The Brand New Evolve Detroit, We're Back!

“Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love." ~Morihei Ueshiba The most striking about modern industry is that it requires so much and accomplishes so little. Modern industry seems to be inefficient to a degree that surpasses one's ordinary powers of imagination. Its inefficiency therefore remains unnoticed. ~E. F. Schumacher Greetings Detroit and all who grace us here! It has been far too long since we've sent out a proper Evolve Detroit. We are so thankful for everyone's support as we continue our personal transition and evolution. We're also thankful for the great many subscribers who have recently joined us here, welcome! The interest and attention paid to our work help to inspire us to keep moving forward. Our gratitude cannot be overstated. A Little Update After being "displaced" without a proper home for the last six months we're pleased to be settling into an apartment in N. Corktown. Through this rather tumultuous period we've learned a great deal about ourselves and have been blessed by support and assistance from numerous amazing people. We're also blessed that our son, Aya Eden, has such a happy disposition. He loves our new space and is crawling, in record time, from one end of it to the other. As we create our first "real" home together we are pleased and honored to recreate Detroit Evolution and to rededicate ourselves to it's mission. Though we haven't been publishing Evolve Detroit on a regular basis we've continued to present our monthly community movie series, Detroit Abides and have been working with our many partners in and around the city. The Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit Conference was a great success and extremely inspirational. Angela assisted in organizing and preparing healthy raw and vegan options for lunch at the conference and I was honored to share a presentation on the Transition Movement. We also returned to the place where we met, Irene's Myomassology Institute, for their annual Holistic Palooza and offered two standing room only kitchen classes and a presentation on Transition and green lifestyle changes. It was wonderful to meet many new people and reconnect with those we haven't seen in some time. Huge thanks to you all! A New Look, New Features & New Classes! We're pleased to present this redesigned Evolve Detroit and encourage you to check out our two new features, Vegan and Raw Foods Recipes and Connect and Collaborate. The months of November and December and the rise of the holiday season inspire us to once again cry out "Local-lujah" and to share events, classes and information that will help us all to buy local and crafted gifts and to share healthy alternatives with our friends, family and community. We're excited to feature an hilarious and inspirational movie, What Would Jesus Buy?, this month at Detroit Abides. Angela will share two DIY Vegan Holiday Classes and we encourage everyone to join us for our Stop Shopping Live Raw Yoga Music Brunch on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Rather than partaking in the shopping frenzy, consider joining us for a breath centered yoga session with live music by Dixon's Violin that will be followed a healthy and tasty Raw Foods Brunch! Our last Yoga Music Brunch was a huge success and we are honored to offer another session. We've even included some incredible December events and are working on more that we'll share in our next post. Again, we are so thankful for your continued support. Please help us to grow by sharing this Evolve Detroit with others in your community! We hope to see you out and about in the coming weeks and, as always, we send our blessing to you and yours. In Health, Joy and Liberation, Gregg for Angela, Aya Eden & Detroit Evolution

Evolve Detroit is published as needed by Detroit Evolution and is dedicated to Health, Joy & Liberation. In This Issue: Greetings & Update Events & Classes NEW features! Vegan & Raw Recipes Connect & Collaborate Our Community Is Growing! Subscribers this week: 1065 Please share Evolve Detroit and encourage your friends, family and community to subscribe. Follow us on twitter & facebook! For more information please contact: Detroit Evolution http://detroitevolution.com 313.316.1411 info@detroitevolution.com Visit TRANSITION MICHIGAN

