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Sustainable Communities Network is a  commnity-based  non-profit organization located in Lexington, Ky that endeavors to educate, inspire, build, create and empower sustainable cities


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2011 Fundraising Letter
with highlights of our work in 2010



      


 


We encourage you to read our

SCN Annual Report 2009

Back 2 Nature project Report

Youth GreenCorps Report

GROWLEX Community Garden Manual

God's Worms

God's Worms doc

IMMAG Concept Paper

SCN Presentations

School Garden Workshop

Sustainable World Sourcebook

Sustainable Communities Network contributed articles, photographs and quotes for this book.

 

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Jim Embry was a USA Terra Madre  Delegate in 2008,  2010, 2012, 2014
His forthcoming book, Through the Lens of a Sacred Earth Activist-Terra Madre will be published in October 2015
www.slowfoodusa.org/ ‎Learn about the Slow Food movement

JIM EMBRY & TERRA MADRE LINKS:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUDNvUToLkE

Jim Embry at Owensboro C&T College presenting Terra Madre 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1hBp15fNjY
Published on Dec 10, 2014 by Tom Boyden...Jim Embry's  profile is the last one on this video
Terra Madre 2014 Jim Embr with coat from Kazakhstan

Minutes from Intl Congress 2012.docx.docx - Slow Food

www.slowfood.com/...docs/Minutes_SF_Congress_2012.pdf
Slow Food
pleasure to host the 6th Slow Food International Congress, which will focus on the central role of food. .... association has grown step by step with the label of an elitist movement, penalizing the concept of pleasure. .... setting of social justice. ... Jim Embry – USA: brings forward the question of the central role of women

1.    Growing   the Good (Slow) Food Revolution - Salone del Gusto

From a very young age Jim Embry has been working to fight against social ... stop thanking Jim and those people who, like him, have made the Terra Madre ...

2.       Kentucky Educational Television, Connections with Renee Shaw ·

Jim Embry of the Sustainable Communities Network(#735)

Environmentalist and activist Jim Embry, founder of the Sustainable Communities Network in Lexington, discusses Terra Madre, Slow Food, sustainable living. Embry helped found the Good Foods Co-op in Lexington.

Jim Embry, Sustainable Communities Network(#318)

Environmentalist and activist Jim Embry of Lexington discusses sustainable living, which the Sustainable Communities Network defines as the ability to meet the needs of a community without compromising its ability to meet future needs.

3.    Kentucky Eco Activist Jim Embry at Terra Madre | Ace Weekly

Oct 31, 2008 - Ace October 2008. Terra Madre/Slow food 2008. BY JIM EMBRY My first trip to Europe could not have been for a more glorious reason than to ...

4.    International Slow Food Congress delegate, Jim Embry of Lexington ...

www.prlog.org/12035866-international-slow-food-congress-delegate-ji...

Dec 4, 2012 - Sustainability activist Jim Embry will present at the Nashville West End ... a delegate to Terra Madre and the International Slow Food Congress.

5.     Slow Food International Congress and Terra Madre

Oct 5, 2012 - From October 25-29, Jim Embry of Lexington will represent the local and ... world come together for Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto to share ...

6.  Terra Madre - Urban Farm Online

www.urbanfarmonline.com/.../terra-madre.aspx

Terra Madre is just one component of this bigger network, which includes ... says Jim Embry, a community ...

8.    Food Story: Jim Embry - Stories from a Slow Food Nation

sfusa.convio.net/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5503

Dec 7, 2012 - Food Story: Jim Embry ... Jim remembers the wisdom of his grandparents and family who were small farmers ... Filmed at Terra Madre 2012.

9.     Jim Embry- Slow Food, Local Foods & Hunger - Google Groups

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/oak-ky/Ms_q9ZypUI8

Feb 28, 2011 - Fw: Jim Embry- Slow Food, Local Foods & Hunger. Showing ... As a KY/USA delegate to Terra Madre/Slow Food in 2008/2010, i was blessed to ...

 

11. Slow Food Terra Madre - A World Meeting of Food Communities  

 

June 28, 2012 - Meet the 2012 U.S. Delegation to Terra Madre and the International ... Meet one of our International Congress delegates, Jim Embry,

15. Jim Embry to represent local, national movements at Slow Food ... 

Sep 27, 2012 - Embry will also serve as a U.S. delegate at the International Slow Food Congress, which will be held simultaneously with Terra Madre and ...

