Today, I did was sending emails to people that I thought would be interested in learning more and supported the cause. I told people a short history of how it started. I mentioned Rob Mather and how he first conducted a swim to give money to a girl who was seriously burned and would need surgery, on and off, for the rest of her life. I included website in formation and the different websites. For example, I mentioned againstmalaria.com, worldswimagainstmalaria.com, madnessagainstmalaria.com, worldfastagainstmalaria.com, auzziemozzieagainstmalaria.com, and mybednetagainstmalaria.com. All of these websites give people different ways that they can contribute to the cause. I included a downloadable copy of my flyer I made in the email as well. I know that alot of people don’t read emails from people if they think it might be boring. I know I erase anything on my email that isn’t from my friends or doesn’t sound interesting. I hope that we should all be more conscious of what we erase. Something like thi public service anouncment may come along and all you have is an empty email inbox.

1:00-1:30 I sent emails about Against Malaria.

I started at 10:00. I made fliers, in color, for madness against malaria. The fliers said that Malaria is the leading cause to children under seven and pregnant women. They said that most cases of malaria are found in Africa. Many parts of Africa are very poor and don’t have the resources to fight this deadly disease. However, only five dollars can buy a mosquito net for a possible, or even a soon to be victim of malaria. At the bottom of the fliers was the website information. It said that you could see pictures of he person that would be receiving the five dollar mosquito net and any possible contact information if they want to give it out or if they have any. At the top they said in big, bold letters, 7 JUMBO JETS OF CHILDREN DIE OF MALARIA EACH DAY. After the original was made, I printed it out and went to Kinko’s and made eighty-five copies of it. I think that the handout doesn’t just preach, but let people know what they can do. It doesn’t accuse them of not caring, it says how they can care more and show. I think that people will definitely respond to it in a positive and progressive way.

Worked at a goat cheese stand in Union Square from 10am-1pm

I took a cab to the Greenmarket where I met Hannah.  From there we met Davey, who introduced us to the people we would be working with.  Hanna would be working with a woman named Lynn who ran a goat cheese stand.  Davey introduced me to a man named Dave who ran a jam, jelly, honey, and maple syrup stand.  When I arrived he asked me to read up on him, and handed me several articles.  I found that Dave made his honey, right here in New York City.  He manages this by having dozens of honey hives on rooftops of skyscrapers.  After I was done reading this article, he told me what he could.  He lives in Berkshire, Massachusetts.  His wife and daughter make all the jam themselves, and most of the jams that were being sold were just made the week before.  Then to help I started organizing the jam storage.  Then I learned about each jam, the ingredients, the differences between the jams, and the prices. 

10 am: Arrived at Greenmarket10:30 am- 1 pm: Worked with a man named dave who ran a stand that sold jam’s, jelly’s, honey, and maple syrup.

            We took the train to the Greenmarket office and went upstairs.  From their we met a woman who explained the basics of the office and what help we could be.  First she gave us a brief explanation on the Farmers Market behind the scenes.  We learned how everything worked, how every one came up with recipes, what went on, and the whole advertising plan.  We then split up into different jobs.  I started moving boxes with greenmarket magazines within.  After I finished that I started to look through magazines and mark out recipes that would work in the Greenmarket with the rest of my group.  This took about 30 minutes and as well as that I helped Laminate several posters/

Around 3:45, Sam, Lili, Sophie and I arrived at Liz Carollo’s office on Chambers Street. It was small and kind of cluttered, and at first she just talked to us about her various thoughts on the markets and on the office, such as allowing all the farmers to take credit cards with a special machine. Then I worked for a while on organizing various fliers by market. Then I filed them in a special shelf she had built. After I had done that, I worked with Sophie and Sam on finding possible recipes in Gourmet magazine that included lots of ingredients that were sold at the Greenmarket. I worked until about 6pm, then went home.

Sophie- after taking notes on the things that Liz pointed out about the farmers market, such as publicity, organization, and monetary needs. Then Lili and I laminated farmer’s market fliers. After Lili left, I helped organize fliers and pick out recipes that included ingredients that were sold at the farmers market. I was impressed with all the ideas that we came up with, but I was surprised at how messy the office is, and I wonder how they function during the day. This meeting gave me a real taste at what The Greenmarket behind the scenes is like. Everyone was really friendly, and we met a lot of farmers who were having a meeting in the next room. We met the head of Greenmarket, member of the farmer’s market committee, and many others. It felt good to be greeted as a fellow community member, because it was like we were already part of the group. It was amazing to see so many different people collaborate because they all care about a common goal.

