GreenGirl Outing

Isn't it about time that GreenGirls got together just for some fun? Come join us for an afternoon of bowling at The Highball on Sunday, Aug 1 from 2-4pm. If you haven't been to The Highball already, it's very cool. They've actually reclaimed and restored equipment from an old-style, 1959-built New Orleans bowling alley.

This event is for all GreenGirls, both old members and new folks. We would love to see you there!

We initially reserved 2 lanes (for a max of 2 hours); we have since reduced it to just one lane for 6 RSVPers. Please show up a few minutes early, because we will start promptly at 2pm. Hourly rates are $20 per lane (for up to 6 people per lane) plus $3 per person for shoe rental.

Be sure to RSVP that you are attending. [Note: A credit card was required to make the reservation. So we will need to give them 48 hours to cancel both lanes, or just 24 hours to cancel one of the lanes, if not needed.]

To RSVP, go to http://www.greengirls.net/contact

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If you are a member of our Facebook group, please indicate that you will be attending this event. To find us there, go to http://www.greengirls.net/gg_on_facebook

The Highball is located at 1142 South Lamar Blvd, adjacent to Alamo Drafthouse, which is at the corner of South Lamar Blvd and Treadwell Street (the first traffic light south of Barton Springs Blvd).

More on bowling at http://www.thehighball.com/bowling/

Link to food/drink menu at http://www.thehighball.com/food-drink/

What about the guys, you say? Later in the year, we will schedule a bowling event to include our husbands, boyfriends, and significant others. Please stay tuned.

How about spending a fascinating evening with bestselling author, journalist, and food activist Michael Pollan? His books include The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food, The Botany of Desire, and Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual.

Even though this event is not until December, we wanted to give you plenty of notice to purchase tickets. Ticket prices range between $22 and $42, with student prices at only $10.

For more info and to purchase tickets, go to http://www.texasperformingarts.org/season/pollan

This event is presented by Texas Performing Arts in partnership with Book People and Edible Austin Eat Local Week 2010. Edible Austin Eat Local Week is an annual, week-long celebration of local food in Central Texas and benefit for Urban Roots, a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as a means to transform the lives of young people and to increase access to healthy food, December 3–11, 2010.

If you're planning to attend, please RSVP so that we can look out for you. We will meet up inside Bass Concert Hall right before and/or after the event. We'll post details about exactly where and when as the date approaches.

The show's start time is 8pm. Our best guess is that it will be over by 10pm.

To RSVP, go to http://www.greengirls.net/contact

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If you are a member of our Facebook group, please indicate that you will be attending this event. To find us there, go to http://www.greengirls.net/gg_on_facebook

We hope to see you there!

UPDATE -- Instead of us meeting inside the main lobby, please proceed to the theater. We'll have a GreenGirl outside the door looking out for you. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU ARRIVE BETWEEN 4:15pm AND 4:30pm IF YOU WANT A GOOD SEAT. You may also want to purchase your ticket in advance online.

p.s. We could use your help in saving seats together. If you arrive early and bring a sweater, you can help us save the seat next to you, if needed.

Join us for Eat Pray Love (the movie with Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem) on Sunday, August 22.

First we'll watch the movie at a centrally located theater, then we'll share a meal together close by. This is really just a great excuse to get together, catch up, and meet new green-oriented women (even though this isn't really a green-oriented activity). Details are below.

MOVIE
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Time: 4:45pm (movie length is 2 hr, 13 min)
Place: AMC Barton Creek Square 14
Location: 2901 Capital Of Texas Hwy, 78746
Cost: $8.50
More at http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes-tickets/theaters/3967-amc-barton-creek...

Instead of us meeting inside the main lobby, please proceed to the theater. We'll have a GreenGirl outside the door looking out for you. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU ARRIVE BETWEEN 4:15pm AND 4:30pm IF YOU WANT A GOOD SEAT. You may also want to purchase your ticket in advance online.

p.s. We could use your help in saving seats together. If you arrive early and bring a sweater, you can help us save the seat next to you, if needed.

FOOD & CONVERSATION
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Time: 7:15pm-8:30pm
Place: Casa de Luz
Location: 1701 Toomey Road, 78704
Cost: $11.09
More at http://www.casadeluz.org/

Be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend. http://www.greengirls.net/contact

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If you are a member of our Facebook group, please indicate that you will be attending this event. To find us there, go to http://www.greengirls.net/gg_on_facebook

We look forward to seeing you!