Detroit Evolution evolvedetroit evolvedetroit Consider taking a break to read the new Evolve Detroit http://ping.fm/x5C5u WWJB? Raw Foods Yoga Brunch & new classes! Plz RT about 1 hour ago reply evolvedetroit Tonight: Vic Chesnutt with members of Silver Mt. Zion and Fugazi http://ping.fm/o5VIq 2 hours ago reply evolvedetroit A Friday gift from Angela's Kitchen: This Vegan Shepherd's Pie was so tasty yesterday! http://ping.fm/D6WbN plz RT 6 hours ago reply evolvedetroit Appreciating this mode of being more than any I've worn. Some may think tailoring is needed, but even these rips & tears somehow seem right 10 hours ago reply Join the conversation Detroit Evolution also offer Private Kitchen Classes Personal Chef Service Catering for any sized event Nutritional Counseling Private Yoga & Meditation Instruction Massage & Bodywork Sessions Sustainability Workshops Motivational Presentations Please contact info@detroitevolution.com or call 313.316.1411 for a personalized quote or our hourly rates. We actively pursue trade/bartering and will gladly offer a sliding scale for those in need. Please help us Evolve! Now that we have settled into our new home in N. Corktown we are once again expanding our offerings and events. If you have found value in our work, whether through a tasty hand-crafted lunch, a meaningful yoga class, or one of our awareness raising movie nights, please consider helping us to offset the cost of our offerings. By doing so you'll assist us to lay the foundation for the next phase of our work.

Weekly Events: Sundays: Evolutionary Yoga with Gregg Every Sunday, 2-3pm - $15 Walk-in NOTE: Your first week of classes at Practice Yoga are FREE! Location: Practice Yoga 20792 Mack Ave, Grosse Pointe Woods 48236 The Evolution continues with this weekly yoga offering. Gregg is honored to connect with the long time Detroit Evolution supporters at Practice Yoga to offer these Sunday classes. Sessions with Gregg place emphasis on the breath and the expansion of consciousness rather than the perfection of form. Come out and join us this and every Sunday! November Events: Sewing Seeds Humane Education Workshop Saturday, November 7th 8:30am–5pm (with lunch break) $30 Location: The Detroit Zoological Society 8450 W. 10 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48067 THERE IS STILL SPACE AVAILABLE! This Sowing Seeds Workshop is designed to train educators to effectively teach others to think critically and creatively about social justice, environmental ethics, and animal protection, and how to broaden your students' understanding of the ways in which their choices affect themselves, other people, other species, and the Earth. The registration fee for this workshop is $30. To register, contact: education@detroitzoo.org or 248.541.5717 Ext. 3800 (Registration includes a light breakfast and lunch (both vegan) and a copy of The Power and Promise of Humane Education by Zoe Weil.) Detroit Abides! Community Movie Night in Eastern Market This Months Free Movie: What Would Jesus Buy? Wednesday, November 18th 7-9pm Location: Eastern Market's Heated Shed 5 Shed 5 is located at the corner of Russell and Alfred St. We are pleased to continue our monthly movie series with a very special screening of our friend Reverend Billy's inspirational documentary What Would Jesus Buy? Rev Billy will be celebrating his run for Mayor of NYC so he'll be unable to join us for this screening, but he'll be with us in spirit as we exorcize the demons of credit debt and big box shopping! We will also discuss the importance of supporting local business and growing resilient local economies in the city of Detroit. Please bring a friend, a chair and a blanket as we gather together to enjoy this hilarious and enlightening film. Please view the trailer. Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit, Detroit Evolution, and Eastern Market Corporation come together on the third Wednesday of every month to present Detroit Abides, A Free Sustainability Gathering in Eastern Market's Shed 5. The event features a movie on a sustainable topic, explores the topic at the local level through discussion and support from regional groups and businesses, and creates a space to meet like-minded people from all walks of life & grow an active, healthy community. November Vegan DIY Holiday Class Saturday, November 21th Noon-3pm $20 Location: The Detroit Flyhouse in Eastern Market In the FD Loft Building - 3434 Russell St. Loft #302 The Holiday season is a wonderful time to share healthy options