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
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)
The deadline to enter the It’s In the Bag competition is fast approaching on April 28th. Now is the time to get into the studio or the shop and make something spectacular out of plastic bags. The Kingston Press which was built last fall in the Waste for Life studio is available for anyone to use during the following monitored hours:
THURSDAY, April 22 // 7pm – 10pm // MONITOR: Ricardo
FRIDAY, April 23 // 1pm – 5pm // MONITOR: Celia
SATURDAY, April 24 // 1pm – 4pm // MONITOR: Roger
SUNDAY, April 25 // 1pm – 5pm // MONITOR: Celia
TUESDAY, April 27 // 7pm – 10pm // MONITOR: Erin
To help you out the W4L studio put together a materials recipe pdf You can benefit from all the guess work and experimentation the studio put into the Press and into the materials and get a head start making something out of trash! Check out their work below to see some of the possibilities!
Don’t miss some of you last opportunities to melt plastic bags!
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.
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)
A few shots of the respond/design crew (and friends!) making the HUGE earth day poster for the beach.
It measures 15′ tall by 30′ wide and is made out of the RISD Water Project poster from the post below…
Paint, and tape from RISD 2nd Life via the museum installation group.
Recycled office paper to mask, and borrowed roller and tray from RISD facilites! Thanks guys!
Serving Rhode Island Week: April 17 – 24, 2010
Volunteer Opportunities with Serving Rhode Island Week
Sign Up for a Service Project TODAY!
SATURDAY, APRIL 17
9 AM – 2 PM // ROGER WILLIAMS PARK CLEAN-UP
Volunteer to clean up the park. Bring your waders!
MONDAY + TUESDAY, APRIL 19+20
9 AM – 4 PM // EDGEWOOD FAMILY CENTER RENOVATION
Volunteer to do yardwork and some planting.
SATURDAY, APRIL 24
10 AM // 4th ANNUAL SCOOP THE HERRING DAY // omega dam
Herring need help getting over the dam to Omega Pond in East Providence to spawn!
9 AM – 3 PM // E-WASTE RECYCLING PROJECT
Volunteer to assist with sorting recycled materials.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17
11 AM // RISD DEMO GARDEN ‘HER/BAN FORAGE’ TOUR // nature lab
prowl the streets of providence + learn about native herbs growing right around us.
return to the nature lab to make healing herb-based salves. *pre-registration required
(ºServe RI ROGER WILLIAMS PARK CLEANUP)
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, 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! MONDAY, APRIL 19
8-10 PM // TRUCK FARM // salomon 101 at brown
a pick-up truck turned urban farm will visit to raise awareness around issues of sustainable agriculture
(ºServe RI EDGEWOOD FAMILY CENTER RENOVATION)
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!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
6 PM // FILM SCREENING OF ‘FRESH’ // chace center
locally sourced hor’dourves + wine. the latest installment on the green food revolution to be screened at 6.30pm
followed by a panel discussion with local farmers +leaders. THURSDAY, APRIL 22 [EARTH DAY]
5-8 PM // RISD + BROWN ‘MINDFUL MEAL’ // met + portfolio
an all locally sourced meal celebrating earth day and served at both Brown and RISD
(ºServe RI MOUNT HOPE FARM CLEAN-UP)
FRIDAY, APRIL 23
9-5 PM // GREEN RISD 2010: NATURE, CULTURE, INNOVATION // bayard ewing building
this exhibition provides a review of recent work that offers the possibility of innovation, desire, and delight for our
sustainable future. open to the public SATURDAY, APRIL 24
11 AM // RISD DEMO GARDEN EVENT ‘FOOD AS ENERGY’ // ewing house
hands-on cooking lesson how to make delicious + nutritious snacks with locally sourced food. *pre-registration required
(ºServe RI 4TH ANNUAL SCOOP THE HERRING DAY + OLNEYVILLE SHINES CLEANUP)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28
5 PM // IT’S IN THE BAG SUBMISSIONS DUE // info@respond-design.org
submit three (3) images of the product with descriptive text. cartonero category submissions must also include photo
sequence showing how the product is assembled or made. FRIDAY, APRIL 30
10 AM // ARBOR DAY TREE PLANTING // the steel yard, 27 sims ave
volunteer to plant 113 varieties of trees at the Steel Yard with Groundwork Providence and Trees 2020.
join the celebration at 4:30 PM
º Serve RI VOLUNTEER WEEK to clean up parks and neighborhoods locally. go to respond-design.org for details *pre-registration required
Respond | Design is a forum to promote social and environmental responsibility at RISD both within students’ creative disciplines and in the institution as a whole.
We organize community events, screenings and exhibitions, and work with students and administrators to gain campus wide support in the change, development and implementation of sustainability methods and goals.
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