Location: East Brunswick Public Library
Date | Book | Location |
Tuesday 9/06/2011: 7:00-9:00 pm | Meeting Room 3 | |
Tuesday 11/01/2011 7:00-9:00pm | A Sand County Almanac; with essays on conservation from Round River by Aldo Leopold The above link will bring you to the Oxford uncensored edition. Click here for the Ballantine edition which replaced discussions on evolution. Please read either edition prior to the next meeting. | Meeting Room 2 |
Tuesday 11/29/2011 7:00-9:00 pm | "On Food" Discussion of the Key Ideas of the Book "The Town That Food Saved" by Ben Hewitt | Meeting Room 1 |
Monday 12/19/2011 7:00-9:00 | Cancelled | Meeting Room 1 |
Monday 01/23/2012 7:00-9:00 pm | TBD | Meeting Room 1 |
Monday 02/27/2012 7:00-9:00 pm | Meeting Room 1 | |
Tuesday 03/13/2012 7:00-9:00 pm | Meeting Room 1 | |
Monday 4/30/2012 7:00-9:00 pm | Meeting Room 2 | |
Monday 5/14/2012, 7:00-9:00 pm | Meeting Room 3 | |
Tuesday 6/12/2012 7:00-9:00 pm | Meeting Room 1 | |
Monday 7/23/2012 7:00-9:00 pm | Meeting Room 1 |
Good first meeting yesterday, though the attendance was lower than expected. Probably due to the rain? In my opinion, we should aim to do a more focused discussion next time, may be with a clearer division between what the book said, what people agree/disagree with, and how we should/would/could use the information -- SRN
ReplyDeleteChalcolithic, great suggestions! The book club is new and I believe that the attendance will increase as time passes--let's spread the word. I agree that the discussions should be more structured. Next time maybe we can use the white board to label the areas of focus. For example, we can list important issues discussed in the book and then list reader's comments below. This can help us to stay on topic. Another option is for me to bring my laptop and projector and use a projector screen.
ReplyDeleteWe can always continue our discussions on this blog, since there may be some ideas that we think about afterward.
For example, the book Eating Fossil Fuels has a important take away message. This message is because the expected availability and resulting increase cost of fossil fuels, we need to localize our food sources. Options include buying from local farms, joining community supported agriculture groups, joining or starting community gardens or growing our own food. One attendee mentioned that we don't have many options to buy locally grown produce. This is true, our options are limited. Our action in this case is to increase demand by visiting the farmers markets in our area and ask for more. If the farmer doesn't have organic, ask for it. Another way to increase availability is to share with the younger generation, our children, the importance of buying/growing local. -TL
Please post future comments under the comment section for the "Comments on Fossil Fuels Entry" meeting entry:
ReplyDeletehttp://ebgreenbookclub.blogspot.com/2011/09/first-meeting-of-green-book-club-today.html?showComment=1315494442688#c6292932217343951181
-TL