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V I L L A G E G R E E N
GOGREENDAYTONA.COM
THE VILLAGE GREEN IS A PROJECT OF COMMUNITY GROUP, GO GREEN DAYTONA AND IS BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY OF NETWORKS, INC. AND BROWNING COMMUNICATIONS.
NOVEMBER, 2009 Volume 1, Issue 6 FREE
PAGE 4
“GREEN” YOUR POLITICS
PAGE 6
OVER THERE, SOMEWHERE
PAGE 7
I’M DONE WITH YOU, FLU!
Page 2 The V i l lage Green Volume 1, I ssue 6
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Gratitude in Action Shannon McLeish, editor and Ciana Maglio, designer
With the coming new year, we
thought it might be a good time
to start posting opportunities to
get involved. If we really want to green the Daytona area, we
need to look for ways to impact
local laws and policies. Luck-
ily, there are a number of local
groups, potentially including
ours, trying to do just that, so
for your reading pleasure,
we’ve included them in this
issue of The Village Green –
just in case you’ve got an open-
ing for one or two more com-mitments to your schedule dur-
ing this busy holiday season.
We’re going to try to make this
a regular service, because this is
our area and we believe that
together we can talk to our gov-
ernment officials and advocate
for what we want to see. We
believe that it is each of our
duty to speak up for what we
want. People working together can make a difference.
We do have some ideas perco-
lating; in fact, one is drawing
from an organization we might
look toward as an example of
what several diverse groups can
accomplish together. While it is
not a “green” group, it is cer-
tainly an effective citizen action
group. F.A.I.T.H. of Volusia (Fighting Against Injustice To-
ward Harmony) is “a congrega-
tion-based community organi-
zation [of people from] … di-
verse racial, religious, and eco-
nomic backgrounds [who]
pledge to work together to ad-
dress the root causes of poverty
and injustice.” Though the
group includes people from
missionary churches, a number
of different branches of Chris-tian churches, a Jewish temple,
and the Unitarian Universalist
Society, everyone is able to
come together to address some
common goals. This idea of a
working group of members
from different walks of life and
with differing points of view is exactly what we had in mind
when we created Go Green
Daytona.
So without further ado, here are
some local green groups and
grassroots community action
organizations you might want
to check out for the new year:
Audubon of Florida
(audubonofflorida.org)
Environmental Council of
Volusia & Flagler Counties
(ecvf.org)
Fair Share Urban Garden Pro-
ject
(wedigfairshare.org)
Florida Trail Association
(floridatrail.org)
Go Green Daytona
(gogreendaytona.com)
Green Halloween® of Daytona
(greenhalloween.org/Daytona)
Halifax Heritage Preservation
Trust
(heritagepreservationtrust.org)
Ormond Mainstreet Organiza-tion
(ormondmainstreet.com)
Save Our Neighborhoods
Save the Loop
(savetheloop.org)
S.T.A.N.D. Striving Towards A
New Daytona (standaytona.com)
Volusia/Flagler Florida Native
Plant Society
(pawpaw.fnpschapters.org)
Volusia County Green Ribbon
Panel
(volusia.org/environmental/
greenribbon/)
Volusia/Flagler Sierra Club
(florida.sierra.org/Volusia)
Volusia Sea Turtle Society
(vstsinc.org)
Volusia-Flagler Surfrider
Chapter
(surfrider.org/volusiaflagler)
Volusia-Flagler Turtle Patrol
(turtlepatrol.com)
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GRIPE “GREEN” YOUR POLITICS
by Gripe, the Green Guru
So, I’ve got a hot question:
What can we do to make our
government more sustain-
able? Particularly here at the local level, much of our gov-
ernment has to do with pre-
sent and future development
– which is certainly another
hot topic around here.
The Brundtland Commission
defines sustainable develop-
ment as "development that
meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs."
Wikipedia, on the other hand,
breaks the concept of sustain-
able development into “three
constituent parts: environ-
mental sustainability, eco-
nomic sustainability and so-
ciopolitical sustainability.”
Europe delves even deeper.
The Regional Environmental
Center for Central and East-ern Europe refers to
“sustainable human develop-
ment as opposed to sustain-
able development in order to
emphasize issues such as the
importance of gender equal-
ity, participation in decision-
making processes, and access
to education and health.”
Locally, we might define a
sustainable government as a
governing organization that emphasizes citizen involve-
ment in the decision-making
process and focuses on devel-
opment that creates economic,
environmental, and socio-
political sustainability while
endeavoring to fulfill the com-
munity’s present and future
needs.
