Welcome Amazing Books and Records!

In June, 2017, Amazing Books and Records will grace us at the Schwartz Living Market Building@ 1317 East Carson Street with their presence! We're so excited!

Here's a link to the recent article in City Paper's Blog: http://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2017/04/20/amazing-books-to-expand-to-pittsburghs-south-side-add-writing-classes

As Amazing Books and Records settles in, we continue working behind the scenes Greening up our building at 1317 East Carson Street to lead us into our Regenerative Future. The idea is we are modeling "the more beautiful future we all know is possible." Thank You Charles Eisenstein for that phrase! :)

  We continue to document the Materials Petal of the Living Building Challenge. The Living Building Challenge. What is That? Well, the idea is this: How do you create a building that is as beautiful as a flower and functions as efficiently and effectively? There are seven petals and 20 imperatives to the challenge. Zero Net or Positive Energy, Zero Net or Positive Water, Materials, Beauty, Equity, Health and Site. Check out the International Living Futures Institute web site at ILFI.org for more details. The idea is to leave the Extraction economy of oil and gas behind and move seamlessly into our Regenerative, Restorative Future NOW! We have been a Transition Town Project, Living Building Challenge Registered Project from the get go since we began this process in 2010!

See The Transition Handbook, by Rob Hopkins to learn about powering down and be sure to check out Paul Hawken's newest book Drawdown. It turns out, there's lots more jobs to be had in the Solar, Wind and Building Renovation sectors than in the dwindling Oil and Gas Economy. So, remember to speak these truths to your family and friends, Divest from Oil and Gas, and here we go gliding into the future NOW!

Currently  at 1317 East Carson Street, we are going for Living Building Challenge Petal Recognition for the front 4600 feet of our 18,000 square foot building with its cold prep kitchen. We plan to complete an overall plan for the entire building. If you'd love to join us on the journey and have resources of any kind to donate, monetary, or otherwise, let us know! There's lots more to write about, so until next time,

Happy Springtime and we'll see you on May 28, 2017, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Open Streets PGH sponsored by BIKEPGH and others:)

Blessings, Peace, Love, Shalom & Namaste, y'all,

Elisa Beck:)
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You Are INvited! HAPPY PRESENT MOMENTS!!! :)

Happy 2017 y'all! Here's to a collection of Happy, Healthy, Regenerative, Restorative Moments NOW and in all the moments of your LIFE! Join us tonight, December 31, 2016 to ring in the New Year for an alcohol and drug free Gathering and be HIGH on LIFE!
VEGAN Pot Luck dinner at 6:00 PM followed by Singing, Dancing, Drumming, and more!

FOR ONE PEACE ARTIST COOPERATIVE is now open at 1317 East Carson Street, the home of Schwartz Living Market on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM!
Schwartz Living Market sells amazing goods including books on the RAW LIVING FOODS Lifestyle by Brian Clement, Body Butters and Pure Soy Lotion Candles by local candle maker TERRA!

On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the third FREE Psychic and Healing Event will be happening!
Contact Clyde Chafer at 440-223-1392 of Journeys Magazine to participate as a vendor.

Stay tuned for mucho amazingness at Schwartz Living Market in 2017! :)

Love and So Many Blessings,

Elisa Beck, the whole crew at 1317 East Carson Street, & FOR ONE PEACE ARTIST COOPERATIVE, Joseph, Devin, Brad and Ashley :)

Living Building Challenge Update for Schwartz Living Market! Monday, August 11, 2016 at 4:00 PM!

How do we keep the planet cool? Join us at the Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes to learn about how Schwartz Living Market is going about Living Building Challenge Certification for one part of the building at 1317 East Carson Street, and eventually for the whole building! 

Monday, August 11, 2016 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM at Phipps!

Register here: https://www.go-gba.org/events/living-building-challenge-project-updates/?utm_content=bufferf341f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Stay Cool!

Elisa :)

Dr. Elisa Haransky-Beck, OD, FCOVD, SME, PDC

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You Are Invited! Functional Forum on Monday evening, February 29, 2016 from 7:30 to 9:30 PM at Schwartz Living Market and Clear Communication!

Join us in our Urban Sanctuary!

You are invited to our amazing event coming up on Monday evening, February 29, 2016 from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. 

It's the Functional Forum with Jeffrey Bland and others STREAMING LIVE from Schwartz Living Market in Pittsburgh's Historic South Side!

 Five dollars at the door which includes VEGAN snacks by Mya Zeronis of extraVEGANza and VEGAN snacks prepared by Silva Abraham of Basha 21. Here's the registration link: http://meetup.functionalforum.com/pittsburgh-pa/

What's been going on at Schwartz Living Market? Well, the next chapter is upon us. We are preparing the space for the next Grand Opening in May, 2016 with lots of GREENpeneurs and HEALTH and WELLNESSpreneurs. So, a few days ago I walked in to this Urban Oasis for Healthful Living and what did I smell? Was it my imagination, or was I smelling some noxious fumes? There was my amazing contractor painting some sort of stain on a thin strip of wood adjacent to the beautiful, Made in the USA tile that now lines the area below the front window that I had hand picked, arranged by hand as a flowing riverbed, and cranked my shoulder over....

