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Earthsave Baltimore E-News: Earth Friendly Food Choices

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

~Albert Einstein~

Hi Earthsaver,

Here’s all the latest info from Earthsave Baltimore. We are a completely volunteer operated nonprofit that helps people make healthier, earth friendly food choices. We have lots of great news for you!

We are especially excited about our next two dinner events in Owings Mills. The June 27th dinner will give us an opportunity to look into the lives of six people dealing with diabetes, and to share their challenges and triumphs as they enter a diet and lifestyle program that enabled all six to reverse their diabetes and get off insulin. In fact, one of the participants had Type One Diabetes, an ailment that was once thought to be irreversible.

Our July 25th dinner will feature a talk on preventing and reversing osteoporosis, by Dr. Steven Acocella, who will show us the evidence that consuming cow’s milk and other dairy products actually leads to osteoporosis. Dr. Acocella’s friend and colleague, world renowned author and dietary clinician Joel Fuhrman, MD, collaborated with Steve in developing this presentation. It should be fascinating!

There’s still time to register for Veg Summerfest in Johnstown, PA, July 8th-12th one of the best educational conferences around. We know of one person, who’s going for the full 5-days, who’s looking for riders, and one who will leave on Friday morning for just the weekend. Please let us know if you are thinking about going.

The Vegan Meetup discussion group at Mr. Chan in Pikesville has really grown in popularity. The last meeting had 17 attendees, and we were given a private room for that meeting, which allowed us to hear everyone’s comments and made it all the more enjoyable. Please join us when you can for some great conversation and wonderful food! You might also like to attend the Animal Rights Meetups that are organized by our friend Vlad Konstantinov, and the Raw Food Tribe Meetups that Earthsave member Vince Shelton sets up.

Earthsave is offering a terrific deal on membership! You don’t have to be a member to attend our events, but the benefits are surely there. Members receive a 6 issue per year subscription to Earthsave News magazine, and a 12 issue subscription to Vegetarian Times, with lots of good recipes. They also get discounted attendance fees to most events and a 10% discount at our book sales table. They are invited to make announcements at meetings, leave literature on our free info table, and to use Earthsave’s well-stocked lending library. Finally, members are entitled to a free half-hour consultation with Registered Dietician Mark Rifkin, who we think is real font of useful information on healthier eating. Hope you will consider supporting our group by becoming a dues paying Earthsave member.

You can also help Earthsave spread the word by dressing up your vehicle with a cool, new green and white “GO VEG for a Healthier, Peaceful Planet” bumper sticker! Learn how to get those stickers for free, and see below for a number of other ways you can support the great work of Earthsave Baltimore.

Earthsave Baltimore will celebrate its 12th year of activity in July. There’s a link below to an article I wrote a few years ago about how our chapter began. And while you are visiting the Earthsave Baltimore’s website you might like to see some other new additions to the site, such as “Fascinating Facts”, and “Frequently Asked Questions”.

Thanks so much! Be well! Hope to see you soon!

Peace, Don Robertson

BALTIMORE VEG DINNER SERIES on Saturday, June 27th, 6-9 PM, will host a vegetarian potluck dinner & screening of SIMPLY RAW: REVERSING DIABETES IN 30 DAYS. The documentary film was produced by holistic physician GABRIEL COUSENS, MD. It chronicles the remarkable journey of six Americans with 'incurable' diabetes, as they switch their diet and get off insulin. We witness moments of struggle, support, and hope, as what is revealed, with startling clarity, is that diet can reverse diabetes and change lives. Additional wisdom is provided by Morgan Spurlock, Woody Harrelson, Anthony Robbins, Rev. Michael Beckwith, David Wolfe, Dr. Fred Bisci, and Dr.Joel Fuhrman. The film runs 91 minutes, and will be followed by questions & discussion led by Vince Shelton and other practitioners of the vegan raw food lifestyle.

