Thursday, February 14, 2008

Celebrate Green Living at Hostelling International-Austin!

Vanessa Vaughan is not only a student at the Natural Epicurean but she is also the director of the Hostelling International-Austin. Vanessa has a lot of great projects going on and she has invited the Natural Epicurean to be a part of the Hostel's celebration of green living on Saturday, February 23rd. (See invite below)

We need a couple of students to help represent The Natural Epicurean and promote green living at this local event. Winnie Hsia is organizing this project as part of her internship and she needs help from a couple of students. Travel Foods is on the menu and students who assist will receive Techniques Credit. These are the shifts we need filled:

  • prep on Friday night, February 22nd, 6-9pm
  • Demo and represent school at the event on February 23rd from 12:30-3:30

Please contact Winnie at winnie@naturalepicurean.com or Rosa at rosa@naturalepicurean.com for more information.

We hope to see you there!

Several Local Organizations to Join Hostel in Celebration of Environmentally Conscious Lifestyles
Austin, Texas, February 15: For more than 20 years, the Southwest Texas Council of Hostelling International-USA (HI-USA) has provided an economically and environmentally conscious home for tens of thousands of travelers from around the world.

On Saturday, February 23rd from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., the Southwest Texas Council's HI-Austin hostel will team up with several environmentally-friendly organizations from around the city to celebrate another successful year of green living.

The celebration will be an afternoon filled with delicious organic foods, homegrown music and exhibits extolling sustainable living from organizations like Ecology-Action, TreeFolks, Ten Thousand Villages, Austin CarShare, Austin EcoNetwork and The Natural Epicurean Academy.

Food donated by White Mountain Foods
Music performed by local favorite band "The Lennings".
WHO: Hostelling International-USA, Southwest Texas Council and
local environmental organizations
WHAT: A Celebration of Green Living
WHEN: February 23rd, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: Hostelling International-Austin, 2200 S. Lakeshore Blvd., Austin
For more information, contact Vanessa Vaughan, Director of HI-Austin, director@hiaustin.org, (512) 444-2294.

1 comments:

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