Why? What is it in me that created the situation of possible volatile organic compounds in the air inside our building? I thought I had been so very clear with all of the people putting their precious and wonderful energy into the space. You see, we have been complying with the Materials Petal of the Living Building Challenge for many, many years...I've repeated over and over and over again to everyone working and playing and being in the space that all materials MUST be cleared with me, through me before using them....Why do patterns continue to repeat themselves and why must lessons be learned over and over again?

If you've got any answers to this question, please let us know by posting on the Facebook page Schwartz Living Market or e-mail us at schwartzlivingmarket@gmail.com!

Many blessings for vibrant health, wellness and clarity!

Elisa Beck :)
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What do Earth Guardians, Transition Towns, Schwartz Living Market, Sustainable Monroeville & Power of One Voice have in common?

Schwartz Living Market hours are 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Thursdays and Saturdays and 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM on Fridays. 

This photo is from our Earth Friendly Holiday Party at Schwartz Living Market last week! We served Plant Based, VEGAN, GLUTEN-FREE food, amazing shots of wheatgrass juice and other juices too, and Phil Osopshical performed some beautiful and inspirational FLOWETRY! Thanks Paul for DJing and thanks all of you Schwartz Living Market friends and family for joining us!

Wear your green arm band, take a photo and send that photo to the Earth Guardians through EarthGuardians.org. Why? To show that you are working on yourself, with yourself, by yourself, and with others, to manifest the magnificent EDEN that Spaceship Earth is, and is meant to BE!!

Earth Guardians are Protecting Planet Earth

What are you doing to protect the Earth?
Are you an Earth Guardian?
If you are not yet an Earth Guardian, how will you become an Earth Guardian?
Look at Itzcuauhtli's first speech here: http://www.earthguardians.org/ItzBio.shtml
Learn about the work of Xiuhtezcatl and Itzcuauhtli at EarthGuardians.org

 Earth, by Elisa Beck :)

As our Inner Ecosystem
As the Spaceship Earth
As the Present, the Future and the Past
As the rivers flow
and the fluids flow in our bodies
and in the
bodies
of all forms
of Life
the blood
the lymph
the single cells of hemoglobin flowing
through
our arteries
and veins
through the cytoplasm, the ecoplasm, the plasma
the chlorophyll
the SUN powers all of this and all of it

The beautiful Spaceship
called Earth
with all its
majesty
colors
sights
smells
The Perception
we hold
is ours
to form
Our thoughts
CREATE
OUR REALITY
So shift your thoughts towards Positivity
Creativity
Blissful wonder
& let's
CREATE
together
through
how we act
towards
ourselves
and
towards one another
What we eat
drink
and think
the new world that is
MEANT TO BE
IS
as we
Look
Feel
&Think
that way!

Earthguardians.org
#silenceintoaction

More excitement than ever here in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Premier of Power of One Voice Premier!!

Go to http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-power-of-one-voice-film-pittsburgh-premiere-tickets-14796477663 to register! Congratulations friends and local Pittsburghers Patricia DeMarco and Mark Dixon!

What do Earth Guardians, Transition Towns, Schwartz Living Market, Sustainable Monroeville and Power of One Voice and your senses and feelings and actions all have in common? What do you think?!

Stay tuned for amazing events at Schwartz Living Market in February, 2015:

SAVE the DATES!
February is Healthful Living Month at Schwartz Living Market!
On Friday, February 20, 2014, Brian Clement, Ph.D. Co-Director of the Hippocrates Health Institute will be speaking at 7:00 PM. $15.00/person at the door. Dr. Clement will sign his books following the talk. Healthy food and amazing drinks will be for sale throughout the evening.

On Saturday, February 21. Schwartz Living Market will participate in the South Side Soup Contest and feature the soup of Mya Zeronis's Zest Wishes, the Lean Chef en Route!

In March, 2014, Mary Renschler will offer a workshop on Reflexes. Details soon.

Looking forward to seeing all of you soon at Schwartz Living Market!

Elisa :)

Elisa Beck
Schwartz Living Market: An Urban Oasis for Healthful Living
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New Hours and more! Puppet Making, Vox Lumina, Healing on the Spiritual Path, and Urban Permaculture in the Built Environment at Schwartz Living Market!

Schwartz Living Market Hours:

Thursdays: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Fridays:      11:00 AM to 7:30 PM
Saturdays:  11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Mya Zeronis, the Lean Chef en Route of Zest Wishes is on site at the market preparing and serving her delicious Vegan, Gluten-free, GMO-free, organic delectables and a Juice of the Day on Thursdays and Fridays during all of our hours, and through October on Saturday afternoons from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. The market serves delicious green juice on Saturdays from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM!

                         Mya serving Cannelloni with cashew filling and homemade fresh raw tomato sauce.

Zucchini and Cashew Cannelloni without the tomato sauce for the tomato sensitive folks... Fresh tomato sauce is served on top if you love it!

Upcoming Events and Classes at 1317 East Carson Street:

Come One, Come All to the Puppet Making Workshop for the Parade of All Beings!

