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Week of March 9, 2012 w w w . u h . e d u / g r e e n

CONTENTSRecyclemaniaSponsors1Calendar 2IntheGarden 3-5 UrbanHarvestandRecipes3 This week in Photos 4Internships 5Resources 6

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Outdoor Adventure Class: Backpacking Big Bend

Outdoor Adventure Class: Adventure Caving at Colorado Bend State Park

Outdoor Adventure Class: Farmer’s Market Bike Tour

Urban Harvest Spring Fling: 11 am - 1 pm at Fifth Ward Farmer Street Garden, 4110 Farmer St, 77020

Urban Harvest Class: Hands On: Planting the Spring & Summer Vege Garden

21 Recycle-get-a-Candy 9-4 pm at the Heyne 105

19 Green Movie Monday 4 pm at HRM Classroom S131

22 RecycleMania Olympics 11-2 pm at Butler PlazaRefashion Fashion Show 5:30-8:30 pm at Lynn Eusan Park

9 Horticulture Society Field Trip HCC’s World’ Famous Greenhouse

Urban Harvest Class: Sustainable Living Through Permaculture 1

Urban Harvest Class: Sustainable Living Through Permaculture 2

Outdoor Adventure Class: Fundamentals of Belaying

Outdoor Adventure Class: Movements of Climbing20Outdoor Adventure Class: Kayaking and Safe Boating

16 Horticulture Society Weekly Meeting

23 Horticulture Society Weekly Meeting

30 Horticulture Society Weekly Meeting

Urban Harvest Class: Installing a Cistern

FridaysHCC Southwest

3pm - 7pm5601 West Loop Freeway

WednesdaysCity Hall Farmers Market

11am -2pm

901 Bagby

Saturdays Eastside

8am -12 pm

3000 Richmond

SundaysHighland Village

10am -2pm2720 Suffolk Drive

ThursdaysSugarland Town Square

4pm - 7pm2711 Town Center Boulevard

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SWEET LEMON VINAIGRETTE DRESSING

Recipe of the Week

Ingredients:Juice of ½ a lemon 3 tbsp. red wine vinegar 3 tsp. of country Dijon mustard zest of ½ a lemon 3 tbsp. granulated sugar Sea salt (to taste) Ground black pepper to taste ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

Directions:1. Combine the lemon juice, red wine vinegar, country Dijon mustard, lemon zest, granulated sugar, sea salt, and ground black pepper in a bowl and vigorously whisk together until well incorporated

2. Slowly add ¼ cup of extra virgin olive oil while whisking at the same time until there is a smooth consistency

3. Drizzle sweet lemon vinaigrette dress over your favorite salad and enjoy!

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FridaysHCC Southwest

3pm - 7pm5601 West Loop Freeway

WednesdaysCity Hall Farmers Market

11am -2pm

901 Bagby

Saturdays Eastside

8am -12 pm

3000 Richmond

SundaysHighland Village

10am -2pm2720 Suffolk Drive

ThursdaysSugarland Town Square

4pm - 7pm2711 Town Center Boulevard

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Urban Harvest EVENTS FREE for UH Students/Staff/Facultyemail l w o l f t h a @ c e n t r a l . u h . e d u

Sustainable Living Through Permaculture 1WHERE: Residence in SW Corner of 610 Loop

WHEN: Sun, Mar 18, 2:00 - 6:00 pm

Hands On: Planting the Spring & Summer Vege GardenWHERE: Westbury Community Garden WHEN: Sat, Mar 24, 2:30 - 5:00 pm

Sustainable Living Through Permaculture 2WHERE: UH Central Campus, Oberholtzer Hall

WHEN: Sun, Mar 25, 1:00 - 6:00 pm

Installing a CisternWHERE: TBA

WHEN: Sat, Mar 31, 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

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THIS WEEK in PHOTOSSustainability Intern, Weingarten RealtyIntern will assist property management department with sustainability and green initiatives for Weingarten owned and managed properties. Internship pays $12 per hour. Candidates must be actively working on degree in real estate, environmental science/sustainability or related field. Master’s degree student preferred but not required. For more information, contact Dena Moon at dmoon@weingarten.com.