DINNER GUESTS are asked to bring a dish that’s made without animal products to serve five times the number in their party, along with a donation of $5 ($2 for members). Or you may attend without bringing a dish for a $12 fee ($10 for members). Please give 1 day notice if paying for dinner. Monthly Dinner Ed Series events are held on the last Saturday at the Learning Center/Yoga Studio of Your Prescription for Health, 10210 S. Dolfield Rd. in Owings Mills. RSVPs will be much appreciated!
DIRECTIONS From Beltway 695: take exit 19 onto I-795 (Northwest Expressway). Get off at Exit 4 (Owings Mills Blvd). Bear right when exit splits. Take right at first traffic light (South Dolfield Road). Travel approximately l/2 mile. Flying Avocado Café and "Your Prescription for Health" pharmacy is on the right after Gold’s Gym (which is on left). The Learning Center/Yoga Studio entrance is at the opposite end of the building.
DIRECTIONS From Reisterstown Road: Travel West on Painters Mill Road. Turn right at 2nd traffic light onto S. Dolfield Road. Go left at the second driveway into the parking lot of Your Prescription for Health.

NEXT MONTH: BALTIMORE VEG DINNER SERIES on Saturday, July 25th, 6-9 PM, will host a vegetarian potluck dinner and live presentation on PREVENTING & REVERSING OSTEOPOROSIS: DAIRY EXPOSED AS CAUSE, NOT CURE. Dr. Steven Acocella, of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, will present a talk and work-shop demonstration on the prevention and reversal of osteoporosis. This eye-opening presentation will dispel the myths perpetuated by the pharmaceutical, beef and dairy industries that control most of the mis-information we receive about this disease. Over 10 million Americans will suffer needlessly from an osteoporosis related fracture, and one in four of those are men. Learn about the flaws in diagnoses and current medical treatments, and how you can achieve significantly better bone health with proper nutrition and lifestyle. This useful presentation, designed for all ages, arms you with the knowledge and methods to prevent and reverse this painful and disabling disease at any stage of your life.

Dr. Steven Acocella received his training at Southern California University, he also holds a Masters of Science Degree from the University of Connecticut in Human Nutrition. He is a National Institute of Health Certified Biomedical Researcher and has conducted numerous studies for leading institutions including the Eat Right America Foundation. He is Board certified in Clinical Nutrition and a Diplomat of the American Board of Clinical Nutrition, primarily engaged in disease prevention and reversal through interventional nutrition and lifestyle management. His epidemiological research into global dietary patterns and disease incidence has been the basis of many studies and published in a best selling book. He is Editor of NutrionWire.org and a frequent contributor to DiseaseProof.com, Nutritional Perspectives and Health Science magazines. He is active in the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

VEGETARIAN SUMMERFEST ‘09 is a big favorite annual educational conference for Earthsavers. On July 8 - 12, the North American vegetarian Society will bring together some of the very best speakers, workshops, food, social activities, and more. It will take place at the Conference Center at Pitt-Johnstown, on the picturesque campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, PA. The campus is a 650-acre mountaintop wildlife preserve with 40 acres of hiking trails. Registrants may attend the entire 5-day conference, or opt for the weekend only. The toughest part for most attendees is trying to decide which of the classes to attend. Daytime schedules normally offer at least 6-7 options.

Conference fees cover the entire educational program, including classes, lectures, workshops and discussions, as well as films, entertainment, and use of certain athletic areas. Also covered are vegan meals, with ample variety to suit most any preference, and on-campus housing which includes a twin bed, linen and towels. To learn more, go to http://vegetariansummerfest.org/. Contact 410-252-3043 for carpooling arrangements, which are still available. for Hope to see you there!

MONTHLY VEG MEETUP DISCUSSION GROUPS offer us a chance to gather in more intimate and less formal settings than does the monthly Earthsave potluck Dinner Ed series. Meetups are casual and are held in restaurants over great vegetarian food. Attendance figures are usually around 12-16, and discussions include a wide variety of topics that support people in making healthier choices in diet and lifestyle. There are two different groups, one vegan and one vegetarian. The vegetarian group currently meets on the first Sunday at noon at the Kathmandu Kitchen in Towson, and the vegan group meets on the third Wednesday, at 7 pm, at Mr. Chan in Pikesville. Both groups welcome anyone who is interested in learning about healthier eating. For details, or to register and let others know you plan to attend, go to http://vegetarian.meetup.com/9/, or to http://vegan.meetup.com/29/.