16. KimmyVille: Lexington's Jim Embry Chosen as Delegate to Slow ... 

Sep 28, 2012 - From our own Jim Embry, here's how we can help in his latest quest for ... Terra Madre/Salone is held every two years while the International ...

17. jim embry - YouTube   

19. Terra Madre 2010 Report: 12/11/2010, 10:00am at Good Foods ... 

Dec 11, 2010 - Jim Embry, Director of Sustainable Communities Network and Good Foods Co-op board member, served as a delegate to the international ...

20. A Taste of Italy and Terra Madre: 4/22/2009, 7:00am at Third Street ...

Apr 22, 2009 - A photography exhibit featuring works by eco-activist, Jim Embry who attended Terra Madre & Slow Food while visiting many cities and towns ...

21. News - School of Human Environmental Sciences - University of ...

Panelists include three local speakers involved in the slow foods movement, all of whom recently attended the Terra Madre conference in Turin, Italy. Jim Embry ...

22. 30 - TERRA MADRE - Blulab

TERRA MADRE - Enjoy Human Biodiversity. Previous · 28 · 29; 30; 31 · 32 · Next ... (United States). Jim Embry (United States). Jim Embry (United States) ...

23. Embry Books – February 2014 Book Signing – Jim Embry Biography

Well–known for his 50+ years of social justice and sustainability activism, Jim has traveled with his camera to such places as Italy for Terra Madre/Slowfood, ...

24. Terra Madre Presentation - Health & Wellness    Dec 4, 2012 - Event: Terra Madre Presentation; Start: December 13, 2012 7:00 pm; End: December 13, 2012 9:00 pm; Cost: Free; Organizer: Jim Embry ... 

25. Natasha's Bistro Event Calendar - Natasha's Bistro & Bar

Jim Embry, Director of Sustainable Communities Network was a USA and Kentucky delegate to the international Slow Food gathering, Terra Madre, held in ... 

26.  Embry Book Signing and Photo Exhibit | Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts ...  www.lexingtonlyric.com/4489   

Feb 22, 2014 - These photos have been taken by Jim Embry, director of ... with his camera to such places as Italy for Terra Madre / Slowfood, Canada, Brazil, ...

28. Bill and Cindy - Healthy schools inventory - Sayre School

Nov 11, 2010 - Speak to US after film. - Jim Embry – discuss Terra Madre – perhaps this could be done anytime. Doesn't even need to be during Earth Week.

29. [Community_garden] Slow Food..TERRA MADRE - The Mail Archive

Aug 10, 2008 - FYI...article on TERRA MADRE jim embry
,Sustainable ... I thought about that Thursday as I was talking with Jim Embry, a local ...

30. January - Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice

Jan 2, 2009 - Terre Madre 2008—Sustainable Local and Global Food Systems and global food ... Begley, Joan Braune, Jim Embry, Joe Gallen- stein, Mary ...

31.  Weather doesn't dampen International Festival » Commonwealth ...

Commonwealth Journal

Oct 21, 2011 - ... guests who'd like to see some real transformation is Jim Embry. ... Embry discussed his involvement with the Terra Madre gatherings in Italy ...


32. Pictures of Terra Madre Delegates 
http://terramadre.blulab.net/img_sito/web_galleries/TM_mezzobusto/index6.html


 

33. Cookbooks Flavors of Kentucky

Dec 17, 2013 - Jim Embry of Lexington will represent the United States at the 2012 ... the world come together for Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto to share ...

34. Twitter / slow_food_italy: Le Voci di #TerraMadre: Mangiare ...

https://twitter.com/slow_food_italy/status/248446376898342913

Sep 19, 2012 - Le Voci di #TerraMadre: Mangiare è una pratica spirituale! Jim Embry. USA. pic.twitter.com/NaQPoalc. Reply; Retweet Retweeted; Delete ...

35. Jim Embry | ZoomInfo.com

www.zoominfo.com/p/Jim-Embry/79867879

Jim told me about his trips to Italy for Terra Madre, and Cuba where the cities are much more dense, and local people actually produce the food that is needed ...

