This Tuesday evening: Sustainability in Motion, a "talk & walk" led by Claude Stephens of Bernheim Arboretum.

I'm looking forward to Bank Street Brewhouse's participation in the 2015 New Albany Public Art Project. The theme of  sustainability is perfectly suited to a city currently engaged in one of the most extensive programs of structural demolition since Nicolae Ceausescu's 1980s Romanian heyday.

Don't forget: The Carnegie Center's 18th Annual "A Taste for Art & History" fundraising event will be held on Friday, September 5, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Please join us this Tues. August 26, from 6:00-7:30 PM, for Sustainability in Motion, a "talk & walk" around New Albany, led by Claude Stephens of Bernheim Arboretum.

Beginning in the spring of 2015, the Carnegie Center will place new public art installations around our city through the New Albany Public Art Project: Today & Tomorrow Series. Each year, we will focus on a theme that impacts our community today and we are happy to be working with Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest (www.bernheim.org) to present the theme of sustainability in 2015. In order to provide artists with information about the theme of sustainability and to encourage a conversation on this topic in our community, we will be presenting a series of programs about sustainability with Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. These programs will be open to artists who are interested in applying to the 2015 Public Art Project, as well as members of the public.

On Tuesday August 26, from 6:00-7:30 pm, beginning at the Carnegie Center, the public is invited to a “talk & walk” about sustainability with Claude Stephens of Bernheim Arboretum. Every action ripples out with implications that effect our air, water, soil, energy and community; the playground of sustainability. This short informal chat, followed by a leisurely stroll through the community around the Carnegie Center, will focus on “reading” the urban landscape with an eye toward options for a more sustainable future. Come help us envision a future where we live in better agreement with nature as we explore a shift from sustainable to regenerative thinking. Claude Stephens is the Facilitator of Outreach and Regenerative Design at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. As an ecologist and educator Claude is excited about a future where ecology and economy work in partnership.

The program will begin with a 30-minute conversation about sustainability at the Carnegie Center, which will be followed by a 45-minute walk around downtown New Albany. For anyone who would like to continue the conversation informally, we will end the walk at a local restaurant. This program is free, but reservations are requested (please call 812-944-7336 or email dthomas@carnegiecenter.org).

Thank you and we hope you'll join us on Tuesday!

Laura Wilkins, Director of Marketing & Outreach