FREE "GO VEG" BUMPER STICKERS: We have a big batch of nice, new green and white bumper stickers that read, “GO VEG for a Healthier, Peaceful Planet.” Click on the http://earthsavebaltimore.org/node/48 to see what they look like. The sticker is printed on high quality vinyl, and can be easily removed or repositioned. The Earthsave group will send you a free one, or a many as 3 stickers if you like, when you send us a self addressed business envelope, with 44 cents stamp, to Earthsave Baltimore, 517 Talbott Ave., Lutherville, MD, 21093.

T. COLIN CAMPBELL FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER: Dr. Campbell is the nutritional biochemist from Cornell University who led the Cornell/Oxford/China Health Project, which is commonly called the China Study. That huge, comprehensive study provided some of the best documentation that’s available to show the health sustaining effects of a plant centered diet. You can read all about it in Dr. Campbell’s book, The China Study. This newsletter gives us all a chance to connect with Dr. Campbell through webinars and to learn a lot more about healthy eating. To learn more, please go to http://www.tcolincampbell.org/. You may subscribe by writing info=tcolincampbell.org@mcsv9.net.

RAW FOOD RETREAT: Earthsave members Jessica Watson and Vince Shelton have organized REJUVENATE, a health and wellness retreat where participants can be surrounded by like-minded people in a relaxing, natural setting upon the lake. It is set to happen on the 4th of July Weekend, and is open to anyone who is embarking upon the journey of raw foods, no matter if you are a beginner or well adjusted (vegans & vegetarians are welcome) Highlights will include • Meditation/Relaxation Sessions • Smoothies & Green Juice • Raw Food Prep
• Nature Walks • River Paddling • Raw Food Q&A Discussion Forum • Fresh Fruit & Veggie dishes, and more! It is set to begin on Friday July 3rd (check in at 4pm) – Monday July 6th (check out 10am). This retreat includes a 4th of July celebration. Price for is $240/person (includes the cost of food). Call Jessica at 301.502.4516, or write jwatson@artisticescape.com.

EDUCATING & INSPIRING OTHERS – HOW YOU CAN HELP: If you share the EarthSave dream of a healthier, more sustainable, peaceful and compassionate planet, there are several things you can do to help spread the word about healthier eating. Your membership fees will allow us to participate in health and community fairs, and to publish and disseminate much needed educational literature. And if you know of a location where we might place a stack of free Earthsave newsmagazines, please let us know so we can get some to you, or to the location. We can do the same with free copies of On Purpose Woman magazine, which always has a large ad for Earthsave events. And if you’d like to help by doing some leafleting, we have a real nice four page flier with some great general info on the veg lifestyle and on our upcoming Earthsave events. We would also appreciate your help with taking Earthsave’s monthly event fliers to the information disk at your local library, which will post nonprofit event notices for free. One other very simple, yet really effective thing you can do is to forward this email to others and encourage them to subscribe to this free e-newsletter. If you’d like to help in some way, please contact Don at Baltimore@earthsave.org, or call 410-252-3043. Thanks so much!