with family, friends, coworkers and our community. Angela will share and prepare a special holiday menu including an appetizer, side, main dish, and dessert. Rather than purchase a processed tofu-turkey from Oregon, learn to make a moist and incredibly tasty one in your own kitchen! At the end of class we'll have a sampling of all the dishes and answer any questions you may have about making healthy versions of your family's traditional dishes. November 21st is a huge day for Holiday DIY Crafting in Detroit as the Detroit Urban Craft Fair will be held at the Majestic Theater. Angela is pleased to offer this as an early class so we will all have plenty of time to attend the DUCF & get some holiday shopping done. To register for our November Vegan DIY Holiday Class please email Angela or call 313.316.1411 You can also register through Paypal (Please note the $2.50 fee per paypal transaction) To register for our Live Raw Yoga Music Brunch please email Gregg or call 313.316.1411 You can also register through Paypal (Please note the $2.50 fee per paypal transaction) Stop Shopping! Practice Yoga & Eat Raw Instead The Return of Live Raw Yoga Music Brunch Friday, November 27th 9:30am-Noon $35 Location: The Detroit Flyhouse in Eastern Market In the FD Loft Building - 3434 Russell St. Loft #302 Boycott Big Box shopping and all of it's ills, from selling products made with child labor to the active destruction of resilient local economies! Instead, come together and share a 75 minute Evolutionary Yoga session led by Gregg Newsom. This breath centered flowing practice will benefit those new to yoga and seasoned veterans. Our session will feature Live Music from Dixon’s Violin. Described as cosmic gypsy, electronic romanticism and interstellar whalesong, Dixon’s mesmerizing electric violin will provide the perfect accompaniment to our focused breath and movement. After our session we’ll enjoy a local and organic Raw Food Brunch prepared by Angela Newsom. Experience the benefits of Raw Foods and how they assist to balance the body and mind. Over Brunch we’ll share in a Satsang (open discussion) on the benefits of a healthy and humane diet to our practice on and off the mat. Save the Date for these December Events: Detroit Abides! Community Movie Night in Eastern Market This Months Free Movie: TBA Special Date! Wednesday, December 9th 7-9pm Location: Eastern Market's Heated Shed 5 Shed 5 is located at the corner of Russell and Alfred St. December Vegan DIY Holiday Class Saturday, December 12th 1-3pm $20 Location: The Detroit Flyhouse in Eastern Market In the FD Loft Building - 3434 Russell St. Loft #302 The Holiday season is a wonderful time to share healthy options with family, friends, coworkers and our community. Angela will share and prepare a special holiday menu including an appetizer, side, main dish, and dessert. Menu T.B.A. To register for our December Vegan DIY Holiday Class please email Angela or call 313.316.1411 You can also register through Paypal (Please note the $2.50 fee per paypal transaction) MOCAD and the Model D Speaker Series present Green Initiatives Detroit! PRESENTATION and DISCUSSION Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 6PM - FREE Location: MOCAD 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201 This evening, organized by MOCAD and Model D Media, will feature several innovative projects and organizations working in Detroit for a Greener today! Some of the individuals and organizations involved will be the Green Garage, Detroit Evolution and landscape architect Jeff Klein's Classic Landscaping company, among others. FAMILY DAY: Paper Gardens and Raw Food?!? Sunday, December 20, 2009 from 12PM to 4PM - FREE Location: MOCAD 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201 A family day dedicated to creating a garden inside the brick walls of MOCAD. Children can use raw food, such as potatoes and mushrooms, to create prints. They can learn how to make mosaics using rice & beans. Knowledgeable volunteers will show how to make origami animals and flowers. There will also be live demonstrations by the good people at the Detroit Evolution Lab for kids and their parents on methods of preparation and the health benefits of raw foods. Save the Date: January 2010! New Years Day Detroit Evolution Celebration Featuring a festive and transformative Live Raw Yoga Music Brunch Friday, January 1st 9:30am-Noon $40 Location: The Detroit Flyhouse in Eastern Market In the FD Loft Building - 3434 Russell St. Loft #302, Detroit 48207