Saturday, September 20, 2014: FREE! 1:00 to 4:00 PM Puppet Making Workshop with Brooke Smokelin; Performance by the amazing Vox Lumina at 2:30 PM!

Oh YES! 
Vox Lumina- guitar & vocals, Erik Lawrence- sax & flute, Matt Booth- acoustic bass, and Janelle Burdell- drums & percussion
FREE SHOW!

We are playing as a part of this wonderful event: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/695840767175264/

It's a Pre- Parade of All Beings PARTY/ Creature Costume & Puppet Making FUNSHOP!

So come one down and listen to some Earth-loving, grooving and moving, sweet Organically grown soul music and make some earth-loving art!

More Events at the Market:

Sunday, October 19, 2014: in the afternoon (details soon) Ecstatic Dance Party for all ages!
Monday, October 20, 2014: 7:00 PM: F. Gringinger, M.D., Board Certified in Family Practice, speaking on the work of Bruno Gruening, a medical intuitive; FREE, Donations are appreciated!

Friday November 7 through Sunday, November 9, 2014: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Urban Permaculture in the Built Environment: Adventures with the Living Building Challenge with Darrell Frey, author of Bioshelter Market Garden, A Permaculture Farm, Elizabeth Lynch, and Elisa Beck, resident Permaculturists at 1317 East Carson Street, the home of Schwartz Living Market! 
Refreshments included! Cost: $350/person. To register call 412-491-0303. For more information visit http://1317eastcarson.blogspot.com, www.bioshelter.com, or find Schwartz Living Market or Three Sisters Farm on Facebook!

Sunday mornings at 11:00 AM: South Side Anglican Church meets at Schwartz Living Market!

Thank You Jonathan's Foods, and Congratulations to Zest Wishes, 2014 A LIST WINNER for BEST BRUNCH!!!!

What's new at Schwartz Living Market?

Hours on Thursday, August 28 and Friday, August 29, 2014, are 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The market is CLOSED this coming Saturday, August 30, 2014, in honor of Labor Day weekend.

NEW HOURS BEGINNING SEPTEMBER, 2014:

Thursdays: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Fridays:      11:00 AM to 7:30 PM
Saturdays:  11:00AM to 5:00 PM

 Join us on Friday afternoon, August 29, 2014 between 3:00 and 5:00 PM to celebrate Jonathan's Foods! We will honor him as he embarks on the next journey in his life. He'll be taking a two month sabbatical, but in the meantime, we'll take time to eat some of his amazing 'cheese' cake with him!

Beginning on Thursday, September 4, 2014, Zest Wishes will be open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Mya Zeronis, the Lean Chef en Route of Zest Wishes will be serving on Saturdays from about 3:00 to 5:00 PM, as she spends Saturday mornings at the Bloomfield Farmer's Market. Between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM on Saturdays, the Schwartz Living Market will be serving shots of wheat grass juice and a Juice of the Day! Join Us with lots of friends and family to participate in the most wonderful process in the 'Burgh.. yes, Yes, we are totally biased!!! Mya will be on site serving her food on Thursdays and Fridays for all of the hours we are open! We are soexcited!

SAVE THE DATES:

Saturday, September 13, 2014: 1:00 PM Bottomless Brunch with Zest Wishes, 2014 A LIST WINNER for BEST BRUNCH!!! Register here:  http://september13brunch.brownpapertickets.com/

Monday October 20, and Tuesday October 21, 2014: Free evening experiential lectures at 7:00 PM on Bruno Guening's work. Details soon!

Friday November 7, Saturday November 8, Sunday November 9, 2014: Urban Permaculture Course from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM with Permaculturists Darrell Frey, Elizabeth Lynch and Elisa Beck. Darrell Frey is author of the book Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm, c 2012. Register through schwartzlivingmarket@gmail.com or by calling 412-491-0303.

Zest Wishes Vegan Zucchini Spaghetti! Mmm :)

The South Side at night!

 Mark Dixon documentary filmmaker of YERT fame!

 Painting in Process...

 Hanging out at the market!

 Jonathan's Foods delicious Chick Pea Burger!

Mya Zeronis with an amazing salad at a monthly Bottomless Brunch!

Programs and Classes at Schwartz Living Market in January, 2014, and beyond!

Exciting upcoming Event and Ongoing Programming at Schwartz Living Market!

Free Special Event on Thursday, January 16 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM: Stone Soup and Solar!

Schwartz Living Market is excited and honored to be hosting the monthly meeting of the Western PA Association of SUNWPA! Soup served from the amazing gluten-free vegan Jonathan's Foods!
Go to http://www.eventbrite.com/e/stone-soup-and-community-solar-summit-tickets-9977678505 to register for this free event!

SAVE THE DATE: The first every Upcycle/Flea Market on Saturday, February 22, 2014 in conjunction with the South Side Soup contest! Our Saturday vendor Pamela Arder of Soup for Your Soul's soup will be featured in the SSSoup Contest, so come on down!! www.soupforyoursoul.com
Flea/Upcycle Tables are $25.00 for Saturday, February 22. Contact us through the Schwartz Living Market Facebook page, at schwartzlivingmarket@gmail.com or at 412-491-0303 to reserve a table!

