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2008-01-30 19:00

LAST Meeting for Making It Last and the Action Planner

Submitted Thu, 2008-01-24 12:28 — Sidroney

This will be our regular weekly meeting. Our focus will be on the LAST Action Planner
http://relocalize.net/files/LAST%20action%20planner-updated-2007-1128.xl... and assembling specific information for LAST handout sheets for the Making It Last! Sustainability Event that is scheduled for March 21 & 22. These handout sheets will have specific information of one of our Focus Areas on one side and general useful information on the other side that are the highlights from each Focus Area.

Everyone is asked to select 1, 2, or 3 Focus Areas and come to the meeting with information or ideas about that/those area(s). Wi-Fi is available in our meeting room, so bring your laptops if you have Wi-Fi connections capability. As a minimum, Sid & Laura will bring their laptop for us to use in this information gathering process.

We will meet briefly, 5-10 minutes, to discuss general sustainability happenings of the week and then break into specific Focus Area small groups to work on the handout sheets and also to apply this information to the LAST Action Planner.

If we have new people to the group that night, Sid will meet with them separately to orient them to our LAST group and its mission/objectives. This way the group can focus on the tasks at hand while new people get information about our group and its direction.

Event title:
LAST Meeting for Making It Last and the Action Planner

Start:
2008-01-30 19:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-01-30 21:00

Location:

Location(s)

630 N Sequim Ave Sequim Library

Sequim (Clallam County), WA, 98382
United States

See map: Google Maps

Contact Email:
olylast@yahoo.com

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2008-01-30 17:30

Eugene Sustainability Commission Meeting Agenda

Submitted Thu, 2007-12-20 12:43 — Sundog

Eugene Sustainability Commission Meeting
Agenda

SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION
January 30, 2008
McNutt Room, City Hall (NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE)
777 Pearl Street
5:30 P.M.
(Dinner will be available for commission members from 5.00 PM)

Sustainability Commissioners: Lisa Arkin, Shawn Boles, Howard Bonnett, Josh Bruce, Brian Erickson, Dave Funk, Lorraine Kerwood, Tim Laue, Kip Much, Rusty Rexius, Will Shaver, Joshua Skov and Alan Zelenka

Staff: Felicity Fahy

ITEM TIME (Starting)
1. Opening, agenda review and minutes approval 05 (5.30 pm)
2. Public comment 30 (5.35 pm)
3. Mission statement 30 (6.05 pm)
Discussion/ action item, see attached report
4. Bylaws - review draft bylaws 30 (6.35 pm)
Discussion/ action item, see attached report
5. Break 10 (7.05 pm)
6. Election of chair and vice chair 20 (7.15 pm)
7. Work plan 25 (7.35 pm)
• What information do we need before developing a work plan?
• How should we get that information?
• How and when do we want to do a work plan?
8. Regular meeting time 10 (8.00 pm)
9. Retention of facilitator 10 (8.10 pm)
• Do we want to continue to use Lysbeth Borie as a facilitator?
10. Evaluation 05 (8.20 pm)
11. Closing comments 05 (8.25 pm)
.

Next scheduled meeting of the Sustainability Commission will be February 28, 2008.

The Sustainability Commission welcomes your interest in these agenda items.
All meetings are open to the public and are wheelchair accessible. For the hearing impaired, an interpreter FM assistive listening system can be provided with 48 hours notice prior to the meeting. Spanish language interpretation may also be provided given 48 hours notice. To arrange for these services or for more information about this commission, contact commission staff at 682-5010

El sitio de la reunión tiene acceso para sillas de ruedas. Hay accesorios disponibles para personas con afecciones del oído, o se les puede proveer un interprete avisando con 48 horas de anticipación. También se provee el servicio de interpretes en idioma espanol avisando con 48 horas de anticipación. Para reservar estos servicios llame a la recepcionista al 682-5010.

Event title:
Eugene Sustainability Commission Meeting Agenda

Start:
2008-01-30 17:30 (Calendar)

End:
2008-01-30 20:30

Location:

Location(s)

McNutt Room, City Hall, 777 Pearl St.

Eugene, OR, 97401
United States

See map: Google Maps

Event Website:
http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=730&PageID=3726&cached=true&mode=2&userID=2

Contact Email:
Felicity.M.Fahy@ci.eugene.or.us

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2008-01-30 17:30

SustainaBundy Movie Night III: Stuff & Waste night!

Submitted Fri, 2008-01-11 00:32 — ahazelwood

WHO: SustainaBundy, working for a sustainable Bundaberg region
WHAT: SustainaBundy Movie Night III: The Story of Stuff and There's No Such Thing As Away: Managing Waste - two short movies (20 mins each) looking at "stuff": how it's made and used, and what happens when we put it in the rubbish. The first shows how "stuff" is extracted, produced, distributed, consumed and disposed of, all over the world. The second is an interview with James Stanfield of Bundaberg Waste Management, looking at what happens to our rubbish and recycling, right here in our own home town. Afterwards we'll talk about all the fun, creative ways we can make Bundy a better place by reducing how much we buy, use and throw away!
WHEN: Wednesday 30th January 2008, 5:30pm
WHERE: School of Arts Building, Bourbong Street
HOW: Gold donation entry - tea, coffee and biscuits will be available
MORE: Please RSVP by calling 4196 0043 or email sustainabundy at gmail dot com

Have fun with less stuff!

