Month: November 2012

On October 6, the Ojai Valley Green Coalition launched Solarize Ojai, a two-month group-purchasing program designed to make it easier and more affordable for Ojai Valley homeowners to add solar electricity to their homes. The Coalition partnered with the Community Environmental Council (CEC) based in Santa Barbara to bring this…

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The wasteful evening illumination of unused buildings, parking lots and streets obscures the stars in our night sky and disrupts the circadian rhythms of humans and wildlife, damaging our environment in ways we are only beginning to understand. Turning off night-time lights, reducing night wattage and shielding exterior lights are…

Find out what the Food Council has been up to: *Create an Urban Food Forest *GROUND OPERATIONS: Battlefields to Farmfields *2012 Accomplishments at Ojai Valley of the Moon Community Garden Read Food News Here…

Give the Gift of Green and Grow Meaningful Change in Your Backyard For a $30 donation we’ll send family members, friends, and colleagues a Holiday Tree Card made of 100% recycled, post-consumer card-stock. The card is hand tied to seed paper — they can plant and grow — and is…

Check out the Ojai Valley Green Coalition’s monthly E-news: * We Never Met a Box Turtle We Didn’t Like * 5th Annual E-Waste Collection and Recycling Day * Come Out January 22 to Help Pass an Updated Lighting Ordinance Read E-News Here…

The Coalition will once again hold an e-waste recycling event on Saturday, January 12, 2013, in the Ojai Community Bank’s parking lot, located at 402 W. Ojai Ave. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. The event is open to all Ojai Valley residents and businesses. Download Event…

Find out what the Food Council has been up to: *Faith, Food, Family & Friends *Fall Community Gathering & Potluck *Quinoa & Fruit Salad *Liquid Chi Kombucha Read Food News Here…

Check out the Ojai Valley Green Coalition’s monthly E-news: * $20,000 in 90 Days: Are You With Us? * Fall Feast * Who’s Who at the Helm? Read E-News Here…

The Coalition will hold several workshops at the home of Dulanie and Douglas La Barre in the principles and practices of creating a “food forest”. The workshops are open to the public and will cover: #1 site assessment, garden design intro, and intensive fruit tree orchards #2 garden design and…