NEW EARTHSAVE BOOKLET WITH “JUST THE FACTS”: OUR FOOD OUR FUTURE is Earthsave’s attractive new booklet that’s filled with compelling information regarding the connection between our food choices and our health, the environment and the treatment of animals. This booklet is perfect for the people we know who want "just the facts". We often wonder why our medical professionals don't know more about nutrition. Unfortunately, medical doctors still receive very little instruction in preventive nutrition. But here's one small way that we can help to turn the tide. Please consider using these booklets as gifts to the medical doctors and the other health professionals in your life, as well as your friends and relatives. You may view the whole booklet or download a copy for free by going to http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/ofof2006.pdf . You may order them from Earthsave International’s online store at https://donations.earthsave.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=6 or take advantage of the special prices below. Earthsave Baltimore is now offering a SPECIAL DEAL on OUR FOOD OUR FUTURE! They are available at our dinner and tabling events for just $2 each/ or 3 for $5/ or 10 for $15. To ORDER BY MAIL, send a check or money order to Earthsave, 517 Talbott Ave., Lutherville, MD, 21093. The postpaid cost for one copy is $2.50, for 3 copies… $6, and for 10 copies… $17.

EARTHSAVE MEMBERSHIP is a great way for you to contribute to our important educational mission. All members may receive a free 12-issue subscription to Vegetarian Times magazine and Earthsave’s national bi-monthly newsletter. Folks who attend meetings may check out books from our well stocked EarthSave Library, they may place literature on our networking tables, may make a brief announcement to the group, and receive discounted attendance fees and EarthSave bookstore prices. You may join our group online at http://www.earthsave.org/, or you can send a tax-deductible check for $35, or $50 for family membership, or $25 for student or senior, to EarthSave at 517 Talbott Ave. Lutherville MD, 21093. Thanks for your kind support!

EARTHSAVE BALTIMORE BEGINNINGS: The following article, “EarthSave, Vegetarianism and Me” by Don Robertson, was first published in the Summer, 2002, issue of Earthsave News magazine. It also appeared on the websites of Vegsource and of the International Vegetarian Union.

Like so many other small children, I was disheartened when I first learned, from my mother, that we kill animals so we can eat them. I found that news hard to reconcile with the notion that animals are our friends. I mean, you don’t kill your friends and eat them, do you? See http://earthsavebaltimore.org/node/53 to view full article.

HEALTHY VEGAN BONES: A new study has found that vegan women, who eat only plant based foods, have bones as healthy as non-vegetarian women. In the research involving 105 post-menopausal vegan Buddhist nuns and 105 non-vegetarian women, the researchers were surprised to find that their bone density was identical. See full report at http://medindia.net/news/Vegan-Womens-Bones-as-Healthy-as-Non-vegetarian....

FOR VEGAN DRINKERS: Here’s a new social event that you might like to check out.
What: Baltimore "Vegan Drinks" event
When: Friday 7pm, 2009 June 26
Where: Golden West Cafe 1105 W 36th Street, Baltimore, MD http://www.bmorevegan.com/

KINGSFORD THE PIG: Here’s a popular video on YouTube. It’s a lot of fun, sort of a day in the life of a young pig. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsPaUL9KUr8

THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES have supported Earthsave’s Baltimore chapter for years. We hope that you will consider supporting them:

GINNY ROBERTSON PRESENTS CONNECTIONS OVER COFEE: Ginny Robertson, publisher of ON PURPOSE WOMAN magazine has done a lot over the years to help women find their “big girl voices.” In addition to publishing the popular free magazine, and co-hosting the radio show WomanTalk Live each Saturday, from 6-7 pm, on WCBM, 680 AM, Ginny hosts evening meetings of her group On Purpose Networking for Women in 5 Maryland counties. She has recently added Connections over Coffee, which offers daytime opportunities, at various locations, for women to meet other cool women and let them know about themselves and their businesses. Women who have been to other business networking meetings are often pleasantly surprised by these meetings, which are based on developing real, supportive connections with others. It is a different business model than many have experienced. Meetings are held in Ellicott City, White Marsh, Bel Air, and Silver Spring, and the cost to attend is $15 for guests. Learn more at http://www.onpurposenow.com/. Contact Ginny Robertson at ginnyrobertson@comcast.net, or call 410-252-2703.

HEALTH QUEST magazine features articles and ads on holistic health. It’s a free publication that’s available in most public libraries as well as in health food stores and at the locations of many alternative and complementary medical facilities. You may also pick up a copy at the Earthsave dinners in Owings Mills. Health Quest Publisher Mike Ruby organizes several health fairs as well as a psychic fair each year. To inquire about fairs, advertising, or magazine locations contact Mike Ruby at 410-494-1882.