Angela is honored to share two of her favorite holiday recipes. We are going to include recipes in upcoming Evolve Detroit. We would appreciate your feedback and healthy success stories. For more information or to learn about our Healthy Holiday Catering please email angela@detroitevolution.com Spinach and Artichoke Stuffed Mushrooms We’ve had many requests for this dish lately so we thought we’d repost it. It’s definitely a favorite amongst our family and friends, even those who are not health conscious. Spinach and Artichoke Stuffed Mushrooms – makes 2 dozen This dish is a hit at any party … make sure to set a few aside for yourself because there won’t be any left! You can also use the filling for a tasty spinach and artichoke dip served with crusty bread or crackers. 1½ lbs. baby portabella mushrooms, stems pulled 1 tbs. olive oil 1 red pepper, finely diced for garnish For the Filling: 6 c. baby spinach leaves, chopped 1 c. artichoke hearts, drained and chopped ½ red onion, small dice 2-3 tbs. olive oil Juice of one lemon 1 tbs. brown rice vinegar 2 tsp. oregano 1 c. water Juice of 1 lemon 4-5 garlic cloves, minced 2 tsp. sea salt 3 c. raw cashews or macadamia nuts Preheat oven to 350˚. Set the mushrooms stem side up in a shallow baking dish that’s lightly coated with olive oil. Set aside. Combine the spinach through oregano in a medium bowl, tossing well to combine. Set aside. Mince the garlic in the bottom of the blender, add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Add more water if necessary, but you want the mixture to be thick and creamy. This is your “cheese”. Add it to the spinach mixture and toss well. Spoon a heaping serving into each mushroom, making a mound on top. Place mushrooms back into the dish. Bake at 350˚ for 15-20 minutes. Spinach and Artichoke Stuffed Mushrooms by Angela Newsom, Detroit Evolution is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Go Nutty Chocolate-Caramel Layer Bars I just attended a vegan/raw food potluck in celebration of a dear friend who was in town visiting from California. He is an amazing raw food chef and although he was the guest of honor, he threw down and made an incredible spread of raw treats. One of the desserts he made reminded me of this recipe I came up with a while back, inspired by the raw pecan pie from Café Gratitude’s book, I Am Grateful. Go Nutty Chocolate-Caramel Layer Bars – makes one 8x8 square dish The name says it all! These bars are an excellent introduction to raw foods for those skeptics in your life … one bite and they’ll be sold! For the nutty layer: 2 c. raw walnuts 1 c. raw hazelnuts ½ c. agave nectar or dates, pitted and chopped Dash of sea salt For the caramel layer: 2 c. raw pecans ½ c. agave nectar ½ c. almond or hemp milk 1½ tsp. yacon syrup 1 tsp. vanilla extract ½ tsp. sea salt For the chocolate layer: 1 c. raw cashews 1¼ c. almond or hemp milk ¼ -½ c. raw cacao powder (can also use carob or cocoa powder) ¼ c. agave nectar ½ tsp. vanilla Pinch of sea salt 1 tbs. lecithin powder (found at health food stores in supplement section) ½ c. coconut butter To prepare the nutty layer: Grind the walnuts and hazelnuts in a food processor until finely ground. Add agave and sea salt and process until you have a smooth, sticky consistency - adding more agave nectar or dates to achieve this if necessary. Press mixture into an 8x8 square pan. Chill in the freezer or fridge while preparing the rest. To prepare the caramel layer: Grind the pecans in a food processor until finely ground. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until you reach a smooth consistency, adding more milk if necessary. Spread the caramel sauce over the nut layer and chill again while preparing the chocolate layer. To prepare the chocolate layer: Blend the cashews through sea salt in a blender until smooth. Add lecithin and coconut butter and blend again. Spread this mixture on top of the caramel layer. Refrigerate for an hour or so. Cut into squares and serve. Go Nutty Chocolate-Caramel Layer Bars by Angela Newsom, Detroit Evolution is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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US Social Forum Detroit, June 22-26, 2010 The US Social Forum is a movement building process. It is not a conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational, diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country, and changes history. We must declare what we want our world to look like and we must start planning the path to get there. The USSF provides spaces to learn from each other’s experiences and struggles, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, build relationships, and align with our international brothers and sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world. The purpose of the USSF is to effectively and affirmatively articulate the values and strategies of a growing and vibrant movement for justice in the United States. Those who build towards and participate in the USSF are no longer interested in simply stating what social justice movements “stand-against,” rather we see ourselves as part of new movements that reach beyond national borders, that practice democracy at all levels, and understand that neo-liberalism abroad and here in the US is not the solution. The USSF provides a first major step towards such articulation of what we stand for. The 4th annual Detroit Urban Craft Fair When: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Where: The Majestic Theatre, 4140 Woodward Ave, Detroit Admission: Free, all ages The 4th annual Detroit Urban Craft Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit. The fair, Michigan’s largest indie craft fair, is entering its fourth year with the same commitment to DIY community that made it a must-attend event the past 3 years. Over 50 Michigan and national DIY crafters have been selected to showcase their unique work in the market. For more info DUCF, check out www.detroiturbancraftfair.com or e-mail info@detroiturbancraftfair.com