Schwartz Living Market's regular vendors including Jonathan's Foods, The Enchanted Garden Juice Bar, Designs by Gloria, Third Day, Yellow Corn, & the Vision Gym, will be at the market along with the first ever South Side Upcycle/Flea Market including treasures from Flashback furnishings, Handmade Hoop sales, Animal Delights and lots more! Stay tuned!

Ongoing classes at the market:

Black Yoga with Kim Massie, 6:30 to 7:30 PM Tuesday evenings; $10.00/class

Yoga Classes with Lauren Pearlman from Noon to 1:00 PM beginning on Thursday, January 16, 2014; $10.00/class

Vision Gym introduction with Elisa Haransky-Beck, O.D., F.C.O.V.D., S.M.E., Doctor of Optometry; Fellow, College of Optometrists in Vision Development; Somatic Movement Educator; These free educational sessions are on Thursday afternoons in January anytime between 3:00 and 5:00 PM! :)

The Schwartz Living Market Transition Town project is interested in those that participate to be fully knowledgable about what this project is all about and what we've been working on behind the scenes since 2009. Yup, over five years now! 

This week is the first in a series from 10 AM to 11 AM Thursdays in January @ SLM now required for current and future vendors. All interactive talks are with Elisa Beck unless otherwise specified. This series is open to the public.

Week 1: Thursday, January 9, 2014; SLM/ 1317 East Carson Street & why and how this is a Transition Town process
Week 2: Thursday, January 16, 2014; The Raw Living Foods Lifestyle with Elisa Beck and Recovery with David Smith
Week 3: Thursday, January 23, 2014: The Living Building Challenge
Week 4: Thursday, January 30, 2014: Vision Therapy and Visioning Present and Future with SLM/1317 EC and beyond!

There will be a second round of the series detailed above in condensed 3 week form on the first three Saturdays in February, 2014, for current Saturday only vendors and others that are interested in our process. No fee for current and prospective vendors and behind the scenes folks who have been working on this process for years now! The fee for these two series for others will be $35 dollars per person/hour session. Saturday classes in February will be filmed by Mark Dixon, and we will ask participants to sign a release form. Rough cuts will be provided for future vendors to see prior to admission as vendors in the market.

And SAVE the DATES to please share with all of your lists!!

May 2, 2014, for the first ever Lifestyle Medicine Conference in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA

May 4, 2014, from 10 AM to 6 PM in Pittsburgh, PA, when Jacob Liberman and I will co-present at Schwartz Living Market! Here's a TEDX talk Jacob did in 2013 in Maui, Hawaii, where he lives...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd0n0qk_cWc
Share this SAVE the DATE widely! Fee is $200/person if registered by April 15 and $225 by May 1. At the door registration is $250.

Elisa Beck :)

Schwartz Living Market hosts 4th River Free Skool and more on Saturday, October 19, 2013!

Schwartz Living Market hosts 4th River Free Skool10-19-2013 Noon to 8:00PM! Regular market hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Come one, come all! Saturday, October 19, 2013, Schwartz Living Market at 1317 East Carson Street in Pittsburgh’s Historic South Side hosts 4th River Free Skool! The market will be open with The Enchanted Garden Juice Bar from 11 AM to at least 5 PM as well and other vendors including Third Day Organics, Owlet Organics, Dame Ashley's Attic, handmade and vintage jewelry by Gloria, Yellow Corn Native American Recovery, Harry Nez's Fine Native American Art, Alanna and Odin's Four Winds Metaphysical/Healing, Designs by Lauren DeKleva, and more! 

Free parking behind the market across Bingham for market customers. Then walk around the block and come on in the front door on East Carson Street!

-12:00-12:20--What is the Living Building Challenge? with Elisa Beck, Ambassador, Living Building Challenge

--1:00-1:20--What is Optometric Vision Therapy? with Elisa Beck, Developmental Optometrist, Somatic Movement Educator

--12:50-1:50--

Clothing Hack! .
A few simple DIY demos will be added to clothing swap during this hour (clothing swap starts at 12). Learn how to cut a T-shirt into a racer-back tank, turn old jeans into a rad utility belt and more. Try it out on something you find at the swap! Most of the demos will be no-sew but there will be a sewing machine available for use. Bring safety pins, decorative items, thread, and other materials you think might be useful.

Herbal Preparations Demo with Michelle Czolba.
Come and learn how to make herbal tinctures using the simpler's method. It is quick, easy and oftentimes dirty. Bring a 4 ounce jar if you'd like to make your own during class. We will tincture whatever is ready to be put up.

DIY Bikes with D'Aubin

--2:00-3:00--

Speakin' on the Vegan with Judah. KMT
9-year-old Judah will talk about living a vegan lifestyle.

Yoga with Derek Martin - BRING YOUR YOGA MAT ;)
Yoga is the language of breath and movement.  In a basic power vinyasa class, students learn the Ujjayi breathing technique and how to use it in the varying parts of a yoga practice.  A power practice can be challenging and taking rest when your body calls for it is of utmost importance.  In breath, movement, and rest we all participate in the process of self-discovery; getting to know our limits and furthering them at our own comfort level with full awareness of mind, body and breath. 

