tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75341209019799410392024-03-13T14:16:37.702-07:00MCV Green AffairsMCV-C SGA Green Affairs Team (formerly MCV Green Unity)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-31522476454742854702013-04-29T13:38:00.001-07:002013-04-29T13:41:40.998-07:00Union Hill Garden Project this Sunday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sunday, May 5, 2013 </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Bring your kids, bring your friends, bring you organization or community service group for a fun day in the fresh air with a shovel in your hand and the sun on your back. We'll be planting flower bulbs and mulching the community blueberry bushes and fruit trees. If enough people turn up we can plant some more fruit trees as well, starting on the 2nd block of our community orchard! This event qualifies for service learning, community service, and VCU staff volunteer hours.
No gardening skills are necessary! We'll teach you everything you need to know, and provide gloves, tools, water and snacks. Bring a water bottle if you have one, and wear sturdy shoes (runners are great).
Stay for a few hours or the whole day! We'll meet at 871 N 22ND ST., and will be working on the gardens near 21st & O St.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-12973314068601640152013-04-23T05:59:00.001-07:002013-04-23T05:59:53.156-07:00Free Bike Repair & Registration, Electronics Recycling @ VCU Market in the Garden Today @ 1pm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">Join us this week at VCU's Farmer's Market - try free samples of AnnaB's delicious cookies and muffins! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">***Get free bike repair with VCU Rec Sports (1-4pm), and free bike engraving and bike & laptop registration with VCU Police (3:30-6pm)!***</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">***Electronics Recycling 1-6pm***<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;" /><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Students - bring your ID and get a student discount!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Today at the Market</b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #333333;">>Faith Farms: Raw Honey & Pasture-raised Eggs - Cow milk shares available!</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">>Rachel's Farmstand: Kale, Spinach, Spring Onions, Garlic, Collards, Rosemary, Chives, Oregano, Cilantro, Mustard Greens, Bok Choi, Romain Lettuce, Paint By Numbers Seed Tape</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">>Agriberry: Raspberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, and Agriberry Blend Jams</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">>Umami: Gourmet Coffee Beans & Teas</span><br /><span style="color: #333333;">>AnnaB Gluten-Free Bakery: Cranberry Orange & Vegan Pumpkin Muffins; Oatmeal & Raisin, Vegan Brownie Cookies, Multigrain Gluten-Free Bread</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The complete list of what we accept can be found here:<br /><a href="http://mcv-green-affairs.blogspot.com/p/recycle-your-waste-with-green-affairs.html" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>mcv-green-affairs.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>com/p/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>recycle-your-waste-with-gre<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>en-affairs.html</a><br /><br />Here is a sampling of what you can recycle with us:<br />-Anything that runs on batteries or plugs into a wall<br />-Light bulbs (incandescent or fluorescent)<br />-Batteries<br />-Dairy containers<br />-Ink jet cartridges<br />-Old shoes<br />-Pizza boxes<br />-Mini fridges are fine to bring, but no large refrigerators please</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-35022415832252986252013-04-09T10:20:00.002-07:002013-04-09T10:21:37.644-07:00Beautiful Weather for VCU Market in the Garden Today @ 3:30!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px;">Nothing tastes better than fresh, homemade, and pasture-raised food from local farms and bakeries. Buy local from your weekly market at VCU, and take a tour of VCU's very own community garden. Limited plots are still available, ask for details!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px;">Stop by for free Umami hot or iced coffee samples, and try samples of Faith Farms amazing raw honey :-)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px;">Students - bring your ID and get a student discount!</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12.800000190734863px;"><br />>Faith Farms: Raw Honey & Pasture-raised Eggs, pre-order for goat cheese and pasture-raised meat - Cow shares available!<br />>Rachel's Farmstand: Broccolli, Kale, Spinach, Spring Onions, Garlic, Collards, Fresh Rosemary, Fresh Chives, Mustard Greens<br />>Agriberry: Raspberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, and Agriberry Blend Jams<br />>Umami: Gourmet Coffee Beans & Teas<br /><br />Next week - look forward to delicious bread, cookies & muffin's from AnnaB Gluten-Free Bakery! Free samples will be available!!!<br />>Blueberry, Cranberry Orange & Vegan Pumpkin Muffins; Oatmeal & Raisin, Vegan Brownie Cookies, Multigrain Gluten-Free Bread</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-74446770654330556992013-03-26T09:12:00.002-07:002013-03-26T09:12:36.544-07:00VCU Market in the Garden is Today!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w4kZyIL4GO0/UVHI6JJRzEI/AAAAAAAADEQ/_KeS5JIaeUo/s1600/5325_500456106679535_1881936434_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w4kZyIL4GO0/UVHI6JJRzEI/AAAAAAAADEQ/_KeS5JIaeUo/s320/5325_500456106679535_1881936434_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">Buy fresh and local at VCU Market in the Garden! This week we'll be featuring:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">>Faith Farms: Raw Honey & Pasture-raised Eggs, pre-order for goat cheese and pasture-raised meat, free samples of fresh raw milk - Cow shares available!