Lili- When we first got to the office I had reconized farmers in a meeting. They were discussing the buisness aspect of running the market. And that is what the office is mostly about. They collect money, raise awareness and is basicly the buisness center of the market. Personally, I didn’t enjoy working there because I had alreadly expierienced the livliness of the market and found working at the office very boring. If I had to choose the hands on work every saturday morning over lamenating or organizing papers I would. The sustainable part is within the market and not the office.

I arrived at Union Square at 10am and met up with Sophie and Lili. We were supposed to meet up with someone named Davy, but he wasn’t there and we didn’t have his phone number, so we asked one of the farmers, and he took us each to work at a different stand. I ended up working at a wheat grass stand with two men Stewart and Ski. It was really fun! I got to sell the plants to people and make change for them. They had a special thing you wore around your waiste that held all the money. They also sold wheat grass shots that they ground fresh, but I tried doing it once and was too slow, so I let them do th at part. Despite the rain, there were a lot of customers, and I worked there until 1pm. However, by the time I left, business had slowed way down. It was a good first expericance because the work wasn’t too hard and the two guys I worked with were really funny.

I went with Sophia, Ava, and Ama to Chelsea Market to meet with the owner of the Cleaver Company. She went over a list of movies, books, and websites that focus on sustainability and present the same view on the situation as they do. Though we were there for a while, I found the conversation interesting and could make many connections to things that we have gone over in class, such as the articles in reference to the meat recall. I was surprised that we would be working mostly outside of the location in Chelsea Market, however the projects that she gave us are still relevant.  I think it was a good beginning to the sustainability project.

We went to chelsea market on 14th st and 9th avenue and had a discussion with the owner of the cleaver company. She introduced us to what we would be doing with us.

On Saturday, March 1st Cole and I visited the Queens Botanical Garden Visitor and Administration Center. We were given a tour by Scott Stefan who showed us around and talked to us a lot about green architecture. I learned a lot about sustainable architecture ideas and how different concepts were combined to create the building. I also learned that the building was a certified LEED Platinum which is the highest award possible in green architecture. I was really impressed at all the different features this building had. One of the concepts that jumped at me the most was the way the building recycled and reused water. I was very impressed by the gray water system and how they used the water from sinks in the bathroom, cleaned it, and put it back in the toilets. It was very cool that they did that on site using things like gravel and swamp weeds. While I was there I also learned about storm water runoff and the urban heat island effect. Cities tend to heat up during the nighttime because of the heat that is absorbed by many buildings and roads during the day and then given off during the night. This is bad because people have to use their air conditioning which uses a lot of electricity. I also learned that it is important to curb storm water runoff in the city. This is because when it rains all the water goes into the sewage system and overflows it. The city is then forced to open up some of the sewage system and let it go into places like Flushing Bay, polluting the ocean. Many of these green ideas we will be able to share during our day of learning to give the middle school a better sense of the green architecture techniques that are being used to design many buildings all around us.

-Quinn

Henry, Ella, Maya, Amy, Lilly, Cameron, Aliza, Emma, Maya P.H. and I went to the first meeting of the city arts project. There were two representatives there, one was an old inhabitant of New Orleans, and another was the organizer of the Door project. They explained what the project is and asked us to come up with some ideas to paint on the door. The woman had told us that what we would be doing is called Global HeArt Warming; she said we are taking stand against global warming using our HEARTS and using ART. The door(s) we will paint are supposed to symbolize something that we feel should change in the way we run our lives to help out others. She explained that Hurricane Katrina was most likely caused by a speed up of global warming; and the theme of the doors is to give back. She told us to think about the question, “what would the Kids of New Orleans need to improve how they are living after the city’s reconstruction?” We are to then incorporate our answers into the door paintings along with the Mardi Gras spirit! This project is going to be very big and publicized so I cannot wait to start.

Today I and some other people from the grade met with two people from City Arts.  We learned more about what we will be doing for the project.  We also learned about the cultural aspects of New Orleans and what Mardi Gras is like.  In fact one of the two people that came is a Mardi Gras Indian.  This will count towards our sustainability project. But I will still try to stay in contact with Recycle-A-Bicycle and continue to work with them.

45 minutes spent meeting with the organizers to explian what the project is about in school.