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This month as scheduled, we will be cleaning up our adopted street, which is located immediately adjacent to Pease Park. We hope you’ll join us as we start the year off by helping our community and making a visible impact on our local environment. Feel free to invite your friends and family as well.

Event: GreenGirls Adopted Street Cleanup
When: Saturday, January 16th, 10-11:30am
Where: Pease Park, 1100 Kingsbury Street (meeting place for cleanup supplies)

The actual street consists of North Lamar Blvd from Shoal Creek (the one just south of MLK) to 24th Street.

Check out photos of the meeting location, some of our lovely volunteers, adopted street, and map:
http://www.greengirls.net/adopt-a-street_cleanup_photos

THINGS TO BRING:
. Your energy, enthusiasm, and your fun-loving spirit
. Gloves that can be washed and reused (optional; thin plastic gloves will be provided)
. Water bottle (optional)

PEASE PARK - View Google map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1100+Kingsbury+St,+Austin,+Texas...

If you are passionate about the environment, drawn to or curious about being more green, consider yourself invited. If you would like to meet other women who are on that path, please come.

RSVP at http://www.greengirls.net/contact

GreenGirls and friends, you are invited to help plant trees in Pease Park. Below is a letter from Richard Craig, who is doing an outstanding job of organizing events that make it easy for us to participate.

"I want to alert all of the Friends of Pease Park about our upcoming tree planting day in the park (1100 Kingsbury Street) on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. We will be planting 147 trees that morning with the help of the Parks and Recreation Department, the Austin Parks Foundation and Tree Folks. You are all invited to come participate.

Following the planting, there will be a celebration in honor of the new trees with live music by "Texico" and refreshments provided by Blue Star Cafeteria (starting about noon). So, please come out and help us plant trees and then adjourn for a "Party in the Park" in their honor. It should be good fun for the whole family. You will be doing something good for the environment and the community and have a blast at the same time.

We are also continuing to raise money for our planting efforts at Pease Park. If you would like to contribute, you can go to the website for the Austin Parks Foundation: www.austinparks.com and contribute by credit card. Or you can mail your check payable to "Friends of Pease Park" or "Trees for Pease" to:

Friends of Pease Park
Austin Parks Foundation
816 Congress Avenue
Suite 1680
Austin, Texas 78701

Thanks for all of your support of Pease Park. I look forward to seeing all of you on November 14th. With everyone's help, we are going to restore it to being one of the environmental jewels of Austin."

- Richard Craig

We hope to see you there!

**Please RSVP to let us know you are coming at http://www.greengirls.net/contact

It’s time for our 2nd Annual Spring Campout! This year we've planned a trip with family and friends to Lake Georgetown on Saturday, May 2nd.

Lake Georgetown is less than an hour drive north of downtown Austin. The lake provides many fun activities for visitors including hiking, biking, boating, swimming, and fishing. For more information, please visit
http://www.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/georgetown/Recreation/Camping/Groupcamp...

**This outing is open to all GreenGirls, and their family, friends, and significant others.

Event: GreenGirls Campout
Location: Lake Georgetown, Russell Park
Date: Saturday, May 2nd
Check-in: after 10:00am on Saturday
Check-out: by 10:00am on Sunday

Details:
We have reserved a group campsite (prepaid). This site allows for several tents and includes a sheltered area. Check in starts at 10am, and we must check out by 10am on Sunday. Once you arrive, you can let the gate attendant know that you are staying in Russell Park Shelter #1.

The group site has water, an electric outlet for small appliances, a fire ring, group grill, picnic tables, and vault restrooms.

On Saturday at 6:00pm, we will have a potluck meal (bring food to share). **If you cannot stay overnight but you would like to join us on Saturday for the potluck, you are still welcome to participate. Please be aware that you will be required to pay a $4/car day use fee if you are not camping overnight.**

Campsite fees: The group campsite, which can accommodate up to 50 people, has been prepaid. We will collect $15 from each group that is pitching a tent, i.e., $15 per tent.

Payment: Once you RSVP to confirm your spot, you will be expected to make payment on the date of your arrival. Please see Joni Gilton or Autumn Mesanko on Saturday the 2nd.

What to Bring:
· Tent
· Sleeping Bag
· Sunscreen
· Water
· Food for your own lunch on Saturday and food for the potluck dinner on Saturday (starting at 6pm). You'll also need to bring food for your breakfast on Sunday.
. Eating utensils, cookware, etc.
· Optional: hiking boots, fishing gear, swimming attire, mountain bike

If you are in need of a tent or sleeping bag, please let us know when you RSVP. If you have extra sleeping bags or tents (or are willing to share space in your tent), please let us know when you RSVP as well.

