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Arts & the Environment Initiative Receives Prestigious Award
CEED's Arts & the Environment Initiative (A&EI) has won the 2005 Western Pennsylvania Environmental Award in the higher education category for demonstrating excellence in increasing environmental awareness. A&EI project director and art professor Amara Geffen was at the celebration to accept the award.
All A&EI projects use art to promote regional revitalization and beautification while raising awareness of environmental issues. Key A&EI projects include the Green Room, a community space for relaxation at a local Brownfield site; Signs & Flowers, fabricated from recycled road signs; and Read Between the Signs, a roadside mural using recycled road signs.
The Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards, sponsored by Dominion and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, promote innovative environmental efforts and enhance the quality of life in western Pennsylvania. The awards are open to individuals and organizations that have made significant environmental contributions in western Pennsylvania.
Descriptions and photos of all of CEED's Arts and the Environment Initiative projects can be found at
http://ceed.allegheny.edu/A&EI/home.html.
Local Growers Spur Economic Development
What began two years ago with Professor Jennifer DeHart's class project on local farms is now aiding in the economic development of downtown Meadville. Every Saturday more than thirty local farmers sell goods at the historic Meadville Market House.
In May 2003 Nicky Mason, at that time the program coordinator for Creek Connections, and Jennifer DeHart began to meet with farmers helping to organize the Meadville Area Local Growers (MALG). In the spring of 2004, MALG farmers began selling at the market, while Allegheny students worked with the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture to advertise "Buy Fresh, Buy Local."
The French Creek Project, which has been instrumental in promoting MALG, is now managing the Market House, a promising arrangement for local growers. MALG hopes to develop a year-round market for salsas, cheeses, fresh eggs, and meats as well.
The College has sponsored two "Taste the Bounty of Crawford County" local-foods dinners in Brooks Dining Hall. More than 1,600 students have participated in the annual event to date.
In addition, the student group Raise Your Voice organized a local foods "Breakfast for Dinner" event during spring 2005.
For more information on MALG and to meet the growers, visit http://malg.allegheny.edu/
-- by Erin K. Kirk