Today Paul, an Indian from New Orleans, came to our class during recess from 11:30 to 12:00. Ella, Brianna, Amy, Lilly, Cameron, Jack G, Henry, Emma, Maya PH, and Aliza were in the group. We had a chance to learn about the arts in New Orleans, from music to visual arts, and we learned a little about the project we will be starting soon. We will be painting doors for those in New Orleans. We will paint ideas and things about hope, and nature.

Went to officeMoved boxes in office:35 minutesLaminated posters in office:15 minutesWorked on magazines from Martha Stewart magazine:1 hour 

On Saturday I worked at the Farmers’ Market in Union Square from 10am-1pm

Helped out at the Farmers Market office by sorting papers and organizing.
Lili

Went to the Union Square Famers Market board meeting.
Lili

11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Worked at the Mangers booth at the green market.

Today, my group and I worked at the green market. I worked specifically at Breezy Hills Farm which sold apple cider and many pastries. Apart from learning about organic food, I really got a clear understanding about how the buissness works. I handled cash, explained the products being sold, and even burned my hands from the hot apple cider. If I were just to be walking by the market and had known nothing about it, I would have thought it was an easy job, but it is really very tiring. I also learned that pratically everything that goes into the food, they grow. Like they eggs, the fruit, and they produce their own milk. I was very impressed by the hard work that goes in the preparing and being a booth at the market.
Lili

This reflection is about a conference our group had with Rob Mather, the head of the Madness Against Malaria foundation. Our group consists of Zaran, Julian, Aaron, and me. The whole time of the conference, I felt interested because he told us the story of how Madness Against Malaria came to be. The conference went well. No one was rude. This is what he told us: to make a long story short, he heard that Malaria was the #1 killer of pregnant women and childeren under 5 all over the world. He wanted to do something about it, so he started organizing swims. The first swim, he only raised $1/4 million. But the second swim, he exceded his goal of $1 million by making 1.3 million dollars. There is another swim this year. After the first swim, he decided to make what he was doing into an organization. What I learned about the organization’s inner workings is two things. The first thing is that Rob Mather runs the whole thing, and he only has a few helpers. The other thing I learned through the conference call with him is that you need a special liscense to receive donations and distribute them for good causes. Robert Mather had to get one of those. A goal I want to set for my next session is to be very productive in whatever I decide to do. I have no questions for my teachers of group members. What step I have to take now is to think of what I am going to do next. I want to remember everything I have written here for the Day of Learning presentation. I cannot put up photos because my camera broke 🙁        

Today I emailed Gary Soffer at Greanpeace to tell him that I was writing a letter to the Kimberly Clark company and asking him who I should write it to, how long it should be, and what adress I should use. I will write the letter when I get an answer back.

We met for an hour and talked about my role in the I Heart PV

David

In this appointment, I worked with Niles, Maya (P), Ella, Amy, and Manny. First we looked around on the second floor which was filled with information about the art of Chinese Architecture. Then we got the family area ready by putting paper all over the tables. Then when the families arrived, we helped the families construct buildings out of the given materials in a certain amount of time (ten minutes to construct, 5 minutes to brain storm). Getting to the place was fairly easy since I had been there before. It was very convenient that the Center was only about 3.5 blocks away from the school. The tasks were very simple, and I think that everyone helped at least one one family make a better structure. Before the work, you always feel a bit nervous and curious about what we were going to have to do. But during the work, it is a lot easier because you don’t really think about what to say you just say it and see if the families agree with what you say, or if they think it is a bad idea. After thye work ends, you feel a bit relieved that the work is over, but then you have to think about next time and what you’re going to do. So in a way it is a long cycle. Well, what struck me the most was the fact that we basically did the same work as we did last time. So this time it was a bit easier to get out your opinions. What always kind of annoyed me was the fact that some of the families felt like they had everything under control so that when you tried to help them, they would kind of have a little battle with you over who has the better ideas and such. During the work I did today I learned about the different types of Chinese structures. There were some buildings that really saved resources. For example, there was oen building that was constructed inside a hill. That way they wouldn’t have to use more resources to hold the building up, the hill would hold the building up, and the dirt dug up could be like glue holding the building down. Well today I learned that I am a very interested in what people construct and what work they made and why they made it that way. A lot of the time I was helping the people but at the same time I asking why they made the structure that way, and how they could change it. Well, I learned that this organization isn’t specifically fixed upon just green buildings in America. It is also thinking about structures and buildings created by other countries. Personally, I think that I need to come in on other times to ask about their organization. Not just when we are required to come. Please note that all photos that I took are saved onto the school server.

