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Dear Global Warming Activists,
The February Plant-Projects Potluck was a wonderful event, and there are still plenty of opportunities to get involved in many of the projects.
Also there are tons of events coming up to help educate, inspire, and get everyone involved in doing our part to lower our carbon foot print. Thank you to all the new people who have signed up to receive this newsletter!
-Rachel of VCCool
www.vccool.org
The Planet-Projects Potluck of February 11th at the Bell Arts Factory, was a wonderful event. With 75 people participating, signing up to help with one or more planet care projects, the local climate care movement grew even stronger.
The seven projects are well on their way, each with a group of climate care activists signed up to make them a reality.
Check our
website for more information and project contacts.
Thursday, March 8th
7:00 pm
651 E. Main St., Ventura
at the library Topping Room
Suggested Donation $7
Hope Dance Films presents CRUDE IMPACT, a powerful and timely documentary. The film chronicles the collision of our insatiable appetite for oil with the rights and livelihoods of indigenous cultures, other species and the planet itself. See this thought-provoking story of discovery, sorrow, outrage, humor and ultimately, hope.
-HopeDance web Site
Energy Trends and Technologies for the Coming Decades
Thursday, March 8th
8:00 pm
UCSB Campbell Hall
Mesa Road, Goleta, CA
Free
Provost from 1995 to 2004 and Professor of Theoretical
Physics since 1975 at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Steve E.
Koonin is currently the Chief Scientist of BP (formerly British Petroleum)
in London, the world’s second largest integrated oil company and the
largest oil and gas producer. Koonin’s research has included the study
of “earthshine,” a phenomenon which more accurately reveals
fluctuations in the Earth’s albedo, a critical climate parameter.
In his talk, Koonin will discuss global climate issues, and as stated in
his own words, "one of the most important problems facing society –
energy."
To learn more
visit their website.
VCCool is teaming up with local businesses (Weaver Wines and Real Cheap Sports) to put on a cloth bag design contest.
The selected design will be printed on bags in the Ventura area. There will be lots of cool prizes for many different categories including $200 for the design that gets printed, plus an art show for all entries. Locally owned businesses can sponsor the project and get their logo printed on the back of the bags.
A percentage of the bag sales will go to VCCool. And, of course, the big perk - is that lots more Ventura County folk will start using cloth bags more and start using fossil fuels and trees less!!
Contest Guidelines and Business Sponsorship information
"Permaculture Design: Pathway to Sustainability?"
Saturday, March 10
6 to 9 p.m.
651 E. Main St., Ventura,
at the Library Topping Room
The Ventura Organic Gardening Club presents Eric Werbelowsky talking on"Permaculture Design: Pathway to Sustainability?" No admission
charge; donations only.
More information
March- April
SB Permaculture Network: Workshops, Talks, Dinners...
"Permaculture, a design system that reconciles human communities with the ecological imperatives of a living planet."---Ben Haggard
If you want to know more about permaculture, and do some serious hands-on landscaping workshops, check out the Upcoming Events at the SBPN website.
Is our next president going to take serious steps toward reigning in global warming in the United States? A new campaign is helping to prioritize the issue and help select a candidate that will support national action.
TheHeatIsOn
Also, is the same vein, check out Step-It-Up. April 14th, hundreds of events across the country, telling congress to "step it up" on global warming actions. Actions are planned for Ventura and Thousand Oaks. If your group, church, etc. would like to plan an event, check out StepItUp2007.org . An be sure to drop a note to action@vccool.org so we can help you get the word out!
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