36. Slow Food Gathering | Commerce Lexington Inc. Lexington, KY

Nov 29, 2010 - Terra Madre included 5000 delegates from 160 different countries. ... Free Admission,Slow Food Gathering | Jim Embry, Director of Sustainable ...

37. Eating Alaska :: News

www.eatingalaska.com/eablog/archives/archive-042009.html

Apr 18, 2009 - ... Terra Madre (a world meeting of food communities a project conceived by Slow Food) Home to the Bluegrass." Jim Embry a local activist and ...

38. Upcoming Kentucky School Garden Network Events

faweb7.stfrancisschool.org/garden/upcoming_events.htm

... at Slow Food International's Terra Madre event in Italy (October 2008) will be ... information, contact Jim Embry at embryjim@gmail.com or (859) 312-7024.

39. The Slow Food Spotlight — Savoring Kentucky

www.savoringkentucky.com/blog/slowfoodweekend

Nov 23, 2008 - As noted on its website, "the Terra Madre Network brings together food ... Three Kentucky delegates -- Jim Embry (Sustainable Communities ...

40. Sustainable Communities Network - LocalHarvest

www.localharvest.org/sustainable-communities-network-M42829

Feb 28, 2011 - ... Foods Co-op, the Environmental Commission, Slow Food USA, Terra Madre delegate, Growing Food and Justice Initiative and ... Jim Embry

41. Commonwealth Journal - October 16, 2011 - Uberflip

Oct 16, 2011 - Jim Embry, of the Sustainable Communities Network in Lexington, discussing his involvement with the Terra Madre gatherings in Italy.

42. Fw: Jim Embry- Slow Food, Local Foods & Hunger - Google Groups
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:20 PM To: jim embry Subject: Jim ...Topic: Terra Madre/Slow Food, Local Foods & Hunger As a .

43. Yahoo Groups

groups.yahoo.com/group/UUCommunityofFrankfort/message/3022

Oct 4, 2012 - check this out -- Sally McCord is a delegate to the Terra Madre-Slow Food event in Italy, along with Jim Embry (who spoke at UUCF previously).

44. Commonwealth Journal - October 21, 2011

Oct 21, 2011 - ... guests who'd like to see some real transformation is Jim Embry. ... Embry discussed his involvement with the Terra Madre gatherings in Italy ...

45. Archivio - Terra Madre

FOOD & GROCERY: Ann Arbor representatives head to Terra Madre 2012 in Turin, ... JIM EMBRY OF LEXINGTON TO REPRESENT LOCAL AND NATIONAL ...

46. The Things We Get: News from Slow Food USA

May 6, 2009 - Although it has been several months since Terra Madre delegates met in ... Jim Embry (left picture) discussed his perspective on sustainability, ...

47. Jim Embry of Lexington to Represent Local and National Good Food ...

Aug 29, 2012 - This October 25-29, Jim Embry of Lexington will represent the local and ... Terra Madre is one of the world's most important events dedicated to ...

48. October 2012 - All Things Country Magazine

Oct 2, 2012 - LExINGTON, KY – From October 25-29, Jim Embry of. Lexington will represent ... world come together for Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto to.

49.  Download - Sierra Club National

content.sierraclub.org/.../WaterSentinalsBlog2011_Final.pdf

Sierra Club

Jan 2, 2011 - Without a doubt, attending Terra Madre in Torino, Italy in October ... Bob and fellow delegates Jim Embry and Mark Williams are on the HFLF.

      50.  10 - Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington

www.uucl.org/news/2012/2012-10-10.pdf

Oct 10, 2012 - Terra Madre takes place in Turin, Italy, from October 25-29. ... Sally's travelling companion, Jim Embry, has been selected as a delegate to the.

51. Commonwealth Journal - October 16, 2011 - Epageflip.net

Oct 16, 2011 - ... Sacred Earth Activist Jim Embry will talk about his involvement with the Terra Madre gatherings in Italy and the need to transform local and ...

52. 28 - ReadOz

Health & Wellness Magazine has been created for men and women of all ages to promote change in central Kentucky by raising awareness of health related ...

53. Thursday December 13 Events | Lexington Family

Dec 13, 2012 - Good Foods Market & Café: Terra Madre Presentation, enjoy a delicious dinner and hear Good Foods board member Jim Embry talk about his ...