-Calen

On Saturday, March 8th I spent two and a half hours at the Center For Architecture Foundation. I spent those two and a half hours helping children construct buildings from newspaper and glue. Then doing the same thing except with many materials and they could only use the “area of land” that was given to them.

Last monday, Ama, Ava, Cellie and I visited the Cleaver Company.  Mary Cleaver, the owner of the cleaver company, talked to us about organic and sustainable food.  She told us about many informative books and informative movies.  While meeting with Mary, we planned to go to the greenmarket on the 26th with her to buy food for a screening we are helping out with on the 27th.  The screening is of a movie called “Our Daily Bread” about industrial food production and high-tech farming.  I look forward to helping Mary Cleaver with this event. -Sophia 

I went to the Center for Architecture Foundation today with Ella, Amy, Niles, Calen, and Manny. Due to subway changes because of construction, I was about half an hour late. I hope that this doesn’t happen again, and I have learned to leave myself extra time, incase something like this does happen. Today we watched a PowerPoint Grace had put together about the different buildings that were built in China, mostly the ones in Shanghai, which had been built inthe city. We observed and talked about the different shapes that were part of the buildings, the materials, and where they were located. She didn’t mention whether or not they were “green” buildings, but I was amazed alone by the why they were shaped, and designed. When we first got there, we helped the families make nametags, hang up their coats, and settle in. Then we helped out Grace, our coordinator, with anything that needed to be done, or anything that had to be set up at the last minute. The families started off with a simple project of building the tallest tower possible, with newspaper and tape, in two minutes. With a minute or two extra at the end to go around the room and talk about the construction, and what eachgroup thought about before building. After, we all cleaned up and started the next project. This time, we were to build another building, but with recycled materials, tape, foam core, and wire, to build skyscrapers. I noticed families helping one another, sharing materials, and giving each other different ideas. After watching the families build and construct their skyscrapers, I started to get more and more interested in designing “green” buildings such as skyscrapers. I remembered from the last session having time to build a building with my whole group, and I thought it was really interesting what each person thought, and what to put where. I’ve always really been interested in architecture, and I think it would be great to do something like this myself, and with other people. This is the type of activity that was not only fun, but it taught me that architects don’t just design buildings because they are told to, but they think about the buildings’ surroundings, and those who will be in them. It also amazed me how much Grace and the other architects wanted the families and our group to learn about green buildings to not only help create a better place to live, but a healthier one too. Every step it took to think about the different pieces that would go into the buildings from solar panels to accessible public transportation wasn’t just a random idea, but it was talked about and thought out. Overall I had agreat time today helping out and learning about building skyscrapers and more thought that goes into the process. I hope that I can keep learning about different types of eco-friendly construction that is being built and designed all around the world. I have posted a few pictures from today. 

Today Ella, Amy, Calen, Niles, Manny, and I went to the Center for Architecture Foundation for 2 and a half hours. We helped families build buildings with recycled materials, and learned about different buildings that were made in China.

We e-mailed john masters again

-Gaia and Talia

Today me and Lilly met with Alisha, unfortunately Micki couldn’t make it to the meeting. During this meeting we found out how Cocoavino related to sustainability, scheduling, and how we could help out. The interview went very well and we will be in contact with Alisha to find out an exact time to intern.        

On Tuesday Quinn and I visited Cook and Fox architects on 6^thavenue between 19 and 20^th. When we walked in and talked to the receptionist we were relived thattoday we actually were having a tour and that we wouldn’t be disappointagain.  The layout of the officewhen you first walk in feels very free and open.  The offices side has mirrors that make that shape of a ¼circle facing northeast.  There are not offices; except everyone has there own area to work, whichgive more equality around the office instead of the person who makes the mostmoney, gets the window.  When wemet out tour guide Alice Hartley right of the bat we could get the sense thatthe people there are happy about the place they work in. 

When we walked around the office there were several things Inoticed that I’ve seen before. Such as the carpet they used on the ground was the same that is in mybasement.  The woman explained whythey use that carpet she said because carpeting is what is taking up mostlandfills and if there a rug gets stained instead of having to throw away thecarpet completely you can just remove a square and put another in.  Something else I saw was the LEEDrating system.  Without having agood understanding of what it was, Quinn and I asked out tour guide.  She told us that there are differentcertifications you can get for being green, which are, certified, silver, gold,and platinum.  Platinum is thehighest certification you can get which is what they have.  As we continued to walk about theoffice I was impressed by all the model buildings they had and all of thedetails and patience it must take to build one.  There was a board, which showed all the differentpossibilities that they could choose from to make for the Bank of AmericaTower.  Out of everything there,the one part of the building that stuck out to me the most was the waterlessurinals.