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">>Rachel's Farmstand: Broccolli, Spinach, Spring Onions, Garlic, Collards, Fresh Rosemary</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">>Agriberry: Raspberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, and Agriberry Blend Jams</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">>Umami: Gourmet Coffee Beans & Teas</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-83132016678763862062013-02-23T04:19:00.002-08:002013-02-23T04:19:44.418-08:00Spring Planting with Union Hill Garden Project<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">Help ring in the planting season! We'll be adding some apple trees to our community orchard, planting tulips, onions, and garlic, and mulching some of the garden beds. Garden tools & gloves, water, and free snacks provided. Please bring your own water bottle and wear sturdy shoes. No gardening knowledge necessary - come and join Union Hill kids & residents, RVA community members, and VCU students, faculty, staff, and alumni in the fun!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;">So far we have planted 2 apricot trees, 2 cherry trees, and fig, peach, plum, and pear trees, as well as 15 blueberry bushes at this location. Two more apple trees are at 22ND and Venable. Come and check out our beautiful gardens - the bulbs and fruit trees are just starting to bloom!</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-14257954313008345852012-11-15T17:37:00.002-08:002012-11-19T17:06:39.360-08:00Shop at VCU Market in the Garden November 20th!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stock your pantries with some of these goodies at VCU Market in the Garden November 20th, 3:30pm - 6:30pm!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b><a href="http://tricyclegardens.org/">Tricycle Gardens</a></b>:</span><br />
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broccoli</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beets</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eggplants (Ichiban, Rosita, Black Beauty)</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mustard Greens (Red and regular)</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Winter Density Romaine Lettuce</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chinese Cabbage</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spinach</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bok Choy</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cherry Bell Radishes</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Red Summer Crisp Lettuce</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bronze Arrow Lettuce </span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Red Russian Kale</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Curly Kale</span></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lacinato Kale</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://faithfarmfoods.blogspot.com/">Faith Farms</a></span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pasture-rasied eggs</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Raw honey</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hand-made egg noodles</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.exclusivegoddess.com/">Exclusive Goddess</a></span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fair trade jewelry made from seeds, coffee beans, orange peels, and more!</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.annabglutenfree.com/">AnnaB Gluten-Free Bakery</a></span></b><br />
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vegan Brownie Cookies</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vegan Oatmeal and Raisin Cookies</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pumpkin Muffins</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blueberry Muffins</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cranberry Orange Muffins</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://umamiteas.com/">Umami Gourmet Coffee & Tea</a></b></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gourmet Coffee Beans<br /></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exotic Tea Blends</span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-55132760247010285702012-11-03T17:19:00.001-07:002012-11-03T17:19:46.781-07:00VCU Market in the Garden Returns November 20<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4Q9mCGpJXQ/UJW0jORg7NI/AAAAAAAADCk/UNIpMZZIUHI/s1600/apple-cider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y4Q9mCGpJXQ/UJW0jORg7NI/AAAAAAAADCk/UNIpMZZIUHI/s320/apple-cider.jpg" width="320" /></a>Thanks for everyone who has made our farmer's market such a huge success! The next market is coming up soon, and it has a new name: <b>VCU Market in the Garden</b>. We will be giving out <u>free hot apple cider</u> to help everyone keep warm!<br />
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<b>Tuesday, November 20th</b><br />
<b>3:30pm-6:30pm</b><br />
Rain or Shine<br />
VCU Community Garden<br />
(next to Larrick Student Center)<br />
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This is the last market until Spring, when markets will start up again January 22nd, and every 3rd Tuesday after that. Come and say hi to our vendors - <a href="http://stores.umamiteas.com/StoreFront.bok">Umami: Gourmet Coffee and Teas</a>, <a href="http://tricyclegardens.org/">Tricycle Gardens</a>, <a href="http://faithfarmfoods.blogspot.com/">Faith Farms</a>, <a href="http://www.annabglutenfree.com/">AnnaB Gluten Free Bakery</a>, and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RachelsFarmstand?fref=ts">Rachel's Farmstand</a>. We are working on getting additional vendors selling spices, cupcakes, chocolate, natural beauty products, and sustainable fair-trade jewelry. Let us know if there's any other kinds of products you'd like to see!<br />
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As always, we offer free recycling for electronics and other hard to recycle items. A full list of what we can accept can be found <a href="http://mcv-green-affairs.blogspot.com/p/recycle-your-waste-with-green-affairs.html">here</a>. By recycling with us you help keep harmful chemicals out of the ground and water - good on you!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-86678007928940688822012-10-06T18:15:00.000-07:002012-10-06T18:15:36.449-07:00Share Some Sunshine Every Sunday in Union Hill<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-majIESLhPMs/UHDXQfcQ8lI/AAAAAAAADAQ/tF18HhipRCg/s1600/3479_416193768439103_202270366_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-majIESLhPMs/UHDXQfcQ8lI/AAAAAAAADAQ/tF18HhipRCg/s200/3479_416193768439103_202270366_n.jpg" width="149" /></a>The Union Hill Garden Project is going strong in it's 3rd year. We are planting we've planted a community orchard with apricot, peach, pear, plum, and fig trees. Next to come are apple and cherry trees! What we need most right now is your help in the garden! Bring your kids, bring your friends, bring you organization or community service group for a fun day in the fresh air with a shovel in your hand and the sun on your back.<br />