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Inspiring Morning Message from Bill McKibben 350.org

Please join Detroit Evolution at Irene's Myomassology Institute's Holistic Palooza today as we offer our own contribution to and celebration of the 350 movement. The entire incredible event is FREE!

Angela will share two awesome Vegan classes; "Low Fat Tasty Meals" at 2pm and "Fast & Easy Meat Substitutes" at 4pm. I'll offer up "Be Green(er): Everyday tips to fly in the face of Climate Change, Peak Oil & Economic Crisis" at 5pm. We hope to see and share with you today!

In Health, Joy & Liberation,
~Gregg

Here's an Inspiring Morning Message from Bill McKibben:

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Friends,

I can hardly believe my eyes.

16 hours ago, citizens in New Zealand gathered before dawn next to a wind turbine on a mountaintop. As local elders said prayers to bless the global event, banners and signs were held high to to greet the planet's first rays of sunlight on this most incredible of days.

As the sun continues across the planet we've been receiving photos and video of rallies in Ethiopia, bike rides in Wellington, SCUBA divers in Australia, organizers planting 350 trees in Thailand, hundreds of students marching in India and Nepal and Mongolia. And we're getting reports from 350.org offices around the world that the phones are ringing off the hook with calls from the media who want to cover the story.

The day is just beginning and already it's larger, more powerful, and so much more beautiful than I ever could have imagined. I've been a writer my entire life and yet words truly cannot describe what you have accomplished already. To truly grasp today, please stay tuned to our website as more and more photos come in from across the planet, and especially our evolving photo slideshow.

And the best news of all? The day has just begun!

Bill

P.S. Have a photo to contribute? Just send a decent-quality picture to photos@350.org and make the subject "City, Country" and make sure that the body of the e-mail contains a description of the photo, any necessary photographer credits, and any other information you think we'll need. So many thanks.

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What is 350? 350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Scientists measure carbon dioxide in "parts per million" (ppm), so 350ppm is the number humanity needs to get below as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change. To get there, we need a different kind of PPM-a "people powered movement" that is made of people like you in every corner of the planet.

Detriot Evolution at MOCAD in December!

We're honored to be a part of these events at MOCAD! http://www.mocadetroit.org/upcomingevents.html PRESENTATION and DISCUSSION: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 6PM MOCAD and the Model D Speaker Series present Green Initiatives Detroit! Admission: Free This evening, organized by MOCAD and Model D Media, will feature several innovative projects and organizations working in Detroit for a Greener today! Some of the individuals and organizations involved will be the Green Garage, Detroit Evolution and landscape architect Jeff Klein's Classic Landscaping company, among others. Please return for additional information on this event. For more information visit the websites of Classic Landscaping Detroit Evolution The Green Garage
FAMILY DAY: Sunday, December 20, 2009 from 12PM to 4PM Paper Gardens and Raw Food?!? Admission: Free A family day dedicated to creating a garden inside the brick walls of MOCAD. Children can use raw food, such as potatoes and mushrooms, to create prints. They can learn how to make mosaics using rice & beans. Knowledgeable volunteers will show how to make origami animals and flowers. There will also be live demonstrations by the good people at the Detroit Evolution for kids and their parents on methods of preparation and the health benefits of raw foods. For more information on the Detroit Evolution visit their website.

Burroughs on Seven Souls

The ancient Egyptians postulated seven souls, Top soul, and the first to leave at the moment of death, is Ren, the Secret Name. This corresponds to my Director, He directs the film of your life from conception to death. The Secret Name is the title of your film. When you die, that's where Ren came in.

Second soul, and second one off the sinking ship, is Sekem: Energy, Power, Light The Director gives the orders, Sekem presses the right buttons.

Number three is Khu, the Guardian Angel. He, she, or it is third man out . . . depicted as flying away across a full moon, a bird with luminous wings and head of light. Sort of thing you might see on a screen in an Indian restaurant in Panama. The Khu is responsible for the subject and can be injured in his defense- but not permanently, since the first three souls are eternal. They go back to Heaven for another vessel. The four remaining souls must take their chances with the subject in the Land of the Dead.

