You are invited to attend the 2009 Quad City Earth Charter Summit on Saturday September 26th at Augustana College, Rock, Island, IL. Registration is from 9-10am, Summit is 10-3:30pm.
Progressive Action for the Common Good (PACG) will present this year's Quad City Earth Charter Summit, with the Congregation of the Humility of Mary, Augustana College, The Riverboat Development Authority and the Doris & Victor Day Foundation as major sponsors.
Local Food is the theme of the 2009 Earth Charter Summit, focusing on PACG's Local Foods Initiative whose goal is to promote and assist in the development of a healthy, safe, sustainable, local food supply for the Quad Cities and to support local sustainable agriculture.
The Summit will include local and regional speakers and informative workshops focused on how we can create locally sustainable agriculture and a local food plan on an individual level and at an institutional level as the result of working together as a community.
The Earth Charter Summit day will also include a delicious local lunch prepared by the Augustana Food Service which is modeling the practices we are organizing around.
Additional sponsors to include Quad Cities Chapter-Buy Fresh Buy Local, Neighborhood Housing Services of Davenport, Quad City Chapter- Sierra Club, Radish magazine, Iowa Interfaith Power & Light and the Faithful Pilot Café & Spirits
Join us! Together we can help educate and mobilize QC citizens, municipalities and organizations to strengthen the Quad City area and foster a source of healthy, local food.
For more information or to register please contact Rachel Griffiths at rgriffiths@qconline.com 309-721-3204 or Caroline Vernon at 563-676-7580.
Registration is $10.00 / $5.00 for students and includes lunch. Seating is limited. Scholarships are available.
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