54. Good Foods Market & Cafe December Events - Constant Contact

Enjoy a delicious dinner and hear Good Foods board member Jim Embry talk about his recent trip to Italy for Terra Madre, the International Slow Food gathering.

 

                55.  Issue 82 - October 2011 - Somerset Community College - Kentucky ...

Oct 18, 2011 - student attention was Jim Embry's presentation on Terra. Madre ... The Terra Madre network meets semi-annually in Torino,. Italy. Embry ...

56. mark it 8: November 2008

Nov 1, 2008 - We found Jim Embry there, fresh back from his trip to the Slow Food Movement's Conference, Terra Madre. We had a good hour long talk about ..

57. Comments On: Restaurants - 1011428 - Rssing.com

Dec 10, 2012 - Kentucky sustainability activist, Jim Embry will speak in Nashville, TN on December 12 about his recent trip to Italy as a delegate to Terra Madre ...

58. Blog: Slow Food USA - Rssing.com

Meet one of our International Congress delegates, Jim Embry, and hear what he has to say about Slow Food, Terra Madre, and the International Congress.

59. web-archive-it.com: mercatidellaterra.it - The United States Joins in ...

Jan 29, 2013 - check out this interview with Jim Embry founder of the Sustainable ... Spotlight on the Balkans at the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre...

60. International Slow Food Congress - The Carbon Capture Report

Dec 12, 2012 - Jim Embry... weeks ago Tonight menu and discussion will focus on slow food and Embry recent trip to attend the Terra Madre and ...

61. The End of Pasta? Bites (NASHVILLE, UNITED STATES)

... and Embry recent trip to attend the Terra Madre and International Slow Food ... pumpkin praline trifle Wow A Place at the Table with Jim Embry p m dinner .

62. Gli Stati Uniti al Salone del Gusto e Terra Madre 2012

Coltivare la rivoluzione, l'intervista al delegato di Terra Madre Jim Embry, attivista da sempre impegnato ad arginare l'ingiustizia sociale e sostenere chi si trova ...

63. February 2009 Peaceways Newsletter, Central Kentucky Council for ...

Board of Directors: Arne Bathke, Soreyda Begley, Joan Braune, Jim Embry, Joe ..... Terra Madre 2008(held in Tu" r i n , It a l y, t h i s p a s t O c t o" ber(brought ...

64. Earth Connections PDF And Ebook Files - DocsFiles

Sunday February 1, 2009 Food and Sacred Earth Connections Local Food, Slow Food Terra Madre By Jim Embry Sustainable Communities Network Lexington ...

65. Download Earth (Connections) pdf ebooks by Grimshaw, Caroline ...

Terra Madre By Jim Embry Sustainable Communities Network Lexington KY www.sustainlex.org. Earth, Sun and Moon - Learning Connections. Primary Science ...

64. Stati Uniti al Salone del Gusto [5503] | Notizie

Aug 9, 2012 - Fa il suo esordio al Salone del Gusto e Terra Madre la Rete dei ... al delegato di Terra Madre Jim Embry, attivista da sempre impegnato ad ...

66. Adenola Tunde - Peeepl.com

TERRA MADRE - Enjoy Human Biodiversity - terramadre.blulab.net ... Babatunde Adenola Oreyemi (Nigeria) ... Jim Embry (United ... Adenola Tunde | Facebook.

67. Download Peaceways0901.pdf with findthatpdf.com

Terra Madre 2008 brought together people from different climates and ... and War Series Printed on recycled paper Photos by Jim Embry by Timprint -- e-mail: ...



           66. http://terramadre.blulab.net/img_sito/web_galleries/TM_mezzobusto/index6.html

October 2012 - All Things Country Magazine

www.allthingscountryky.com/web-content/.../oct12ATCedition.pdf
Oct 2, 2012 - book has grown to over a half million in the past ..... LExINGTON, KY – From October 25-29, Jim Embry of. Lexington will ... ments at the 2012 International Slow Food conference in Torino,. Italy. ... food justice work. Because of ...

October 2012 - All Things Country Magazine

www.allthingscountryky.com/web-content/.../oct12ATCedition.pdf
Oct 2, 2012 - book has grown to over a half million in the past ..... LExINGTON, KY – From October 25-29, Jim Embry of. Lexington will ... ments at the 2012 International Slow Food conference in Torino,. Italy. ... food justice work. Because of ...