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No gardening skills are necessary! We'll teach you everything you need to know, and provide gloves, tools, water and snacks. Bring a water bottle if you have one, wear sturdy shoes (runners are great), and bring $5 if you want to share Rachel's homemade pizza with fresh ingredients from her garden for lunch.<br />
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<b>When:</b> 11am-4pm<br />
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October 14th<br />
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November 4th<br />
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<b>Where</b>: Meet at Rachel's house, 871 N 22ND St., Richmond, VA, 23223Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-84141763029015919202012-09-18T00:00:00.000-07:002012-09-17T16:26:06.497-07:00Learn to Garden with Green Unity & MCV-C Green Affairs Team<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span itemprop="description"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #274e13;">Basic Gardening Workshop </b></span></span><br />
<span itemprop="description">10a-4p, Sat, Sept 23rd</span><br />
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<span itemprop="description">Cost: Free! </span><br />
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Anything from composting to weed and pest control, this day is for you!
All are welcome to attend this free workshop that will give you the
basic skills you need for starting a garden. Learn about building soil
quality, prepping ground for planting, planting, care of plants,
integrated planting, pest management techniques and more. We will plant
cold weather crops such as mustard & collard greens, Broccoli,
Lettuce, Garlic, Onions, and Celery.<br /> <br /> Meet us out at the VCU Comm</span>unity
Garden for a day of fun gardening. We'll start at the site (900 Turpin
St right off of the corner of Leigh and 9th St.) and spend a while
there and then head on our way up to Rachel's house in Church Hill (871 N 22ND ST) for
more at her lovely backyard garden. <br />
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lower our contribution to the landfill. Please bring $5 for pizza if you
are staying for lunch.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">10a-1p, Sat, Sept 29th</span></b> - Rain Barrel Workshop - $60, participants take home rain barrel</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">1:30pm, Sat, Sept 29th</span></b> - Vermiculture & Yard Composting Workshop - $30, participants take home worm compost bin. $20 if participants bring their own rubber made-type bin (non-transparent only)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-82266430206214326142012-09-09T19:36:00.002-07:002012-09-09T19:36:41.067-07:00Union Hill Garden Project Returns!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;">Help low income families plant their own vegetable and flower gardens to provide nutritious low-cost food and to beautify the neighborhood. Learn basic gardening skills and meet members of a community that we serve at VCU Medical Center. We are planting fruit trees and flowers in a 'community orchard', maintaining existing garden spaces, and planting family vegetable and flower gardens.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;">This activity qualifies for service learning hours, and may qualify for LINK hours. Please bring $5 if you want to share the Pizzas for lunch.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;">The next Garden Event is scheduled for:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><b>Saturday, September 15th</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><b>10am-2pm</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;"><b>Meet at 871 N 22ND St</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 11.183333396911621px;">Special thank you to all of wonderful volunteers, the neighborhood residents and kids that help out, and Barnes and Noble for providing generous funds to support this project.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-76927286141922009502012-08-08T20:04:00.000-07:002012-09-04T20:52:23.247-07:00Student Reps for Needed for Green Affairs Team<br />
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; padding: 0in;">Want to make your residence,
unit, department, program, school greener? We are looking for green affairs
representatives from all schools and programs to get involved with
sustainability educational outreach and community service projects. Our first meeting is:</span></div>
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involved:</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 7pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; padding: 0in;">Learn how to get recycling in
your area of the school</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; padding: 0in;">Participate/organize clean-ups
in the nearby neighborhood of Union Hill/Church Hill</span><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 7pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; padding: 0in;">Help low-income households in
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recycling events on MCV Campus</span><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 7pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with a guest speaker of your choice on a topic related to health &
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Eco-Sustainability group on educational outreach helping the general public
