IMAGINE: A new year in which we put our feet on the road
to sustainable use of resources, restoration of brownfields,
peaceful and just communities, and creative networks of citizens
who are dedicated to being part of the solution!

Here are 20 - count 'em, 20 - ways you can celebrate the potential of a new year by promoting the broadcast of Edens Lost & Found on PBS stations in your community.

• Check your local PBS television schedule at www.pbs.org, and if you don't find your local station listed, call and encourage them to carry the programs. Ask others to make calls, also.
• If your local PBS affiliate does have Edens on the schedule (generally Seattle is Jan. 4 and Los Angeles is Jan. 11), please spread the word and encourage others to tune in and watch!
• Got a newsletter or e-mail alert for your group? Please pass the word about these broadcasts to your members. Ask each member to call five other people and share the air time information.
• Put a link to www.edenslostandfound.org on your website. Mention the broadcast dates.
• Write an entry in your blog about how Edens is pointing the way to a greener future. Link to Edens website (http://www.edenslostandfound.org) and mention the broadcast dates for your area.
• Have a pre-broadcast party for your neighbors and friends or organization members; watch the programs together.

Did you know.... that Jimmy Smits is the host of our Los Angeles program?

• City Hall needs to know about Edens; there is a great deal of material in our series and companion book about wastewater, urban forestry, parks and greenspace, public safety, and the power of volunteers to accomplish community goals.
• Outreach Partner Pickerel-Crooked Lakes Association presented a copy of Edens' companion book to their county planning department and encouraged them all to watch the January broadcast segments.
• Got a Sierra Club? An Audubon Society? A Conservancy? Watershed Council? Other groups with environmental and/or urban society interests? Let them know about Edens and the broadcast dates! Get some synergy going!
• Are you in a book club? Get them to read Edens Lost & Found as a non-fiction selection.
• Ask your community college or library to have a lecture series that focuses on issues illuminated in Edens Lost & Found.
• Right now while publicity is high for the January broadcasts, it's the perfect time for your organization to sell the companion book as a fundraiser. Bulk rates are available from the publisher: Contact Allison Lennox at 802-299-2456, or e-mail: alennox@chelseagreen.com for information.
• Alert your bookstores about the broadcast and let them know it's a good time to promote the companion book.
• Write a letter to the editor of your local paper. Talk about the importance of community involvement in directing the future, and mention the Edens broadcast dates as a way for people to see the power of positive action.( Let your bookstores know you are writing the letter! Cross-pollination helps produce a good harvest!)

Did you know.... there are many ways that salmon and Seattle help each other survive?

• Developers are hearing a lot these days about the economic and environmental returns of green design and construction. Contact your local Home Builder's Association, Chamber of Commerce, or individual developers to make sure they're in the loop. Tell them about the broadcast!
• Write to your politicians! You can download and print the .pdf of the Edens brochure to include as background with your letter. It's on our website at http://www.edenslostandfound.org/download/ELFBrochure.pdf.
• Edens contains fabulous material to use in the classroom, either as lively discussion topics, ideas for service learning, or research projects. Download the free online teacher's guide (http://www.edenslostandfound.org/download/TeachersGuide.pdf) and get it to your school before the broadcasts are seen locally.
• If you want to be really cool, get your organization to buy the set of four DVD's, the companion book, and the curriculum for your school's science and social studies classes.
• Many churches are talking about today's world with the understanding that "Eden" was a gift and mankind was called to take care of it. Encourage your church to study the Old Testament mandate, compare it with New Testament parables, and bring in Edens Lost & Found to illustrate the importance of sustainable living as acceptance of personal responsbility.
• Watch Edens with your family and afterwards, make a list of things you can do in your own home to take better care of your environment. For starters, there are some great suggestions on our website at http://www.edenslostandfound.org/home/preview.php?id=122

PARTNERS: Let us know what you're doing to promote Edens Lost & Found,
and we'll share your idea! Drop an e-mail to our webmaster: mcmullen@parishonline.tv

How outreach partners can help:
see http://www.edenslostandfound.org/home/preview.php?id=147

NOT A PARTNER YET? IT'S TIME TO JOIN US!

For Edens, it was the great "What if..." What if we could get people all over the country to realize the impact they could have if they promoted recycling in their community. What if we could turn people on to the power of a neighborhood garden. What if we showed what a couple of guys can do to create a biodiesel industry?

Edens can help you take your first step. There are several action guides on our website; take a look at them (http://www.edenslostandfound.org/home/preview.php?id=84) for ideas and help on how to create a plan for your community or region. Then, choose an action that fits you, and take that second step.

Get involved with Edens Lost & Found!

Download our free teacher and community action guides: http://www.edenslostandfound.org/download/

Register to become an Outreach Partner: http://www.edenslostandfound.org/home/application.php

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Thanks for reading!
You can find past newsletters by going to our Table of Contents:
http://www.edenslostandfound.org/home/preview.php?id=146