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Sierra Salon at Hibiscus Restaurant – October 10, 6pm-8pm

Oct 6

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Join Sierra Club SF Bay Chapter for a special evening honoring long-time Sierra Club activist and volunteer leader, Norman LaForce of El Cerrito. Norman has been Chapter Chair, West Contra Costa Group Chair, Chair of the Chapter’s legal committee and Chair of the East Bay Public Lands Committee. He is the former mayor of El Cerrito.

In addition, the special guest and speaker for the event is Nancy O’Malley, Alameda County District Attorney. Ms. O’Malley has an impressive record of protecting the environment through her Consumer and Environmental Protection department and is considered a national leader for the strong work she and her staff are doing to protect the environment.

Use secure checkout to purchase your tickets online today. For more information on sponsorships, tickets, and other ways for you to participate please phone 510-848-0800 or email karolo.aparicio@sierraclub.org.

$50 per member / $75 non-members*

Includes one glass of wine and delicious Caribbean inspired hors d’ouevres.

* If you are not a member of the Sierra Club, you can sign up here.Join the Sierra Club today! (and get a free backpack!) 

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Bay Area Moving Planet This Sat Sept. 24 Still Needs Volunteers – and you can get FREE SF GREEN FESTIVAL TICKETS by volunteering!

Sep 23

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Moving Planet - A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels - September 24, 2011

***The first 50 volunteers will get free T-Shirts and ALL volunteers will get free tickets to the 10 Anniversary Green Festival in SF!***

Moving Planet, Sept 24th is this Sat!!!

About 200 volunteers are needed this Saturday to make Bay Area Moving Planet happen smoothly.

That’s where you come in!

There are many kinds of volunteer opportunities available at all times of the day Sat (and this week beforehand).  Just fill out this short form to sign up: http://goo.gl/g1B13

In case you want to know more about Moving Planet:

Moving Planet is a worldwide rally on September 24, 2011 to call for solutions to the climate crisis—a single day to move away from fossil fuels. In cities and towns around the world, people will take to the streets on bicycles, skateboards, on foot, and more, coming together as a global community dedicated to moving our planet in a new direction, away from fossil fuels and towards a sustainable future. Here in the Bay Area, we’re on track to have one of the most massive mobilizations of people power (and pedal power!) our nation and world has ever seen. In fact 350.org* is dedicating a huge amount of staff time, resources, and money to make this one of our best events yet. So far, we have Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org; Mike Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club; and Carl Anthony, co-founder Race, Poverty and the Environment scheduled as speakers, with more politicians and leaders to come.

Local actions are happening all over the Bay Area in the A.M.

Then everyone will MEET at Justin Herman Plaza in SF at NOON.

We will PARADE down Market Street at 12:30 P.M. headed towards Civic Center Plaza, where speakers, entertainment, and activities abound through 6:00 P.M.

Remember to sign up to volunteer!
http://goo.gl/g1B13

Please spread the word to other potentially interested people/groups!

http://www.moving-planet.org/BayArea
https://www.facebook.com/bayareamovingplanet

contact for questions or comments:

Kimberley D.C. Schroder
Day-Of Logistics Coordinator for Bay Area Moving Planet
(925) 766-8813

*What is 350? 350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Scientists measure carbon dioxide in “parts per million” (ppm), so 350ppm is the number humanity needs to get below as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change. To get there, we need a different kind of PPM—a “people powered movement” that is made of people like you in every corner of the planet

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Locals get down with the Green Festival

May 19

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“Charles Earnest attended early Green Festivals when he lived in San Francisco. After moving home to Bellevue six years ago, the marketing professional and Microsoft contractor served as a catalyst for bringing the nation’s premier sustainability event to the Pacific Northwest.

Now in its fourth year in Seattle, the Green Festival will be held in a new location at Qwest Event Center, May 21-22. It features some 300 eco-friendly exhibitors and 125 speakers, many of whom hail from the Puget Sound region.

“Frankly, we have all sorts of sustainable events, but nothing of this scale,” said Earnest, who serves as a host committee member and volunteer. “As a promotion, however, the goal is to get new people in the door – to attract people who have never before stepped in a green event.”’

Locals get down with the Green Festival via Leslee Jaquette – Bellevue KOMO

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Seattle Green Festival 2011

May 3

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We are all in luck to hear that the Green Festival will be returning to Seattle this May! After just wrapping up in San Francisco, the festival will be in Chicago on May 14th and 15th and then come to Seattle on May 21st and 22nd. I attended green weekend last year and was blown away by the amount of exhibitors, knowledge of the speakers, and the interactive booths that were there. If you are looking for something to do in Seattle for a weekend, don’t miss this opportunity.