How much stuff did you get for Christmas? How much stuff do you buy every day? I mean cheap mp3 players, game consoles and all the other stuff that we buy, use for a little while (till it falls apart or breaks or is replaced by something cooler), then toss in the bin.

All that stuff uses up heaps of resources to make, then goes to the tip, gets buried in a giant hole in the ground, pollutes the air we breathe, the water we drink and the soil we grow our food in, and creates greenhouse gas emissions that are messing up the entire planet. Then when the hole in the ground is full, they dig another one and fill it with more stuff.

So how do we cut the cr*p and still have fun? Get out and DO STUFF, instead of BUYING STUFF! Go see a local band. Get some friends together and play a game of footy. Go to the skatepark. Learn to play the piano. Go check out the CD and DVD sections at the library (why buy it new when you can borrow it, free!) While you're there, find a good book to read. Cook an awesome meal for your girlfriend - try to use local produce. Start growing something in your garden that you can eat. Get involved with SustainaBundy!

When you do have to buy stuff, buy second hand first - no extra resources are used for manufacturing and packaging used stuff, and the transport is likely to be hardly anything!

Come to our movie night on the 30th of January to talk more about stuff and how we can have fun with less of it!

Event title:
SustainaBundy Movie Night III: Stuff & Waste night!

Start:
2008-01-30 17:30 (Calendar)

End:
2008-01-30 17:30

Location:

Location(s)

School of Arts Building Bourbong St.

Bundaberg, QLD, 4670
Australia

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2008-01-28 11:30

WCC Focus the Nation on Sustainability Week

Submitted Sat, 2008-01-19 16:55 — DavidM

Whatcom Community College Joins Over 1000 Other Colleges and Universities to Celebrate "Focus the Nation (on Sustainability) Week"

Some event highlights:

The Elephants in Our Living Room: Why Energy Decline and Climate Change Force Us to Plan for Sustainability by John Rawlins
1/28 11:30-1:30 PM Heiner Center, Room 209

FILM FESTIVAL 1/29 10:00-4:30 PM Heiner Center Theater
Broken Limbs: Apples, Agriculture, and the 1/29 10:00-11:00 AM Heiner Center Theater
The Ecological Footprint: Accounting for a Small Planet 1/29 11:30-12:00 PM Heiner Center Theater
The End of Suburbia 1/29 12:30-2:00 PM Heiner Center Theater
Global Warming: The Signs and Science 1/29 2:00-3:00 PM Heiner Center Theater
Seattle: The Future is Now 1/29 3:30-4:30 PM Heiner Center Theater

Webcast: The 2% Solution - Join Stanford University climate scientist, Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins and green jobs pioneer Van Jones and youth climate leaders, for a discussion of global warming solutions. Audiences can weigh in with cell phone voting. Our goal is 10,000 screenings—and a change in the course of history. 1/30 4:45-6:30 PM Heiner Center, Rooms 208 & 209

Sustainable Living in Bellingham By Mayor Dan Pike
1/30 7:00 PM Heiner Center Theater

An Inconvenient Truth, Slide Presentation by Scott Slaba
1/31 1:00-2:00 PM Syre Student Center Auditorium

An Inconvenient Truth, Film and Post-film Discussion
1/31 7:00-10:00 PM Syre Student Center Auditorium

More info: Whatcom Community College will participate in the nationwide celebration Focus the Nation Week, an unprecedented teach-in on global warming solutions and sustainability. Numerous events have been scheduled for the week of January 28th through February 1st, including educational and awareness raising presentations, a film festival, an interactive webcast, and a speech and Q&A session by newly elected Mayor, Dan Pike. All events are open and free to the public.

Focus the Nation is a national teach-in engaging millions of students and citizens with political leaders and decision makers about Global Warming Solutions. More than just that one day, Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America is an extraordinary educational initiative, involving over a thousand colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, faith groups, civic organizations and businesses. Focus the Nation is a catalyzing force helping shift the national conversation about global warming towards a determination to face this challenge.