--3:10-4:10--

Poi Spinning 101 with Faith Hersey. 
Learn the basics of the Maori art of spinning balls on strings and how to make your own practice poi. Two practice poi will be available.

Artistic License 101 with James Bristol. 
Introduction to creative thinking. Explore processes to access inner creativity. Practice techniques for allowing flow of ideas. Apply ideas though various mediums such as graphite, charcoal, pastel, colored pencil and acrylic paint.

Kids' Story Writing with Cecil Merlin.

--4:30-5:30--

Astrology with Alex Baker.

Understanding the Cause of Health with Amanda Maloney. 
Natural Hygiene is literally the science of health. It is about identifying the cause or causes of a disease, as opposed to simply diagnosing and attempting (futilely) to cover up symptoms. By addressing the causes, it is therefore the next logical step to stop doing what is causing the problems, whether it be rooted emotionally, physically, spiritually, or mentally. A common factor in many people's dis-ease is diet, a close second being exercise, and a third certainly being sleep/meditation.  There are many factors that create (or destroy) health, and they all need to be addressed. Sunshine, fresh air, connection with others and relationships, love of nature, are all important examples.

--5:40-6:40--

Improvisational Dance with Anna Thompson and Taylor Knight 
A workshop to guide and connect with movers and 'non-movers' alike through a workshop exploring imagery and musically driven creation. This class is geared toward entering awareness through a meditative and internal place to expand and express through simple, clear, and honest movement. **spontaneous creation

Fermentation 101 with Isaac Hill.

Pittsburgh for Trayvon Martin with Tamisha Evonne.

--6:50-7:50--

Gong Demo with Mike Tamburo.

Squatting with Daniel Chilltop

In addition to everything listed above, Elisa Beck, Developmental Optometrist, will be offering a VisionGym experience. $12.00/adult and $7.00/child age 12 and under from 2:00 to 3:00 PM. Register on the spot or pre-register by calling Dr. Elisa Beck at 412-491-0303.

Welcome Enchanted Garden Juice Bar to Schwartz Living Market!

A busy day at Schwartz Living Market!

Summer Saturdays at Schwartz Living Market in Pittsburgh's Historic South Side! Eleven AM to Three PM. Invite some friends. Park for free!

Join us every Saturday this summer from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Schwartz Living Market! Drink a shot of wheat grass juice and another fresh juice of the day...Support the local economy and small businesses. Learn from us, and let's teach one another!

Shots of wheatgrass juice are good for you! If you are a beginner, start with a one ounce shot twice a day. After a day or so, two ounces twice a day!

 Saturday, July 27, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Soulful Jonathan of Jonathan's Foods will be serving his delicious vegan food made with lots of love and pure ingredients, and the Green Mango Thai Cafe will be there with Summer Rolls, Summer Thai Salads, and fresh fruit drinks.

Ling, Jeff Schwartz and Mark of Green Mango Thai Cafe.

 Photographers  Laura Beck and Richard Snyder will be selling their photos....

Photos by Laura Beck

Magnificent Art by Native American Artist Harry Nez. 

Phil Osophical, David Smith and Harry Nez

Coffee by non profit Building New Hope

Purchase the book Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm by Darrell Frey. Displays by the non- profits Three Sisters Farm, and Yellow Corn Native American Recovery. 

Added bonuses this Saturday include an amazingly wonderful jewelry vendor, fairly traded shade grown organic coffee by non profit Building New Hope, Designs by Lauren DeCleva,
Rosaflora Botanicals, 

Third Day Organics and more!

Lauren DeKleva, Interior Designer

Sunflower sprout in wheatgrass

Cynthia Hill of Third Day Organics

Jonathan of Jonathan's Foods with customer

Free parking for customers behind the market across Bingham Street!

Join us 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM Saturdays and bring along a friend or two or three! Elisa Beck :)

July 20, 2013 at Schwartz Living Market!

Join Us and Come explore Schwartz Living Market on Saturdays between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM! Tell all of your friends, neighbors and family to join us too!

Today come see and buy artwork by Richard Snyder, Laura Beck, and others, come experience Reiki with Paul Dalton;  Eat delicious hummus wraps, cheese less cheesecake and more by Jonathan. Enjoy lemongrass salad, summer rolls, and fresh fruit drinks by Green Mango Thai Cafe. Come drink healthy wheatgrass juice by Schwartz Living Market. Learn from Lauren DeCleva of Interior Images. Buy wonderful soaps and salves from Cynthia Hill of Third Day Organics, and Tenache Golden of Rosaflora Botanicals!

Thanks so much to Kyle Winkler and the Zero Waste Program of the Pennsylvania Resources Council for Composting, Recycling and more!

Join Us with some friends and family! Schwartz Living Market open Saturdays 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM this summer!

Happy 4th of July weekend! Join us today and every Saturdays between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM!

