Upcoming Events:
"Revolution Miami Music & Arts Festival"
The Fertile Earth Foundation presents an amazing day of music and art! As we showcase the talent of our local musicians and artists, we are bringing people together from Miami and all over South Florida to raise awareness about the environment and inspiring our community to create the change we want to see!! Come spend the day with us as we celebrate the beauty of this earth, all it has given us, and how we can all help to preserve it!!!
SAVE THE DATE!!! OCT 23, 2010
TELL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS!!!
What will you find at the festival??
*Great Music!! Incredible acts from near and far, from reggae to rap to world fusion...yours ears will be in ecstasy.
*Great Food!! Tasty local and organic organic grub to tantalize the taste buds
*Great Friends!! Bring everyone you know!!
*Environmental groups anxious to get YOU involved and caring about your community and environment
*Art and Artists showcasing pieces inspired by the environmental and how we treat it
*"What if..." rooms- spaces designed and decorated by those with new ideas and visions of what a more sustainable and innovative world could look like.
*AND SO MUCH MORE
Are you an artist or musician?!? WE WANT YOU IN OUR FESTIVAL!!
Are you an NGO or non-profit located in South Florida? WE ARE LOOKING FOR COLLABORATORS AND PARTNERS! Let us know who you are and what you do and we'll talk about how you can be a part of this amazing event!!!
Interested in being a SPONSOR?? We need your money and support!!! Please contact us ASAP!
For more information about Revolution Miami, please contact Judy Vergara @ jdy_ver@yahoo.com
Past Events:
"Feast on the Farm" Fundraising Dinner Party & Silent Auction at Paradise Farms, March 7, 2010 from 5pm til 8:30pm.
Menu co-created and prepared by:
Amarylis Guindin, Chef/Owner of Galerie Gourmet
Lynn Moulton, Area 31/Epic Hotel
Micah Edelstein, Grass Restaurant & Lounge
Dionette Kalkhofer, Om Garden Restaurant
Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference, Miami Beach Convention Center, March 17 – 19, 2009 (www.connectionmiami.com)
Please check our blog for our most up to date list of events!
Projects
"Recycling for Charity"
Recyclables are a resouce; a resouce some companies are willing to pay for. To assist hotels and restaurants in their recycling efforts, Fertile Earth has decided to do most of the work for them. We provide cardboard recycling containers and pick up at no cost. Participants must provide a 2' x 2' covered area for portable recycling bin and inform staff to place aluminum cans and plastic bottles in the bin. In exchange, Fertile Earth will sell the recyclables to fundraise for our projects.
If desired, Fertile Earth will provide a short 20 minute educational training on the benefits of recycling and why it is important for all of us to do so. We have seen that it is very difficult to change behaviors if there is no understanding as to why a behavior needs to change. With education, we have seen the recycling rates dramatically improve.
Interested in participating, contact Lanette Sobel at lanette@fertileearth.org or call 786.253.2222
"Fertile Roots Miami"
Sponsored by the City of Miami, this project is a collaboration of organizations working together to help hotels & restaurants compost food waste, create soil amendment for urban gardening projects and create jobs and income by selling local product back to the restaurants, thus closing the local food and waste production loop.
POSTPONED DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING
"Green Roofs Project"
In Coconut Grove - We're working on creating the first hurricane-resistant raised bed garden systems to pass hurricane code in South Florida. Our goal is to help our community conserve energy and grow food locally through the proliferation of green roofs.
Got an idea for an environmentally-focused project? We'll listen!
Workshops/Lectures
Upcoming Classes by Lanette Sobel @ Miami Dade College
Course Date Ref #
Vermicomposting June 5, 2010 585275
Organic Composting June 12, 2010 583889
Green Hospitality Industry July 17, 2010 585259
Vermicomposting July 17, 2010 585276
"How to make your own Worm Composting Bin"
Want a healthy garden? Then you must have great soil. Learn from an environmentalist how you can use red wiggler worms to happily transform your organic waste into nutrituous black compost (via vermiculture). If you have a backyard, a balcony or just a space underneath your sink you will have the space to provide a home for your wiggly composters. Ms. Sobel will tell you of the amazing benefits of composting and it's impact on climate change, cleaner water and air. Students will go home with the knowledge and guidelines of how to create and maintain their own worm bins. Here's a great activity to make as a family project. All levels invited.
July 15, 2010 from 7 - 9 pm @ Fairchild Garden 305.667.1651
"Vermiculture in the Growing of Fruit Trees"
Lecture about worms and fruit
May 12, 2010 @ 7:30 - 8:30 pm
Rare Tropical Fruit Council
Beer Making Class! "From Seeds to Suds"
When the apocalypse comes, you'll want to know how to brew your own beer!
March 21, 2010 @ 1:00 - 5:00pm
Fertile Earth NING site
SVC/SE, Miami - 2010
March 17 - 19, 2010
Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference
Composting Worms Lecture (free)
March 13, 2010 @ 9 am
Farmer's Market Coral Gables
http://www.coralgablesmuseum.org
"Sustainable Food Waste Diversion in Urban Areas"
Presentation for te Southeast Recycling Conference, Destin, FL
March 9, 2010 @ 1:30 pm
"Dinner in Paradise"
Fundraising Dinner Party & Silent Auction to benefit the Fertile Earth Foundation's projects including "Fertile Earth Miami" Project
March 7, 2010 @ 5:00 - 8:30