PLEASE REMEMBER to be the peace that you wish to manifest. Be well!

EarthSave … May all be fed, may all be healed, and may all be loved.

Baltimore Chapter events http://earthsavebaltimore.org/ Call us at 410-252-3043, or email us at Baltimore@earthsave.org

Click on the attachment below to see what Earthsave's new "GO VEG" bumper sticker looks like. The lettering in in white with a green background. The sticker is printed on high quality vinyl, and can be easily removed or repositioned.

The Earthsave group will send you a free one, or a many as 3 stickers if you like, when you send us a self addressed business envelope, with 44 cents stamp, to Earthsave Baltimore, 517 Talbott Ave., Lutherville, MD, 21093.

Or you may pick up a free sticker when you attend the Earthsave Veg Dinner Ed Series in Owings Mills, (held on the last Saturday evening of every month), or the discussion group meetings of the Baltimore Veg Meetup or Baltimore Vegan Meetup groups.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.”
~Albert Einstein~

Hi Earthsaver,

Here’s all the latest info from Earthsave Baltimore. We are a completely volunteer operated nonprofit that helps people make healthier, earth friendly food choices. We have two really special upcoming events that will help folks take their next step toward adopting a whole foods, plant centered diet.

Tickets are still available for our biggest event of the year – an evening of information and inspiration is set for Sunday, May 24th, starting at 5:30 pm. It’s our 4th annual Earth Friendly Food Choices speaking event (not a potluck dinner), which will be held at the Women’s Club of Catonsville.

The entire proceeds from this event will be donated to Earthsave International’s founder, author John Robbins, whose life savings were lost, due to the Madoff investment scam. Here’s a chance for us to give something back to John, whose books and teachings have made such a wonderful difference in so many of our lives.

Our previous annual events have dealt primarily with nutrition and health. This one will be a little different, and will focus more on the emotional, environmental, and spiritual aspects of what we eat. We will hear from philosopher, educator, and Zen Buddhist Master Dr. Will Tuttle, who will talk about the main ideas in his book, The World Peace Diet. Dr. Tuttle will help us to understand what a key element diet is in establishing a more peaceful life and planet.

Will Tuttle is a wonderful speaker who has a fascinating personal story to share. He will help us to understand how intimately connected are all living things, and will show that the violence and misery that is on our dinner plates, and is so central to our lives, doesn’t just go away because we don’t think about it; it returns to us, robbing us of our peace of mind, and so much more.

On that same night, Sunday, May 24th, we will have one of the best opportunities yet to learn what a powerful impact our food choices have on the environment. Earthsave International’s Executive Director Caryn Hartglass will show us what the raising and slaughtering of 10 billion farmed animals per year is doing for planetary health, and why our current agricultural practices are unsustainable. Please join us! I think you will be glad you did!

Our next potluck dinner in Owings Mills will happen on June 27th, and it’s an event that you might wish to make a special effort to attend! We will screen an amazing film documentary of how dietary changes enabled five people to reverse diabetes and get off their insulin.

You might also like to catch the free talk on Saturday, May 16th, by Michael Pollan, whose best-selling book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, has caused many people to take a long, hard look at modern animal agriculture. See below for more info.

Be well! Hope to see you soon!

Peace, Don Robertson

4TH ANNUAL EARTH FRIENDLY FOOD CHOICES live speaking event (not a potluck dinner) will happen on Sunday, May 24th from 5:30 – 9:00 pm at the Women’s Club of Catonsville, 10 St. Timothy’s Lane, in Catonsville, MD. The special evening will feature a presentation on THE WORLD PEACE DIET by author WILL TUTTLE, Ph.D. Also featured will be a talk by CARYN HARTGLASS, the Executive Director of EARTHSAVE INTERNATIONAL. Caryn will speak on OUR PLANET, OUR FOOD, & OUR FUTURE. Tickets are $15 in advance, and $20 at the door. Seating is limited, and advance registration suggested! Men are Welcome, and light Refreshments are included.

