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free Earth Day screenings of Food Inc. at Mayan Theatre

Submitted by garbanzito on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 10:03
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Mayan Theatre - Landmark Theaters

on Earth Day (22 April) the Mayan Theatre offers free admission to two screenings of the documentary Food, Inc. at 7 and at 9 p.m.

Food, Inc. focuses on common industrial farming practices in the U.S. and how they effect environment, health, economy and workers' rights

the free screenings are sponsored by Whole Foods Market

Date: 
22 Apr 2011 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

18 S. Broadway - Fancy Tiger Clothing

Submitted by garbanzito on Mon, 01/31/2011 - 00:13
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Location

18 S. Broadway
Denver, CO 80209
United States
39° 42' 58.2228" N, 104° 59' 13.668" W
See map: Google Maps

this location currently houses Fancy Tiger Clothing - handmade and locally crafted clothing, bags, jewelry and more; Fancy Tiger also has a crafts store across the street at 1 S. Broadway

chicken politics heat up

Submitted by garbanzito on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 12:00
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200 Santa Fe Drive - Denver Urban Homesteading
Business: 
Denver Urban Homesteading

Baker resident James Bertini has been working to relax the restrictions Denver places on backyard chicken-keeping (YouTube link); in the course of this work he's had a lot of interaction with the city of Denver, and now Face the State reports that some in the city may have conspired to slow the petition effort and exclude James from a $2 million grant application

Denver Urban Homesteading

Submitted by garbanzito on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:45
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200 Santa Fe Drive - Denver Urban Homesteading

Denver Urban Homesteading calls itself a "Local Market and Reskilling Center"; the facility houses an indoor, year-round farmers' market open several days a week plus classes and other sustainability events from vegetable fermentation to chicken-keeping

Denver Urban Homesteading was founded by Baker residents James & Irina Bertini, and can be reached at 303-572-3122

1 S. Broadway - Fancy Tiger Crafts

Submitted by garbanzito on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 16:39
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Location

1 S. Broadway
Denver, CO 80209
United States
39° 42' 57.2004" N, 104° 59' 15.0396" W
See map: Google Maps

this location currently houses Fancy Tiger Crafts - fabric, yarn and other supplies for crafts; often visited by horndribbles (Flash site); Fancy Tiger also has a clothing store across the street at 14 S. Broadway

Baker home included in Denver Tour of Solar Homes

Submitted by garbanzito on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 17:13
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the Denver Tour of Solar Homes this Saturday features passive solar renovations by Baker residents Suzanne Gruba & Richard Geiseler; the design is by another Baker resident, Roger Day

we've enjoyed and been inspired by past versions of this tour, which includes several other homes in central Denver as well as outlying areas -- we went self-guided, but a tour bus with lunch is also available

Date: 
3 Oct 2009 - 9:00am - 4:00pm

Rita Bass deforested!

Submitted by garbanzito on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 18:08
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Rita Bass Trauma and EMS Education Institute

this morning workers were removing at least a dozen healthy trees from the treelawn and lawn of the Rita Bass Trauma and Emergency Medical Services Education Institute; requested info from public_relations(at)dhha.org but no response yet ...

we'll come back to this one

Submitted by garbanzito on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 22:22
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Habitat for Humanity Home Improvement Outlet

1. we'll come back to this one ...

we will come back - there is much of value here, and it's also addictive

2. we'll come back to this one ...

more on this later, because it deserves a longer write-up

the Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Home Improvement Outlet

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