experiences no violence by a human being the 25th of the month (and every month)

Late Bloomer It can take Lake Sturgeons, the oldest fish species residing in the Great Lakes, up to a quarter century to reach breeding age (and they can sometimes live five times as long). This means overfishing poses a major problem for the sturgeon.

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Concert on September 21, 2021 7:30 PM at Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square S, NYC Tickets: $20 General Admission/$15 Seniors

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A unique opportunity to experience never-before-heard selections from widely renowned composer Eve Beglarian's First Movement alongside Emmy-winner Jeff Beal's Fourth Movement of Earth Requiem. An immersive experience designed expressly for performance at the historic Judson Memorial Church, featuring an 18 voice choir directed by Malcolm J. Merriweather and special readings from EARTH: The Anthology. Presented as part of The Village Trip, a week-long festival celebrating the rich cultural heritage of Greenwich Village with performances, concerts, readings, walking tours, and so much more! For more program info, visit The Village Trip. The program also features the world premiere of David Amram’s "Prelude, Prayer and Dance for Unaccompanied Viola" commissioned by the Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music for The Village Trip festival and composed for violist Consuelo Sherba. Please note that in compliance with New York City regulations, all visitors are required to present proof of vaccination status before entering the church. We also ask that guests remain masked during the duration of the performance and observe social distancing to ensure the safety of audience and artists alike.

Listen to an Excerpt from Eve Beglarian's Movement I Earth Requiem Website

Save the Date: October 8 EARTH Book Dedication and Reading by Robin Wall Kimmerer on October 8, 2021 2-4 PM at the SU Art Museum Shaffer Hall, Syracuse University During Family Weekend and also in recognition of Native American Heritage Month, Diana Wege will present Chancellor Syverud and Syracuse University Art Museum with a copy of EARTH: The Anthology, a collection of sacred texts and environmental literature she selected, introduced and illuminated. Dr. Malloy will share how EARTH will be used for teaching as part of the Museum’s permanent collection. Professor Robin Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass is a featured text in the anthology, and Kimmerer will read a selection from her book. Plant-based Recipe: Planet-Friendly Root Beer Float Serves 1 2 scoops Oatly or other non-dairy vanilla ice cream 1 ½ cups root beer 1. Add non-dairy ice cream to a tall glass. Pour root beer over the top. Enjoy immediately with a metal straw! Coconut Whip (optional) 3 tablespoons unsweetened coconut cream, chilled overnight 3 tablespoons maple syrup 1. Add coconut cream and maple syrup to a small mixing bowl. Mix lightly with a hand mixer until light and creamy. Serve on top of ice cream and root beer. Chocolate Syrup (optional) 1 tablespoons cocoa powder 2 tablespoons maple syrup 1 pinch of salt 1 cherry, halved and pitted 1. Add 2 tablespoons of the maple syrup to a small mixing bowl. Sift in cocoa powder and add salt. Whisk several minutes until the mixture reaches a uniform consistency. Drizzle over the root beer float with a spoon and garnish with the cherry halves.

This Month's Environmental Reading: Pandora's Locks: The Opening of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway by Jeff Alexander Sign Up for the Environmental Reading Book Club Jeff Alexander is an award winning environmental journalist, an avid kayaker and a novice angler. He is currently Michigan's longest serving environmental reporter, having covered the beat since 1988. Order a copy online Pandora's Locks is the full story of an environmental disaster that occurred in slow motion, over many years, and which continues to devastate one of the most precious ecosystems on the planet. It tells the twisted tale of this exotic disaster—and of our abject failure to prevent it—in a manner more understandable than any other work on the subject. Sustainable Reads: Comfortably Unaware: What We Choose To Eat is Killing Us and Our Planet by Dr. Richard A. Oppenlander Order a copy online Did you know that the methane produced in large quantities by the livestock industry has 23 times the global warming potential in our atmosphere as its CO2 equivalent? That 70 percent of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed for use in cattle ranching? How about the fact that over 70% of the world’s fish species are fully exploited or depleted? Perhaps we are just comfortably unaware, Dr Richard A. Oppenlander writes. Or worse, victims of the “tread lightly” phenomenon, his assessment of those who have all of the facts in front of them, but cling stubbornly to eating animals in spite of the risk of disease, climate impact, and misuse of valuable resources. Though published in 2012, the book takes on a shocking prescience when Oppenlander turns to the livestock-borne viruses that pose a threat to a meat-eating world. He gets his precedent from the then-recent swine flu outbreak, but it isn’t hard to imagine what he would have to say about our current global predicament.

Oppenlander paints a stark picture of what will happen if we, as individuals and a society, continue to rely on meat and animal products for sustenance. But what makes Comfortably Unaware an ultimately invigorating read is the wealth of data and angles he throws at the reader to persuasively make his point. Considering all of the adverse health effects of eating animals, he argues, why do we continue to consume them? Is it cultural? Ultimately, despite placing an emphasis on personal choice and responsibility, Oppenlander concedes that he is not idealistic enough to believe that individuals adopting plant-based diets will turn the tide fast enough on climate change, land, and water shortages. His suggestion of an “eco-tax” that would begin to displace the ecological toll back onto the livestock and fishing industries—with accompanying subsidies for vegetable farming—only seems drastic when one fails to account for the enormous incentives the American government currently offers meat producing businesses. We must adapt to a new way of life, he says, or face the consequences.

Happy Peace on Earth Day! Love, The WOVEN Team

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