IMPORTANT DTE ANNOUNCEMENT!

It has been almost two years since we began the Down To Earth blog, and the next two Sundays we’re hosting events that fully realize what we talked about in the initial planning stages: A community dialogue on sustainability and environmental issues.

First, let’s focus on this upcoming Saturday, April 18 ^th at 3pm in the South Hill Huckleberry’s bistro area. We’re moderating—-what we hope will be the first of many discussions—-a group of passionate panelists, asking them about what they do and why, how each panelist is connected to the Earth Day and what they hope to accomplish.

Our panelists:

Jim Schrock - Owner of Earthworks Recycling in Spokane. Jim is heavily involved in this year’s Spokane Earth Day celebration planning, as well as being an extremely active member in the environmental community. For over 28 years, Earthworks Recycling has operated in Spokane

Janice Raschko – President - One World Spokane . – a community kitchen with an unconventional approach empowering individuals through respectable wages, providing meals without shame, reducing food waste through the encouragement of personal responsibility, enhancing relationships with organic farmers, and creating an atmosphere where people from all socio-economic classes can eat fresh, organic food in-community, attitudes can change.

Taylor Weetch – Youth Development Project Associate from Community Minded Enterprises - a non-profit agency dedicated to promoting the essential role of youth in advancing community sustainability. Motivated and empowered to make their communities safer, environmentally healthier and more economically viable, young adults can discover potential new careers and create social systems that could transform the world.

Brian Estes of Spokane Tilth and the Inland Northwest Community Supported Agriculture Association (INCSAA) - a citizen’s group providing direct support for local agriculture and working actively to build direct links between producers and consumers via development of Community Supported Agriculture programs.

So join us. It’s going to be fun and informative.