learn about the links between health and envrionment</span><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 7pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-83420946397912809692012-05-09T11:22:00.003-07:002012-05-09T11:22:46.210-07:00Get Your Garden on In Union Hill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;">Come and garden in Union Hill with us! In the morning we'll start at 10:30am in Rachel's large garden where she'll teach you basic organic gardening skills. We'll plant sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and learn organic pest & weed control techniques, water conserving te</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;">chniques and more!<br /><br />After a quick break for lunch (bring $5 to chip in for pizza) we'll work on the Union Hill Community Gardens to re-mulch and care for the apple trees and blueberry bushes we planted last October. We'll also plant flowers and Spring bulbs to help attract pollinator insects.<br /><br />Coming from Monroe Park Campus? Meet at 10am at the Cabell Library bus stop to bus or bike over together.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-71297026635307612572012-05-02T20:17:00.001-07:002012-05-02T20:19:37.605-07:00Sell Your Textbooks at Barnes & Noble & Support Green Unity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Green Unity will be collecting <a href="http://green-unity.blogspot.com/p/recycle-your-waste-with-green-unity.html">electronics and other hard to recycle items</a> at the Barnes & Noble textbook buyback event next week:<br />
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<b>10am-4pm</b><br />
<b>Tuesday, May 8th - </b><b>Thursday, May 10th</b><br />
<b>Shafer Dining Hall Location</b><br />
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We'll also be selling our fantastic Green Unity Water Bottles, Rain Barrels, Green Unity T-shirts (now in grey, black, and new chocolate brown color), as well as unveiling our new worm composting bins and larger rolling compost bins to help raise funds for our community outreach efforts. We will also be giving away free trees, compliments of the <a href="http://www.arborday.org/">Arbor Day Foundation</a> and <a href="http://www.vcugoesgreen.vcu.edu/">VCU Goes Green</a>.<br />
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Barnes and Noble is make this a green event by doing away with almost all of their paper advertising, and supporting the use of reusable bags by giving away this fantastic tote. Not only that, but for every textbook you sell back to them, they will donate one vegetable plant to support our <b>Union Hill Community Garden Project</b>, where we help plant vegetable and flower gardens for low-income families, so that they can have access to cheap, organic, nutritious food.<br />
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We hope you'll also join us this <b>Thursday, 10:30am-1:30pm</b> for another Union Hill Community Garden Project. We'll be meeting at 871 N 22ND ST to maintain our wonderful apple trees we planted last year, and hopefully plant some new trees and flowers to beautify the neighborhood and provide much-needed shade in this high pedestrian traffic neighborhood.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-53860678843953338822012-04-30T12:04:00.002-07:002012-04-30T12:04:35.721-07:00Trees & Veggies for Union Hill this Week!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;">Take a break from studying and get some fresh air and volunteer hours in beautiful Union Hill. Help us plant vegetable and flower gardens for low-income families, help us maintain the existing apple tree and blueberry gardens, and help us plant more trees in Union Hill (g</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;">enerously donated by Arbor Day Foundation).<br /><br />No gardening experience necessary. We provide the tools, and gloves. Wear sturdy shoes and bring your own hat, sunscreen, and water bottle if you have one. All volunteers will receive flower bulbs or a small tree to take home for free.<br /><br /><b>Meet at Rachel's place - 871 N 22ND ST<br />1pm-3:30pm, Wednesday, May 2nd<br />10:30am-1pm, Thursday, May 3rd</b><br /><br />Meet 1/2 hour early at the Cabell Library bookstore campus connector bus stop to bus or bike over together.<br /><br />Thanks to MCV & VCU Alumni Associations, MCV-C SGA, Stranges Nursery, Yardworks, VCU Facilities Management,, and VCU Barnes and Noble Bookstores - without your help this project would not be possible!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-51395650786509558362012-04-23T11:59:00.001-07:002012-04-23T12:23:14.970-07:00VCU Community Garden Strawberry Festival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Join us for the grand opening of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/VCUCommunityGarden">VCU's Community Garden</a> at the<a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/402981423059426/"> VCU Strawberry Festival</a> Earth Day Celebration tomorrow!<br />
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<b>VCU Strawberry Festival</b><br />
<b>1-4pm</b><br />
<b>Tuesday, April 24th</b><br />
VCU Community Garden, 900 Turpin St.<br />
Next to Larrick Student Center (1 block North of 10th & Leigh)<br />
MPC folks: Get off the #84 Campus Connector at the MCV Campus Bookstore, first stop on Leigh St.<br />
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This is a zero waste event, which means than all dinnerware will be biodegradable and collected along with food waste for composting.<br />
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We have many exciting things planned!<br />
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<li>Recycling of electronics and other hard to recycle waste</li>
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<li><b>1-6pm</b> (extended hours) at VCU Community Garden</li>
<li>For a full list of items you can drop off, see our <a href="http://green-unity.blogspot.com/p/recycle-your-waste-with-green-unity.html">recycling page</a></li>
<li>Yes, we accept VCU Surplus!</li>
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<li>Free food from <a href="http://houseofhomemade.com/">House of Homemade</a></li>
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<li>Strawberry pound cake slices</li>
<li>Mini Strawberry cupcakes</li>
<li>Strawberry Iced Tea</li>
<li>Strawberry shortcake cookies</li>
<li>Fresh strawberry & pineapple kabobs</li>
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<li>Free Ice Cream from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BevsHomemadeIceCream">Bev's Homemade Ice Cream</a> in Carytown</li>
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<li>Strawberry</li>
<li>Chocolate</li>
<li>Vanilla</li>
