ATX Vegan Knitters

ATX Vegan Knitters

The wonderful employees of Dhaba Joy/Toy Joy have put together a vegan knitting circle right here in Austin! Join the MySpace group and come to the first February meet-up this weekend.

Sunday February 17, 2008
7-9 pm ish
Dhaba Joy
2900 Guadalupe

Bring a friend! We'll have extra needles and yarn if you are a beginner!

Environmental Film Series

As a new community outreach activity, CLEAN is hosting an environmental film series to educate the public on an array of environmental issues. In 2008 we are partnering with Rice University's Center for the Study of Environment and Society. Through our partnership at Rice, the series stands to bring out students, faculty, and the general public to raise awareness and facilitate discussion about environmental issues.

The purpose of the Environmental Film Festival is to educate Houstonians on environmental issues and what they can do in their day-to-day life to make a difference. Following each screening, a special guest speaker will join us for a for a discussion on topics related to each film.

The environmental problems we face are global, but it only takes a little effort, some thoughtful action and a lot of care to make our community a healthier place for us, our children and future generations.

Click here for our film series brochure.

Vegan Networking

I moved to Austin from New York City about five months ago and I am constantly amazed by the strong sense of community that I feel here. Austin always has a million things going on, but here are a few vegan-specific ones you may enjoy:

• Sunday Potluck: a weekly themed vegan potluck, past themes have included gourmet cafeteria foods, fancy hors d'oeuvres and pies!
• Vegans Rock Austin!: an excellent resource for all things vegan and vegetarian, they hold their own monthly potlucks and meetups too.
• Veggie Speed Dating: having trouble finding a partner that shares your penchant for vegetables? try vegan speed dating! it's a new event they've just started at dhaba joy on guadalupe. a seven course meal and seven single potential partners or new friends to meet? sounds awesome to me.
  

Paul Pitchford in Austin!

We just got a call yesterday from our friends at the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin (AOMA) and are thrilled to have learned that Paul Pitchford will be in Austin this March, speaking at an event called "Bringing Balance Back to Health". The symposium will be held March 28-30th and more details can be found here.

TCM & Nutrition – Healing with Whole Foods Paul Pitchford
Paul Pitchford is the author of Healing with Whole Foods, Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition. This book is used as a reference by students of acupuncture as a comprehensive guide to the theory and healing power of Chinese medicine. This program will take an integrative approach to bringing together authentic traditions of Chinese medicine with current Western research on health and nutrition. Paul inspires us to incorporate a balanced diet along with a peaceful lifestyle to achieve optimum health.

Regenerating Your Liver Qi with Springtime Foods (SPECIAL LUNCH EVENT) Paul Pitchford
Join us for this special lunch event. Spring is the ideal time for cleansing and rejuvenation for overall health and well-being. As spring is represented by the wood element and includes the liver and its complementary organ, the gallbladder, these two organs are usually the primary targets for springtime cleansing and health regimens. Paul Pitchford will take lunch guests through a unique tour of their specially prepared Spring meal which focuses on regenerating your liver qi. This meal was created in collaboration with the Hyatt Regency Chef.

The Alamo is finally having an all vegan event! From their website:

Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek is proud to present: Super Size Me Vegan Feast

Due to many requests at our previous feasts for vegetarian options, we have decided to go one up and offer an ALL VEGAN FEAST. That’s right, on Thursday, July 12th we will be screening the Morgan Spurlock documentary "Super Size Me" with a gourmet 5 course vegan meal to accompany the film. You can watch Morgan Spurlock’s liver begin to fail at the hand’s of the Big Mac while you thumb your nose at all of the meat eaters that don’t know what’s up. Also, each course will be paired with an organic wheat beer (no edible gelatins, isinglass, animal albumin, or even casein and potassium caseinate here).

The menu will include:

Stuffed Mushrooms - Crimini
mushroom caps with spiced vegetable protein, kalamata olives, and bulgur wheat
stuffing, oven roasted and drizzled with Oregano infused oil.

Golden Black Bean Salad - Black beans, rice, fresh sweet corn, and cilantro tossed with a spicy chile vinaigrette and fresh salad greens.

Lebanese Lentil Soup - Rich lentil soup with spinach and lemon.