EPA, DC, Environmental Conflict Resolution Internship (Grad Students)Seeking a student intern interested in environmental conflict resolution. CPRC houses EPA’s experts in environmental collaboration and conflict resolution and provides a range of services to EPA managers and staff, including access to professional mediators and facilitators, case intake and consultation, process design, conflict coaching, and training. Applicants are asked to submit a resume, cover letter, and project proposal. For more information, please visit http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/forum/topic/show?id=780588%3ATopic%3A709969&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_topic

Green Build EducationGreen building immersion opportunity: Volunteer with the Program Director of the City of Houston Green Building Resource Center serving the mission: “ To enable the public to experience and learn more about healthy and energy, water, and material conserving design and construction; also known as Green Building.” Internship is offered for minimum 4 hrs/week, consecutively. Interested? Email the Director at steve.stelzer@houstontx.gov

Communications, Grant Writing: Keep Houston BeautifulFor 28 years, Keep Houston Beautiful has been reaching out to all segments of our community to educate and empower individuals to take greater responsibility for beautifying and enhancing Houston’s environment.

Job Duties:Grant Writing; Assist community organizers with completing cleanup packets and registering their event with Keep Houston Beautiful and Site Box Score retrievals; Sending communications to KHB volunteer database; Assist with Adopt a Block processing. For more information, email rbeaty@houstonbeautiful.org

Urban Harvest Business/ Accounting InternThis position will include any or all of the following: Accounts payable disbursements, schedules of disbursement in Excel, spreadsheets of expense reports, database management, comparison reports of budgets vs. actual, membership communications, department reports. We can work with you on the number of hours needed. juli@urbanharvest.org or call 713-880-5540

Urban Harvest Community Gardens InternCan include any or all of the following:Gain/use knowledge of bioregional gardening, which includes information on vegetables, fruits, herbs and habitat plants; Assist community gardeners in maintaining gardens; Promote ecological pest management; Assist with managing gardens; Community building; Volunteer recruitment; Help build gardens. Physical requirements and working conditions apply. For more information contact Becky Blanton at becky@urbanharvest.org or call 713-682-9480

Urban Harvest Writer InternWriting is needed in all of our programs and can include any or all of the following:Articles for our newsletter; class descriptions for our website; farmers Market descriptions for the website and weekly newsletter; fundraising assistance; advertising for classes, farmers markets and community gardens; spanish translation is needed periodically, but not a requirement for internship. We can work with you on the number of hours needed. Email gary@urbanharvest.org or call 832-656-2819 for more information.

Urban Harvest Farmers Market InternResponsibilities include general operations at any of our five farmers markets. Work with the intern coordinator to design a program specific to your strengths and needs. This can include any or all of the following: small business management; general accounting; digital communications; marketing. We can work with you on the number of hours needed. For more information contact Rebecca O’Brien at rebecca@urbanharvest.org or call 203-788-3886

Urban Harvest Youth Garden Instructor and Outreach Coordinator InternTo Apply send resume and cover letter to schoolandyouth@urbanharvest.org or call Carol Burton at 281-865-1966. Twelve hours weekly, but can be negotiated to fit your needs. Internship can include any or all of the following: TEACHING, GARDEN SITE SUPPORT, and COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND OUTREACH.

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UHSUSTAINABILITYNewsletter Resources

FacebookGreen UHhttps://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/GreenUH/134243949929

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RecycleMania https://www.facebook.com/#!/RecycleMania

Twitterhttps://twitter.com/#!/GreenUH

Urban Harvesthttp://www.urbanharvest.org/

Outdoor AdventureEducationhttp://www.uhrecreation.com/outdoor-adventure/educational-series/

Tripshttp://www.uhrecreation.com/outdoor-adventure/trips/

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