The tour was very satisfying and was definitely helpful inanswering a lot of question we had and informing us on things we didn’t knowabout.  The tour even told us aboutmaterials we can use in regular things at home.

 

– Cole 

 

1hour+ tour of the Cook and Fox architecture with Quinn.     cole 

Sam, Sophie, and I went to Union Square to help a woman named Karen who is a sheep farmer. All of her cheeses and yogurts were made with sheeps milk and she also sold lamb and sheep meat. At first we weren’t sure what to do, so we just stood around drinking cider. But after about 15 minutes, we started handing samples of sheep’s milk cheeses and yogurt to passers by and made lots of sales. It was easy, but it was also pretty fun. Sometimes I felt imposing when I would ask someone if they wanted a sample and they didn’t. They acted uncomfortable and seemed to feel obliged to then look at our stand. But most people appreciated the free samples and asked for more. It actually surprised me how many people came to our stand. At the end of the day, Karen gave us each a free piece of Brebi’s Blanche cheese.

Worked at a stand in Union Square from 3:30-6:00

Went to the Greenmarket office and helped Liz Carollo from 3:45-6:30

Went to a Greenmarket meeting from 10:45-12:15

          Since the 25^th of February, I haven’t eaten any meat except fish. That was the day we had the panel of vegetarians in LREI. I had never thought that there were so many vegetarians among us—I have known Kitty since I was three, but I never knew she didn’t eat meat! I had thought that vegetarians would be extremely skinny and unhealthy from lack of protein, but the members of the panel were obviously quite healthy, and possibly healthier than the rest of us.                                        There are reasons I had never thought of for becoming a vegetarian. Sherezada said she didn’t eat animals for moral reasons, which makes sense. The teacher from the high school said that he was a vegetarian for environmental reasons. When he said that, I had no idea what on earth he was talking about. I perked up and listened more closely to what he had to say. First of all, it is better to eat lower on the food chain because plants take way less energy to cultivate then the energy it takes to raise cows. There are also many air-polluting meat factories. In addition (and I find this reason quite comical), when cows pass gas, the methane they produce in total is worse for the environment then both airplanes and cars! I started laughing. When I realized he was serious, it was all the more funny, yet sad at the same time because it made me think of all the horrible things we are doing to the earth.                                                                                                                     I had tried being a vegetarian a couple years ago, but that lasted for maybe five meals before I relapsed into my regular meat eating routine. The reason it didn’t last was that I had no drive and no reason to become one, but now I do.                                                                                      Whenever I even look at animals, the thought of killing them makes me shiver. Cows absolutely seem just as alive as humans, and to kill one would be like being ordered to murder a random stranger you don’t know. It seems unfair that we kill animals without any justification except for the fact that they taste good. I just don’t feel that animals should be raised just to be killed. I had always felt that way, but I acquired even more reasons within the last couple weeks in 8^th grade.                                                                                                                          We read lots of exposés in core about the horrible conditions of the meat packing industry, both from a hundred years ago and now. The animals and the workers are mistreated so we can simply eat meat. The meat industry is also not very careful of how healthy their cows are—cows that can’t walk were forced to move by use of forklifts in one instance. Also, as I saw in Fast Food Nation, it is possible to get severely hurt by the complicated and sharp machinery all around. The movie also had a powerful final scene of the actual murder of the cow. Blood was spilled all around and it was incredibly disgusting and inhumane. The panel was the last little nudge I needed to stop eating meat.                                                                                                                                The first thing I did was look up how much protein I would need on a daily basis. You need about half as many grams of protein as how many pounds you weigh (for example, a 200 pound person needs about 100 grams of protein). I looked up the foods I would be able to eat to see their protein count. It really isn’t as hard as I thought it would be. Three cups of milk a day is more than half of the protein I need. If you add some tofu, broccoli, rice, beans, and fish, you are all set.                                                                                                                                    Since the 25^th, I have been feeling slightly sleepier than I normally would, which is probably because of the reduced amount of protein I am receiving. However, I feel more in control of my life. I am straying off the beaten path of eating whatever is in front of you and instead, being more selective and only eating foods I feel good about eating (if you are wondering, the reason I still eat fish is because I feel as though I need it for protein, and I don’t feel as bad killing a fish than a cow). Since only a little more than a week ago, I have felt more aware of the food around me. When people walk out of McDonalds, I wonder where the hamburger they are munching on came from. As I look into restaurants and see the massive plates of fillet mignonne, I think about how much meat this country consumes, and wonder if that is necessary.                                                                                                                          When I announced I wanted to become a vegetarian, my family didn’t believe I could do it for more than three days, because I loved meat. I told my mom my reasons, but I struggled a little bit whenever I saw a tasty looking pot of simmering Bolognese sauce and the scent wafted over to where I sat with my bowl of bean soup. “Ella, there are other ways you can save the environment. It doesn’t make that much of a difference if you eat meat or not,” my mom said when she saw my self-control being tested. However, I do believe that one person can make a huge difference. That has been proved many times, from Lincoln to Rosa Parks to many others. That is the reason I think our school is taking on the Sustainability project—because even our tiny little school with less than 40 eighth graders can make changes. No one takes a ten-day vegetarian very seriously, but I know that this is going to last for a long time, if not forever.

