Arthur Lee Land and the Art of Live Looping Thursday, July 22 8pm

Submitted by krsieck on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 7:59pm
Live at the Abundance Eco-village, Thursday July 22 at 8 pm (optional diner 6:30 pm), in the Sustainable Living Coalition's solar and wind powered venue, Arthur Lee Land and the Art of Live Looping!

Local Soup

Submitted by krsieck on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 11:35pm

Mmmmmmm...garden fresh veggies with organic spices and oils, locally grown wheat berries and chai made with cream processed four miles down the street. Eat your fill while drinking fresh basil, stevia and sage tea. Talk with friends under candle light in an old fashioned long table family manner. This is the scene over here at the Summer Cafe, you can count on us being here for through July and August for an enlightened environment that will entertain your mind and keep your belly happy.

Free Film Screening: "Ecological Designers" July 15th 8:00 pm--Local Diner Option 6:30 pm

Submitted by krsieck on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 11:03pm

Continuing into our next installation of the "Summer Cafe Permaculture Series", Thursday July, 15, we will be hosting diner and showing the film "Ecological Designers". This film is sure to awe and amaze you as we are guided through a journey of top movers and shakers in the realms of energy efficient building, solar energy systems, experimental building, living machines, water systems and complete system design. Film starts at 8:00 pm with a local meal option starting at 6:30 pm for $6.00.

 

Summer Cafe Permaculture Series is Here!

Submitted by krsieck on Sun, 07/04/2010 - 5:35pm

As part of our "Summer Cafe Permaculture Series", starting July 8th, each Thursday the SLC will host either a free speaker, workshop, film or music event. Diner will be served with outdoor seating starting each Thursday at 6:30 pm. Programed events will start promptly at 8:00pm

Summer Educational Series Coming Soon!

Submitted by krsieck on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 7:42pm

Right now we are in the process of planning a weekly series of educational speakers, films, skill sharings and music related to ecology, artisinal micro-enterprise, art, community, culture and of course, fun!

Please contact krsieckatgmail [dot] com if interested in sharing input or volunteerig to make these events happe.

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Rocket Mass Heater Workshop in Decorah Iowa

Submitted by Briggs on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 9:27am

Rocket mass heaters are, simply put, the natural building version of a masonry heater (aka Finnish stove or Kachelofen). In a weekend, we’ll take clay, sand, straw, sawdust, firebrick and a few old steel drums and turn them into a super-efficient wood-burning stove that stores almost all the heat from combustion in a bench or bed of durable hardened earthen materials. In one weekend we’ll build a complete rocket mass heater in a hybrid straw bale/earthen home.

Fruit Tree Sale

Submitted by Briggs on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 9:40am
May 15 2010 - May 16 2010
Eco-Design Center
Corner of 185th and B St
Fairfield
See map: Google Maps

At the SLC campus on May 15-16,  Hap and Lin Mullenneaux along with SLC staff will be on hand from 9 to 5 each Saturday and Sunday to distribute plants and provide planting instructions. 

Location

Eco-Design Center
Corner of 185th and B St
Fairfield
See map: Google Maps

25% Discount on Chelsea Green Book Titles - Limited Time Offer!

Submitted by Frank on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 12:29pm

The Sustainable Living Coalition has partnered with Chelsea Green Publishing to offer a 25% discount off of orders at the Chelsea Green Bookstore beginning April  1 through April 30, 2010!! Don’t miss this opportunity to get great titles related to the politics and practice of sustainable living at fantastic prices. In addition to the savings, your purchase will support the SLC! A percentage of all book sales will be donated back to the SLC for the purpose

Rain Barrel Sale! 1,000,000 Gallon Challenge: Every Gallon Counts!!

Submitted by Frank on Sat, 02/20/2010 - 2:52pm

The Sustainable Living Coalition is supporting the Indian Creek Nature Center and helping to install 1,000 rain barrels at residences in SE Iowa.  Through partnership with the Sierra Club, Clipper Windpower and Fairfield Wastewater Department the SLC is encouraging home owners to purchase and install rain barrels at their residence. <CLICK HERE> for order info.<

Sustainable Living Coalition Partners with Schneider Electric

Submitted by Frank on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 9:29pm

Schneider Electric generously donated a Xantrex XW 4024 Inverter to the SLC’s Education Campus.  The inverter was a critically needed item that will greatly benefit the campus by helping to manage power generated by a 1 kW wind turbine and a 1.8 kW solar pv array. 

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12/16/09

Economist Paul Romer, in a different context, stated, “A Crisis is a Terrible thing to Waste.”  Within the next 50 years – our culture will be bearing fully the brunt and repercussions of multiple crisis: Climate Change, Resource Depletion (Peak Oil), Human Population Growth and Species Extinction.  The Sustainable Living Coalition was founded by a group of passionate, dedicated and concerned people as a direct and POSITIVE response to the aforementioned problems. 

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