Come learn this critical message of hope: Nurturing Abundant Life is the Antidote to Human Excess
John Feldman's 2023 documentary film Regenerating Life teaches that the most important greenhouse gas is water, not carbon dioxide, and that it is the water cycle that regulates the temperature of the planet. Straightforwardly told with beautiful images, many from Vermont. Do plan to see this last segment of the film and be refreshed in knowing that the abundant life all around us in our own community is a vital jewel in the Earth's ecosystem needful of our love and protection.
Our story so far in a nutshell, courtesy of a great explanation in Paul Hawken's book REGENERATION pg 98:
Approximately 80% of the Earth's surface temperature is determined by the hydrosphere, the sum of all the water in the atmosphere and on the earth. Over the past two centuries the earth has been drying out. Deforestation, industrial agriculture, overgrazing, and increased heat have desiccated lands, raising surface temperatures. Regenerative agriculture cools its environs. Surface temperatures can be more than 1 degree C lower, which helps plants grow, and soil temperatures can be many degrees lower than bare soil.
'Regenerating Life,’ Part III
will be shown Sunday night May 12
50 Minute screening followed by Guest Speaker
Marilyn Chiarello of Edible Brattleboro
7-8:30pm at the Congregational Church of Westminster West, 44 Church Street, Putney, VT
(address for GPS; actually in Westminster West Village).
FREE with donations welcome
& there will be nibbles and wine, too
Marilyn Chiarello is one of the founding “mamas”of Edible Brattleboro, and continues to serve as a leader with a vision. Less than two years after she moved to Brattleboro, inspired by a TedTalk, she envisioned replacing lawns around town with edible landscapes for all to share. She then shared this vision with Tim Stevenson of Post Oil Solutions, who helped find other interested parties to get the project started.
Within a few months,the first Edible Brattleboro garden was planted. For most of her adult life, Marilyn shared her passion for the environment and nutrition, with her elementary school students. After teaching for 35 years, she “rewired” and started teaching classes in raw vegan food preparation. Several years later Marilyn left her home on Long Island and adopted Brattleboro as her new home, where she has been able to apply her educational experience with her interest in the environment, nutrition and building community.
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