Dr. Will Tuttle’s book, THE WORLD PEACE DIET: EATING FOR SPIRITUAL HEALTH & SOCIAL HARMONY is the first book to make explicit the invisible connections between our meals and our broad range of problems—psychological, social, and spiritual, as well as health and environmental. It offers powerful ways we can all experience healing and peace and contribute to a positive transformation of human consciousness. WILL TUTTLE, acclaimed pianist, composer, educator, and author, has performed and lectured widely throughout North America and Europe. His doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, focused on educating intuition in adults, and he has taught college courses in creativity, humanities, mythology, religion, and philosophy. He has a broad background in both Eastern and Western meditation traditions, and is a Dharma Master in the Zen tradition.

Earthsave’s annual event will also feature CARYN HARTGLASS, MS, who will speak on “OUR PLANET, OUR FOOD, & OUR FUTURE.” Caryn is the Executive Director of Earthsave International, a nonprofit group that for many years has pointed out the environmental degradation caused by modern, intensive confinement animal agriculture. The UN report of Nov/2006, "The Long Shadow of Livestock", states firmly that livestock operations create more global warming greenhouse gasses than do all forms of transportation combined! Caryn will help us all to wake up to what has happened to our world, and will share some ideas of what we can do to help turn things around. Caryn earned a Masters degree in chemical engineering at Bucknell University, and worked in the semiconductor industry. In addition to her role as Executive Director of ESI, Caryn is founder and Director of the Earthsave NYC chapter, and is the creator of Earthsave TV online video series, GOING GREEN WITH CARYN HARTGLASS. She is also an accomplished semiprofessional singer and actress in musicals and opera. Please join us for Caryn’s powerful and inspiring presentation.

TICKETS are $15 in advance, and $20 at the door. They may be ordered online at http://tinyurl.com/cmx2s6. Or you may send a check or money order to “EARTHSAVE”, at 517 Talbott Avenue, Lutherville, MD, 21093. Ticket orders that are received one or two days before the event will not be mailed, but tickets will be held for you at the door.
DIRECTIONS TO WOMEN’S CLUB OF CATONSVILLE: Take Baltimore Beltway 695 to exit 13 West. Go 3 blocks, and turn right at church onto St. Timothy’s Lane. Building and parking lot is on the left, at 10 St. Timothy’s Lane.

EARTHSAVE BALTIMORE VEG DINNER SERIES on Saturday, June 27th, 6-9 PM, will host a vegetarian potluck dinner & screening of SIMPLY RAW: REVERSING DIABETES IN 30 DAYS. The documentary film was produced by holistic physician GABRIEL COUSENS, MD. It chronicles the remarkable journey of six Americans with 'incurable' diabetes, as they switch their diet and get off insulin. We witness moments of struggle, support, and hope, as what is revealed, with startling clarity, is that diet can reverse diabetes and change lives. Additional wisdom is provided by Morgan Spurlock, Woody Harrelson, Anthony Robbins, Rev. Michael Beckwith, David Wolfe, Dr. Fred Bisci, and Dr.Joel Fuhrman. The film runs 91 minutes, and will be followed by questions & discussion led by Vince Shelton and other practitioners of the vegan raw food lifestyle.

DINNER GUESTS are asked to bring a dish that’s made without animal products to serve five times the number in their party, along with a donation of $5 ($2 for members). Or you may attend without bringing a dish for a $12 fee ($10 for members). Please give 1 day notice if paying for dinner. Monthly Dinner Ed Series events are held on the last Saturday at the Learning Center/Yoga Studio of Your Prescription for Health, 10210 S. Dolfield Rd. in Owings Mills. RSVPs will be much appreciated!
DIRECTIONS From Beltway 695: take exit 19 onto I-795 (Northwest Expressway). Get off at Exit 4 (Owings Mills Blvd). Bear right when exit splits. Take right at first traffic light (South Dolfield Road). Travel approximately l/2 mile. Flying Avocado Café and "Your Prescription for Health" pharmacy is on the right after Gold’s Gym (which is on left). The Learning Center/Yoga Studio entrance is at the opposite end of the building.
DIRECTIONS From Reisterstown Road: Travel West on Painters Mill Road. Turn right at 2nd traffic light onto S. Dolfield Road. Go left at the second driveway into the parking lot of Your Prescription for Health.