June 23, 2010 Rotary Program - Rotary Club of Frankfort

www.frankfort-rotary.org/programs/2010June23_JimEmbry.pdf
Jun 23, 2010 - Jim Embry who was born in Richmond, grew up in. Covington and ... 2009 Growing Food and Justice, 2010 Food Security Summit), inspired.

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September 2012 - Weavers Way Co-op

www.weaversway.coop/.../TheSh...
Weavers Way Cooperative Association
Sep 30, 2012 - Food Justice in Philly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... grow food for the community but also serve as ..... of meeting Jim Embry, a gentleman from. Kentucky ...

March | 2013 | US Healthy Kids

ushealthykids.org/2013/03/
Mar 29, 2013 - Local food guru and advocate for justice Jim Embry picked another ... in January, I was looking forward to meeting filmmaker Byron Hurt. ... This New York Times article examined the growing interest in summer camp cuisine.

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Minutes from Intl Congress 2012.docx.docx - Slow Food

www.slowfood.com/...docs/Minutes_SF_Congress_2012.pdf
Slow Food
pleasure to host the 6th Slow Food International Congress, which will focus on the central role of food. .... association has grown step by step with the label of an elitist movement, penalizing the concept of pleasure. .... setting of social justice. ... Jim Embry – USA: brings forward the question of the central role of women

2008 November E-Newsletter | Living Economies Forum

livingeconomiesforum.org/november-2008-newsletter
David Korten
In each location, groups will be organized to view the conference, reflect and discuss ... Cobb, Naomi Davis, Puanani Burgess, Janith English, Jim Embry and many more. ... for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace." ... SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: PROSPERITY WITHOUT GROWTH ...

http://swcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sourcebook.pdf

We - Sustainable World Coalition

swcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sourcebook.pdf
Food 63. Permaculture 66. Home Sweet Nontoxic Home 67. The Ecological ... While attending the UN World Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, ... Ellen Hong, Gary Hughes, Jackie Braun, Jewel Snavely, Jim Embry, Joan .... a growing number of over 2000 trained volunteer facilitators are taking the ... Social Justice.

April | 2012 | - Green Party

gp.org/greenpages-blog/?m=201204...
Green Party of the United States
Apr 18, 2012 - This failure isn't the only reason we aren't growing, but it is a major factor. ... democracy and our national commitment to liberty and justice for all. ... The 2012 Presidential Nominating Convention will be held July 12 ..... Kentucky Green Party member Jim Embry is part of the founding of the state organization.

Mayor Jim Gray Transition Team: Building a Great City ...

www.lexingtonky.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?...
Lexington
Mayor Jim Gray ... respond to the need to positively grow our quality of life. Several ... development of a more locally focused food and business economy, to measures .... Abide by the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, of .... Judge Ernesto Scorsone ... Jim Embry, Sustainable Communities Network.

The Next American Revolution - Occupy Tampa

occupytampa.org/.../The%20Next%20American%20Revo...
Occupy Tampa
We must start with the question I heard Grace pose at a meeting I attended: .... They went from making clothes and growing food to buying clothes and buying food. .... Jim Embry, Carol Ferry, the Fialka-Feldmans, David Flumenbaum, May Fu, .... movement, Asian American movement, and environmental justice movement.

 

Issue 82 - October 2011 - Somerset Community College

www.somerset.kctcs.edu/.../Somerset/.../Iss...
Somerset Community College
Oct 18, 2011 - SCC holds 6th annual International Festival ... See INTERNATIONAL, page 6 ...... student attention was Jim Embry's presentation on Terra.
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Issue 88 - October 2012 - Somerset Community College

www.somerset.kctcs.edu/.../Somerset/.../Iss...
Somerset Community College
All locations of the college planned International Festival activities ... International Festival ... Chris and Piers, or a James Bond ...... Jim Embry, Sustainable.


Spring 2012 Master's Tea Guests | Pierson College

pierson.yalecollege.yale.edu/spring-2012-masters-tea-guests
Yale College
Monday, January 16th, Jim Embry (4:30pm) ... In 2001, Jim moved to Detroit and served as the Director of the Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership. .... International Film Festival, and FIPRESCI Serbia for Best Documentary film.



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