How The Mega-Quarry Was Defeated - Dec. 2/13
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Featuring: Danny Beaton & Carl Cosack
When: Monday, December 2, 2013
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: Main Program Room, Main Branch Guelph Library, 100 Norfolk St., Guelph
Admission: No charge
Presented by: Mike Schreiner and Friends
“There aren’t a lot of victories these days, but the mood-altering blocking of the monster quarry in Melancthon Township in potato country a year ago was a brilliant model of how to get stuff done. The alliance of urban ecos, farmers, foodies and chefs showed the power of partnering, bridged the messy city-country divide and ultimately triumphed over a Boston-based hedge fund… Plus, it made the point with its five-day trek and mass soup-athons that protests can be jubilant and very digestible – and that determination and positivity are our best weapons.”
Read more at:http://gangoffour.ca/tag/melancthon
and: http://www.guelphmercury.com/events/4225773--how-the-mega-quarry-was-defeated/