DON ROBERTSON’S ARTICLE - VEGANISM, THE SACRED FEMININE, & WORLD PEACE appears on page 22 of the current, April/May, issue of On Purpose Woman magazine, a free publication that’s available in most libraries. Here’s Don’s article:

Native Briton Donald Watson, the man who had founded the Vegan Society and coined the term “vegan” 64 years earlier, recently left this earthly existence behind at the age of 95. In his final days Watson listened as Dr. Will Tuttle’s book, The World Peace Diet, was read to him.

A lifelong pacifist, Mr. Watson had become vegetarian at the age of 14, after witnessing the slaughter of a pig. And, in the 1940s, upon learning of some of the less-than-gentle aspects of the dairy industry, he began to question man’s relationship with other species, and eventually decided to abstain from the use of all animal products. To view full article, go to http://earthsavebaltimore.org/node/6

MONTHLY VEG MEETUP DISCUSSION GROUPS offer us a chance to gather in more intimate and less formal settings than does the monthly Earthsave potluck Dinner Ed series. Meetups are casual and are held in restaurants over great vegetarian food. Attendance figures are usually around 12-16, and discussions include a wide variety of topics that support people in making healthier choices in diet and lifestyle. There are two different groups, one vegan and one vegetarian. The vegetarian group currently meets on the first Sunday at noon at the Kathmandu Kitchen in Towson, and the vegan group meets on the third Wednesday, at 7 pm, at Mr. Chan in Pikesville. Both groups welcome anyone who is interested in learning about healthier eating. For details, or to register and let others know you plan to attend, go to http://vegetarian.meetup.com/9/, or to http://vegan.meetup.com/29/.

FREE TALK BY MICHAEL POLLAN, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, will happen on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the Main Hall of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Central branch at 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD. "Eat food… not too much… mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the questions posed in his earlier volume, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. To RSVP for the free lecture, please go to http://baltimoregreenworks.com/events/sustainable-speaker-series/

THE ANIMAL ACTIVIST’S HANDBOOK is a very readable, handy, and helpful guide for those who would like to help make a difference for farmed animals. Two of the most effective activists in the world teamed up to produce this important book, MATT BALL, of Vegan Outreach, and BRUCE FREIDRICH, of PETA. For more info see http://animaladvocacybook.com/. The Vegan Outreach website http://www.veganoutreach.org/catalog/index.html offers a nice discount on the book, selling it for only $10. And they offer their excellent, full color booklets, such as “Why Vegan”, and “Even if You Like Meat”, at cost. The book is also available at Earthsave Baltimore’s book sale table at events.

GREAT ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY! Ginny Robertson, publisher of ON PURPOSE WOMAN magazine has generously offered to support the Earthsave nonprofit group by donating 25% of all advertising fees of the new accounts of those who mention our group. On Purpose Woman is a free, bi-monthly publication which features helpful articles and interesting ads on personal growth, holistic health, community service, and entrepreneurship. It’s available in nearly all Baltimore metro area public libraries and other locations, and has a circulation of 17,000. The June/July issue of OPW will be out in the first week of June. All ad copy is due by Tuesday, May. 26th. Contact Ginny Robertson at ginnyrobertson@comcast.net, or call 410-252-2703.

VIEW PUBLIC LANDS RANCHING VIDEOS ONLINE: Environmental researcher Mike Hudak recently interviewed grassroots activists and former government personnel about the management of livestock on public lands in the United States. The videos are based on those interviews. See Mike’s page at http://www.mikehudak.com/Videos/index.html.

ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION does a great job protecting consumers and the environment. And they print a free twice-monthly e-newsletter, which focuses on news related to health, justice and sustainability. You can subscribe by going to http://www.organicconsumers.org/organicbytes.htm.

HOW YOU CAN HELP: If you share the EarthSave dream of a healthier, more sustainable, peaceful and compassionate planet, there are several things you can do to help EarthSave educate people. Your membership fees will allow us to participate in health and community fairs, and to publish and disseminate much needed educational literature. A very simple, yet really effective thing you can do is to forward this information to others and encourage them to subscribe to this free e-newsletter. And if you’d like to help circulate our monthly event fliers, we will be happy to mail you some, or e-mail you the file so you can print out a few. Your local library is one great place to post nonprofit event notices. You may know of others. Please contact Don at Baltimore@earthsave.org if you’d like to help. Thanks!

EARTHSAVE MEMBERSHIP is a great way for you to contribute to our important educational mission. All members may receive a free 12-issue subscription to Vegetarian Times magazine and Earthsave’s national bi-monthly newsletter. Folks who attend meetings may check out books from our well stocked EarthSave Library, they may place literature on our networking tables, may make a brief announcement to the group, and receive discounted attendance fees and EarthSave bookstore prices. You may join our group online at http://www.earthsave.org/, or you can send a tax-deductible check for $35, or $50 for family membership, or $25 for student or senior, to EarthSave at 517 Talbott Ave. Lutherville MD, 21093. Thanks for your kind support!

PLEASE REMEMBER to be the peace that you wish to manifest. Be well!

EarthSave … May all be fed, may all be healed, and may all be loved.

EARTHSAVE helps people make Healthier, Compassionate, Earth-friendly Food Choices. http://www.earthsave.org/
Baltimore Chapter events http://earthsavebaltimore.org/ Call us at 410-252-3043, or email us at Baltimore@earthsave.org

MONTHLY VEG MEETUP DISCUSSION GROUPS offer us a chance to gather in more intimate and less formal settings than does the monthly Earthsave potluck dinner/lecture series. Meetups are casual and are held in restaurants over great vegetarian food. Discussions include a variety of topics that support people in making healthier choices in diet and lifestyle. There are two different groups, one vegan and one vegetarian. Both groups welcome anyone who is interested in learning about healthier eating. For details, or to register and let others know you plan to attend, go to http://vegetarian.meetup.com/9/, or to http://vegan.meetup.com/29/.

The next Vegetarian Meetup group will meet at the Kathmandu Kitchen in Towson. The restaurant features terrific Indian/Nepalise cuisine with lots of vegetarian and vegan options on the menu, though the group members usually go for the buffet. The atmosphere at Kathmandu Kitchen is quiet and relaxing, and the wait staff is friendly and helpful.

Feel free to offer a topic for discussion at the event, and let the group know how they might support you. Perhaps there is a question about your lifestyle that you wish you had a better answer to.

Group members are friendly and supportive. Please join us if you can!

Monthly Vegetarian and Vegan Meetup discussion groups offer us a chance to gather in more intimate and less formal settings than does the monthly Earthsave potluck dinner/lecture series. Meetups are casual and are held in restaurants over great vegetarian food. Discussions include a variety of topics that support people in making healthier choices in diet and lifestyle. There are two different groups, one vegan and one vegetarian. Both groups welcome anyone who is interested in learning about healthier eating. For details, or to register and let others know you plan to attend, go to http://vegetarian.meetup.com/9/, or to http://vegan.meetup.com/29/.

The next vegan Meetup will be at Mr. Chan Szechuan restaurant at 1000 Reisterstown Rd. in Pikesville, which has more great tasting vegetarian and vegan choices than do most vegetarian restaurants.

The group is a great place to get some suggestions and support about any challenge you are facing with reference to diet and lifestyle. Maybe you have a question in mind about the vegetarian lifestyle that you would like to have a better answer to. Let's talk about it!