Number four is Ba, the heart, often treacherous. This is a hawk's body with your face on it, shrunk down to the size of a fist. Many a hero has been brought down, like Samson, by a perfidious Ba.

Number five is Ka, the Double, most closely associated with the subject. The Ka, which usually reaches adolescence at the time of bodily death, is the only reliable guide through the Land of the Dead to the western Lands.

Number six is Khaibit, the Shadow, Memory, your whole past conditioning from this and other lives.

Number seven is Sekhu, the Remains

October's Detroit Abides - Transition Movie Night

October's Detroit Abides, A Free Transition Movie Night
Wednesday, October 21st, 7 - 9 pm
in Eastern Market's Shed 5

This month's topic: The Detroit Public School System

Please Note: As we move into Fall weather please remember to bring a sweater, blanket and friends to stay warm. Though Shed 5 is enclosed and heated, it is a large space that can be drafty.

This month we are honored to share the feature length documentary, Our School, a film transcends the spatial abyss which is Detroit, to interweave the experience of going to high school for one day, dawn till nightfall, in the city.

Please view the Trailer!

Our School is a ninety minute documentary that uses cinema-verite to create a visceral experience as students and staff navigate the halls and streets of Detroit, interweaving the struggles and successes of teenage life within the urban school system. The camera follows students and staff for one day, from the courtroom to a school for young mothers, from a closing school to one newly refurbished. This film presents the connections, differences and contradictions of a single day in Detroit public high schools. It was created to seat the viewer inside the classroom amongst the students and staff experiencing the urban educational crisis. Shot over the past four years during Detroit Public Schoolʼs closure of 96 schools, the film depicts the uncertainty surrounding the future of education, and what it will look like.

Following the film we will discuss and share our thoughts on the film and the current state of DPS.

Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit, Detroit Evolution, and Eastern Market Corporation come together on the third Wednesday of every month to present Detroit Abides, A Free Transition Movie Night in Eastern Market's Shed 5. The event features a movie on a sustainable topic, explores the topic at the local level through discussion and support from regional groups and businesses, and creates a space to meet like-minded people from all walks of life & grow an active, healthy community.

For this casual event, please bring a comfortable seat. Shed 5 is located at the corner of Russell and Alfred St. Parking is available in the lot adjacent to the Shed.

For more information or to get involved call Detroit Evolution at 313.316.1411

September Detroit Abides: Two Bioneers Plenaries

Detroit Abides: Free Monthly Movie on Sustainable Topics
Wednesday, September 16th, 7-9pm
Eastern Market's Shed 5
http://www.detroitevolution.com/detroitabides.html

In anticipation of this year's Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit Conference (October 16-18 at Marygrove College), we are pleased to share two moving plenaries from the 2007 conference. Please join us, learn more about Bioneers and register for this years conference. http://www.glbd.org/

Toward a Green Growth Alliance: Birthing a New Politics
It is the chief moral obligation of our time to build a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. The activist and founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Van Jones, urges us to carry our spiritual, cultural and economic movements into the electoral arena to transform politics and forge a green "New Deal" coalition so that kids who are now prison fodder will help create a zero-pollution economy, harvest the sun and heal the land instead.

Local Living Economies: Green, Fair and Fun

The fabled entrepreneur and activist Judy Wicks tells her story of moving beyond responsible business practices to working cooperatively with other entrepreneurs and citizens to build whole economies based on love of nature and community.

About Detroit Abides:

Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit, Detroit Evolution, and Eastern Market Corporation come together on the third Wednesday of every month to present Detroit Abides, A Free Sustainability Gathering in Eastern Market's Shed 5. The event features a movie on a sustainable topic, explores the topic at the local level through discussion and support from regional groups and businesses, and creates a space to meet like-minded people from all walks of life & grow an active, healthy community. For this casual event, please bring a comfortable seat. Shed 5 is located at the corner of Russell and Alfred St. Parking is available in the lot adjacent to the Shed. For more information or to get involved call Detroit Evolution at 313.316.1411 http://www.detroitevolution.com/detroitabides.html

New Evolve Detroit: Listen to WDET 2:30pm Today! Detroit Abides on Local Economies Tonight!

