* Zero Waste Film Event
* Greening Your Holiday
* Huge News!
* Green Living Tour Moved to May
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Greening your Winter Holidays
Did You Know???
* Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, the average homeowner generates 25% more landfill waste than during the rest of the year.
* In addition, we use more energy because of extra traveling and various holiday festivities, like decorating with lights.
* According to the Energy Department, if all conventional incandescent holiday lights in the US were replaced with L.E.D. lights, annual energy savings would total 2 billion kilowatt-hours—enough to power almost 200,000 homes for an entire year.
Tips on how to save time and money – and protect the environment – this holiday season.
Envelope Stuffing for Year-end Appeal
“Racing to Zero, In Pursuit of Zero Waste” – Sun 11/8, 3:00 pm
The movie, “Racing to Zero: In Pursuit of Zero Waste” is brought to you by the Ojai Valley Green Coalition in collaboration with E.J. Harrison & Sons – celebrating 50 years of service in the Ojai Valley!
Sunday, November 8 at the Ojai Art Center
113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai
3:00 to 5:00 pm (doors open at 2:30, we recommend arriving early)
See the trailer here: http://trash24.org.
This will be an Ojai Film Festival screening with a panel discussion. See: Ojai Film Festival Screening Calendar listing of the movie And, visit Ojai Film Festival for ticket purchases.
Also, free and open to the public is the Zero Waste Mini-expo in the art gallery from 2:30 to 6:00 pm.
Organic cake served 5-6pm while it lasts.
And, on Monday, November 9, or Thursday, November 12, between 10:00 am – 12 Noon, you can tour the E.J. Harrison & Sons Recycling Facility
OVGC members or Ojai City residents – $5.00
All other guests – $10.00
Very limited space – first come, first serve.
For answers to your questions, call (805) 669-8445.
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Ride to Ojai Day and Use Our Bike Valet!
It’s time again for Ojai Day on Saturday, October 17. The Ojai Valley Green Coalition’s free bike valet service will be on hand to help reduce the number of cars descending on the downtown area as people arrive for the festivities. The Coalition will set up a bike check service at Ojai Avenue and Ventura Street on the ‘Go Green’ block. In offering the service, the Coalition hopes to encourage attendees to benefit the environment by pedaling to the event, rather than driving.
The great block party known as Ojai Day attracts more local participants than any other event in the year. The valet bike parking service, now eight years running, works like a coat check for bicycles: bicycle riders will be issued a claim check for their bikes, and then the bikes will be guarded by Coalition members in a secure “bike corral.” This means that the bicycles—as well as accessories such as helmets—will be safe from damage or theft.
The Green Coalition is committed to encouraging more bicycle riding in Ojai. Each person who bicycles rather than drives to Ojai Day will have the satisfaction of knowing that he or she is reducing carbon emissions in the valley. Participants can also catch the Ojai Trolley for free rides to and from the Ojai Day celebration.
For more Ojai Day details visit www.ojaiday.com.
September e-News on Stands
* Energy Education Seminar
* Salon Series VII – “Re-conciliation”
* Creek Clean-up Sept. 12
* Ojai Food Co-op Update
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August e-News on Stands
* Food Preparation Series
* Salon Series V – “Water”
* JL & Sons Landscaping Business Profile
* Last Call on Porch Light Project
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Summer Food Preparation Series
Summer Food Preparation Series
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All Classes Being Held in Meiners Oaks and Run 11am – 1pm. Please arrive at 10:45am to Sign In and Settle In.
Saturday, August 1 – Fermenting with Michelle Dohrn Course 1 Synopsis
Saturday, August 22 – Bread & Cheese Making with Katie Zack Course 2 Synopsis
Saturday, September 5 – Dehydrating with Michelle Dohrn and Mikhael Collins Course 3 Synopsis
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Series Sponsored by Nutiva Foundation
Salon Series VII: Theme “Re-conciliation”
“A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation.”
SALON VII with the theme of “Re-conciliation” will be Friday, September 11th, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ojai Valley Green Coalition Resource Center – 206 N. Signal St., Suite S, in downtown Ojai.
Salon Series Sponsored by Nutiva Foundation
We meet on ‘9/11’, a date that can bring up a sense of loss and search for resolution. In this salon, we introduce the topic of ‘Re-conciliation’ with the story of a poet, a timber baron, and the fate of a forest.
Bring your stories and thoughts of unlikely changes of heart to our conversation and our circle.
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Salon Series VI: Theme “Water”
“A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation.”
SALON VI with the theme of “Water” will be Friday, August 14th, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ojai Valley Green Coalition Resource Center – 206 N. Signal St., Suite S, in downtown Ojai.
Artwork ‘Pools’ by Linda Harmon, Ojai
Salon Series Sponsored by Nutiva Foundation
