Sautee Lunch & Learn, a popular, informal adult education program, provides an opportunity to enjoy a delicious
meal and some "food for thought" with old friends and new. SNCA members and non-members are welcome.
There is no admission charge (donations accepted); we ask only that you bring a dish to share for the potluck table.
Doors open at 11:30am, with lunch at noon followed by the presentation. We usually finish around 1:30pm.
We meet in the historic gym at 11:30am on the first Tuesday for 8 months of the year:
February - May; on break June-July-August; returning September - December.
Everyone has the option to bring a dish to share or a packed lunch for yourself.
Or just come to enjoy the speaker.
REMINDER: Sautee Lunch & Learn takes a summer break during the months of June, July and August.
Watch this website for details of future programs.
We need volunteers! Send an email to kathryn_vazquez@yahoo.com
if you are interested in helping, would like to be on the
committee or have questions about the program. The Sautee Lunch & Learn is a community program and
we welcome your participation.
Upcoming Programs in 2023
April 4, 2023, 11:30am
Mark Farmer, A carbon-free energy economy representing the nonprofit Citizens Climate Lobby
As the world navigates the transition away from an energy economy dominated by
fossil fuels it has raised questions about the required upscaling of carbon neutral
energy sources and subsequent reduction in energy needs that will be required.
As a State that has no fossil fuel resources yet has abundant wind and solar
potential, Georgia is ideally positioned to meet this challenge. Furthermore, with
the recent investment in plants to manufacture electric vehicles, Georgia stands
ready to become an international leader in both clean energy production and energy
efficient transportation.
This presentation will highlight some of the ongoing and
future advancements in building a carbon-free energy economy and how these projects
can benefit the people of Georgia.
Let us know if you plan to come. Click: RSVP For a count of RSVPs received to date and of dishes people are bringing. Click: COUNTS
May 2, 2023, 11:30am
Mark Warren, Design in Nature
Nature has a quiet, invisible force always pushing plants and animals toward success. We will have a look at both
the botanical and animal sides of this, with our emphasis on native plants. What we see in our lifetime is the
present version of each particular species' state of success, and it is worthwhile to remember two things about this
phenomenon:
What you see before you is necessarily a view of what has proved to be successful up to now.
But the process is still ongoing. The force never sleeps.
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We can study a common feature of any plant: a prickly spine, a cluster of tiny hairs, the shape of a leaf, a color from
a botanical pigment, the length of a flower stalk, a scent, a tasty flavor, etc. These everyday details of plants can be
looked at from an entirely new perspective, giving us even more respect for that plant's design and purpose. These
little architectural or functional points are speaking out to us, telling us of the struggle to survive, and demonstrating
the brilliant solutions that nature has bestowed. This program leads an audience toward stories as old as time itself.
Another thought-provoking part of this class in design involves identifying human inventions that were inspired by
specific natural items.
Bio: Mark Warren is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Georgia. At Medicine Bow, his nationally
renowned wilderness school in the Southern Appalachians, he teaches nature classes and survival skills of the
Cherokees. The National Wildlife Federation named him Georgia's Conservation Educator of the Year in 1980.
In 1998 Mark became the U.S. National Champion in whitewater canoeing, and in 1999 he won the
World Championship Longbow title.
Warren has written extensively about nature for local and national magazines. He lectures on Native American
history and survival skills, and Western Frontier History presenting at museums and cultural centers around the
country. He is a member of the Wild West History Association, and Western Writers of America. His Wyatt Earp,
An American Odyssey trilogy was honored by WWA's Spur Awards, The Historical Novel Society and the 2020
Will Rogers Medallion Awards under the original hardback editions, Born to the Badge (2018) and Promised Land
(2019.) Warren is a 2022 Georgia Author of the Year for his book Song of the Horseman. Indigo Heaven and
The Cowboy, The Librarian and The Broomsman are both 2022 Will Rogers Medallion Awards winners.
His published books include: from Lyons Press, Two Winters in a Tipi and Secrets of the Forest (a four volume
series on nature and primitive skills), from Five Star - Gale Cengage and Two Dot, Wyatt Earp, An American
Odyssey (a historical fiction trilogy on the life of Wyatt Earp,) from Five Star - Gale Cengage Indigo Heaven, The
Cowboy, The Librarian and the Broomsman from the anthology Librarians of the West: A Quartet, Westering Trail
Travesties, and A Last Serenade for Billy Bonney, and from Speaking Volumes, Song of the Horseman, Last of
the Pistoleers, and A Tale Twice Told.
Let us know if you plan to come. Click: RSVP For a count of RSVPs received to date and of dishes people are bringing. Click: COUNTS