LI'L VILLAGE

Gustatory greenies make good on garden goals
Leigh Davis
Friday, June 18, 2010

It may have seemed a long time coming to some, but the "Sprout Spot" at Irving Primary School, the "Lettuce Grow" garden at Bartle Elementary, and the Highland Park Middle & High School's "Garden of Eatin'" are in full swing. Teachers, students and the community are enjoying the fruits (or veggies!) of their labor.

At the middle school/high school garden, Dara Botvinick often holds class surrounded by the lettuce, spinach, peas, beans, nasturtium, and tomato and squash plants. "I really enjoy the impact of the garden on the students,” says Botvinick.

Earth Day event lays focus on our food supply
Contributed press release
Thursday, April 8, 2010
What’s on your plate for Earth Day? Inspired by a nationally and locally growing sustainable food and gardening movement, Sustainable Highland Park has chosen the theme, “Sustainable Food, Sustainable Community, Sustainable Planet” for its annual Earth Day Extravaganza.

From 6 pm to 9 pm, Thursday, April 22, Highland Park High School’s gym and cafeteria will be providing adults, teens, and children with interactive learning and fun, focused on meeting the borough’s ‘Green Goals:’ Healthy People, Healthy Environment, Strong Community, and Fairness and Equity.

H.P., New Bwk. merchants take the lead on triclosan ban
Contributed press release
Saturday, March 13, 2010

Twenty area businesses and organizations have announced their commitment to not purchase, use, or sell products that contain triclosan. Triclosan is an antimicrobial pesticide originally developed for hospital settings, and now widely found in consumer and household products ranging from dish soaps and detergents to toothpastes, deodorants, and others.

Urban farmers are growing in H.P.
Valeri Drach Weidmann
Friday, March 5, 2010

Not so quietly, a grass roots movement is sweeping through the borough to grow food on the lawns, balconies, and even roofs of private homes and in public places. According to organizers from the Edible Gardens Project, each garden helps undo climate change, builds community, and brings healthy, fresh food in to local homes.

 

You might have seen the raised bed gardens in flower last summer at some thirty homes, at three borough churches, or in front of the Highland Park Public Library. Some of the produce from all of these gardens was enjoyed by the growers; some was traded, while others donated to the Highland Park Food Pantry.

 

Voices & vision warm a church back to life
Jen Legra
Monday, February 1, 2010

 

The late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” This Sunday, I felt honored and, really, quite lucky to join some of the Reformed Church of Highland Park and other visitors in a symbolic “passing of the torch” from the All Saints' Episcopal Church to the upcoming Veteran’s Housing project, “Bring Them Home to Homes.”

 

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