At their October 2013 meeting, the Coalition Board agreed to support Ojai city council efforts to reduce polystyrene (commonly known as Styrofoam) usage and purchases within city limits. This will help reduce polystyrene litter for our whole Ojai Valley community and support environmentally-friendly food container manufacturers and distributors.
Come Out Tuesday, January 14 and Support the Proposed Polystyrene Ban Ordinance.
Open Public Hearing Notice
Thank You! Our Match Was Reached – $11,240.00
Dear Members and Readers,
You are the force behind our MISSION and VISION.
Please join OVGC in saying “YES!” to solutions for positive change and a cleaner, healthier future.
Become a member or renew, consider a year-end extra gift and gift memberships for family and friends.
Our goal is $30,000.
$20,000 (community) + $10,000 (matching) = $30,000 (to help do our good work)
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Food News for December
Advocating the growing, purchasing, and preserving of local organic food
• Food and Other Gift Ideas
• ‘Saving America’s Pollinators Act’
• Ojai Food Co-op Community Gathering
• Pomegranate Salsa Recipe
Read Your Food News Here
November e-News on Stands
• 2012 Annual Report & Membership Drive
• “Harmony” a Resounding Success
• November 15 America Recycles Day
• Polystyrene-free Ojai?
Read e-News Here
Sat., Jan. 11: 6th Annual Community Recycling Event
~~~~ Mark your calendar for our annual E-waste collection event held in the Ojai Community Bank parking lot ~~~~ Saturday, January 11, 2014 – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Items we’re taking to be reused, repurposed or recycled.
If you’re not sure, call us at (805) 669-8445
*All electronics (CPUs, monitors, stereos, printers, TVs, handhelds like cell phones & cameras)
*Small appliances (if it has a cord and fits on a counter we can accept. example – vacuum cleaner, okay; washing machine, no)
*Ink & toner cartridges
*Media (CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, cassette tapes, floppy disks)
*Household batteries
*Old holiday lights
But this couldn’t happen without our partners – Thank You!
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Green Coalition hosts Ojai Film Festival FOCUS EARTH ‘HARMONY’. A Resounding Success, See You in 2014.
For the better part of three decades, HRH Prince Charles has worked side by side with a surprising and dynamic array of environmental activists, business leaders, artists, architects and government leaders. They are working to transform the world, address the global environmental crisis and find ways toward a more sustainable, spiritual and harmonious relationship with the planet. Harmony is narrated by HRH The Prince of Wales and produced and directed by award winning filmmakers with Academy Award and Directors Guild nominations to their credit.
Join us Sunday, November 10 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the Ojai Playhouse for film screening followed by a conversation with a panel of distinguished professionals and activists.
Tickets are $10.00 each.
Use PayPal or call (805) 669-8445 to purchase by cash or check.
To see the payment options, click here.
Nutiva is the Generous Sponsor of our Film Presentation
Check out the Ojai Film Festival Focus Earth Schedule
October is National Energy Action Month, a Perfect Fit with Our Green Home & Building Tour
Find your steps to starting an Energy Efficiency Plan for your home and workplace here, then plan on heading over to The MOB Shop for our Free Green Home Show and Very Special $10 Home & Building Tour on Saturday, October 26. Make a day of it with workshops and demonstrations going on and included in your Tour ticket purchase.
One type of energy to save is fuel. Our Tour features a special bicycle route, $5 & $10 discount bicycle rental rates from The MOB Shop, a bicycle drawing for kids, who bring a parent(s) on the Tour, and sun-powered bicycle demos.
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Bike to School Week presented by our Friends at The MOB Shop
From Monday, October 7th to Friday, October 11th, The Mob Shop in cooperation with the City of Ojai, the Ojai Police Department and local schools will host Bike to School Week in the Ojai Valley.
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5th Annual Green Home & Building Tour and Home Show Small Is Beautiful and so is Efficiency and Conservation of Resources
On Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Coalition invites you to our 5th annual Green Home & Building Tour and Home Show. With this year’s theme Small is Beautiful, you will see a “Tiny House”, visit a 400 sq. foot home that has been built almost entirely with recycled wood and steel, and another home with a 1084 sq. footprint that is all about water conservation and efficiency while creating a food forest. Along with the homes, learn about and tour an aquaponic system as part of a local permaculture farm, then drop in next-door at Ojai Olive Oil, also sustainably farmed with a permaculture approach.
