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EATING IN PLACE Vashon College continues its Vashon Reads program this year with the theme of Food---where food really comes from, what might be in it, how to consume it ethically and how to get it locally. The Common Book is Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet, (2007) by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon. This enjoyable book is written by two British Columbia journalists who decide to eat only what is grown within a 100-mile radius of their Vancouver home for one year. Their adventures in local food discovery are funny and surprising, and prompt readers to think about their food choices in new and creative ways. Eating, by definition, involves consumption, and the complexities of consumption have a great deal to do with last year's theme of global warming and climate change. But while the images of melting polar icecaps are a dramatic yet distant effect of climate change, FOOD brings the issue down to a more personal and therefore manageable level when thinking about what to do about climate change. Turns out that there is a lot we can do. View our schedule of events. How do we reduce the carbon footprint of our diets? How do we benefit personally from eating locally? How does becoming a locavore support a sustainable Vashon? Can we really be happy eating food grown only within 100 miles of Puget Sound? Well, maybe we can widen that circle just a bit.
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Vashon College opens the academic year of 2008-2009 with a strong set of course offerings from the Center for Island Studies, and continuing lecture series from the Center for Lifelong Learning. For information on courses or lecture tickets, contact Pamn Aspiri at 206.408.8022 or email at
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: From Island Studies: - Vashon 101. Classroom sessions Sept. 4 20; optional boat cruise with Vashon Maury Island Heritage Association on Aug. 17 More information
- Taking Oral and Video Histories Part I Introduction. Sept. 15 Oct. 13 More information
- Taking Oral and Video Histories Part II Workshops. Nov. 3 - 24 More information
- The Vashon Century Historical Research Group Meetings TBD by the group
Download application forms. The Early Bird special tuition rates have been extended through August 21, 2008. From Lifelong Learning: The Center for Lifelong Learning completes its Sustainability Lecture Series I: Feeding Ourselves with the final three lectures in September and October. Series tickets were sold out in July, but some individual tickets remain.
Putting Food By: Preserving your Harvest, selecting methods of preservation for nutrition, flavor and safety. Jessica Dally. September 3
Bee Keeping: How to get started raising bees. Elizabeth Vogt. September 17
Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet: Authors discuss their entertaining book about eating locally. Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon. Plenty is featured at both island bookstores and available on loan from the Public Library. Lecture with Potluck is October 22. |
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AquaLiteracyVashon College's AquaLiteracy program focuses attention on the problems and solutions surrounding  water. AquaLiteracy addresses water quality, sanitation, hygiene, water for agriculture, and waste water treatment. The College has taken a proactive role in documenting real-world water challenges. The video, "One Bucket of Water," follows Florence Cassassuce, the inventor of the UV Bucket, as she assists non-profit Rotary Club and World Neighbors in a needs assessment of the Santiago region of Guatemala. Watch the video "One Bucket of Water" |
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