A place to get ideas on lowering your expenses and your footprint...
How low can we go while adding more adventure to our life?! Find out more information about Climate Recovery efforts at the Issues page, and how you can help on the Get Involved page.*****
There are a total of 7 ENTRIES at the Letters section INCLUDING "Low Carbon Travel Adventures" and more. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Please submit your own adventures and challenges to VJacobi@sonic.net
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Join us for this
EXCITING 35.0 HOUR EVENT!
Saturday, 4/24, 8 AM - Sunday, 4/25, 7 PM (or 9PM bonus activities- see below)
Save/Savor Our Community
Please Note- Due to the complexity of a mobile 35.0 hr event details are Subject to Change. Please check back for updates, rain details & additional info. Zero Waste event - please bring your own cup, plate, silverware and some snacks. Some food will be provided and available. Also bring a sleeping bag, pillow and pad etc if you are planning on sleeping.
35.0 Hour Environmental Forum & Party
Aka - Best Yet Mobile Earth Day Party for Our Planet and Our Future!
(aka 2 - Let's be less Fossil Foolish and have more Fun doing it!)
How Low Can We Go?! Series of Forums throughout one or two days with Fun, Connecting & Effectiveness
Yes We Can Reduce our Carbon & Eco-Footprint
Chops/Greenway > Finley Center > City Hall > Roseland Elementary School >former New College
Come to one or all of the activities. Join us anytime throughout the. 35.0 hours!
There is no charge for any events except a suggested donation for Awakening the Dreamer.
"I arise in the morning, torn between a desire to save the world, and a desire to savor the world. That makes it hard to plan the day." ~ E.B. White ~
8 AM Meet in front of Chops (a block west of 99 W. Sixth St.) to Bike Ride Greenway from Pierson Bridge to Finley Center
If you want to have some fun, exercise and join others on our way to the event meet us in front of Chop?s on W. 6th Street near the 6th Street Playhouse. We will head to the Greenway at 8:05 AM and arrive at Finley by 8:25 AM
Finley segment - ALL ACTIVITIES WILL BE AT THE FINLEY CENTER FROM 8:30 AM THRU 5PM SATURDAY
8:30 AM to 12:30 AM Green Team Convention First ever, Student Green Team Convention in Sonoma County. Co-sponsored by Students for Sustainable Communities (SRJC), Climate Protection Campaign and Alliance for Climate Education. Non students welcome as mentors or for separate complementary Green Team planning. Manzanita room. RSVP is important for this segment to Jessica Jones srjcsustainability@gmail.com or VJacobi@sonic.net (because we can move to a larger room if needed).
12 noon to 4 00 PM Food & Gardening Festival Sponsored by Community Alliance Partnership (CAP Sonoma) and the City of Santa Rosa
3 50PM to 4:15 PM at display tables outside The Art of Climate Change Create art to display during the NOT Fossil Fools mini Parade
4:15 - 5:00 PM Safe & Green... Mini intro
Family & individual Safety training/demonstration/participation/discussion especially focused on pedestrian safety for young people, cycling, taking mass transit, and hiking.
5:00 PM We are NOT Fossil Fools Mini Parade & Bus or Bike etc. Ride (5:15 #6, arrives TM 5:25 PM) ((or 5:40 #3 Bus arrives 5:55 at Transit Mall)) to City Hall!
We will walk, cycle, scooter, roll, take the bus or carpool to get a message out to our community encouraging low fossil fuels travel?Please feel free to dress in fun and noticeable attire and display signs encouraging anything green!
Santa Rosa Council Chamber segment
Approximately 5:30 or 6 PM to 7:00 PM Safe & Green
Family & individual Safety training/demonstration/participation/discussion especially focused on walking, cycling, taking mass transit, and hiking.
7 PM to 9:30 PM Awakening The Dreamer, Changing The Dream Symposium
If you are tired of the gloom, doom and crisis you see in the news, come and learn about the "un-named movement" and a possible new way of life for the future. We guide you through an inquiry from "Where are we?" and "How did we get here?" to "What is possible for the future" and "What can we do?" Video presentation with interactive exercises, networking & discussions.
Please register at www.awakeningthedreamer.org
Suggested donation $15 but no one turned away!
Contact Laura Baker at 707 322-7778 or atdsoco@sonic.net with questions.)