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<li>Take the <a href="http://vcugoesgreen.vcu.edu/takeaction/pledge/index.aspx">VCU Sustainability Pledge</a> and join the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/greenunity">Green Unity</a> newsletter for a chance to win prizes!</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/PotMaker-Pot-Maker/dp/B0058BQZ6O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1328911369&sr=8-2">Newspaper pot makers</a> - make your own biodegradable pots!</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/CAMCOCNC-K01-Mason-Bee-Starter/dp/B004G7T6WG/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1328911691&sr=8-9">Mason bee house</a> - attract native pollinators to your garden</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-7067-3-Piece-Softouch-Garden/dp/B000DZH3XO/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1328911788&sr=1-1">Fiskars 3-piece garden tool set</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perky-Pet-348-Window-Wild-Feeder/dp/B000NVM2L6/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1328911964&sr=1-1">Window bird feeder</a> - attract birds to your dorm, apartment or home window</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Woodlink-NABAT-Audubon-Bat-Shelter/dp/B000HHQBKO/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1328912956&sr=1-2">Bat house</a> - they can eat <a href="http://www.batrescue.org/batfacts/batfacts.html">1000 mosquitos/hour</a> to save you from bites!</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Large-Kitchen-Compost-Bucket-Gallon/dp/B0009LD3Y0/ref=sr_1_18?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1328914225&sr=1-18">2.5 gallon compost bin</a> - collect kitchen compost with a no-smell carbon filter container</li>
<li>Strawberry plants from <a href="http://www.stranges.com/">Stranges Garden Center</a></li>
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<li>Composting display and information from<a href="http://nopeva.com/NOPEVA.php"> Natural Organic Process Enterprises</a></li>
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<li>NOPE has partnered with VCU to compost food waste from Shafer Dining Hall and will be expanding to collect from 7 locations on both campuses next year!</li>
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<li>Learn how we constructed the water-saving <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Wicking-Beds/">wicking </a>and <a href="http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/">hugelkultur</a> beds, and how you can make your own at home</li>
<li>Free bike repair from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1425208170">VCU Outdoor adventure program</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bikes.vcu.edu/">RamBikes</a> - VCU's new bike share - will have info on how you can rent bikes for free!</li>
<li>Free bike safety info, free bike & laptop registration with <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/VCU-Police-Department/137086813014140">VCU Police</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.zipcar.com/">Zipcar</a> information and on-site registration with <a href="http://www.bsv.vcu.edu/vcupark/GoGreen.htm">VCU Parking and Transportation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/SlowFoodRVA">Slow Food RVA</a> will be there to show you healthy & delicious eating options</li>
<li>Fresh produce, farm products, and plants for sale</li>
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<li>Faith Farms</li>
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<li>Pasture-raised eggs</li>
<li>Local honey</li>
<li>Homemade egg noodles (plain, tomato-basil, other flavors!)</li>
<li>Their famous Blackberry Jam!</li>
<li>Possibly Amish Roll Butter as well</li>
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<li>Agriberry</li>
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<li>Fresh local strawberry</li>
<li>Possibly fresh asparagus and strawberry jam!</li>
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<li>Green Unity Plant & Sustainable Merchandise Sale</li>
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<li>Help us raise funds for our Community Outreach Efforts!</li>
<li>Recycled cotton Green Unity T-shirts (XS-XL $10, 2XL-3XL $15)</li>
<li>Green Unity Water Bottles - on sale for $8 each</li>
<li>Chico bag 100% recycled PET <a href="http://www.flamingice.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=ChicoBag_Vita_Earth&Category_Code=ChicoBag_Earth&Product_Count=1">Earth bags</a> - on sale for $8 each (below retail price!)</li>
<li>Rain Barrels, 60 gallon capacity, brass fittings - $55</li>
<li>Upcycled T-shirt bags - $1 each</li>
<li>Tomatoes</li>
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<li>Heirloom (many types)</li>
<li>Container-type (determinate)</li>
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<li>Peppers</li>
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<li>Various Mild</li>
<li>Various Spicy</li>
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<li>Cucumbers</li>
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<li>Compact bush (container-type)</li>
<li>Vining</li>
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<li>Herbs - tasty & great for <a href="http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html">pest protection</a>!</li>
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<li>Chives</li>
<li>Thyme</li>
<li>Oregano</li>
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<li>Flowers - beautiful & great for <a href="http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html">pest protection</a>!</li>
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<li>Marigolds</li>
<li>Petunias</li>
<li>Nasturtiums</li>
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<li>Rachel's Farmstand</li>
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<li>Grown hyper-local, less than 2 min. drive from VCU's garden (22nd & Carrington, Sundays 12-3pm)</li>
<li>Carrots</li>
<li>Romaine Lettuce</li>
<li>Mustard Greens</li>
<li>Rainbow Chard</li>
<li>Spinach</li>
<li>Joi Choi (Bok Choi)</li>
<li>Radishes</li>
<li>Spring Onions</li>
<li>Fresh Herbs</li>
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<li>Cilantro</li>
<li>Thyme</li>
<li>Rosemary</li>
<li>Oregano</li>
<li>Limited quantities of basil</li>
