Lake Chapala Green Group May 1, 2012 Meeting

Grow your own Moringa Trees
for Nutrition and Medicine 

Speakers: Lau'ana Lei and Barbara Schermer

Tuesday May 1, 2012. 3:00–4:30 PM
Lake Chapala Society, Back Patio

Last Green Group Meeting until September!

The Moringa is known as the most nutritious tree on the planet and is traditionally said to be a medicine for as many as 300 diseases. Originating in India, the plant offers seven times more Vitamin C than oranges, twice the protein and four times the calcium of milk, three times the potassium of bananas… and more! The moringa is known as the “Miracle Tree.” It could be an important nutritional source for villagers all over Mexico.

Lau’ana, Barbara, and other enthusiastic volunteers have been proving that moringas grow wonderfully well at Lakeside, and they will teach you how to grow them too.

LCS will be open on the Tuesday holiday for this event only! 

Lau'ana Lei is a published free lance writer on issues of health and the environment. She has also developed, manufactured and marketed products for natural healing. For more about moringas, see www.moringatreemx.info.

Barbara Schermer is an internationally known astrologer. See www.astrologyalive.com.

Lake Chapala Green Group April 3, 2012 Meeting

The New “Lake Chapala Seed Network”

Speaker: Alicia Chávez

April 3, 2012 at 3:00 pm

Lake Chapala Society, Back Patio

Many Lakesiders save vegetable seeds and may even trade with others now and then when they can find them. The Lake Chapala Seed Network will provide an organized system to make seed savers known to one another and will promote seed keeping and exchange for all. Beyond that, the newly forming group seeks to develop a low-tech but effective seed bank to provide insurance against disaster. Workshops on seed producing and storage, contribution to a regional seed collective, and a semiannual “Seed Exchange Fest” are part of the vision. Alicia Chávez will explain it all. Come be a part of this adventure!

Alicia Chávez is no stranger to organizing, having facilitated the establishment of “La Huerta de acá” organic garden with the women growers of the former ACÁ Organic Farm.

Lake Chapala Green Group Jan 3, 2012 Meeting

The New Sustainable Cohousing Village

Speaker: Rick Cowlishaw

January 3, 2012, 3pm

Lake Chapala Society, Back Patio 

Join us for the first Lake Chapala Green Group meeting of 2012. Rick Cowlishaw, architect and LCGG Steering Committee member, will describe the new gated community and sustainable cohousing village being created just west of Ajijic. Soon the Lake Chapala area will have a new kind of place to retire, Rancho La Salud Village.

This community will be the first Cohousing community in Mexico, and one of the most comprehensive. An adult cooperative neighborhood of 21 homes and 8 residential suites will concentrate on sustainability (total on-site energy and water generation, on-site disposal of water and waste, organically growing our own food), senior health (following AARP guidelines), adult learning, and Universal Design. 

The land is purchased, the common house is built, and the lots are approved. The next step? Forming a community with the people who will live here. 

Details of Rancho la Salud: http://rancholasaludvillage.com.

Lake Chapala Green Group Dec 6, 2011 Meeting

What's Up with the Lake?

Speaker: Todd Stong

LCS Back Patio, December 6, 3:00 pm

One of Lakeside’s most popular speakers, Todd Stong is an engineer by training and a pragmatic visionary by nature. He is devoted to the wellbeing of our treasured Lake Chapala and has done much of late to keep her clean and strong. Come hear the latest on water quality and fish health from Todd’s most recent tests. Learn of a new federally funded fish farming program that has the potential to affect thousands of local Mexicans by providing jobs and incomes. Get the latest news on the community-run water treatment facility in Tlachichilco. As is usual with Todd, there will be much good news to enjoy!

Come early and get a good seat for this important and fun afternoon.

Lake Chapala Green Group Nov 1, 2011 Meeting

Doogie Letterbox´s Top Ten Ways Not to Poison Your House

LCS Back Patio, November 1, 3 pm

This just in from Barbara Harwood (Pia Aitken) on what she will be up to in her presentation (unedited, for reasons of charm preservation):

First, ºi´m typing on a ºmexican computer in Guanajuato where we are attending Cervantino ºmusic Festival until ºoctober 29.  Sorry for the funny type, just try to get the meaning without paying attention to the silly symbols or mistakes, okayº-ç
The title is º´Doogie Letterbox´s Top Ten Ways Not to Poison Your House.
Barbara Harwood, better known around Ajijic as Pia, will be talking about her specialty as a fomer ºprofessor of sustainable architecture at the Frank ºlloyd Wright SCHOOL of Architecture, Indoor Air Quality and what it can mean for your health and happiness. She tried to get David Letterman, but he was booked, so she will introduce his friend, Doogie who will help you understand the technical portions of her talk.

ºjust correct the mistakes and use whaqtever of it you want. ºif you wanmt more, ck my website. www.donaldaitkenassociates.comç Thanks

Lake Chapala Green Group Oct 4, 2011 Meeting

Jeanne Greene will be our Speaker, drawing on her years of experience in growing plants of all sorts. Her topic is "Low Tech Water Gardening," with an introduction to ornamental aquatic plants. She will also speak briefly about Gardening by the Moon and will give us all a free hand out—a "Lunar Gardening Calendar."