There are often significant roadblocks to communication
between citizens and govern-
ment officials. When citizens
are not fully heard, govern-
ment’s decisions will not serve
the community’s best interest.
And when decisions do not
represent the will of the peo-
ple, the people often resist –
costing government thousands
of dollars in planning redesign,
time for meetings, and a long list of other expenses. Need-
less to say, this is not exactly
the most efficient method for
sustainable development.
A truly sustainable govern-
ment is there for the benefit of
the people and balances the
interests of the community as a
whole. It requires an active role
from its citizens as well as its
governing political officials –
there is equal responsibility
between the two groups. Luck-
ily, from neighborhood groups
to community gardens to those
who attend public meetings,
citizens of the Volusia-Flagler area are taking a more active
role to ensure that their govern-
ment knows what they consider
important.
If you’re looking to discuss this
further, or to get involved with
grassroots support for a more
sustainable government, bring
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your thoughts to the forum at
GoGreenDaytona.com.
Send your gripes to Gripe at
thevillagegreen@gogreen
daytonabeach.com or the
forum at GoGREENDay-
tona.com and receive a re-
sponse filled with wit and
humor, but always relevant
information.
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Dear Advertiser, An increasing number of people are deciding to use products based on a company’s commitment to the environment. Every day it is becoming more important that busi-nesses make sustain-ability a part of their brand. “Sustainability as we used to talk about it was a buzz word and it was nice to talk about it…not in the context of your real business planning, but as an addendum. Now sustainability has to truly become part of your business because it makes good economic sense, not because it sounds good as a char-ity.”
Muhtar Kent, Chief Executive Officer
of Coca Cola Many business owners believe that changing their processes to fit a more eco-friendly world will be expensive and time consuming. Actu-ally there are many eco-friendly solutions that save you money in the forefront as well as the long term.
If you are making eco-friendly changes to your operations,
here’s a chance to let the Daytona area know
about them.
Advertise with Go Green Daytona
Go Green Daytona is a grassroots community group focused on creat-ing a network of like-minded people and or-ganizations dedicated to improving themselves, our environment and our businesses through con-scious actions and choices about the way we live. Building a green commu-nity offers a wide array of benefits for developers, investors, business own-ers, residents, and the environment. This leads to healthier homes and communities, lower en-ergy and water costs, and a sustainable future. As a business owner you’ll experience a vari-ety of benefits by adver-tising with Go Green Daytona. Your business will enjoy increased brand awareness and you will reach out to a new market within the community. Most impor-tant, you will be recog-nized as a leader in the greening of Daytona Beach. Go Green Daytona cur-rently offers two plat-forms in which to adver-tise:
GoGreenDaytona.com GoGreenDaytona.com is a community-based re-source for everything green: green business directory, green products and services available in the Daytona Beach area; green forums in which consumers interact; green events in the Day-tona Beach area; green news; links to green websites (local, national, and global); articles on how to go green in Day-tona Beach, and more. The Village Green The Village Green is a monthly virtual newslet-ter available online at GoGreenDaytona.com. It is soon to be physically distributed—in a limited run—printed on FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified paper. It will be available at the Downtown Farmers Mar-ket, The Volusia Mall, and Ocean Walk Shop-pes & Village. Standard packages are available on both plat-forms and customized advertising opportunities are also available. GoGreenDaytona.com: Place a large ad (300 pixels by 300) on our site for $50.00 per month, or choose a smaller ad (300 pixels by 100) for just $25.00 per month! The Village Green: 3” x 2” ad space is available for $25 per month; or $20 a month with a com-
mitment of three months or longer. Would you like to advertise in both spaces? Choose the Go Green Combo for $45 a month (3” x 2” ad in The Village Green plus a small ad (300 pixels by 100) on GoGreenDay-tona.com; or $40 a month for the same combination with a commitment to three months or longer. The same combo with a large ad on GoGreenDay-tona.com (300 pixels by 300) is available for $70 per month, or $65 if you commit to three month or longer. Thank you for your interest in Go Green Daytona! For advertising opportuni-ties please contact Nicole Miller, Go Green Daytona Marketing Committee member at 561-843-3948
or nicole@benedictadvertising. com
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Page 6 The V i l lage Green Volume 1, I ssue 6
techniques? Ever hear of the
United Nations Environment
Programme? They took about
one hundred small-scale farms
in twenty-four African nations and the yields doubled with
organic growing practices – not
more chemicals! Why can’t you
change things?”
