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Saturday
November 1st |
9:00am - 6:00pm, $15, New College of California, 99 Sixth St, @ Wilson, Santa Rosa. Beyond Oil: Building a Sustainable Future How can Sonoma County prepare for a world without fossil fuels? Serious discussions about actions we can take NOW! A day-long series of workshops, including: Sustainable Dwelling Options, Report from Cuba: a Model Post-Petroleum Economy, Local Transportation Options (panel), Sustainable Local Enterprises, Local Food Security (panel), Local Energy Self-Sufficiency, Local Government (panel), Post-Carbon Culture. Ongoing demonstrations: Rocket stoves, Solar cookers, Cob walls, Driving on biofuels. Booths and tables; music and food New College Information Session: 11am. There will be a Green Burial and Day of the Dead Celebration with Copper Wimmin, 8-10 pm, $10. Info: 707/568-2605 . |
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Saturday
November 1st |
Application Deadline: San Mateo County Green Building Award Info: 650/364-8016, http://www.recycleworks.org/greenbuilding/greenbuilding_award.html . |
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Sunday
November 2nd |
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $7 in advance, $10 at the door, Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA. Sustainable Building Tours at Hidden Villa Come see the newest buildings at Hidden Villa featuring solar electricity and hot water, a geothermal heat pump, passive solar design, strawbale and rammed earth construction and more. Los Altos Hills, 650-949-8653, www.hiddenvilla.org, volunteers@hiddenvilla.org |
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Tuesday - Friday November 4th - 7th |
San Francisco, CA CO-OP America: Greening the Green Business Movement For info: http://www.coopamerica.biz NOTE: Special rates for members/friends of SBA - enter promo code of SPR23 when registering to get a discounted rate of $295. |
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Thursday November 6th |
7:30pm - 9:30pm, SF Design Museum, Book Signing & Slide Show by Catherine Wanek, the author of new "The New Strawbale Home" Author, photographer and filmmaker Catherine Wanek is a pioneer in the strawbale movement. She published & edited The Last Straw Journal, co-authored The Art of Natural Building, and produced & directed the video series Building with Straw. She also helped co-found the non-profit Builders Without Borders. Building with Bales has begun to enter the mainstream yet many people still wonder, what does a strawbale house look like? This practical book compiles floor plans and images from forty cutting-edge homes across North America, discussing varying climate considerations & essential design details. Chapters include information on budget matters, code compliance, siting & energy efficiency, structural systems, & finishing touches. It also offers valuable insights & hindsights of architects, contractors & owner/builders, and an extensive resource section. For more information her website is http://www.strawbalecentral.com |
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November
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Phitsanulok, Central Thailand Six Week Permaculture Principles Course & Natural Building Training: Design and build a sustainable center for orphaned children in Northern Thailand. Co-sponsors/Facilitators: Rosemary Morrow (Australia), Jon Jandai (Thailand), Jim Connor & Nao Sangkara (Whispering Seed-Thailand), Em Ponna (Cambodia), Kleiwerks (USA) Join leading permaculture teachers from 3 countries and 30 dedicated activists from Southeast Asia and around the world. We will create a special place, which will model sustainable living through permaculture, natural building, organic farming, and holistic education. The Whispering Seed is a village-based community learning center and home for orphaned and abused children. They focus on finding the joy in serving others through cross-cultural exchanges, sustainable living practices, and natural childrearing. They are active in the international alternative education movement, including organizing and hosting international conferences and youth travel programs. They have recently acquired beautiful land which will be their permanent home... In this hands-on intensive training course we will come up with an overall design, develop the land, and build the first earthen dwellings at the new home of The Whispering Seed. The training includes the full 72-hour Permaculture Design and Practicum Certification requirements, along with in-depth hands-on application of your newly learned skills. Also, Thailand's foremost earthen builders will be leading the group in the construction of an adobe and wattle and daub main house and other dwellings. We will create organic gardens, orchards, and composting toilets; build bamboo and mud houses; and learn how and where to plant and place things so that functions and energy from each element serves multiple purposes with the intention of creating a self-reliant system. Time permitting, we will also work with rice paddy and cotton fields and do restorative planting on nearby land that was recently cut and burned. For more information visit www.kleiwerks.com |
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Friday November 7th |
12:00Noon - 1:30pm, No charge, buy your own lunch, SIAM BAY Restaurant 1009 Clay Street Oakland Sustainable Business Alliance Networking Lunch Non-members Welcome! RSVP: http://sustainablebiz.org/cgi-script/CSMailto/forms/NovemberLunchSignup.htm DIRECTIONS: 1009 Clay Street is two blocks west of Broadway in downtown Oakland between 10th and 11th streets. It is three blocks from the 12th Steet exit on BART. |
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Saturday
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November 8th - 9th |
Sat. 10am - 9pm, Sun. 11am - 7pm, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA Green Festival co-produced by Global Exchange and Co-op America, brings together green enterprises, solar energy vendors, environmental groups, leading thinkers on the green economy, and thousands of attendees for a two-day party with a very serious objective - strengthening the locally-controlled, green economy and expanding popular support for policies aimed at sustainability and social justice. Visit http://ncsea.c.tep1.com/maabAZxaa1Ba7a4tAhAb/ or http://www.greenfestivals.com |