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Got community spirit? Need to get some extra service learning hours, or staff volunteer hours? Come out<b> this Thursday and Friday, </b> to help us turn the VCU Community Garden into a safe haven for our friends, the bees and other pollinator insects, to help ensure bountiful crops for the first open season of the garden this summer. Sign up to volunteer whole or half days at <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XMSKCLG">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XMSKCLG</a><br />
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All volunteers get a free meal and a plant to take home! No gardening experience necessary, all tools and gloves provided. Please wear sturdy, close-toed shoes and bring your own water bottle if you have one.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-16643254512359838762012-04-01T19:37:00.001-07:002012-04-01T19:38:53.327-07:00Electronics Recycling on Monroe Park Campus Friday April 6th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-78w5OQ40cfc/T3kQwzlg0UI/AAAAAAAACTk/4nBiN9Q6lbY/s1600/e-cycle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-78w5OQ40cfc/T3kQwzlg0UI/AAAAAAAACTk/4nBiN9Q6lbY/s200/e-cycle.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Have old cell phones? Computers? A pile up of drained batteries?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">We will be collecting all unwanted electronics that you may have.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">(Exceptions include incandescent light bulbs and very large e-waste such as refrigerators.)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Let your friends know we are recycling hazardous electronic waste! We'll see you this <b>Friday, April 6th</b> at the <b>sidewalk between Student Commons and Cabell Library</b>.<br />
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NOW ALSO COLLECTING UNWANTED T-SHIRTS! These will be up-cycled into reusable shopping bags for this years Earth Day celebration - a Student and Community Market!<br />
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We will be taking other hard-to-recycle items:<br />
-#5 plastic containers (clean/rinsed)<br />
-Corks<br />
-Personal care products packaging (lipstick cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases, shampoo bottles, etc. Not accepted: hair spray cans, nail polish bottles and nail polish remover bottles. For a full list click here:<br />
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-Scotch tape packaging (plastic tape dispensers, plastic tape cores)<br />
-Various promotional items/items you don't use anymore<br />
-Reusable bags (in good condition)<br />
-Working USB keys (non-working can be recycled instead)<br />
-Unused water bottles<br />
-Unused coffee mugs/travel mugs<br />
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Hope to see you out there!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Sign up now to help build the garden, the ground breaking days will be</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> Friday, March 30th, and Saturday, March 31st (10am-4pm)</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">. You can also help plant the pollinator and volunteer gardens on </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Saturday, April 7th and Sunday, April 8th (10am-4pm)</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">. All food grown in volunteer plots will be donated to local food banks. Volunteer for these events, ongoing maintenance of volunteer plots, or related projects like VCU Bayscape gardens or the Union Hill Garden Project by signing up here: </span><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XMSKCLG" style="background-color: white; color: #006677; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XMSKCLG</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you would like to grow food of your own, we have individual or shared plots at very reasonable prices. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"> </span><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GZ8BH6K" style="background-color: white; color: #006677; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GZ8BH6K</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"> by Thursday, April 5th. Register early as space is limited!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Small plot (5'w x 3.5'd)</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Semester: $10 + $10 deposit</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Semester: $15 + $10 deposit</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Large plot (7.5w' x 7'd)</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Semester: $25 + $10 deposit</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">Year: $45 + $10 deposit</span> </span></div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-73434349638985606322012-03-09T18:42:00.003-08:002012-03-10T19:10:21.581-08:00One Amazing Week of Workshops and Events!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tPb5snaxHVo/T1q_SOUYRtI/AAAAAAAACLE/4NpNXkHogoo/s1600/union2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tPb5snaxHVo/T1q_SOUYRtI/AAAAAAAACLE/4NpNXkHogoo/s320/union2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Will you be here for Spring Break? Check out this amazing line-up of events! All *events qualify for service learning hours.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Tomorrow, March 10, 10:30am-1:30pm</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Volunteer Seed Starting Party*</span><br />
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Tomorrow, March 10, 2:00pm-4:30pm<br />
Union Hill Garden Project*<br />
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March 15, 10:30am-1:30pm<br />
Self-Watering Planter Workshop<br />
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March 17, 1pm-5pm<br />
Irish Green Potluck<br />
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March 18, 10:30-1:30pm<br />
Drip Irrigation and Hay Bale Gardening Workshop<br />
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March 18, 2:00pm-4:30pm<br />
Union Hill Garden Project*<br />
