroom of sorts featuring geo-thermal and solar thermal systems to warm our floors, along with our pellet stove. PV panels will help defray our energy usage while our green roof will help to insulate. We'll house our compost worms (who made it through the winter!) in our greenhouse where we will grow our sprouts! An this is just the beginning!
Our Summer Youth Activism program will feature the following: morning meditation & yoga, storytime (for younger ones), environmental themes, hands-on activities (arts, food preparation, gardening)and physical conditioning (obstacle courses, rock climbing, kayacking). All this with an overview of an in-depth understanding of the preciousness of our planet and steps to take to become stewards for Mother Earth. The camp will be offered Mon-Fri from 9am-4pm starting July 9th with optionals for families such as weekend adventure trips. Older children will experience work on a real farm - helping to harvest crops and then learn the business aspect by running our Friday evening Farm Stand. The kids will eat all organic meals & snacks, eat food they grow themselves and learn how this is a first step in saving our planet. They will become empowered and enthusiastic about their role as leaders in the years to come. We will begin accepting registations April 20th. You must be a co-op member to enroll your child(ren). Some scholarships will be available for families living in Hartford.
Membership is growing as well as our online community! A Saturday morning food delivery is offered to members who have either paid in full or made a $55 deposit. We are looking to grow this aspect of our co-op immediately by partnering with the cafe to offer not only bulk foods (through United Northeast Co-Op) & local produce from both CT farmers and New England farmers but raw food boxes and other sustainable products that will be delivered to members across the state. We have a core group of "green" businesses who are on board and are looking to build a strong local economy and offer their sustainable stuff to co-op members (biofuels, organic mattresses, home building supplies...). If you are interested in any aspect of what we are doing now is the time to get on board! Welcome!
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