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Tuesday - Friday November 11th - 14th |
$950 - $1600, Los Angeles, CA Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Annual Conference The BSR Annual Conference has become the largest and one of the most important forums for corporate social responsibility (CSR) practitioners, annually bringing together 1,000 business leaders from more than 30 countries and their colleagues in the independent and public sectors. The Conference invites participants to explore and share innovative strategies and practical methods for implementing and maintaining successful CSR structures and management systems. With strong evidence behind the business case for CSR, practitioners are shifting a greater portion of their efforts to developing solutions suited to the needs of their specific companies, partnerships and value chains. Interest is growing in how strategies and programs that foster corporate and societal sustainability can be put into practice. Effective CSR strategies must:
With a focus on exploring practical, proven approaches and exchanging innovative ideas, the Conference will enable conference participants to: Identify ways of
devising and implementing effective strategies and policies for the
long term; Share methodologies and tools that they can take back and
apply at their own companies; and Find partners and peers who can help
them succeed. |
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Wednesday
November 12th |
7:00 - 9:00pm, Free, Ecology Center Bookstore, 2530 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley CA Run Your Car on Vegetable Oil: BIODIESEL- A home-grown alternative fuel Join us at the Ecology Center Bookstore for a slide show and discussion about one of the most exciting alternative fuels today, biodiesel- a clean-burning diesel alternative made from vegetable oil. Like other plant-based fuels, biodiesel burns clean, is grown in the US- reducing our reliance on foreign oil- and is renewable. Best of all, biodiesel is available NOW, can be used in any existing diesel engine with no modifications, blends with petroleum diesel if needed, and performs almost identically to petroleum diesel. It can be purchased commercially in the Bay Area or can be cheaply ‘homebrewed’ using waste restaurant fryer oil. City of Berkeley runs a truck fleet on 100% recycled biodiesel, and a growing number of drivers use it in diesel cars. There will be a slideshow and a presentation by users, homebrewers, and distributors, followed by a discussion with you, the audience. We’ll have literature to take home, and a display of equipment. Bring your questions! Topics covered:
This event is a
project of the East Bay Biodiesel Internship, a homebrewer co-op. The
Interns recently completed a three-month course in biodiesel production.
The slideshow and presentations are a 'final project for this class. |
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Wednesday - Friday November 12th - 14th |
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild Conference and Expo The David L. Lawrence Convention Center prides itself in being “green” and is aiming for LEED™ Gold certification. Over 560 abstracts have been submitted to the USGBC for inclusion in Greenbuild’s educational sessions. The finalists will be selected and notified of their acceptance on June 2, 2003. Partner Announcement The USGBC is pleased to announce the top-tier partners on-board for Greenbuild: American Institute of Architects, Construction Specifications Institute, the Department of Energy, Green Building Alliance and the Urban Land Institute. Our sector partners as of March 31 include: the American Society for Interior Designers, the American Society for Landscape Architects and the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council. Speaker Highlight Dr. Ken Yeang has built an international reputation from his home base in Kuala Lumpur. He works in Europe, the United Kingdom and throughout Asia and has won major prizes for architecture such as the Aga Khan award and the Auguste Perret Prize. His hallmark is Ecologically Sustainable Design (ESD) and he leads the world in his search for low energy, quality architectural solutions to high-rise buildings. The high-rise tower has evolved over the last century to be the most energy consuming building type ever invented. It is an ongoing element in the cities of the world and the most needy and difficult building type for ecological reform. Yeang won against five international architectural megastars because his design displayed depth of social understanding, real energy saving characteristics and architectural distinction. Yeang was also recently awarded joint first prize for the international town planning competition for the Huanan New City master plan (498 acres) in Guangzhou Province, China. He is currently involved in a large commercial project in Stuttgart, Germany and is collaborating with Foster Associates (UK) on the Elephant and Castle project in London. He has lectured on the topic of ecological design theory and practice to audiences in over 30 countries in the world. He also authored Reinventing the Skyscraper: A Vertical Theory of Urban Design. For more information and registration please visit http://www.greenbuildexpo.org |
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Thursday
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November 13th & 14th |
$295 - Large & medium businesses * $225 - Small businesses, government, and nonprofits * $175 / $125 One day rate - large / small businesses A small number of special rates for students ($80) may be available. Includes continental breakfast and lunch both days, and a networking reception at the end of the first day. Silicon Valley Sustainability Tour 2003: Smart Strategies to Grow Business Value Join us for an unusual opportunity to see how leading Silicon Valley firms are building sustainability into their business strategies and practices. Featured Tour Destinations: Day One
Day Two
At each site, representatives
of the organization will SHOW and TELL how they actualize sustainable
practices. The theme of this year's tour is "Sustainability Everywhere!"
