Schwartz Living Market Preview on Saturday, December 1, 2012, from 10 AM to 5 PM

Join us, friends, at some point during the day, on Saturday, December 1, 2012, at this Schwartz Living Market preview anytime between 10 AM and 5 PM.

Non- profits including Building New Hope with their Fairly traded organic shade grown delicious coffee from 10 AM to 1:00 PM, PA Environmental Council at 1 PM. GASP's Christine Rigby from 10 AM to 1 PM demonstrating and explaining the bike monitoring project and Friends of the Riverfront at 1 PM. 

Christine Rigby of the Group Aganst Smog and Pollution with the bike monitoring device. Come learn about this GASP initiative!

Building New Hope's first expedition to El Salvador 20 years ago included former Mayor Tom Murphy. Donna Tabor has been working in Nicaragua doing the wonderful work of BNH for a long time. Their work here in Pittsburgh supports 50 families on the organic coffee farm in Nicaragua, several schools, a veterinary clinic, and more. BNH has been serving their coffee at our events for the past three years. We love supporting you and appreciate your great work, BNH! :)

from Building New Hope's web site:

Our coffee is:

fairly traded, organic, shade grown, delicious, environmentally sustainable, economically just, socially useful, builds relationships between consumers and producers, and raises awareness in the U.S.

Learn about what a PEDAL generator is. Thanks THICK BIKES of the South Side, for the donated bike! You might even be able to help set up the bike generator.

Nick Hein of positivespin.org, and Rachel and Stan Beck with Pedal Generator powering a blender at Positive Spin in Morgantown, WV.

 Jonathan's Foods, Threefifty Bakers, Rosaflora Botanicals, Central American Indigenous Arts, Designs by Lauren, Jenn's Jems, Global Lovin' and Natural Vision Improvement through Movement with Elisa Beck, Developmental Optometrist. Get ready to move around, and Join the Fun!

Annie the dog is the mascot of the month. She lives in the neighborhood and is well loved! She was offering her paw and checking out the space during renovation.... :)