Now that Santa has upgraded gadgets all over the city, make sure to dispose of your old items reponsibly.  Several events are planned around the city to collect unwanted electronics and mulch trees.   Please note that one of the recycling events will be at the Lenox Neighborhood House on E 70th on January 10.

Electronics Recycling
The Lower East Side Ecology Center will host five e-waste collections in January. Don’t miss your chance to keep old monitors, TVs, game consoles and more out of the landfill!

Sunday, January 3, 10am-4pm + Union Square (17th St. and Broadway)
Saturday, January 9, 10am-4pm + Riverside Drive at Dyckman St.
*** Sunday, January 10, 10am-4pm + 331 East 70th St. (b/t 1st and 2nd)
Saturday, January 16, 10am-4pm + Tekserve, 119 W 23rd St.
Sunday, January 17, 10am-4pm + Prospect Park West and 3rd St, Brooklyn

Visit www.lesecologycenter.org for more info.

Recycle Your Tree at MulchFest
Saturday and Sunday, January 9 & 10, 10am-2pm
Carl Shurz Park  - East 86th Street and East End Avenue

Holiday trees cleaned of ornaments and lights will be chipped into mulch at sites around the city. Bring your own bag if you would like to take home fresh mulch for your yard, garden or street tree.

Visit us at the New Amsterdam Market on Sunday, 9/13
 
Hot Bread Kitchen and the region’s finest farmers, purveyors, and producers will be selling their delicious wares this Sunday at the New Amsterdam Market in South Street Seaport.  If the food isn’t enough of a draw, it is also the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Hudson’s Voyage to the New World which will be marked with free boat rides and other activities. 

The market gathers on South Street, between Beekman Street and Peck Slip in Manhattan between 11:00am – 4:00pm.

To mark the event, Hot Bread Kitchen offering seasonal, delectable breads.
Here are some highlights:

Fresh Masa:  For the first time ever, Hot Bread Kitchen is offering our stone-ground corn masa– the dough that we use to make our famous tortillas.  Pick up some masa and make your own tortillas, gorditas, tamales, and even papusas.  We will have a limited quantity, so stop by early. Prepared tortillas will also be available.

Trio of Challahs:  Just in time for Rosh Hashana, Hot Bread Kitchen is offering three types of challahs shaped in the traditional year-end crown shape.  We’ll have a sephardic challah with sesame and caraway, a traditional egg challah made with local whole wheat flour from the Finger Lakes, and a honey-sweet raisin challah.  You can pick them up Sunday and eat them this week or they’ll freeze beautifully for Rosh Hashana celebrations next weekend.

We’ll also have asiago and cherry tomato focaccia and lavash for snacking.

To learn about Hot Bread Kitchen, visit www.HotBreadKitchen.org

Carnegie Hill member Pilar Maez dances with the highly acclaimed Calpulli Mexican Dance Company which has performances coming up on September 19 & 20 as part of Queens Theatre in the Park.  The performance will be on the main stage of the Claire Shulman Playhouse.  Here’s the description:

New York City’s own Calpulli Mexican Dance Co. returns to Queens Theatre
after a sold out run in 2008. With the flowing feathers of the
Aztecs, signature rhythms of the Mariachi, and elegant dresses from the
Gulf Coast, Calpulli brings vibrancy to these rich traditions in Queens.
For only two performances, the company will showcase its live music with
dance repertoire and new pieces developed for its recent spring tour.

Visit http://www.queenstheatre.org/web/frontends/event/1/0/77?CAKEPHP=f721666c4637c7200d216a5783769f36 for ticket information.

The Carnegie Hill CSA along with the Church of Heavenly Rest and the Lower East Side Ecology Center are sponsoring another Electronic Recycling Day on Tuesday, Sept 22, on the sidewalk in front of the Church during regular CSA hours (4:00 – 7:00 PM).

This has become a popular annual event, and we always collect a huge amount.  Please save your unwanted, unused or nonworking electronics, and get them to the church on time.  Businesses aren’t allowed to drop off electronics, but household items like TVs, cell phones, computers and computer components, printers, etc. are accepted.  Tell your friends and co-workers.

We’ll have flyers at the membership table soon.  You can also check the list of what’s accepted at www.lesecologycenter.org.

From SLOW FOOD:
NATIONAL ACTION DAY FOR REAL FOOD IN SCHOOLS!
It’s time to provide our children with real food at school. This year, we have an opportunity we cannot pass up. In the fall, Congress will decide whether to update the Child Nutrition Act, which is the law that determines what 30 million children eat at school every day.

By giving schools the resources to serve real food, we can build a strong foundation for our children’s health. We can teach them healthy habits that will last them through life. We can make a down payment on health care reform. We can do all of this–but only if we help our legislators connect the dots.

And we can only do that with your help. That’s why we’re asking people everywhere to:

1. Attend an Eat-In in your community on Labor Day, Sept. 7, 2009. On that day, people across America will come together for public potlucks that send a clear message to legislators: It’s time to provide our children with real food at school.

Right now there are 239 potlucks planned in 49 states! Check out the map on our web site to find one near you (see  www.slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch).  If you can’t find one in your community, consider gathering your friends and family together for a potluck, taking a photo and sending it along to us in order to show your support. We need to show legislators that there’s a real movement for change, which means we need people from every corner of the country to help out.  Get creative!

2. Sign the Time for Lunch petition at http://slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch.
Help us get 20,000 signatures by September 7th by telling your friends, family, coworkers, church, groups and everyone else you know to sign it, too.

Post a link to Facebook and share it with blogs, message boards and listservs. Spread the word!
For more information, go to http://slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch.

3. Tell your legislators in Congress that it ’s time to give schools the resources to serve real food.

• The petition and National Eat-In will build momentum, but we’ll only succeed if the people with the
power to make change hear that this issue is a priority in their districts.
• Contact your legislators by writing them a letter, making a phone call and inviting them to your
Eat-In. Our web site can help you do it.
• The Time for Lunch Platform explains the first steps Congress needs to take in order to get real
food into schools.
With your help, 2009 will mark the year this country takes its first step towards satisfying every child’s
right to real food. It’s time for lunch!
For more information, go to http://slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch.