WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21

6 PM // FILM SCREENING OF ‘FRESH’ // chace center

reception will include locally sourced hor’dourves + wine, music and slide show entertainment by the risd demo garden

6:30PM // FILM STARTS

FRESH, the latest installment on the green food revolution, celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system

8 PM // PANEL DISCUSSION

with local farmers + campus dining leaders

TUESDAY, APRIL 20

12 PM // NATURE LAB TOUR // waterman building

vermi-composting + flesh eating beetles; rediscover your favorite foundations location on this insider’s tour!

MONDAY, APRIL 19

8-10 PM // TRUCK FARM // salomon 101 at brown

a pick-up truck turned urban farm will visit brown to raise awareness around issues of sustainable agriculture. lecture and Q+A with the creators
Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney, filmmakers behind the films King Corn and The Greening of Southie. This event is being held in conjunction with Food on the Move: America’s Traveling Tastes, a collaborative exhibit between students in Brown University’s M.A. program in public humanities and the Johnson Wales Culinary Arts Museum. The exhibit opens to the public at the Culinary Arts Museum on April 16. For more information, Click Here.



Truck Farm: A Wicked Delicate Film and Food Project
Salomon Center for Teaching, De Ciccio Family Auditorium (101)

Sunday was the first RISD Earth Week event: the Demo Garden ‘Her/ban’ forage Tour and Workshop. If you missed it here is the summary of the day by Demo Garden Coordinator, Devon Miller.

We spent the first half talking about our experience with herbal medicine/remedies and then Rachael (Elmaleh) guided us on a tour outside. We looked at and learned about mullein, plantain, dandelions and violets among other herbs. When we returned to the nature lab we drank nettle-peppermint tea and talked about the different ways you can utilize the herbs -from tinctures and salves, to creams and teas. Rachael then demonstrated how to make an all-purpose healing salve. We watched as she poured the herb infused olive oil into a double boiler, added several drops of essential lavender oil and organic local beeswax. Once the wax had fully melted she poured the mix into small metal tins. After about 10 minutes the mixture had hardened and we each had a new healing balm to take home with us.

Sounds like a great time! Stay tuned for pictures of this and other earth week events to come.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18

2-5 PM // market square (rain location in auditorium)
         // 2ND LIFE MATERIALS SWAP

loads of second hand art supplies and more for free- bring something to swap in exchange.

         // RESPOND/DESIGN BLOCK PARTY

Materials Library, RISD Dining, Pink Rides, It’s In the Bag, and more will share the work they are doing on campus

3-5 PM // IT’S IN THE BAG MATERIAL PLAYGROUND // id. room 300

touch, explore, and experiment with plastic bags like you never imagined. get inspired to enter the competition!

SATURDAY, APRIL 17
11 AM // RISD DEMO GARDEN ‘HER/BAN FORAGE’ TOUR // nature lab

prowl the streets of providence with naturalist rachael elmaleh of
little bird herbs + learn about native herbs growing right around us.

12 PM // RISD DEMO GARDEN SALVE WORKSHOP // nature lab

return to the nature lab to make healing herb-based salves. supplies +
handouts provided.
* space is limited – RSVP to dmiller01@g.risd.edu to reserve your spot
(ºServe RI ROGER WILLIAMS PARK CLEANUP)

TRUCK FARM VISIT AT BROWN
Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney, filmmakers behind the documentary films King Corn and Big River are hitting the road in their pick-up truck turned urban farm as part of a special Earth Week tour. They’re bringing the Truck Farm project to campuses across the Northeast in a special effort to raise awareness around issues of sustainable agriculture and we’re bringing them to Brown! Ian and Curt will be bringing their truck farm to campus and for a few hours on Monday, April 19th we’d like to have the pick-up truck featured prominently in a campus space. (their short film and lecture will be in Salomon 101).
Web article & video about the Truck Farm

thursday, march 4. 8:30 pm @ the tap room
film screening: The Garden
Join the risd demo garden as we screen another important movie about
the green food revolution. The Garden tells the story of the
country’s largest urban farm and the role of backroom deals, land
developers, green politics, money, poverty, power, and racial discord
in its defense and demise. The film explores and exposes the fault
lines in American society and raises crucial and challenging questions
about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most
vulnerable among us. http://www.thegardenmovie.com/about-the-film/
light snacks provided

sunday, march 7. 1-4 pm @ dexter garage, 187 benefit street
from broken to bountiful!
the risd demo garden will transform discarded easels into portable
planter boxes you build, plant & take home. though tools & materials
will be provided, come equipped with knowledge of how much (or little)
sunlight you get in your planter’s future home. full-sun to
shade-tolerant vegetable, herb & edible flower seeds will be provided.
space is limited, so rsvp to dmiller01@g.risd.edu to reserve your spot.