Sustainability Salon on Marcellus Shale Drilling

Last months Sustainability Salon on healthcare was such a success we had to announce the upcoming one this weekend at Maren Cooke's house on Marcellus Shale Drilling.  Details are below.  Please RSVP to her and ask for directions at maren.cooke@gmail.com

Well, we've survived the end of the world, the solstice and various other holidays rolled right along, and now we're in 2013!  It must be time for another Sustainability Salon.  In case anyone didn't get the word in my email of December 10th, the Salon originally announced for this Saturday was pushed back to next Saturday the 12th.

Note again that this one and the next won't focus on a single topic, but we will have some film screenings including Gas Rush Stories (by local filmmaker Kirsi Jansa, who will be here for Q&A) and the award-winning YERT film (likewise with Mark Dixon on hand).  Which film(s) will be on which date has yet to be finalized;  I'll send out another email late next week with that info.  But in both cases, we'll be here with the usual stimulating conversation, delectable potluck food and drink, and music-making through the evening.  Time is, as usual, 3-10 p.m.;  RSVPs are, as usual, strongly requested (for yesses and maybes, ideally by email with "salon" in the Subject line).

Happy new year to one and all,

 

-- Maren.

Dec 1 Health Care Sustainability Salon & Sing.

On Dec 1 there will be an event at Maren Cooke's house in Squirrel Hill off of Beechwood Blvd called a Sustainability Salon & Sing.  This salon is modeled after the salons of 18th century enlightenment Paris.  Below is what appeared her blog about the event with and at the bottom is an image of her on the roof of her house plus a panoramic image of her roof with solar panels.  There will be a potluck dinner, tours of her house, activities for kids, the speakers listed below including those from healthcare for all/PUSH, and a group folksing afterward.  All in all a very enjoyable and intellectually stimulating evening.  

Dec 1: Health Care Sustainability Salon & Sing

Health Care and Sustainability:  Several speakers will share what they've been doing to improve how health care is done in this country -- from a sustainability point of view.

Most directly, local physician Dr. Noe Copley-Woods will talk about the waste endemic to current medical practice, and efforts to green it here and around the world (e.g. Health Care Without Harm).

Since we're also seeking sustainability as a society, folks from Health Care For All/PA will share what that organization is doing to improve access to health care.

And we'll talk about the connection between end-of-life choices and sustainability, with a musical dimension:  there are many differences (including environmental cost) between dying in a hospital hooked up to machines, undergoing umpteen procedures, and dying in hospice care, surrounded by loved ones...  Cindy Harris, leader of the Pittsburgh Threshold Choir, helps ease that process with bedside song.

Check back here for updates on topics, speakers, and logistics.  The basics are: 3-10 p.m. at our home in Frick Park;  RSVP by email (with "salon" in the Subject line);  potluck food and drink for afternoon noshings and dinner, which is followed by an informal folksing.