Schwartz Living Market now open Saturdays 11:00AM to 3:00 PM & A Celebration of Health, Happiness and Freedom on July 3, 2013 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM with Brian Clement Director of the Hippocrates Health Institute

Schwartz Living Market now open Saturdays 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM! We anticipate opening four days a week with a night market after Labor Day, and six days a week by the end of this calendar year!!

Vendor space is available for $25.00/week. If you are interested in vending or speaking at the market on natural health and healing, or performing, direct inquiries to Market Manager Paul Krawczkiewicz at 724-787-5788 or schwartzlivingmarket@gmail.com

We're open for business, and we are so excited! Please join us with a friend or two or three to see what's new each Saturday. This coming Saturday, June 29, 2013, in addition to the amazing Foods and Arts and Healthful Living vendors, Yes Brain Dance Theatre will perform from 11:30 to 12:30, and Community Capoeira Angola Pittsburgh will perform from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

Vendors on Saturday, June 29, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM include: Jonathan's Foods; OmNom Bakers; Green Mango Thai Cafe; Third Day Organics; Thrice Great Apparel; RosaFlora Botanicals; Yellow Corn Native American Recovery; Native American Fine Artist Harry Nez; Central Native American Arts, Miguel Sague; Richard Snyder Photography; Laura Beck Photography; Building New Hope Coffee; Vision Gym with Elisa Beck, Developmental Optometrist; Tamar George; Hoola Hooping; Sprouts Demonstration including Wheatgrass, Sunflower shoots and pea shoots and more! Thanks so much to the PA Resources Council and their Zero Waste Program for the composting, recycling and trash containers. Thanks to Conservation Consultants for their display. Vendors vary slightly weekly!

Join us and bring a friend or two and your family. This is a grass roots, transitional, transformational process! Google Transition Town and Rob Hopkins and read Rob's blog to know where we are coming from. Check out the Transition Town movement here in the 'Burgh. How do we re-invent ourselves as a culture...how is it that we will transform ourselves from peak oil to resilience in the words of the Transition Town movement and be inspired by the Natural Step? Come on in and find out!! Learn about how you, too, can create a Living Building Challenge project and have lots of fun with it!

SAVE THE DATE and join us for a special healthful living Mini- Market on Wednesday evening, July 3, 2013, from 5:00 to 9:00 PM, with Brian Clement, Ph.D., of the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida. Join us for Dr. Clement's talk A Celebration of Health, Happiness, and Freedom at 7:00 PM followed by Q&A and book signing! Direct inquires to Elisa Beck at 412-491-0303.

Free parking for Schwartz Living Market customers behind the market across Bingham Street!

Schwartz Living Market on Grand Opening Weekend, June 21,22 and 23, 2013!

Model of Rooftop with Permaculture Production Farm, space to chill, and Performance Venue! Tony Albrecht and Carrie DiFiore, Architects

Grand Opening Festivities on June 21, 22 and 23, 2013 at Schwartz Living Market: An Urban Oasis for Healthful Living!

Join us on June 21, 22, and 23, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM each day for our Grand Opening! Breaking News: At 2:00 PM on Friday, June 21, 2013, at 1317 East Carson Street you are invited to join us for the Ribbon Cutting for Schwartz Living Market! Bruce Kraus, Councilman for the South Side will be there with us along with many other amazing folks to cut the ribbon!! 

Schwartz Living Market: A Project of 1317 East Carson Street has hired a market manager! Paul Krawczykiewicz, our new market manager, managed Today's Market in Oakmont, Pennsylvania for 17 years and is an amazing individual. We are so excited to welcome Paul to our team!

Please direct inquiries for vendor space for our opening weekend and beyond to schwartzlivingmarket@gmail.com or call 724-787-5788. Application forms for vendors and lease forms  are available for those interested in three month leases. following the Grand Opening on June 21,22 and 23, 2013, we will be open on Saturdays from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM and plan top expand hours to four days a week, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday after Labor Day, 2013. Stay tuned!


Thanks so much to all of the amazing individuals and group that have made this continuing process and project possible. We are full of gratitude!

Enjoy  the experience of vendors with real food and amazing juices including wheat grass juice and much, much, more! See demonstrations of, and learn how to juice. See how to sprout mung beans, chick peas and aduki beans. Learn how to soak seeds and nuts. Learn how to grow your own sprout farm at home with Stan Beck. Taste sprouted foods. Learn how to dehydrate food in creative ways! Enjoy amazing tea pops from Healcrest Farms. Hear Phil Osophical and his amazing Flowetry!

Check out so many amazing non profits including PA Resources Council, Conservation Consultants, Green Building Alliance, Zero Waste Pittsburgh and more. On Saturday, June 22, learn about GMO-Free PA.

Experience Vibroacoustic Harp Therapy from Stephanie Miller, Vibroacoustic Harp Therapist: $45.00/half hour. Learn about optometric vision therapy and somatic movement education with Dr. Elisa Beck, Developmental Optometrist and Somatic Movement Educator trained in Body Mind Centering and Body Mind Movement with both Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and Mark Taylor.  Learn about Permaculture from author, Permaculturist, and owner of Three Sisters Farm, Darrell Frey. Talk with Dennis Maloskey about Sustainable Living. Learn from Christina Newman of Apoidia Apiary.