Jeanne Greene was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia and has also lived in California, Hawaii and now – Mexico! She received a BA in Spanish and International Studies from UNC Chapel Hill and later returned to school to study Horticulture (her first love) at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where she owned and operated a small retail nursery and landscaping business. Jeanne is a serious plant junkie and belongs to the Jungle Esthetic School of Landscape Design (i.e. “More Is Better”). Among her areas of special interest are aquatic plants, orchids and succulents. She is also expert in the techniques of gardening “by the Moon.” 

October 4, 2011, 3pm, at the Back Patio of the Lake Chapala Society.

Talk at the Mercado: "Biodiversity and Consumption"—Tuesday, 10/4/11, 11am

Theme: Biodiversity and Consumption
The relationship between your meal and its ecosystems

Tuesday. October 4, 2011
11:00 am at CENTRO LAGUNA in the ORGANIC MARKET

Speaker: Victor Eduardo Flores

Victor Eduardo Flores:

• Constituent of the Colectivo Ecologista de Jalisco for the past three years.
• Advisor of the Circle of Production and Responsible Consumerism of The Farmers Market of Guadalajara.
• Member of the Mexican Net of Tianguis and Organic Markets.
• Correspondent of the rural comunities for the campaign "Without Corn there is No Country."

As a Photographer, Victor has created documentries of the Tianguis and Popular Markets in the different comunities of Mexico.

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INVITACION CONFERENCIA

Tema: “Biodiversidad y Consumo”
La relacion entre tu comida y los ecosistemas.
 
OCTUBRE martes 4, A LAS 11:00 am
EN CENTRO LAGUNA DENTRO DEL MERCADO ORGANICO

Expositor Victor Eduardo Flores:

• Integrante del colectivo Ecologista Jalisco desde hace 3 anos.
• Asesor del Circulo de Produccion y Consumo Responsable de un pequeno Famers Market de Guadalajara.
• Integrante de la Red Mexicana de Tianguis y Mercados Organicos.
• Corresponsal de temas campesinos de la campana Sin Maiz No Hay Pais.

En el ramo de la fotografia ha realizado proyectos de documentacion  de Tianguis y Mercados Populares.

Dinner Invitation from “Luz de Malla”

Be part of a revolutionary Aquaculture Model that will bring new life to our Lake Chapala.

The transition from traditional fshing practices to 21st Century Fish Farming will create jobs for villagers around the lake and provide a first class protein source.

“Luz de Malla, A. C.” is a is a Lakeside non-profit organization working hand in hand with the Mexican Government. Our mission is to create jobs in rural areas around the lake while preserving the environment.

Come and join us for

Dinner and Fun

at “La Bodega” Restaurant!

Donation: $300 pesos per person
Live Music Cash Bar

“La Bodega," Av. 16 de Septiembre
Ajijic, Jalisco

Thursday, Sep. 22nd, 2011. 7:00pm

Tickets: ACTINVER, Aurora Michel

Lake Chapala Green Group Meeting, September 6, 2011

Hi, there, Green Group-ers,  

We're baaack!  Its been a long hot summer for most of us, and we look forward to cooler weather, and the return to the Lake Chapala Green Group lecture series.  After three months off, we are resuming our popular monthly program of interesting and important sustainable living topics for the lakeside community.

Our first meeting of the season is Tuesday, September 6th, at 3:00 pm on the back patio at LCS.  Our speaker is Aurora Michel Galindo.  You may know Aurora from her executive position at Actinver, or as one of the strongest activists of our lakeside community.  She brings a lifetime of practical experience on how to live sustainably.  She recalls that as a child, the family garden helped to feed a family of 10 children.   Even in hard times, there was enough food.

Aurora will have a wonderful presentation, telling us about a couple of community programs, including a major reforestation project by local youth, and a new community-based water purification project in Tlachichilco.  Aurora's message will offer insights on how the foreign community can successfully invest our resources and energies in helping to develop strong bonds with our neighbors.

Hope to see you all there.

Lake Chapala Green Group Ends Season

Lake Chapala Green Group

The 2010-2011 season of the Lake Chapala Green Group speakers meetings came to an end on May 3rd. The popular monthly events are expected to resume on September 6, 2011, on the usual first Tuesdays of each month, at 3:00pm, on the back patio at LCS.

The program, organized by the steering group of LCGG, provided a year of superb presenters and stimulating topics ranging across the territory covered by the term “Sustainability.” Thanks go out again to the speakers and to our Green Group supporters who turned out in substantial numbers at each gathering. (I think you will forgive us on the steering committee for being just a little bit proud of the year’s accomplishments.)

If you missed a meeting or two, you may catch up on the lakechapalagreengroup.com website on the LCGG Community Speakers page, where you will find streaming audio of each presentation, photos, and other supportive materials.

Have a great summer!

Bob Craft