Tag: Center for Food in Community and Culture
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‘Nourishing our Community’ reception follows Thursday’s urban-garden lecture
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We posted previously here regarding Thursday’s lecture by scholar and author Jeffrey Hou, who will speak at 4 p.m. in the Christie Theatre on his book Greening Cities, Growing Communities: Learning from Seattle’s Urban Community Gardens. We should also highlight the reception planned for 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Room Phoenix C of the Union.…
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U. of Washington scholar to share Seattle’s 'green' example
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will host a free public lecture by Jeffrey Hou, author of Greening Cities, Growing Communities: Learning from Seattle’s Urban Community Gardens, at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in the Christie Theatre on the lower level of the University Union. Hou’s presentation is related to this year’s UW-Green Bay common theme,…
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Reminder: Popular author Perry speaks Thursday on campus
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Nationally known humorist and dairyland author Michael Perry will be the guest speaker Thursday evening, May 20, when the 2010 Champions of Conservation Award Program is held in the Union’s Phoenix Room. Perry will speak at 7 p.m. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. Several UW-Green Bay groups are co-sponsoring the event. Check…
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Author/humorist Perry is guest speaker at Thursday’s eco-awards event here
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Nationally known humorist and author Michael Perry will be the guest speaker Thursday evening, May 20, when the 2010 Champions of Conservation Award Program is held on the UW-Green Bay campus. The awards program is sponsored by Dominion, the parent company of the Kewaunee Power Station. The independent environmental advocacy organization Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership…
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Perry is author of Population 485: Meeting Neighbors One Siren at a Time
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In his Thursday address on campus, Michael Perry will reflect on how landscape and sense of place shape his work. Given that he lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and daughters, that landscape includes cows, cheese, manure spreaders and pitchforks. Perry won critical acclaim as a regional author with the 2002 publication of his…