Movie's scheduled each day of the opening weekend at 1:00 PM:
June 21, 2013 at 1:00 PM: Transition 2.0
June 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM The Great Story with Thomas Berry; Discussion follows facilitated by Karen Bernard
June 23, 2013 at 1:00 PM Your Environmental Road Trip www.YERT.com

The Great Story film is 49 minutes. Here's a link:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cCCKo5rxE0

The Great Story, Thomas Berry film/discussion

As a pioneer in the field of spirituality and ecology, Thomas Berry created a quiet revolution. He was a monk, a cultural historian, an author, a teacher and a mystic. At the heart of this film is Berry's experience of the universe as a cosmic liturgy. He reminds us that "we are not a collection of objects but a communion of subjects." His values are rooted in this sacred cosmology which includes the entire natural world. The mountains, rivers, birds, fish--all living organisms--are not here for our use, but exist in dynamic relationship: a relationship that allows us to become who we are. As Berry says, "I am not myself without everything else."  

 

This video will be followed by a discussion led by Karen Bernard. Karen is one of the founders of Dream of the Earth, a local nonprofit that has taken on Berry's vision of "the great work," the work of reinventing ourselves as humans through the telling of a comprehensive story that we can all live by. Many people now believe that this new story, based on solid empirical science, has the power to usher in a new "ecozoic" era, a time when human beings live in mutually enhancing relationship with the rest of creation.

Suggested Donation for movie viewing is $3.00/person. Proceeds split between the designated non-profit and Schwartz Living Market for its continued Permaculture/Transition Town Demonstration Project Development.

Yes, this is slow development, and mindful development and happens in an unexpected way!

Hey, bring some money to spend and bring lots and lots of friends and neighbors. At 3:00 PM each day, Elisa Beck will give a tour of the building. Charge $5.00/person or $15.00/family. Is this a Grand Opening, a grand re-opening, or simply a reinvention of all that already was and will continue to be?

It's really the evolution of Schwartz Market which began as Schwartz Sanitary Super market in the early part of the century with Helen and Morris Schwartz and so much more family. This is the story of evolution and revolution at this point. We are re-opening the space as a Living Market. Use your imagination and you too can be part of the action, not just the reaction!

Join Us!

Have you heard of a boilermaker? Well what do you call a shot of wheatgrass juice in 8 ounces of green juice? Cast your vote on opening weekend at Schwartz Living Market: An Urban Oasis for Healthful Living !

The new Marmoleum kitchen floor is fully installed! Thanks so much to these incredible, mindful installers from Riverview Carpet, and thanks so much to Forbo for supplying this amazing product!

Vendors over the course of the weekend will include: Jonathan's Food, Gryphon's Tea, OmNom Bakers, Jenn's Jems, Global Lovin', Third Day Organics, Paititi, Healcrest Farms, Thrice Great Apparel, Apoidia Apiary, Enchanted Garden, Rosa Flora Botanicals, Central Native American Arts and Crafts, Native American Arts and Crafts, Richard Snyder photography, Building New Hope, JWest Design, S'Eclairer, Riverview Carpet, Forbo Marmoleum, Artemis Environmental and more!

Dennis Maloskey will be there demonstrating a hand powered generator, Willi Williams will demonstrate how to apply earth plaster on stilts, and Elisa Haransky-Beck, developmental optometrist and somatic movement educator will be happy to talk to you with tips for natural vision improvement. Jump on the mini trampoline and learn about improving your peripheral vision by experiencing it! Dr. Safdar Chaudary will be there representing S'Eclairer and Janet McKee will be teaching us about healthy food choices!

This opening weekend and Schwartz Living Market is family and kid friendly. Tell everyone you know to join in on the fun!

Join Schwartz Living Market on Facebook. See you soon!

Two Visionaries: Kate O'Brien and Darrell Frey at a Retreat at Three Sister's Farm, June 9, 2013

3 Sister's Farm in June, 2013

Pulling weeds from the fields by hand: Tara Frey, Paul Krawczykiewicz, Richard Pearson, Kate O'Brien, Darrell Frey, Pam Barroso and Elisa Beck. Well, Elisa is waving to the camera, not weeding!

Thanks to Oasis, Thermoflow and so many others. We are overflowing with Gratitude at Schwartz Living Market! And Save The Dates: June 21,22 and 23, 2013!

Save The Date: Our grand opening event on June 21, 22 and 23, 2013! Bravo! 

We'll be demonstrating that weekend of June 21,22 and 23,2013, what this space will be when fully activated. Who will be there?  Apoidia; Jenn's Jems; Gloval Lovin'; Thrice Great Apparel; Paititi; Jonathan's Foods; OmNom Bakers; Gryphon's Tea; Healcrest Farms Tea Pops; Building New Hope Coffee; Rosaflora Botanicals and Native Central American Arts and Crafts; Third Day Organics; Phil Osophical; Tamar George; Richard Snyder, photographer; Safdar Chaudhary, M.D. of S'Eclairer; Janet Mckee, Holistic Health Counselor; Developmental Optometrist and Somatic Movement Educator Elisa Beck's Vision Gym Demonstration too!