You will see transferable, proven examples of sustainability in products
and services, business processes, workspaces, organizational practices,
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Saturday
November 15th |
10:00am - 12:00pm, $10 EC members, $15 general, no one turned away, Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave., near Dwight Way, Berkeley. Green Living Series: Non-Toxic Pest Control Find ways to deal with common pest problems without harmful pesticides. Representatives from the Bio-Integral Resource Center, a local non-profit that specializes in alternative pest management, will be on hand to advise. Bring your questions about ants, fleas, rodents, aphids, snails, and more. Info: Beck, 510/548-2220 x233. |
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Saturday November 15th |
Membership Meeting 5:00pm, Party 5:30 - 9:00pm, Free, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar Mechanics Institute, 57 Post St. @ Montgomery & Market NorCal
Solar Energy Association Holiday Party |
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Wednesday 11/19/2003
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6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm lecture, Donation $3 - $7 PG&E's Pacific Energy Center 851 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 ADPSR's Building Ecology Forum: 
A Video Documentary by Rick Bacigalupi Meek your extraordinary neighbors: gardeners, artists, a physic, a rabbit on the loose, and a man whose vision of reclaiming community is bringing our neighborhoods back together. The video features PBS Newshour's Ray Suarez, urban planning visionary Jane Jacobs, Urban Habitat co-founder Carl Anthony, environmentalist Paul Hawken, and landscape architect/psychologist Karl Linn. Karl will be on hand to answer questions. For more information and to preview clips visit www.alotincommon.com. Available through Bullfrog films 1-800-543-3764 www.bullfrogfilms.com. co-sponsored by Pacific Energy Center, East Bay AIA COTE and the Ecological Design Institute You may register by phone (415-973-7268), fax (415-896-1290), or via the internet (www.pge.com/pec). |
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Thursday
November 20th |
10:00am - 4:00pm, California State Railroad Museum 111 "I" Street Sacramento, CA Next Stop: Rail Yard Revitalization Redeveloping California's Former Rail Yard Sites Speakers will include experts in railroad management and operations, real estate deal structuring and financing, and commercial, retail and residential development. The California Center for Land Recycling, a statewide nonprofit that repairs fractured communities and discourages urban sprawl through creative private, public and nonprofit partnerships. Our work is accomplished through training, technical assistance and small grants for communities who are attempting to turn around vacant or environmentally distressed properties. For more information on our workshops and to register call (415) 820-2080 or online at www.cclr.org |
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Thursday
November 20th |
11-5:30pm, Free, Anaheim, CA Solar Forum - California Solar Center Information on recent California solar and renewable energy legislation (AB 1685), program updates (CEC, SelfGen etc.), special projects, installer certification, solar schools, challenges for the future, and an opportunity to network with others involved in the solar industry. Learn about new products developed through the PIER (CEC research program), GIS analysis tools for identifying prime customers, powerful new custom quote tool for solar vendors, a new “Consumer Reports” type of evaluation of PV systems, new activities of the Solar Schoolhouse program, and a discussion about bringing solar into the mainstream. Co-sponsored by The Rahus Institute/California Solar Center and Anaheim Public Utilities. Pre-registration required. http://ncsea.c.tep1.com/maabAZxaa1Ba8a4tAhAb/ |
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Saturday November 22nd |
10:00am - 12:00pm, $10 EC members, $15 general, no one turned away, Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave., near Dwight Way, Berkeley. Green Living Series: Alternative Cleaning Recipes and Methods You don't need to use harmful and overpriced cleaning products to clean your house. Members of Natural Home Cleaning Professionals, an ecological cleaning business, will teach surefire methods and recipes for cleaning your house with such items as baking soda, vinegar, and borax. Info: Beck, 510/548-2220 x233. |
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Saturday November 22nd |
10am to noon. Free, Campbell Library, Community Room, 77 Harrison Ave, Campbell, CA Solar Electric Information & Payback Analysis A free class on Solar Electric Information for persons wishing to learn the practical realities of modern solar electric systems. The latest economic analysis will be presented to demonstrate the financial payback of PV systems for PG&E utility users. Install tips will be shared. Time will be alotted to answer your PV solar questions! RSVP recommended. For more info contact Kurt Newick, 408-370-9636, KurtNewick@yahoo.com. Presented by Kurt Newick, Solar Advocate, and Andy Black, a Solar Electric Payback Specialist, salesperson for a renewable energy design and installation firm, and owner of OnGrid Solar Energy Systems, a solar electric consulting firm. |
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Nor Cal ADPSR, PO Box 9126, Berkeley, CA 94709-9126 |