The Green Festival is a project by Green America and Global Exchange; two incredible organizations aiming to educate the world on Green Living and social justice. Even the festival itself strives to be sustainable. Volunteer workers help attendees sort their trash so that plastics, aluminum, glass, mixed paper and cardboard, electronic waste and compost are all diverted from a landfill and are recycled. In its first year in 2008 the Seattle Green Festival diverted 97% of all its use from the landfill. Now coming back to Seattle for the 10th anniversary of the Festival, participation by attendees is crucial. Here are some things you can to help do while attending the festival;

READ MORE: Seattle Green Festival 2011 via The Chic Ecologist

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El Centro de Raza – Comcast Dares Day April 30th

Apr 19

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A Day of Service on the Los Angeles River

Apr 14

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El Río de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula

Saturday, April 30, 2011

LOS ANGELES - The “LA River Day of Service,” taking place Saturday April 30, 2011, will bring community awareness to the Los Angeles River and watershed issues by mobilizing volunteers city-wide through service and civic engagement.  The “LA River Day of Service” is part of Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa’s “We Serve LA” volunteer and service campaign and will bring together Angelenos throughout the City in an effort to learn about how we are all connected to the LA River (and its tributaries) and find ways to continue revitalizing this urban treasure.

The “LA River Day of Service” will consist of an array of service projects, beautification, community education, and fun-filled activities along the river (from the Valley to the Eastside).  The day will engage countless community groups and individuals volunteering together to improve neighborhoods and bankside sites along the 51-mile L.A. River. Mayor Villaraigosa and other community leaders/celebrities/sponsors will travel on a trolley and visit targeted service projects along the river.  Service activities take place in the morning, culminating with a volunteer celebration featuring a free concert by GRAMMY® Award-winning Ozomatli at Rio de Los Angeles State Park in the afternoon.

The “LA River Day of Service” is organized in conjunction with the Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) and will include the participation of other community based organizations, schools, and neighborhood councils.  These groups include the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Keep America Beautiful, LA River Revitalization Corp., Los Angeles River Project, San Fernando Valley Audobon Society, Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority, Heal the Bay, Urban Semillas, Pacoima Beautiful, & Girls Today Women Tomorrow, Pacific Asian Volunteer Association.  We have over 50 community service projects taking place and expect between 5,000 – 8,000 volunteers to participate throughout the day.

The event will culminate at El Rio de Los Angeles Park where volunteers will be thanked by the Mayor and others for their service, have lunch and be treated to a free concert by LA’s own “Ozomatli.”  Community and sponsor booths will be set to provide relevant information to those in attendance.  Daphne Zuniga, actress and part of the cast of the CW’s “One Tree Hill,” will serve as MC for the culmination ceremony.

As an added bonus to celebrate the Los Angeles River, Ozomatli, the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the Office of the Mayor will organize “Songs of the LA River,” where local students will have an opportunity to submit songs about the river.  Selected student songs will be performed live by Ozomatli during their concert on the river.   KCET will also be on hand to document the many stories from people who have experienced the LA River through their public media programs Departures and StoryShare.

For more information on the “LA River Day of Service” please contact Rafael Gonzalez (rafael.gonzalez@lacity.org).

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Volunteer at the Green Festival and Get Free Admission

Mar 16

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“The 10th Anniversary of the Green Festival will be held from April 9-10, 2011 at the San Francisco Concourse and Exhibitor Center. The event will include over 125 renowned authors, leaders and visionaries. There will be a lot of learning, networking, and new products and services.

Volunteers receive free admission all weekend, an organic t-shirt, snacks, membership in Green America and Global Exchange, and 10% off Green America and Global Exchange stores. You can volunteer as an individual, as a group, as part of the street or media teams.

For more information about the festival, speakers and exhibitors, see www.greenfestivals.org. You can reserve your shifts online at www.greenfestivals.org/sf. If you would like to volunteer as group, call (828) 333 – 9415 orvolunteer@greenfestivals.org.”

Volunteer at the Green Festival and Get Free Admission via Mark Quan – Local Contributor, Yahoo News

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Retired cop honored for decade as teacher's aide

Mar 7

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“Weidinger was a police officer for the California State Police and then the California Highway Patrol for a combined 27 years. When he retired, he knew he wanted to work with young children so he could have a greater influence on their morals and academics.