PA Resources Council's Zero Waste Pittsburgh Program will be composting food waste and doing the recycling for our opening! Riverview Carpet who installed our Marmoleum Kitchen floor will be displaying their genius, Forbo Marmoleum, an amazing local company will be there, and Artemis Environmental will be on site too!

How about you, too, with your fledgling or fully developed business with a conscience? We're looking for food vendors with a conscience that produce, or craft, or pick, or source, amazingly delicious and fresh, or value added products; amazing art produced with a conscience, and amazing anything that ought to be gracing our space for others to see and/or purchase!

We're also interested in you or your Non-Profit or For- Profit or Business, offering a variety of educational classes that weekend about Permaculture, anything to do with green, with plants and water and wind and the earth; Arts; Food, anything wonderful you can think of that the community would like to learn about! Stephanie Miller will be there offering individual classes in Vibroacoustic Harp Therapy. If you are interested in vending in the space permanently or temporarily,  or just for the opening weekend, please contact us at schwartzlivingmarket@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

SAVE another DATE! July 3, 2013 at 7:00 PM: Brian Clement of the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida, will be speaking on the RAW Living Foods Lifestyle!! Stay tuned for details!

Overflowing with Gratitude! Schwartz Living Market Open House/Thank You event in April, 2013!

Bill Meier, of Thermoflow, Pittsburgh, Jenna West, Graphic Designer, and Chris Romagnoli of Oasis

Stephanie Miller, Vibroacoustic Harp Therpaist played so beautifully for us! With Ling Ling from CMU, and the Silvestri's.

Our Open House and Thank You event was so wonderful this past Thursday, April 4, 2013 with over 50 people attending over the course of three hours. The timing was not as announced, but as they say in the Transition Town Movement, whoever was there was meant to be there and now we are extending that to, whatever the timing is, is just right!

Thank You Oasis, A BIG shout out! Chris Romagnoli from Oasis in Columbus, Ohio for donating an amazing combination water fountain and Sports Water Filler and for traveling from Columbus to be with us this past Thursday! Also, thank you Matt Larkin for personally delivering the fixture and Bill Meier, of Thermoflow here in Pittsburgh; David Smith, Native American Medicine Man and amazing water and people blesser; Stephanie Miller, Harpist and Vibroacoustic Harp Therapist extraordinaire; Phil-O-Sophical, Kevin May, for his amazing Water Flowetry; Laura Beck, our bright, sweet and oh so helpful daughter; Pam Barroso, amazing lady; Ling Ling from Carnegie Mellon University who is helping us so much; Kate O’Brien, Visionary; Kyle Winkler of PA Resources Council for the one waste compost, landfill and recycling set up; Indigo Raffel of Conservation Consultants for her prayers; Matt Yough, Rachel, and everyone from Building New Hope for supplying their amazing fairly traded shade grown coffee that supports 50 families on an organic coffee farm in Nicaragua and other amazing work in Central America; Lauren DeCleva, Interior Designer; Enchanted Garden for the magnificent flowers and set up; Cambodican Kitchen for the delicious food without MSG; Mark Dixon for continuing to film into the fourth year of this project; Phipps Conservatory and Megan Palomo, for being there as a Living Building Challenge example for all of us; our team members, Brad Hochberg; Darrell Frey, Liz Lynch, Permaculturists;  Mark Dixon, Sarah Baxendell, Pam Barroso, Lauren DeKleva, Kate O'Brien, and everyone who attended and contributed their energy and spirit in so many wonderful ways!

Mark Dixon or YERT.org filming; Jonathan of Jonathan's Foods, and his girlfriend looking on!

David Smith, Medicine Man, and faciitating blessing our water

Lauren DeCleva and Phil-O-Sophical!

Pam Barroso and John Silvestri

Listening to David talk about the qualities of Water...

Display of denim insulation and biodegradable, recyclable Seventh Generation detergent bottle! Plants by The Enchanted Garden on 13th St, half a block from Schwartz Living Market, and South Side's Premier Fresh Juice location!

Dan McSwiggen and his daugher-in-law from Cambod-ican Kitchen. Delicious fresh spring rolls were made on site! Mmmmmm...

We even called photographer Jason in who was walking by on E. Carson Street and he met Megan Palomo from Phipps!

Here's Phil-O-Sophical flowing on the Essence of Water!

   

Here's folks listening to Phil-O-Sophical!

Enjoying the food and conversation!            

When folks ask me what is this project about, "What are you doing?" I ask them, "What are you doing?" Work with us, engage, play and let's figure it all out together in a way you might not be used to. That's what this Transition Town process is all about! Rob Hopkins founded the movement in 2005 in Totnes, England. The idea behind it is how do we go from peak oil, and really peak everything, to Resilience and have a LOT of fun along the way! Join Us in this amazing proecess!!!

 Elisa Beck, Schwartz Living Market: A Project of 1317 East Carson Street

~Linking the Urban and Suburban Food Not Lawns Movement and Healthy Inner and Outer Ecosystems with the Urban Core through the Schwartz Living Market project! Join Us! :)