Category: Press Room

  • Ojai Earth Day Coming to Libbey Park April 20 11am-4pm

    We are excited to announce that the Ojai Valley Green Coalition will again be hosting Ojai Earth Day on April 20, 2019 from 11am-4pmat Libbey Park in downtown Ojai. Libbey Park offers a beautiful setting, perfect for community celebration, that will be ideal for continuing the conversation about advancing a green, sustainable, and resilient way of life for…

  • Ojai Community Demonstration Garden Community Work Day and Potluck: Sat, May 4th – 10 am – 3 pm

    Ojai Valley Green Coalition, City of Ojai and Bee’s Sustainable Landscape Design are hosting our monthly community work party at the Ojai Community Demonstration Garden. Come out Saturday, May 4th, 10-3pm for an afternoon of fun. Join us for an hour or the whole day!! Our focuses this month will…

  • Why Ojai is moving towards state water in April 2018

    The story of how Ojai turned from self-sustainability to state water in early 2018.

  • Speakers and Activities Announced for Earth Day 2018

    In the aftermath of the devastating Thomas Fire just months ago, citizens and volunteers came out to join the Ojai Valley Green Coalition to plan for a renewed and invigorated Earth Day 2018. For the first time ever the event will be held in Libbey Park, and, according to City…

  • Earth Day event moves into Libbey Park, will feature alternative housing

    Originally published on Thursday, 29 March 2018 12:20 in the Ojai Valley News. by Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News reporter Ojai’s Earth Day celebration April 21 should be both entertaining and educational, according to organizers. The event, that runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Libbey Park in downtown Ojai, will feature speakers, vendors,…

  • Tod Cossairt named new Executive Director of Green Coalition

    A new executive director, Tod Cossairt (left), is stepping up to lead the Green Coalition, as the interim director, Tim Nafziger, steps down. Cossairt, an environmental sustainability educator who presently serves as the regional coordinator for the national Green Schools Alliance, was chosen by the board of directors this month…

  • Judge Rules against County, for Clean Air for Ojai

    On November 14 a Superior Court Judge ruled that Ventura County ignored California environmental law regarding air pollution when its commercial and industrial permit division and Board of Supervisors approved a local oil company plan to drill three new oil wells in Upper Ojai.

  • Ojai activist leader returns to help Coalition

    Caryn Bosson, a former Board member of the Ojai Valley Green Coalition, the founder of the Ojai Youth Foundation, and a former executive at TreePeople in Los Angeles, has volunteered to help the Coalition’s leadership and Board formulate a new strategy for sustainability. Bosson has lived in Ojai since the…

  • The Cat That Changed America Comes To Ojai

    In the hour-long documentary film “The Cat That Changed America,” wildlife biologist Beth Pratt-Bergstrom compares the bold young mountain lion, P-22, who risked his life crossing freeways to take up residence in Griffith Park to another iconic American star: James Dean.

  • Is the Chevy Bolt The Electric Vehicle Excuse Buster?

    There are a lot of people who have been putting off becoming an Electric Vehicle Driver. Is the Bolt the EV to change that?