He also knew he wanted to focus on math and science to try to make the subjects more accessible and engaging than when he was in elementary school. The San Francisco Education Fund’s volunteer program connected Weidinger with Cleveland.”

Retired cop honored for decade as teacher’s aide via Heather Knight, SF Chronicle

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9th Annual San Francisco Green Festival hosts over 34,000 participants, gives back to green economy and engages community year-round

Dec 6

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San Francisco – Green Festival hosted more than 34,000 socially and environmentally conscious participants on November 6-7, to celebrate what’s working in regional communities and engage in solutions to create a cleaner, greener and more socially-responsible world. Green Festival, the nation’s premier sustainability event, stimulated the green economy by giving back $24,000 to more than 300 local, regional and national sustainable businesses through the new “GF Bucks” admissions policy. Also, new this fall, Green Festival gave 10,000 free tickets, a $150,000 value, to local non profit organizations and asked community members to give back to their local communities in exchange for free admission.

Green Festival’s new admissions policy, “Pay it Forward, Get it Back at Green Festival,” engaged community members with 10 local non profit organizations to create year-round community involvement. These non profit allies engaged with new volunteers and donors by providing free Green Festival admission as incentive.

Highlights of the weekend included inspiring presentations from 350.0rg founder Bill Mckibben, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now and empowering activist Dolores Huerta.  Additional highlights included eco-fashion shows, a screening of the movie “Ghetto Physics” and fun interactive art projects, creepy crawly insects and reptiles in Annie’s Green Kid’s Zone

Green Festival partnered with T-Mobile to recycle old, unused cell phones in exchange for free admission. T-Mobile representatives were thrilled to report that 560 cell phones were collected at Green Festival for recycling, as well as a large amount of phone accessories, such as wall and car chargers. Recycling cell phones is incredibly important, as it aids the recycling of energy and preserves a significant amount of precious resource metals, including gold, silver, copper and palladium.

The San Francisco Food Bank and KPIX CBS 5 partnered with Green Festival to host a food drive in which nonperishable cans were donated for free admission. Over 3,000 lbs of food was collected and distributed to families in need in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday. According to the SF Foodbank, in San Francisco, 197,000 people struggle each day to feed themselves and their families.

“The generous donation of food collected at Green Festival will aid the SF Food Bank in delivering nutritious and delicious Thanksgiving meals for over 35,000 families throughout San Francisco and Marin,” says Events and Food Drives Manager, Jessica Brittsan. “Every donation helps in the fight to end hunger in our community.”

A project of Green America and Global Exchange, two leading non profit organiza­tions dedicated to environmental and social justice for more than twenty-six years, Green Festival serves as a foundation to explore and build sustainable solutions to benefit communities and the environment, discover new environmentally-friendly products and practices and connect with like minded individuals from all over the nation.

In a continuing commitment to green event management, Green Festival diverted over 31,000 lb. of waste over the weekend, for a 93.5% per cent diversion rat

Green Festival will return to San Francisco April 9th and 10th, 2011. For information and regular news updates, visit http://www.greenfestivals.org. Also, keep up with continuing news from exhibitors, partners and more on the new Green Festival press portal at http://www.greenfestivals.org/press or through Twitter @GreenFestival and Facebook.

Special thanks to: Made, Earthbound Farm, Park Merced, Nissan LEAF and KPFA.

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About Green America

Green America is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1982, providing the economic strategies, organizing power and practicing tools for businesses and individuals to address today’s social and environmental problems. Its Green Business Network is the largest national network of businesses screened for their social and environmental responsibility.  www.greenamericatoday.org

About Global Exchange

Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since its founding in 1988, Global Exchange has successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change. www.globalexchange.org

About Seven-Star, Inc.

Seven-Star, Inc. is the nation’s premier green full-service event company focusing exclusively on green events. Since 1999, Seven-Star has provided turn-key green event services for environmentally Responsible and socially Respectful (eR/sR) festivals, trade and consumer expositions, conferences and concerts. From the greening of the 2007 International Live Earth events, to the 2008 Democratic National Convention events, to producing the nation’s largest consumer Green Festivals, Seven-Star has defined itself as the company for eR/sR event production. Seven-Star is the first event company to have won the EPA’s Gold Waste Wise Award for Excellence in recognition for their proprietary system of event waste diversion, which has consistently achieved greater than 85%. www.sevenstarevents.com

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Volunteer for Green Festival in DC October 23–24 and receive free admission

Aug 27

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Volunteer for Green Festival in DC October 23-24 and receive free admission via DC Examiner.com by Jamie Hardin

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