Please consider carpooling!! If you have space in your car or are in need of a ride, please include that in your RSVP.

Directions:
Driving north on IH 35, take exit 261a (Williams Drive or FM 2338). Turn left on Williams Drive at the light and continue for approximately 6-7 miles to Lake Road/3405. (You will see 3405 soon after you pass the Quick Stop gas station on your right). Turn left on Lake Road/3405 and continue approximately 1 mile to Russell Park Road/Country Road 262. Turn left and follow the road approximately 2 miles to the park.

Map at http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lake+georget...

RSVP:
Please RSVP by April 30th if you want us to hold a space for you. Still waiting on the weather forecast to decide whether or not to go? We understand and look forward to your decision to join us! Even if you make your decision after the 30th, please let us know.

RSVP to Autumn Mesanko (and ask any questions) at http://www.greengirls.net/contact

We hope to see you out there!

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GreenGirls and their guests are invited to a screening of the 84-minute documentary film, FLOW. This is Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century, The World Water Crisis. Christine Engler will lead a short discussion following the movie. More on Christine below movie details.

Filmmaker Irene Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question "CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?"

Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround. You can view the trailer at http://www.flowthefilm.com/trailer

Christine Engler has a BS in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University with a specialty in Water Resource Engineering. She worked in the field of water resource engineering for 10 years. During this time, she was involved in the regional water planning effort for the state of Texas. The topic of water sustainability on the planet had always been of interest but was recently fueled by an article she read discussing the dire drought situation in the western United States. Shocked by the movie Flow, she wants to make a difference regarding the water crisis on our planet and raise awareness of individuals to protect and conserve this life giving resource.

**This event is open to GreenGirls and their friends, spouses, and significant others.

Event: FLOW: For Love of Water (documentary film)
Date: Sunday, March 29
Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm (film viewing will begin at 2:45pm)
Location: Private residence near Zilker Park -- (details will be provided via GreenGirls.net News) -- maximum # of guests is 18.

Please RSVP by March 26. Be sure to include the number that will be attending. We can accommodate up to 18 guests.
RSVP at http://www.greengirls.net/contact

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Instead of holding our quarterly cleanup on the third Saturday in April, we will have it a couple weeks earlier in conjunction with Keep Austin Beautiful’s Clean Sweep! Clean Sweep is KAB's annual citywide cleanup that takes place all over Austin. GreenGirls will be cleaning up our adopted street (North Lamar Blvd. from Shoal Creek to 24th Street). Participants get a free event t-shirt, and the cleanup is followed by an awesome Volunteer Party and Environmental Fair at Waterloo Park which includes: free lunch, live music, kid’s environmental activities, green art, door prizes and more!

Check out photos of our adopted street, the meeting location, some of our lovely volunteers, and map at http://www.greengirls.net/adopt-a-street_cleanup_photos

EVENT: GreenGirls Adopted Street Cleanup / Clean Sweep

WHEN: Saturday, April 4, 2009
. Cleanup: 9:00–11:00am
. Volunteer Party: 11:30am–1:30pm

WHERE: Cleanup: Pease Park, 1100 Kingsbury Street (meeting place for cleanup supplies)
. Volunteer Party: Waterloo Park, 403 East 15th Street

THINGS TO BRING:
. Your energy, enthusiasm, and fun-loving spirit
. Gloves that can be washed and reused (optional; thin plastic gloves will be provided)
. Water to drink (optional)

Please RSVP for this event (so that we can be sure to have a t-shirt for you!): http://www.greengirls.net/contact

PEASE PARK - View Google map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1100+Kingsbury+St,+Austin,+Texas...

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An open invitation is extended to GreenGirls and “Green-Gos” (green-minded guys) of all ages to celebrate Valentine's Day by helping with tree maintenance and tree planting projects in Pease Park, located about a mile west of The University of Texas campus. Toward this end, we will join the Austin Parks Foundation, Friends of Pease Park, and Eeyore's folks for a volunteer work day in Pease Park on Saturday, February 14, 2009. Isn't Valentine's Day a great day for tree huggers and others to unite in service to our beautiful community? Can we count you in?

First, a little background and history. Did you know . . . ?

