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FIG Helps Sponsor Earth Day 2010 in Macomb

Dan Barclay — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:59:50 +0000

Macomb’s Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 24, at Macomb Junior-Senior High School is getting a boost from FIG this year in the form of a $250 sponsorship. The FIG Board wants to recognize and support events, individuals and organizations that help to build environmentally sustainable communities in Western Illinois and Macomb’s Earth Day celebration fits that criteria very well. Here is the official announcement for the event.

Earth Day Fair 2010 – Celebration of the Prairie
Saturday, April 24th, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At Macomb Junior-Senior High School Commons
1525 S. Johnson Street

Sponsored by: Environmentally Concerned Citizens, Western Prairie Audubon Society, Macomb High School Ecology Club, Food Initiatives Group, Macomb Beautiful, LaMoine River Ecosystem Partnership

9:00 Fair Begins!
10:00 Prairie Potting– Seed Textures, Types, and Strategies
Table Activity with Brian ‘Fox’ Ellis and Audubon Society

11:00 Raptors 101: Show with Live Birds (barn owl, peregrine falcon, red-tailed hawk, turkey vulture)– Jacques Nuzzo & Jane Seitz, Illinois Raptor Center Gym

12:00 Native American Games — Brian ‘Fox’ Ellis

1:00 Storytelling – Prairie Fire Performance – Brian ‘Fox’ Ellis
Auditorium

2:00 Raptors 101: Show with Live Birds (barn owl, peregrine falcon, red-tailed hawk, turkey )– Jacques Nuzzo & Jane Seitz, Illinois Raptor Center Gym

3:00 Climate Change Effects on Midwest, Dr. Redina Herman (in classroom)

Lunch/Snacks: Wholesome foods offered by Cornucopia, a natural food store in Galesburg

A Glance at the Commons….

WIU: Biology Department, Institute for Environmental Studies, others
The Nature Quilt Project (painting squares for the prairie quilt)
Sponsor tables – ECC, WPAS, FIG

Plus…
A wide diversity of green vendors and organizations displaying information, offering activities, and selling products! Free mulch from Macomb City tree cutting.
All events are free and handicapped accessible.

FIG joins Illinois Stewardship Alliance

Dan Barclay — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:01:03 +0000

The FIG Board has approved joining the Illinois Stewardship Alliance (ISA). The ISA is a statewide organization based in Springfield that states its mission to “promote ecologically sustainable, economically viable, socially just local food systems through policy development, advocacy and education.”

ISA Executive Director Lindsay Record recently hosted two statewide conference calls that included FIG Chair Dan Barclay and other leaders of similar organizations around Illinois. A conference in Bloomington is planned for late February or early March 2010 that will help Illinois local food organizations learn of successful local food projects around the state and identify resources to accomplish their goals.

Back to the Kitchen With Local Food

Dan Barclay — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:53:15 +0000

FIG member Dr. Holly Stovall gave a presentation as part of Western Illinois University’s Sustainability Brown Bag Series on March 24. The talk covered the necessity of cooking and/or preparing food that is grown locally in order to reduce our reliance on climate-changing forms of transportation and to better support our local economy.