By now, The Man’s pockets
were overflowing with money
from the long arms reaching out
of the shadows, and his head
was shrouded in butterflies, and
to the surprise of the brave
young natty-dreaded woman he said very softly and quietly, like
the sound of butterfly wings,
“What do you want me to do?”
“Well, you are supposed to
have answers but you just don’t
know the right questions. Come
with me!” she said with a smile,
“I know a place…”
The Man, the butterflies, and the brave young natty-dreaded
woman began the long journey
walking “Over There.”
Once upon a timeless dream, a
young woman with butterflies
hovering over her natty dreads
was wondering where her food came from, so she
slipped on her sandals, looked
up at the sky, down at the
ground, and around the corner
she went to find out. She
walked and walked until lunch
time and beyond, way past
dinner and dusk.
Soon it grew dark and she
realized she was a long, long way from home and so she
curled up with some peaceful
thoughts and fell asleep be-
neath the stars. But when she
awoke with the sunlight and
looked around to see where
she was, she found herself all
the way “Over There” and that
is a powerfully lonely place,
because no one goes there.
“Over There” is where all the
big problems that no one really wants to solve are
growing and she was dis-
turbed looking at them all
lined up in rows stretching for
thousands and thousands of
acres to the horizon.
Being a brave young natty-
dreaded woman, she ventured
in and asked, “What’s your
problem?” There was silence; she was addressing a problem
no one talked about, and it
didn’t talk either.
“What’s your problem?” she
asked again, a little farther
along, and to her delight the
response was, “Food!”
“I like food and I was hoping
to find out where it comes
from!” and she decided to sit and listen to the problem, and
she listened, and she listened,
and the more she listened, the
more questions filled her mind
like a big meal with dessert.
The young natty-dreaded
woman, full of difficult ques-
tions, decided to get up and go ask them, and off she went
shouting, “I will be back!”
Soon she arrived at the market
where you could trade ques-
tions for answers. After
browsing around all the easy
answers, she finally found a
tiny sign that said food, and
out of the shadows stepped
The Man. She couldn’t decide whether he was a government
or a corporation, but before
she even began asking ques-
tions, long arms reached out
of the shadows and stuffed
money into his pockets and
this seemed to please him very
much, and he smiled as he
hushed. But the brave young
woman began asking The
Man question after question,
and more and more butterflies appeared and hovered over
her natty dreads as she spoke.
“Hey Man, if a child dies of
hunger related causes every
six seconds, how can you
keep telling people this food
system works so well? And as
a woman, I want to know why
60 percent of the people going
hungry are women? Don’t women grow most of the food
around the world?”
The long arms stuffed more
money into the pockets of The
Man but the young woman
pressed on through the butter-
flies, “And why do you keep
telling people that they have
to grow food the way you do,
when your way is ruining the
environment and keeping farmers in debt? Haven’t you
ever heard of climate change?
Why don’t you listen to farm-
ers who know how to grow
more food than you do and
can do it the right way that
doesn’t ruin the soil and the
water and give off so many greenhouse gasses?”
Suddenly The Man stepped up
into the face of the young
natty-dreaded woman, and
despite the butterfly that
landed on his nose, he
shouted, “You can’t prove
that!”
“Well,” the brave young woman responded, “the folks
at the Rodale Institute said if
you take 10,000 medium size
farms and convert them to
organic production they will
sequester about seven thou-
sand pounds of carbon per
acre per year. You know…
greenhouse gasses? That’s
like taking over a million cars
off the road. Don’t you know
your industrialized agriculture is responsible for about 25
percent of man-made green-
house gasses? And anyway,
don’t you know that your way
of growing food is just not
sustainable because it depends
on cheap oil? Don’t you know
when oil prices go up and
your food costs go up, more
poor people cannot afford it
and suffer? That’s what hap-pened last year, right? Re-
member the food riots in Haiti
and in Egypt and all those
other places? Don’t you
care?”
“Now wait a minute!” The
Man said through the shroud
of butterflies.