Coconut Curry Delight - Fried tofu, sauteed red
bell pepper, and onion in a rich coconut milk curry sauce, with mint jasmine
rice and sauteed green beans with almonds and soy sauce.

Silken Chocolate Pudding - Made with silken tofu and Agave nectar.

Admission is $55.00 per person. Please purchase your movie admission online to reserve your seat. By doing so you are also agreeing to purchase the dinner for $47.00 due the day of the event.

(Please note: Cost does not include tax or gratuity. Menu substitutions will not be provided.)

Thursday, July 12
Super Size Me All Vegan Feast
100 mins
7:30 pm
$55.00 per person
Rated PG

Free Demo and Free Lecture 6-13-2007

Join us at 6:00 PM Wednesday, June 13, when Brooke Northcutt will give a free demonstration and sample of Spring Rolls. Spring Rolls are a beautiful, light, warm-weather dish that be served as an appetizer or entree. Come learn just how easy they are to make!

After the demonstration, stay for our monthly free lecture, How Foods Affect Your Health and Emotions by Dawn Pallavi.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Demo: 6:00 PM, Lecture: 7:00 PM
Free
Casa de Luz Center for Integral Studies, Cielo Room
1701 Toomey Rd
Austin, Tx 78704

Free Demo and Free Lecture 3-14-2007

Join us at 6:00 PM Wednesday, March 14, when Joshua Gefroh will give a free demonstration of Gluten Free Pancakes. After the demonstration, stay for our monthly free lecture, How Foods Affect Your Health and Emotions by Dawn Pallavi. This month, we will have an interpreter for our hearing impaired friends.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Demo: 6:00 PM, Lecture: 7:00 PM
Free

Casa de Luz Center for Integral Studies, Cielo Room

1701 Toomey Rd

Austin, Tx 78704

Sustainable Shopper's Ball

Please join us Saturday, December 9 at the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market for the Sustainable Shopper's Ball Green Holiday Festival. We will be sampling an apple crisp and providing information our upcoming semester. Our friends from Chow Baby, Habitat Suites, Living Arts Bakery and Chomp! will be there as well.

Here's what the Austinist has to say about it:

The Sustainable Shopper's Ball is holding their first ever Green Holiday Festival this weekend. A large number of vendors are signed up to participate in this festival, selling their organic wares. You can do some earth-friendly holiday shopping for your family and friends, or finally buy that leather-alternative bustier that you've always wanted for yourself. The festival will have speakers from Texas Impact and Austin's own green hotel Habitat Suites. There will be a "Share Booth" accepting donations of clothing, food, and winter attire for local non-profits.

In traditional holiday festival fashion, treats will be readily available and there will be live music; at this festival the treats will be organic and the music stage will be solar-powered. It should
be green fun for the entire family.

Green Holiday Festival @ The Sustainable Shopper's Ball

Saturday, Dec. 9

Burger Center

3200 Jones Road [bike/bus/driving maps]

9am - 2pm, FREE

Healthy Chef Showdown, This Saturday, October 21

From local online events calandar, the Austinist:

Local Chefs Getting Ready To Rumble This Saturday

Local big name Chefs Tyson Cole of Uchi and David Bull of the Driskill Grill will go head-to-head “Iron Chef” style this Saturday during the Healthy Chef Showdown at the Austin Farmers’ Market. Cole, named one of Food & Wine Magazine's Best New Chefs of 2005 and Bull, who tried to kick Bobby Flay's ass on the real Iron chef and lost (but still kicks ass if you ask us), will get all Celebrity Deathmatch, but in a reduced-calorie no-trans-fats way. Because that's how they roll, people.

Each chef will attempt to create the better healthy meal using a top secret ingredient with groceries provided by H-E-B. Foodies-by-proxy sons of for-real celebrity superstar chef Paula Deen, Jamie and Bobby Deen, will emcee the event. How much would you pay for all this celebrity madness? $10? $20? Even $100? Well mm-mm no way, because this Saturday's event is free - that's right - free!

The Healthy Chef Showdown will benefit The Sustainable Food Center and Meals on Wheels and More. The Austin Farmers' Market is a project of the Sustainable Food Center, which will launch the Farmers’ Market Food Stamp Initiative on October 21.

Healthy Chef Showdown
Saturday, October 21st
Republic Square Park (4th and Guadalupe)
11:30 am
Free!