“There is an ecological disaster unfolding in Central Austin. Few of us have really noticed it has happened so gradually. Austin’s beloved shady Pease Park is becoming de-forested. Within a generation, there will be few trees and no woods. Instead, there will be a dusty field, rocky grounds and exposed hillsides with no place to shelter from the burning summer sun. The green canopy that makes a park a park will have disappeared.” More . . .

Pease Park has a rich history and is blessed to have some adoring fans and guardians watching over its future, as described in Richard Craig's article “Pease Park Eternal?.” More . . .

In short, the park is in serious need of our love and attention. This volunteer work day is a great opportunity for green-minded guys in Austin to meet some of the GreenGirls who are helping with this event. The focus of this volunteer work day will be on several things:

1.) We will be removing some of the storm damage from the hillsides adjacent to the main park on Kingsbury in the area of the frisbee golf course and hike and bike trail.

2.) We will spread mulch and possibly dillo dirt on those same hillsides where the soil is compacted, stripped bare of vegetation, and has exposed numerous tree roots (risking loss of scores of established trees).

3.) We will work on erosion control on the hillsides, building rock terraces with available stones, mulching behind them to create new soil and channeling the water flow in less destructive ways etc.

4.) We will mulch and water the existing trees in the park (some of which are just a few years old and just getting established). This year's drought has stressed many of them very badly.

Event: Pease Park Volunteer Work Day for GreenGirls & Green-Gos
When: Saturday, February 14, 10:00am to 1:00pm
Where: Pease Park, 1100 Kingsbury Street (initial gathering place)

Link to Google map showing where we will meet to receive direction on various tasks to be done:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1100+Kingsbury+St,+Austin,+Texas...

Things to Bring:
. Your energy, enthusiasm, and fun-loving spirit
. Work gloves, preferably those that can be washed and reused
. Water to drink

If you wish to bring your own tools, that would be helpful. We will need shovels and wheel-barrows in particular. The Austin Park Foundation may be able to provide some of these tools, but to make sure we have enough, we encourage volunteers to come equipped.

Although GreenGirls are officially scheduled to work only part of the day, from 10am until 1pm, all volunteers are welcome to come earlier and stay later. Work crews are expected to be on-site from 9:30am until 4:30pm.

RSVP at http://www.greengirls.net/contact to let us know that you will be coming. If you forget to RSVP, come anyway. We need your help!

A mass tree planting of 100 trees will take place on the following Saturday, February 21. Irrigation lines have already been installed and the spots for the new trees have been staked, but there is still a lot of preparation to do. So let's get to work together!

Cash donations for "Trees for Pease" are still being solicited. Anyone interested can go to the Austin Parks Foundation website for instructions on how to do so. [Look for “donor page” link.] http://www.austinparks.org/apfweb/park.php?&parkId=307 Or you may send your check to the APF at 701 Brazos, Suite 170, Austin, TX 78701. The check should be marked “Trees for Pease” or “Pease Park” so it gets properly credited.

If you haven't been to Pease Park, let us help you get oriented. GreenGirls.net recently adopted the street segment adjacent to the park, so we have posted a few photos at http://www.greengirls.net/adopt-a-street_cleanup_photos

We would sure love to see you at the park, whether it be for a tree planting project or street cleanup event! Come on out and show you care!

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GreenGirls are invited to a screening of the 90-minute documentary film, A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash.

You needn’t be a conspiracy theorist to see a connection between America ’s current obsessions with the Middle East and national security, and the world’s looming oil crisis. The frenzied search for alternative sources of energy now being pursued by the largest multinational energy corporations makes it clear they also believe a crisis is fast approaching. Each day’s headlines, whether the subject is Iraq or South America , sheds new light on the issue.

Oil Crash tells the story of how our civilization’s addiction to oil puts it on a collision course with geology. Compelling, intelligent, and highly entertaining, the film visits with the world’s top experts and comes to a startling, but logical conclusion – our industrial society, built on cheap and readily available oil, must be completely re-imagined and overhauled. The film provides not only questions, but possible solutions to the most perplexing and important economic, environmental and public policy issue of our time. (http://www.oilcrashmovie.com)

**This event is open to GreenGirls and their friends, spouses, and significant others.

Event: A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Date: Wednesday, March 26th
Time: 7pm
Location: Autumn Mesanko’s House -- 2901 Warwick Way, Austin 78748 (Brodie & Slaughter)

Please RSVP at http://www.greengirls.net/contact. Be sure to include the number that will be attending.