9:30 PM to 10:00 PM Planting for Carbon Sequestration and more!
10:00 PM to 10:30 PM Eco Eating
Hope Bohanec speaking on impacts and health.
10:30 PM to Midnight - Celebrating Change
MUSIC, Open mic, inspiring presenters and/or videos? GREEN & BLUE gloves Dancing/Video filming party? (Filming is optional. Parental permission form required before filming.)
Midnight to 3 50 AM 3hr50minutes DANCE etc. PARTY: Music & Video &/OR Video filming party! Open mic, inspiring videos OR COMBO
3:50 AM to 9 AM Do it Yourself Activism or Recharge for Future Change Quiet sharing and video filming session, in case some of us want to sleep a bit, and some of us want to keep interacting.
9 to ~10 AM - getting to Roseland (first CityBus #9 10:05 AM from TM arrives 10:09) or Bike etc. to Roseland Roseland segment
FROM 10 AM SATURDAY THROUGH 4PM AT ROSELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Roseland 2nd Annual Earth Day!
10 AM -12 Green Jobs - Roseland Elementary School
12 Noon to 1 - Safe, Fit & Green Discussion and Safety Workout - participate or observe...your choice!
1 to 4 PM Multi-cultural Earth Day Festivities - Roseland Elementary School
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New Details for Roseland's 2nd Earth Day segment...Join with us to celebrate on Sunday, April 25th, for the second annual Roseland Dia de la Tierra - Earth Day!
In addition to Earth Day Festivities from 12pm - 4pm there will be workshops at 10am in English and at 3pm in Spanish.
The theme for this year's event is Honoring Native Wisdom, Growing Green Careers and the festivities will be held at Roseland Elementary School, 950 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa, CA
The event will highlight local Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo tribal culture and tradition. The event will also feature information and resources for people who seek employment in the rapidly expanding green economy. There will also be informational booths hosted by environmental and community based organizations, speakers, healthy food & drink, children's activities, music, Aztec dancers, educational workshops, The Hubbub Club, eco-skit by the Imaginists, and more! Free Admission!
This is an alcohol-free event.
Walk, ride a bike, take the bus, or share a ride to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions on Earth Day!
For more information contact:
707-228-3188 http://roselandearthday.shutterfly.com/
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3 50 PM brief Earth Day Birthday Cake or treats... then on our bikes or other low carbon transportation to the Former "New College" at 99 Sixth St. near Railroad Square (99 W. Sixth St.)
4 PM to 7 PM/9 PM NEW UPDATE - Short Film Festival (99 W. Sixth St.) on Growing Healthy Food and such! (For some of us 7PM will mean 35.0 hours straight of Earth Day Celebrating... but this segment goes until 9PM)
Throughout this event at various points...Share YOUR experiences, ask questions, and discuss next steps! What more CAN we do? Lots!... networking, strategizing, brief updates on local Food Forest Gardens, Sustainability/Transition projects, Energy Wise Neighbors, Graywater Reuse/Rainwater Harvesting/Conservation, Alternative Transportation, Youth Green Jobs, Solar Sonoma County and steps individuals/groups/communities are taking to reduce their carbon.
It is not required, but please let us know the hours you are attending so we can adjust snacks etc! Email Veronica Jacobi at VJacobi@sonic.net to RSVP and for information or to volunteer to help for an hour or two.
Everyone is invited to these public forums!
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Veronica Jacobi is creating this website to help Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, and anywhere else to create small and large changes to create a better future.
The way we guide development in the next few years will be critical to our quality of life for generations. To continue a traditional subdivision approach will result in forced reliance on automobiles, excessive water use, and destruction of greenbelts. We can encourage improving and increasing affordable housing by clustering growth around schools, shopping, and public transportation hubs as well as encouraging safe and attractive pedestrian and bicycle routes.
One of the best ways to solve problems is for neighbors to sit down with neighbors. Let's join with or create community groups to address neighborhood challenges including reducing our individual and collective footprint.
(Google Energy Wise Neighbors for some great ideas!)
Our water and waste water systems need serious attention to support our current residents & future development in an environmentally responsible way.
Please let us know if any of these ideas are helpful to your community.
Please share your success stories and new efforts towared greater sustainability and lower community and individual carbon footprints.
Thank you!
Veronica Jacobi, Santa Rosa Councilwoman