For additional information about Focus the Nation, please visit http://www.focusthenation.org. Download the attachment for a full schedule of events at WCC. Details regarding these local events and activities can be referred to Courtenay Chadwell-Gatz, co-chair of Whatcom Community College’s Sustainability Committee, at (360) 676-2170, ext. 3426. See email link below

Driving directions:
http://www.whatcom.ctc.edu/content/AboutItem.phtml?art=43

Campus Map:
http://www.whatcom.ctc.edu/content/AboutItem.phtml?art=39

Event title:
WCC Focus the Nation on Sustainability Week

Start:
2008-01-28 11:30 (Calendar)

End:
2008-01-31 22:00

Event Website:
http://www.whatcom.ctc.edu/content/BulletinItem.phtml?art=216

Contact Email:
cchadwel@whatcom.ctc.edu

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2008-01-28 00:00

WWU “Focus the Nation” Panel Discussion Series

Submitted Fri, 2008-01-25 23:15 — DavidM

WWU “Focus the Nation” Panel Discussion Series: Panel Discussions

Monday, January 28th
12:00 – Tipping Points: Climate, Politics, Economics, Viking Union 464

  • Can We Predict Global Climate Change?: Andy Bunn Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Huxley College, WWU.
  • The Social Impacts of Global Climate Change: Rabel Burdge Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology and Huxley College of the Environment, WWU.
  • Historical and Modern Views of Large Scale Movements and Their Ramifications: Hart Hodges Assistant Professor in the Center for Economic and Business Research, Department of Economics.

6:00pm – The Addiction to Fossil : Alternative Fuels, Peak Oil, Public Transportation, Science Lecture 110

  • Civic engagement in a post-carbon age: Woodring Professor, Victor Nolet
  • Technology and practicality of electric and bio fuel vehicles: VRI Director and engineering professor Eric C. Leonhardt
  • Alternative transportation and the challenges of moving away from one person per car: Smart Trips Program Coordinator Susan Horst

Tuesday, January 29th
12:00 – Food and the Future, Viking Union 464

  • Fred Berman from the USDA Small Farms Program
  • Sustainable Business/Restaurant Ethics: Leah Peterson Director of Sustainability Programs for the Colophon
  • AgroEcology, Sustainable agriculture, and food security : Gigi Berardi-Allaway Chair of the Environmental Studies Department and the Interim Director, Institute for Global and Community Resilience
  • A Local and Commercial Perspective on Food: Chris Kenny Sodexho Director of Operations

6:00pm – Developing Nations and Climate Change: What About China, Science Lecture 110

  • Kristen Paris – Associate Professor in Political Science WWU
  • Ken Cousins – Visiting Professor in Political Science WWU

Wednesday, January 30th
-Prospect, Response, and initiatives.

12:00 – Climate Change and Local hazards, Viking Union 464

  • Rebekah Green – Research Associate for the Institute for Global and Community Resilience
  • Tiffany Isaacs – Field Organizer for Washington State Public Interest Research Group

6:00pm – Faith and Climate, Science Lecture 110

  • Staff member of Restoring Eden, Western graduate: Ali Illyn
  • A Jewish Perspective: Rabbi Levi Backman with the Bellingham Chabad Center
  • Campus Christian Fellowship: Jonathan Lytle Our Moral Future: Prof. Religious Studies

Event title:
WWU “Focus the Nation” Panel Discussion Series

Start:
2008-01-28 00:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-01-30 19:00

Location:

Location(s)

High St. Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA, 98225
United States

See map: Google Maps

Contact Email:
as.earth@wwu.edu

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2008-01-16 18:15

Circles for Women

Submitted Sun, 2007-12-30 22:05 — bgilday

Circles of Women
New evening group begins Jan. 16, 6:15 -9:00 PM
Facilitator, Barbara Gilday, 676-0765, www.BarbaraGilday.com

Purpose:
 To connect with others at a deep level, share our stories, learn and practice tools for positive transitions and more fulfilling futures.

Principles:
 We all have the wisdom within to deal with whatever we are experiencing.
 Being listened to deeply, allows our higher self and wisdom to surface.
 A small group of caring souls, provides a container for healthy, holistic process

Process:
 Using the process called, Appreciative Inquiry, we will focus on the values and strengths we have brought to the best times of our
lives. From that awareness, we will turn & look at our futures & begin to look at our possibilities in new ways.

Event title:
Circles for Women

Start:
2008-01-16 18:15 (Calendar)

End:
2008-03-05 21:00

Location:

Location(s)

Bellingham, WA, 98225
United States

See map: Google Maps

Event Website:
http://www.bellinghambizeview.com/page/show/203

Contact Email:
journeys@nas.com

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2008-01-10 19:00

Running On Empty film series

Submitted Tue, 2008-01-08 17:53 — MaureenL

FYI - The Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1920, rue Baile, is presenting a series of free documentary films in association with its exhibition "Sorry, Out of Gas". The three remaining films are listed below.

Running On Empty
A series of documentary films considering society’s addiction to oil and possible cures.

Thursdays at 7 pm
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Free admission

10 January
Escape from Suburbia
2007, 95 min.

17 January
The Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil
2006, 53 min.

31 January
Design E2
2006, 90 min.

Event title:
Running On Empty film series

Start:
2008-01-10 19:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-01-31 19:00

Event Website:
http://www.cca.qc.ca

Contact Email:
communication@cca.qc.ca