August 19th, 2009 “I have no doubt that it is possible to give a new direction to technological development, a direction that shall lead it back to the real needs of man, and that also means: to the actual size of man. Man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful.” ~ E. F. Schumacher Greetings Detroit and all who grace us here! We hope that this finds you all well. Our lives continue to ebb and flow and though we are sometimes a bit weary we're keeping the dream alive. This week we're joyfully celebrating Aya 6th month here! It is hard to believe how quickly time seems to be moving, but at the same time it seems as though we have lived a few lifetimes. We are changing, adapting & learning everyday and so thankful for our baby boy. This Evolve Detroit serves to remind you of tonight's Detroit Abides. It is hard to believe that we've been sharing a movie in Eastern Market every month for over a year now and this evening is certainly one not to miss. We're honored to screen Michigan filmmaker Chris Bedford's COMING HOME E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy and are pleased to share that Chris will be joining us for our discussion as well! We'll also be joined by Jerry Belanger, one of the originators of Detroit's local currency, Detroit Cheers. In addition to celebrating the work of E.F. Schumacher, we'll explore the potential of expanding the use and strength of local currencies by fostering connections to urban agriculture and local markets. If you are unfamiliar with Schumacher's work, I've included what I consider to be a stunning meditative film from 1978, E F Schumacher: On the Edge of the Forest. Even if it is a busy day, I recommend giving yourself the opportunity to watch the first 5 minutes of this film. Angela and I have found it extremely inspiring.

Subscribers this week: 999! Please share Evolve Detroit and encourage your friends and family to subscribe. Follow us on twitter & facebook! Aya Eden & Angela at the Heidelberg Street Garden, July 2009 for more information or to register for classes please contact: Detroit Evolution http://detroitevolution.com 313.316.1411 info@detroitevolution.com

This just in: Chris Bedford and I will be on WDET's Detroit Today around 2:30pm this afternoon. You can listen to a live stream of the program on WDET's site.

We also encourage you to join us on Saturday from 3-5pm for the first of our DIY Staples series. This important class, Recipes to Reduce Plastics, will help you to make your own staple items like ketchup, mayo, dressings and others that we tend to purchase over and over. You'll also be able to purchase local produce to make these recipes and avoid health hazards like high fructose corn syrup. The class is offered on a $20 - $10 sliding scale and will be held at the Detroit Flyhouse in Eastern Market. We're very pleased with this new direction for Detroit Evolution's food education classes and hope that you'll support our work by registering with Angela at angela@detroitevolution.com or calling 313.316.1411. Space is limited for this one so please contact us today!

Gratitude
As always we want to thank everyone who has helped us out along the way! This week we offer special Gratitude to our dear friend Lisa Forzley for assisting us so much. We also want to thank everyone who joined us for our first LIVE RAW YOGA MUSIC BRUNCH last Saturday! This was an incredible event that we hope to recreate on a monthly basis at locations throughout Michigan. Please look for the next one and let us know if you would like us to bring this to your community!

We look forward to seeing you all out and about in the coming weeks! Our blessings to you and yours.

In Health, Joy and Liberation,
Gregg for Angela, Aya & Detroit Evolution

Weekly Events:

Wednesdays: SEED Wayne Farmers Market
Every Wednesday, 11am-4pm
Location: Wayne State Campus on Cass Ave
We keep fresh picked veggies all week by supplementing our Eastern Market Saturdays with SEED Wayne Farmers Market on Wednesdays. Your body absorbs more nutrients from fresh food. To assist in this, you can shorten the shelf life of your produce by buying less more frequently. Try to keep your carbon footprint down by biking or walking when you increase the frequency of your produce runs.

NEW! - Sundays: Evolutionary Yoga with Gregg
Every Sunday, 2-3pm - $15 Walk-in
NOTE: Your first week of classes at Practice Yoga are FREE!
Location: Practice Yoga
20792 Mack Ave, Grosse Pointe Woods 48236
The Evolution continues with our first weekly post-laboratory yoga offering. Gregg is honored to connect with the long time Detroit Evolution supporters at Practice Yoga to offer these Sunday classes. These Evolutionary Yoga sessions place emphasis on the breath and the expansion of consciousness rather than the perfection of form. Come out and join us this and every Sunday!