(This isn’t work with an organization. I just wanted to post that I have been a vegetarian since this date.)

my group has gotten in contact with Alisha and will go to Red Mango on Thursday 1/6/08 to meet her and talk about how we will participate in their organization. On Saturday Lilly and Michelangelo will go to meet Petter at the green market at Union square and walk around to find out about the produce they use in their restaurant Savoy.     

On Tuesday, March 4th Cole and I visited Cook and Fox architects on 6th avenue and 20th street. We were given a tour of the facilities by Alice Hartley. She was a very good tour guide and explained everything very well. I was surprised at how many projects they had going on and how nice and organized the firm seemed to be. I was also interested to learn about The Bank of America Tower which is a new green skyscraper. I was surprised that a firm that seemed to be small in size designed this very complex building and got it certified for a very prestigious award. Along with that project I also learned a lot about how they turned the office they are in now into a green space. I learned about the LEED rating system which is the system that rates green buildings. There are 5 different types of LEED certification, Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Both the Bank of America Tower and the Cook and Fox office are LEED Platinum, the highest award possible. I also learned a lot of different points about green architecture that I will be able to use during our day of learning to the middle school, such as recyclable materials used to build the interior, ways to save water and energy and how these architects find ways to clean the air in buildings.  I’m hoping I can contact more architecture firms to learn a little bit more about what they do.

– Quinn

1 hour tour of Cook + Fox architects as well as an explanation of some of their projects.

-Quinn

Today I met up with Chris at Cafe Esperanto. We talked about which districts I should research or contact. He gave me a outline of what I should say to the people. Then he gave me a excel sheet that I can fill in with the contacts and stuff. Also, he taught me a little about Solar One and what they do. Then he emailed me all this information. Then we met up with this guy who is one of the educators at Solar One and talked about doing stuff in the High School. This was a good meeting, and I am making my first contact on Monday.

Quinn and I traveled to the NRDC building and we told that we would have to reschedule once we arrived.

On monday Quinn and I went to the NRDC building on 20th street between 5th and 6th avenue. We had a scheduled tour at 4:30 and we were told that we should just show up and there’s no need to contact them before we come. When we arrived at the building, after waiting for several minutes, we were told that our tour guide left early to go to class and that we would have to reschedule.
-Cole

My group and I had a meeting with Mary Cleaver from the Cleaver Company Restaurant. We organized to go to the Union Square Greenmarket on the 26th.ava 

Today my group and I met with Mary Cleaver at the Cleaver Company restaurant in Chelsea Market. She told us what we would be doing for her and gave us a packet of websites and books about sustainability she thought we would be interested in. We were told that on the 26th she would take us to the Union Square Greenmarket to buy food for a movie screening on the 27th. The screening is of a movie called Our Daily Bread about industrial food production and high-tech farming.Ava 

We have resent the E-mail to John Masters.  He hadn’t gotten back to us yet.

-Gaia and Talia

Cellie, Sophia, Ama and I were planning on going to meet with the organic wedding cake people on Friday, but when we called to confirm they said it would be better if we came on Monday. They told me that we will be doing some research and will be taken on a tour of the Union Square Greenmarket. Also that on the 26th of March there is going to be a screening of the movie Our Daily Bread that they would like us to help them with.-Ava