From BR friend and supporter Chris Llop:

You’re Invited!

Designing to Live Sustainably

A Competition That Consciously Challenges the Conventional Paradigm
COMPETITION PREVIEW EVENT
Join us as we work together to build support around this exciting project.

We request your feedback and continued involvement as we move forward.

Designing to Live Sustainably seeks to encourage sustainable living through collaboration and design.

Chris says:

Long story short, our team has been working to create a national sustainable design/architecture competition for the Buffalo-Niagara Region. We’ve made a lot of progress, and are holding this event to invite feedback from the experienced to fine-tune and have as much impact as possible. We’re also interested in finding synergies where what we are doing might relate well to the initiatives of others in the area.

FRIDAY JANUARY 28TH

6:00-9:00 PM

THE EIGHTS 888 MAIN STREET

DISCOUNTED FOOD & DRINK

From our friend Megan McNally:

Hello!

As many of you know, I will be heading out of Buffalo mid July on a journey around the US. My first obligation is to be out in Taos, New Mexico in August to learn about building earthships, totally sustainable structures that are off the grid and built from used materials (tires, glass bottles, etc)! Eventually I will find myself in Vermont in October interning for Yestermorrow Design and Build School for 6 months, a school that teaches anything from drafting to timberframing to welding to straw bale building. Along the way I am stopping in targeted cities to interview awesome people, businesses and organizations, learning about cool ideas being implemented in this giant country (can you imagine my future gas bills??? Eek!).

In any event, I am writing to invite you to my blog that I am starting. It is titled “Stops Along the Way: Buffalo and Back Again.” Realistically, I don’t know how long it will take me to get back to Buffalo…maybe years, or maybe only 8 months, but I thought it fairly apt. I want to share with you the people I meet who GET IT and offer up some cool ideas that I think are worthwhile to mention. Don’t worry, for those of you not interested in this type of stuff, I’m sure there will be plenty of silly anecdotes about me getting lost or doing something totally crazy that will really make you laugh.

The address for the blog is followingthetide.blogspot.com…because that’s what I’m gonna try to do. I have generic plans because I want to have the ability to change plans at the last minute. To stay an extra day somewhere, to leave early, to get SO lost that I discover something insanely amazing.

Hope you’ll follow me on my journey! If you’d like a postcard at some point, please forward your address.

Love,

Megan

Best Buy’s National Geek Squad Program is partnering this summer with Computers For Children to host the most TECH COOL Summer Program of the century, “The Geek Squad Summer Academy 2010″, coming this July 13-16 to ECC North!

Geek Squad’s intention is to demystify technology for young people and inspire them to be responsible and savvy 21st century citizens.

Geek Squad and their training team will bring $80,000 worth of media equipment designed especially for training and fun skill-building activities. Kids learn, create, and become Jr. Geek Squad Agents.

We have open enrollment for ALL youth throughout our Buffalo/Niagara region, enough for 240 young people; age 10-18 whose parents want to engage them in a fun filled week of learning and experimenting with great programs.

If you would like to find out more about this summer camp for the youth you can check out the computers for children web page.  You can also register your child up too through the website. Take advantage and sign up today before it fills up!