August Events:

Detroit Abides - FREE Transition Movie in Eastern Market
TONIGHT! - Wednesday, August 19th - 7-9pm
Location: Eastern Market’s Shed 5
We’ll screen Michigan filmmaker Chris Bedford’s Coming Home: E.F. Schumacher & the Reinvention of the Local Economy and discuss Local Currency movements. Join us on the 3rd Wed of every month for this FREE event.

DIY Staples: Recipes to Reduce Plastics
Saturday, August 22nd - 3-5pm
Location: Detroit Flyhouse
Stop spending money on store bought staple items like nut milks, condiments & dressings. Learn how easy it is to make your own, reduce your plastic use and improve your health while you’re at it. Sliding Scale $10-$20 with RSVP to Angela at 313.316.1411 or angela@detroitevolution.com required!

Look for our September offering soon & plan to join us for the Harvest Dinner!

2009 EARTHWORKS HARVEST DINNER
Join the Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Earthworks Urban Farm, for our second annual Harvest Dinner Saturday, September 12, to celebrate working together for food justice for all.

5 pm - A social hour in the garden with light appetizers and garden tours given by members of Earthworks’ Youth Farm Stand program.

6 pm - Dinner of local SE Michigan foods. The dinner will be comprised of dishes made from recipes submitted by several of our great community partners. The event features a conversation with long-time Detroit activist, Grace Lee Boggs.

Tickets are $15 - $100 (sliding scale). We invite you to sponsor a ticket, for $25, for those in our community who would otherwise be unable to attend.

The event will be hosted at Gleaners Food Bank, a longtime partner of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, 2131 Beaufait, Detroit, MI 48207.

Dress is casual.

To reserve your seat at the table, print and mail in the registration form to 1264 Meldrum, Detroit, MI 48207 by September 4. Please write checks to “Capuchin Soup Kitchen” with the number of tickets and “Harvest Dinner” noted in the memo line.

Questions? Contact Lisa at earthworks@cskdetroit.org or call 313-579-2100 ext 204.
More details can be found at the Earthworks site

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Tonight's Detroit Abides, join filmmaker Chris Bedford & celebrate EF Schumacher!

Wednesday, August 19th, 7 - 9 pm
in Eastern Market's Shed 5

This month's FREE movie:
COMING HOME E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy

Afterward, we'll discuss the concepts presented in the film and their potential in Detroit. We're pleased that filmmaker Chris Bedford & The originators of Detroit's local currency, Detroit Cheers, will join us for our discussion.

In 1973, British economist E.F. Schumacher wrote “Small is Beautiful – Economics as if People Mattered”, – a book that offered a vision of an economy driven by a desire for harmony, not greed; an economy based on community and ecological values, not global financial derivatives. In the 1970s, “Small is Beautiful” helped launch a back-to-the-land movement that is the ancestor to the Local Food Revolution of today.

For the last three decades, the E.F. Schumacher Society has transformed Schumacher’s ideas into a series of practical innovations – reinventing much of the local economy of Great Barrington, Massachusetts and southern Berkshire County in the process.

Chris Bedford’s film, COMING HOME: E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy tells the story of the Society’s remarkable work that includes founding of the nation’s first CSA, economic development based on Community Land Trusts, and the creation of the nation’s most successful local currency – BerkShares.

Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit, Detroit Evolution, and Eastern Market Corporation come together on the third Wednesday of every month to present Detroit Abides, A Free Sustainability Gathering in Eastern Market's Shed 5. The event features a movie on a sustainable topic, explores the topic at the local level through discussion and support from regional groups and businesses, and creates a space to meet like-minded people from all walks of life & grow an active, healthy community.

For this casual event, please bring a comfortable seat. Shed 5 is located at the corner of Russell and Alfred St. Parking is available in the lot adjacent to the Shed.

On the third Wednesday of every month DETROIT ABIDES screens a movie on a sustainable topic, explores the topic at the local level through discussion and support from regional groups and businesses, and creates a space to meet like-minded people from all walks of life & grow an active, healthy community.

For more information or to get involved call Detroit Evolution at 313.316.1411