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Riding on Hope
The Otesha Project's Monthly Journal
This Edition: All About Food
June 2010
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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June 11th
Choosing Our Future Sustainability Summit
in Ottawa
(more info below!)
June 25th
Training for the Coast to Capital Tour starts
in Vancouver
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We Are What We Eat
Are
you a raw foodist? How about a vegan, a locavore, an herbivore?
Vegetarian? Are you a conscious omnivore, carnivore, atkinist or a fruitarian?
Food continues to be one of the most
personal, and political, choices we make. In this special food edition of the Journal, we'll share a few links, updates and thoughts on food.
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New faces and food favourites
We have recently welcomed some shiny happy new faces to the office. Thanks in part to funding from Youth Eco Internship Program, we are pleased to introduce our Orchestra of Interns:
Dasha (not pictured right), an organic locavore who is originally from Russia, will focus on getting The Otesha Book: From Junk to Funk into the hands of youth, adults, and youth who don't know that they are adults yet.
Jillian (right) and Julie
(left) have joined the Programs Team, searching for the lucky schools
and communities that will meet the 2010 cycling tour teams. Hailing
from Toronto, Jill is a pescetarian - no fur or feathers for her. Julie is from Peterborough and is an occasional carnivore who likes tomatoes and avocado in her salads. Lavi is also pictured, tasked to keep our technology in check.
Last but not least, Felix!
Coming in as a new Executive Director, he's an Omnivore whose favourite
foods are fresh milk and sweet potato. He's the reason for the Daddy in
'Daddy Darrell', Operating Director of Operations.
Want a job that matches your values?
Sink
your teeth into this: we are still seeking a Programs Team Member to
join us in July, for six months. Check out the opportunity here. Apply now!
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Local Food - 100 Inches Away
Where do you find your food? Do you find it in a box? Do you find it with a fox?
After five weeks of cycling and learning about Ontario's food system, the Ferocious Farm Tour team is descending on the GTA! They have been working on farms, wowing high school students with their play, and talking about food.
What spring-time local food
have they unearthed? "There has been lots of asparagus, spinach,
lettuce, and a few farms have offered up local carrots and potatoes
from last year's harvest! When we do have to eat food that isn't local,
we choose fair trade products with as little packaging as possible"
says tour member Anna.
Meanwhile, several members of the
Ferocious Farm Tour have taken 100 miles to 100 INCHES, by growing food on their bikes!
In their eagerness to turn their food learning onto food eating, the
team members now have seedlings and sprouts adorning their bicycles. To
follow the team's experience, read their Notes From the Road here, or click here to have them delivered right to your inbox.
Looking
for food that doesn't need a passport to get to you? Try your local
farmer's market! Here are some links to where you can find yours in BC, Alberta, and Ontario. |
Planting seeds - where will they grow?
This summer, our Otesha cycling superheros
will plant the  seed of sustainability in the hearts of youth across Canada.
We want to plant as many seeds as possible this summer, and we need your help! Schools, summer camps, municipalities,
community centers, and churches, are all fertile places. And, since even superheros need to sleep, we also welcome contacts of campsites, churches and backyard owners in all locations.
The Great Lakes Tour of 2009 receives a great welcome.
In July and August we are looking for summer camps and accommodation contacts in these locations:
BC (Manning Park and Vernon)
Alberta (Banff, Brooks, Ralston and Medicine Hat)
Saskatchewan (Maple Creek, Gull Lake, Swift Current, Chaplin and Moose Jaw)
In September and October, we are looking for school and accommodation contacts in these locations:
New Brunswick (Oromucto, Cambridge, Sussex, Moncton, Sackville)
Prince Edward Island (Summerside, Elmsdale, Miscouche, Kensington, Charlottetown, Montegue)
Nova
Scotia (New Glasgow, Antigonish, Truro, South Maitland, Windsor,
Wolfville, Mount Uniacke, Lower Sackville, Bedford and Halifax)
If you are in or around any of the above communities or know someone who is, please email Samuel: samuel@otesha.ca or fill out our performance request form.
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Vote for The Next Top Workshop
As you know, we facilitate dynamic and engaging workshops aimed at getting Canadian
youth engaged with important environmental and social justice issues. We've connected with thousands of students through Cradle to Grave: The Banana Chain Workshop, charging them up with the knowledge that each consumer choice is a vote for the world that they want to live in.
Now It's
time to introduce the world to a new workshop, and we want YOU to tell us
what it should be about. All you need to do is take a minute to fill
in this little form. Next month we will showcase the amazing ideas that
you sent in and ask you to vote for your favorite!
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A Recipie for Action: Grocery Guerrilla Theatre
Ingredients: 2-3 cool friends (or one brave soul) + 1 grocery store
Directions:
1.
While standing in front of apples from South Africa, for example, speak
really loudly to yourself, to one of your friends, or to a stranger,
asking why the apples needed to come all the way from South Africa,
wondering how many CO2 emissions had been emitted in transportation,
and wondering what kind of conditions the apples were picked under.
2. Have a friend stand in front of, or point to, the local organic
apples and make a statement about how you are so glad that these apples
aren't drenched in poisonous chemicals/aren't genetically
modified/haven't traveled as far to get to the store. Make a big deal
about how happy you are to make a choice that you feel is good for the
earth and its inhabitants.
3. Feel free to repeat something similar in front of other grocery
store choices you see. Be sure to keep a positive attitude so people
won't be scared away by what you are doing, but rather interested in
listening to you. Encourage shoppers to make better choices rather than
just list negative impacts, and be courteous and respectful to all,
including store managers.
This recipe can be found among many others in The Otesha Book: From Junk to Funk.
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Choosing Our Future - Sustainability SummitThink TED talks, but with a sustainability spin. Our very own Development Director, Jen Valberg, will
be presenting along with eight other speakers at the sustainability summit put on by the City of Ottawa's Choosing Our Future program. Come out to listen,
learn, discuss and be inspired by community leaders with ideas about
how we can become a more resilient and livable community. Friday, June 11, 2010
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Jean Pigott Place, Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
To register visit choosingourfuture.ca, e-mail info@choosingourfuture.ca or call 3-1-1.
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Website of the Month
You know what they say, if you can't stand the heat, get out  of the kitch... er... planet?
So how does your average lunch contribute to global warming? Find out using this sweet interactive site eatlowcarbon.org/ that tracks your CO2 points, developed through generalizing scientific studies on food-carbon relationships. Let us know your results & we'll post the results next week.
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Postcard of the month
After every Otesha
presentation, we invite our audience members to change the world by committing
to one new hopeful action. Each individual receives a postcard, writes the
action on the back, and if they complete the action, they mail it in to our
office. We now have thousands of postcards from across Canada, and they are our
proof that we are building a movement. Here's one of our favourites from this
month:
"I
wanted my garden plot contained by boards. Fred was all set to by new
wood when he remembered he had some left over from another job. He not
only recycled it but some steel brackets to hold it together!"
Kelly and Fred, 58 and 59, Edmonton, AB
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Wish list
We like re-using! And taking other peoples' trash! Here's what we are in need of right now:
- Filing cabinet - 2 drawers, lockable
- Your less-than-perfect digital camera
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