Tuesday, February 9 Allen Penticoff,
Director of Communications for Green
Communities Coalition, “The
Powerful Positive Impact Vegetarians Have on Our Environment”
Allen, a lifelong environmentalist, is the Director of
Communications for Green Communities
Coalition. He describes himself as a pilot, sailor, handyman, activist, and
writer. Allen and his
wife Ruth have been vegetarians for three years; and they are members of VIM!
Gayle Englof, “Water Issues: Separating Fact from Fiction”
Gayle
is president of Home Environment Center (6407 E. Riverside Blvd.) with a mission
to provide solutions for allergens and pollution within the indoor environment
and to help people be proactive about their health and well being. After
discovering that her husband and one daughter had allergies, she researched ways
to minimize their exposure to allergens so that they could reduce their
dependence on medications. This awareness of the impact that our environment has
on our health led her to open the Home Environment Center in 1996.
Gayle and her husband, Ellwyn, have a strong interest in traveling and spent 4
years living in Europe before returning to Rockford to raise their family. They
have two grown daughters who currently live in Chicago.
New Tools for Type 2 Diabetes:
Knife, Fork and Spoon
presented by
Caroline Trapp, M.S.N., C.D.E.
Diabetes Nurse Practitioner
Director of Diabetes Education & Care, PCRM
New research shows that a low-fat, plant-based diet can be just as effective as some medications
for Type 2 diabetes. It has many additional health benefits with fewer side effects.
Plus, it does not require the portion control, calorie restrictions
and limitations on carbohydrates usually prescribed.
Learn how eating from four food groups can work for diabetes,
and receive recipes and useful tools to get started.
Sponsored by
David and his wife Adrienne operate Olson Studios located at
Clock Tower Resort,
Rockford (www.davidolsonphoto.com). David specializes in portraiture, wedding,
and wildlife photography. His work is seen in Northwest Quarterly, Birders
World, Sierra, and other leading
publications. David teaches photography and leads expeditions to various exotic
locations. He and Ron Burmeister experienced a fantastic trip to the Arctic in
August; the VIM presentation is based on that expedition.
An interventional cardiologist and medical consultant who founded Rockford Cardiology Associates in 1983, Dr. Harner is also an assistant professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford.
Earth Day—founded by Sen. Gaylord Nelson in 1970
This session is FREE and open to the public
Dr. Greger will offer practical advice on how best to feed ourselves and our families to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic disease.
Dr. Greger will present “The Latest in Nutrition” in an engaging interactive quiz show format.
A founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. He has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the International Bird Flu Summit, the National Institutes of Health, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in the defense of Oprah Winfrey in the infamous “meat defamation” trial. He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. Currently Dr. Greger serves as the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States in Washington, DC.
Sifu, teacher, therapist and author
Tai Chi
combines Qigong exercises into choreographed routines called "forms" that are
practiced like slow dancing and modified as needed.
Qigong coordinates breath with movement, postures and imagination. Good for everyone, Qigong needs minimum space, strength and modified as needed.
Tai Chi and Qigong (also spelled Chi Kung) Exercise are fun ways to improve balance, coordination, muscle tone and strength. Slow, dance-like movements assist balance, comfort, flexibility and self-defense. Practicing these exercises can relax energies and improve memory.