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</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">I want to first apologize for not getting back to many of you sooner. There have been some major developments and many changes going back and forth for the VCU Community Garden over the past week and a half. We wanted to wait until we had a solid answer from VCU before we got back to you, and this took longer than anticipated. Thanks for all of your patience waiting to hear back from us, and we're sorry if we caused you any worry or stress in the meantime.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><strong>First the good news</strong> - The 1st ever VCU Community Garden project is still going ahead. The garden plan has been modified to be bigger and better than ever before, and will include our original plans for a pollinator garden and teaching/social area, as well as the hugelkultur and sub-irrigated (self-watering) beds, and wheel chair accessible beds and standard garden beds. We have been approved for $3000 from the MCV Campus SGA, and are waiting to hear back about $3000 in funding from MPC SGA. VCU Facilities Management have all been wonderfully supportive, and have not only increased our budget, but have agreed to fund the remainder not covered by the SGAs. New additions to the plan include our very own garden shed, as well as a rain barrel system to collect rain water for our plants. Four new watering stations are also going to be installed throughout the garden, to make watering your plots even easier than before. Facilities management is going to pay extra for cypress wood instead of pine, which is naturally insect-resistant and will last 20 years. Our teaching/social area will be much grander, with seating installed for 25-30 people and a teaching table. The garden will be open to the public and people will be able to eat their lunch in the beautiful garden when an event is not in session.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><strong>Now for the not so good news</strong> - We were all set to break ground this upcoming weekend, which was already pushing it as far as the timing of the Spring planting season goes. Last week our garden plans were basically completely re-drawn, without our foreknowledge, and changed to such an extent that made proceeding with the project on the current timeline as planned impossible. <strong>We regret to inform you all that the Spring Semester planting season has been cancelled</strong>. We are deeply sorry that this has happened, due to circumstances that were beyond our control. We met with the VCU landscape architect today, have gone over some changes with him, and expect the new plans back by next week, which we will post on the website and Facebook page. The revised timeline for breaking ground is during Spring Break. We want you to know that we thought carefully about how to proceed, and that we were forced to to cancel Spring Semester planting because there wouldn't have been enough time to grow crops, before people leaving after the Spring Semester would need to clean up their beds in time for the Summer season.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">Current plot owners have a number of options on how they can proceed:</div><ol style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><li>If you have <strong>already paid for a plot for a year</strong> and still wish to keep your plot, no action is required. We will notify you as soon as your garden plot is ready, and will allow you to plant early, before the Summer Semester starts. Your yearly membership fee will be applied starting in the Summer Semester, which means if you wish to keep your plot a second year, you will not need to pay again until Summer 2013 (not Spring 2013).<div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
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<li>If you have <strong>already paid for a plot for the Spring Semester</strong>, and wish to transfer your membership to the Summer Semester, please reply to this email. Note: if you are going on vacation for a few weeks in the Summer, but would still like to garden, let us know your planned vacation date(s) and we can have our garden volunteers look after you plot for you, donating food harvested while you are gone to a local food bank. Vacationers must let us know at least 2 weeks ahead of time, otherwise you risk forfeiting your plot deposit and/or losing your plot due to lack of plot maintenance. You will be notified as soon as your plot is ready and will be able to start gardening early, before the Summer Semester officially commences.<div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
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<li>If you are on this email list, <strong>have been offered a plot, but have not paid for your plot</strong>, but still wish to garden in the Summer: we apologize for the confusion some people have experience with plot payments. We are still sorting out the system this first time around. We have <strong>extended the payment and waiver deadline until Thursday, March 8th, 5pm</strong>, to make sure everyone has a chance to pay. Payments may be made as checks, made to "Green Unity care of Rachel Elves", or cash. Please put your payment and signed waiver in an envelope marked "VCU Community Garden, Attention: Rachel Elves". You can drop off your payment at:<div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
</div>Monroe Park Campus, Student Orgs Office in the Student Commons in the Green Unity mailbox (907 Floyd Ave.)ORMCV Campus, MCV-C SGA Office, 3rd floor Hunton Student Center (1110 E Broad St). Special note: MCV-C SGA does not have set office hours, please slide your payment envelope under the door and we will pick it up.<div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
</div>You will receive a payment confirmation email within 2-4 business days after we receive your payment.<div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br />
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<li>If the change in plans for the VCU Community Garden have caused you to be <strong>unable to participate any longer, we will issue you a full refund</strong>, in the form that payment was received. Please notify us ASAP if you choose to pursue this option, and we will contact you with details/options on how you can pick up your refund.</li>
