Monday, September 13, 2010

First Meeting!

CofC for Urban Agriculture, the student organization partner of Charleston Urban Agriculture, will be having its first meeting this Tuesday, the 21st at 7pm in room 201 of the Stern Student's Center on the College of Charleston campus.

Come help set the agenda for the upcoming semester!

RSVP here and invite your friends!


CofC for Urban Agriculture/Charleston Urban Agriculture will also be active this Sunday the 19th at the 3rd Annual Charleston Peace Festival.  The event is at Riverfront Park in North Charleston and runs from 12 to 7.  Tickets are $5 for Adults, $3 for Students and Free for Children.

The event is going to have a series of booths and workshops, a Kid's Global Village, live music and all manner of vendors.  Check out the Charleston Peace One Day website at http://www.cp1d.org/
CofC for Urban Agriculture will be operating a kids seedling planting workshop in the Kid's Global Village and will be presenting the story of Kenya's Greenbelt Movement with a public reading by Sanaz Arjomand of Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai. 

Two of the founders of Charleston Urban Agriculture, Adrian Barry and Ashleigh Tharp, will be taking part in panel discussions on Young Activitst and Environment, Sustainability and Peace, respectivly.

You can also spread the word and RSVP through the Facebook event.