“No, you wait! Don’t you
listen? More and more chemi-cal fertilizers and pesticides
are not working! Didn’t you
hear about the studies done in
Africa with organic farming
Fresh Greens OVER THERE: A Comedy, a Tragedy, and a Fairy Tale
by Joel Tippens
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Little Green Apples COLD KILLER, AND POSSIBLY FLU,
TOO—WHO KNOWS?
by Shannon McLeish
All ingredients should be
organic for best efficacy:
Turmeric, fresh or pow-dered
Ginger, fresh or powdered
Garlic cloves
Onion
Shallot
Black pepper, ground
Pure extra virgin olive oil
Grate all ingredients into a
small bowl.
Serving suggestion: Add
this mixture to tahini hum-
mus, avocado dip, buck-
wheat honey for the kids,
or to organic vegetable
juice.
To boost this mixture’s
effects, add any combina-
tion of cinnamon powder,
elderberry powder, acai
powder, spirulina, chlorella,
cilantro, and/or cayenne.
I can’t tell you how many
times we could feel our-
selves coming down with
something and totally
knocked it out with this.
Speaking of cold and flu,
don’t forget to buy alco-
hol-free all natural sani-
tizer from your local health food store—it’s a must this season. You
might look for one with
cinnamon oil. We just came
across an interesting study
on it recently – and here’s a
secret: it beat out alcohol
and Triclosan as an anti-
bacterial.
Chasing the Green
WHAT’S YOUR URBAN TURF?
by Don Spence
Grass is an important living or-
ganism. It has aesthetic value and
will always have a place in our
urban landscapes, to some degree. In addition, we need it for recrea-
tional fields and soil stabilization.
However, grass is a major cause
of water waste, non-source pollu-
tion, poor carbon management,
and biodiversity destruction.
There have been claims by the
turf grass industry that grass is a
good thing ecologically. This is
just false. As noted above, we have had to make some excep-
tions and use grass in the urban
landscape, but, the energy used to
grow it (including the costs to
manufacture fertilizer and pesti-
cides along with their transport to
a store), and to run lawn mowers
and trimmers, is much larger than
any potential for carbon seques-
tration.
Ecology is the study of organisms in their physical, chemical, and
biological niches, and of their
inter-species relationships. Turf
grass does not fit anywhere in that
definition. Grass considered to be
the “best looking” or “healthiest”
is found as a monoculture organ-
ism; we eradicate the weeds, kill
any insects, and generally dis-
courage any other living thing from encroaching on it. Monocul-
tures treated with fertilizer are
unstable and attract pests. Since
there is no biological diversity,
grass needs artificial nutrient
supplements and a petro-
chemical-based management
program to survive. This turf
grass reality cannot be compared
to the diversity of an urban land-
scape with little or no grass and a majority of native trees and
plants.
Be healthy, be green, and be pol-
lution-conscious. Plant vegetation
native to your region of Florida
and be a biodiversity partner.
Don Spence holds a Masters of
Science in Biology and is a Cer-
tified Municipal Arborist. He is a
Doctoral candidate at the Uni-
versity of Florida, College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences. To
contact Mr. Spence please call
(386) 235-0404 or visit his com-
pany website
NativeFloridaLandscapes.com
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to
CONTACT
The Village Green
The Village Green is a project of community group, Go Green Daytona
and is brought to you courtesy of Net Works, Inc. and Browning Communications.
November Cover Artist
Miss Jordan Faith Parsons Editors:
Ciana Maglio
GoGreenDaytona
386-676-0011
thevillagegreen@gogreendaytona
beach.com
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McEditing.com
386-672-5028
Printer:
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Publisher:
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DaytonaNetworks.com
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Marketing/Advertising:
Nicole Miller
of Benedict Advertising
BenedictAdvertising.com
marketing@gogreendaytona
beach.com
(561) 843-3948
Our cover artist, Jordan Faith Parsons, is a mere twelve
years of age, yet she has been painting and selling her art-
work for a few years now. Beginning to label her artwork
under the name Artistry by Jordan, she paints and sells glass
vases and mailboxes, makes crafts of all kinds, and has
started selling one of her favorite “green” features—custom
painted stainless steel water bottles.
Although, Jordan was born in Illinois, she has been a resi-
dent of Florida for over eight years with her parents and
siblings. Jordan’s family noticed her artistic promise from
about age two, and it was at this time that her mother en-
deavored to promote her gift by exposing her to techniques
from art books and shows. Quick to learn, she began paint-
ing at age four, but still enjoys sketching, crocheting, and
working with multiple mediums.
Jordan is a student at Rock Church Academy in Port Orange
and is currently completing seventh grade.
If you are interested in purchasing a commissioned work or
one of her already completed items, please email
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