</ol><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">Individuals included in this email who were originally offered plots for the Spring Semester will receive first priority for obtaining a plot for the Summer Semester and/or year. If payments from these individuals are not received by March 8th, 5pm, any remaining open plots will be re-offered to the VCU community at large. Please contact us ASAP if there are extenuating circumstances that prevent you from paying by the due date.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">We will be updating the website and the Facebook page soon with the updated information, as well as an FAQ section. One question worth answering now: all plot owners will be provided with one pair of complementary gloves to keep, and will have access to shared garden tools, water, watering cans, a wheel barrow, basically everything you need to garden. All you'll need to bring to garden is sturdy, closed-toed shoes, and for hot days, a water bottle, sunscreen, and sunhat if you have them.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">Thanks again for your overwhelming response and enthusiasm, and for your patience while we sort of the last details of the garden planning revisions.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">Sincerely,</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">Rachel Elves & the rest of the VCU Community Garden Planning Team</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-78679413056541798462012-02-10T10:45:00.000-08:002012-02-10T10:45:35.328-08:00VCU Community Garden Gets Ready to Break Ground!Hello all you garden enthusiasts! Just a quick update on the VCU Community Garden:<br />
<b>Plot applicants</b> will be notified this <b>Sunday, February 12th</b> if you are on the waiting list, or have received a plot, and how to sign the waiver and pay your plot fee and deposit. Special thanks to the 48 people who applied for plots, we are thrilled to see so much interest. And if you won't get a plot right away, don't worry, we have another garden project in the works!<br />
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<b>Ground breaking</b> for the garden is set for <b>Sat. Feb. 25th and Sun. Feb. 26th</b>, from 10am-4pm both days. Volunteers will help us build traditional raised beds, build water-wise raised beds (sub-irrigated and <a href="http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/">hugelkultur</a>), paint on a natural wood protectant to help the beds last longer, plant the pollinator gardens, and mulch. If you haven't done so already, you can <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CZJ5T2D">sign up to volunteer here</a>: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CZJ5T2D<br />
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Thanks for everyone's help so far in getting this amazing project off the ground!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-78549053103681660552012-01-20T12:13:00.000-08:002012-01-20T15:22:41.848-08:00VCU Community Garden Registration<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Green Unity, VCU's student-run environmental organization, is starting a community garden this semester with the help of the MCV Campus SGA next to the Larrick Student Center. Staff, faculty and students from both campuses can use the garden. Participants can plant and harvest their own food or help in volunteer plots to provide food donations to local groups such as soup kitchens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/checkrequest.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/s/KGH2K5F">Register</a> by February 2nd: <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/checkrequest.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/s/KGH2K5F">http://www.surveymonkey.com/checkrequest.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/s/KGH2K5F </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">More details and cost can be found on the <a href="http://green-unity.blogspot.com/p/vcu-community-garden.html">VCU Community Garden page</a>: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">All other questions please email us at <a href="mailto:vcucommunitygarden@gmail.com">vcucommunitygarden@gmail.com</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534120901979941039.post-16781692277497455042011-11-23T10:00:00.000-08:002011-11-26T19:25:36.365-08:00Electronics Recycling on Monroe Park Campus<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7xfKWaT0rKQ/TrhLF4IV-eI/AAAAAAAAB7s/pgL_mSqt1uw/s1600/ecycling2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7xfKWaT0rKQ/TrhLF4IV-eI/AAAAAAAAB7s/pgL_mSqt1uw/s1600/ecycling2.gif" /></a>Stop by our table in the VCU Student Commons to recycle your personal electronics and keep the harmful chemicals they contain out of the landfill. We'll also have sustainability info to share, including how to get curbside recycling pick-up.<br />
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New! We will be accepting some non-electronic items for recycling/repurposing:<br />
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<li>Cosmetics packaging (lipstick cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases, shampoo bottles, etc., for a <a href="http://www.terracycle.net/en-US/brigades/personal-care-and-beauty-brigade.html">full list click here</a>. <u>Not accepted</u>: hair spray cans, nail polish bottles and nail polish remover bottle)</li>
<li>Scotch tape packaging (plastic tape dispensers, plastic tape cores)</li>
<li>Various promotional items/items you don't use anymore</li>
<ul><li>Reusable bags (in good condition)</li>
<li><u>Working</u> USB keys (non-working can be recycled instead)</li>
<li><u>Unused</u> water bottles</li>
<li><u>Unused</u> coffee mugs/travel mugs</li>
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AC adapters<br />
Bar code equipment<br />
Batteries<br />
Cameras<br />
CDs/DVDs<br />
Cell phones<br />
Copiers<br />
CPUs (all makes and models)<br />
DVD players<br />
Fax machines<br />
Fluorescent bulbs/CFLs<br />
iPods/MP3 players<br />
Jump drives<br />
Keyboards<br />
Laptops<br />
Mice<br />
Microwaves<br />
Monitors (all types and sizes)<br />
Networking equipment (including routers, switches, etc.)<br />
PDAs<br />
Portable radios<br />
Printers (all makes and models)<br />
Printer cartridges (toner & ink jet)<br />
Scanners<br />
Servers<br />
Small appliances - hair dryers, curling irons, blenders, clothes irons, etc.<br />
Stereo equipment<br />
Telephone equipment (home and business)<br />
Televisions<br />
Toasters<br />
VCRs</div><br />
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