Northern Pima County Women's Journal

Get ready to get GREEN with support from the UA Students for Sustainability Compost Cats who are planning the layout of TMY Green Stations. You will be helping TMY and the earth by composting, recycling and reducing waste at this years festival

Our Greenhouse will be closed starting Sept. 23 in preparation for the arrival of Butterflies, it will re-open on October 1 for our Butterfly Magic Exhibit!

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There are no challenges, issues, or crises that do not contain within them seeds of opportunity that could not have otherwise existed. ~TUT

* The Tucson Meet Yourself 2012 Festival Schedule is available NOW at our web site, TMY welcomes its strongest line-up of talent yet! ---> http://www.tucsonmeetyourself.org/2012-festival/schedule/

Tonight we are meeting with the UA Compost Cats who are leading our TMY Green Team efforts and will be handling our first ever composting initiatives at the Festival! The Cats will help reduce landfill waste and encourage recycling at TMY Green Stations around the Festival. Sign up to join our TMY Green Team on our Volunteer page [link below] And... Go Green Wildcats!

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Tucson Meet Yourself folklife festival is drawing near for the 39th annual celebration of living traditional arts and expressions of everyday life of the folk and ethnic communities of the Arizona-Sonoran region.

Among the many features of the 2012 three-day festival, we are working hard to install an effective Green plan.

However, to make this plan successful we need your support and assistance.

We are seeking potential volunteers, individuals and groups, who are already active in waste reduction, recycling and/or composting... People who are passionate about helping to educate the public and assist with recycle/waste management.

We would appreciate if you could share our request for volunteers with your list of community minded supporters, in the hope that we can sign up another 50 Green Guide Volunteers.

Anyone interested may register as a Green Team Volunteer online at www.TucsonMeetYourself.org
Please mention "Green Guides" on your application.

Note: Various other volunteer assignments are also available.

Thank you

Hilary Walker
Associate Program Director
www.TucsonMeetYourself.org
www.facebook.com/TucsonMeetYourself
www.hilarywalker.info

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Could you go 5 years without anything new? This mom did Katy Wolk-Stanley is on a mission to live on less and not define herself by her purchases. Here, the Portland, Ore., writer and mother of two reveals why she decided to "de-clutter" her life.

Saladitos con limon? Knock-knock, who's there? This one time... Are you a kid or do you remember being one? We'd love to hear from you! Now soliciting suggestions, ideas, and questions about the cultural expressions of children for Tucson Meet Yourself's newest festival addition, KIDLORE, celebrating the culture of kids ages 0-14. What do kids from our region eat, sing, play, tell stories about, make jokes about, create with their hands, listen to, move to, want adults to know? Parents, educators, kids, child-like adults, and cultural observers, send along your ideas, observations, and questions about local KidLore to KidLore coordinator, [email protected]. [OR POST BELOW]. And be sure to visit us at this year's Tucson Meet Yourself!

Ever wonder how the magnificent, humongous, inclusive schedule of performances at Tucson Meet Yourself come together? * We caught TMY Production Director Mia Hansen in her office/studio doing it the old-fashion way: paper taped to the wall and lots of colored post-its. This year, look for authentic traditional music and dance at 6 stages [plus Pow-Wow Arena, DJ tent at Meet the Street, Culture Kitchen stage, and Lecture Hall at Pima County Building].

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Go USA!
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Golden 3-peat for US women's soccer - Olympic sports- NBC Sports Carli Lloyd scored in the first and second halves and Hope Solo made a late save as the United States defeated Japan 2-1 on Thursday to win their third straight Olympic gold medal and get revenge for their loss in the World Cup last year.

"Women who seek to be equal with men, lack ambition" - Marilyn Monroe