From the Globesity Festival website:  

This is an Announcement of a Showdown
. . . From the Personal to the Global . . .

GLOBESITY is the over consumption of all natural elements that create and sustain life on Earth – some of the most vital and visible being water, minerals, oil, and FOOD. Our approach to food and sustenance is destroying our personal and social health. Our Earth and our Bodies cannot sustain the beastly grind of consumption. This beast is Globesity. It has been named. Now is the hour of confrontation.

The Globesity Festival is FREE to Everyone.

COME JOIN US for a Week of discussions, solutions, community building and PERFORMANCE.

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I'm sure I wouldn't agree with all of the opinions expressed by the artists and thinkers presenting this week, and I'll bet they're putting some thought-provoking stuff out there.  I'll be out of town: somebody go to the Thursday night presentation "Eating Good in the Hood," a topic I want to look into in the coming weeks.   Click here for the full schedule.