Saturday, July 31, 2004
EcoDesign
Vincent & Helen Bunker Interpretive Center - Photovoltaic Project Site
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, July 2004 (Calvin College) - The purpose of this website is to provide information about the 20 kW solar photovoltaic system that is installed on Calvin College's Vincent and Helen Bunker Interpretive Center building in 2004. http://solar.calvin.edu/
Vincent & Helen Bunker Interpretive Center - Photovoltaic Project Site
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, July 2004 (Calvin College) - The purpose of this website is to provide information about the 20 kW solar photovoltaic system that is installed on Calvin College's Vincent and Helen Bunker Interpretive Center building in 2004. http://solar.calvin.edu/
Events / EcoVersity – Vancouver Island
Mud and Art! - August 18th-22nd or September 1st-5th
SHAWNIGAN LAKE, BC, July 31, 2004 (O.U.R. EcoVillage) - 5 DAY INTENSIVES at OUR ECOVILLAGE with artist Tina Farmilo, Elke Cole and guests. Explore further realms of community building while working with cob (earthen construction) and related materials; create relief sculpture (cob), natural plasters, fresco and mosaic hands-on. Develop your personal aesthetic and share your experience. The emphasis is on fun and enjoyment of discovery. There will be a library of books and videos, slide presentations and informative talk to fill your evenings. $400 (commuter, incl. lunches). $500 (incl. Meals & camping) Register: www.ourecovillage.org. Info: our@pacificcoast.net or 250-743-3067.
Mud and Art! - August 18th-22nd or September 1st-5th
SHAWNIGAN LAKE, BC, July 31, 2004 (O.U.R. EcoVillage) - 5 DAY INTENSIVES at OUR ECOVILLAGE with artist Tina Farmilo, Elke Cole and guests. Explore further realms of community building while working with cob (earthen construction) and related materials; create relief sculpture (cob), natural plasters, fresco and mosaic hands-on. Develop your personal aesthetic and share your experience. The emphasis is on fun and enjoyment of discovery. There will be a library of books and videos, slide presentations and informative talk to fill your evenings. $400 (commuter, incl. lunches). $500 (incl. Meals & camping) Register: www.ourecovillage.org. Info: our@pacificcoast.net or 250-743-3067.
Leadership / Education
Green Empowerment
PORTLAND, OR, July 2004 (Green Empowerment) - Social justice, local leadership and sustainability! Green Empowerment, a non-profit 501c3 organization, promotes community-based renewable energy projects internationally to generate social and environmental progress. http://www.greenempowerment.org/
Green Empowerment
PORTLAND, OR, July 2004 (Green Empowerment) - Social justice, local leadership and sustainability! Green Empowerment, a non-profit 501c3 organization, promotes community-based renewable energy projects internationally to generate social and environmental progress. http://www.greenempowerment.org/
EcoVersity
Green Corps: Field School for Environmental Organizing
GALT, CA, July 17, 2004 (CIP) - There is no denying that our current and past environmental leaders have done a wonderful job. What would we have done without the achievements of John Muir, Aldo Leopold, David Brower, and Ross Gelbspan? However, a new group of enthusiastic leaders is coming up, and they are being armed with both the wisdom of those who came before them and the techniques for advocacy and organization that they are learning from the Green Corps in Boston, Massachusetts. Read more
Green Corps: Field School for Environmental Organizing
GALT, CA, July 17, 2004 (CIP) - There is no denying that our current and past environmental leaders have done a wonderful job. What would we have done without the achievements of John Muir, Aldo Leopold, David Brower, and Ross Gelbspan? However, a new group of enthusiastic leaders is coming up, and they are being armed with both the wisdom of those who came before them and the techniques for advocacy and organization that they are learning from the Green Corps in Boston, Massachusetts. Read more
Zero Waste
Recycled Bikes!
NEW YORK, NY, July 2004 (Website Reference) - Recycle-a-Bicycle is an innovative, fun youth training and environmental education initiative that has taken root in New York City public schools and respected after-school youth programs. Recycle a Bike is also a hands-on way to promote everyday bicycle use, learn bicycle mechanics, interact with positive, forward-thinking NYC youth and a good place to find that city bike you need! http://www.recycleabicycle.org/ Or call: (212) 475-1655
Recycled Bikes!
NEW YORK, NY, July 2004 (Website Reference) - Recycle-a-Bicycle is an innovative, fun youth training and environmental education initiative that has taken root in New York City public schools and respected after-school youth programs. Recycle a Bike is also a hands-on way to promote everyday bicycle use, learn bicycle mechanics, interact with positive, forward-thinking NYC youth and a good place to find that city bike you need! http://www.recycleabicycle.org/ Or call: (212) 475-1655
Changing the World / Heroic Actions
Explorer Kicks Gas Habit On Roadtrip Over 16,000 MilesAlternative Fuels, And Vehicles, Were Used In 'Eco-Trek' Around U.S.
WEB News, July 30, 2004 (Lovearth.net / MSN BC News, by Miguel Llanos) - An Australian explorer and TV host has gone where no American has gone before: Driving 16,000 miles around the United States on two dozen vehicles powered not by fossil fuel but by alternative energy -- from solar power to cow pies. Shaun Murphy crossed San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge last Friday after having driven, ridden, flown and canoed his way without stopping at a gas or diesel station. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5465519
Explorer Kicks Gas Habit On Roadtrip Over 16,000 MilesAlternative Fuels, And Vehicles, Were Used In 'Eco-Trek' Around U.S.
WEB News, July 30, 2004 (Lovearth.net / MSN BC News, by Miguel Llanos) - An Australian explorer and TV host has gone where no American has gone before: Driving 16,000 miles around the United States on two dozen vehicles powered not by fossil fuel but by alternative energy -- from solar power to cow pies. Shaun Murphy crossed San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge last Friday after having driven, ridden, flown and canoed his way without stopping at a gas or diesel station. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5465519
Global Village / Community Building
Heritage Seeds Project with a Global Twist!
CALGARY, AB, July 12, 2004 (Sombrilla) - I am enclosing the information about Sombrilla's community education projects here in Alberta: one moving story about how my series of classroom presentations about the Maya corn mythology were very well received by the students in Castor Elementary school who came up with the most inspiring and colorful interpretations and illustrations of the Maya love and respect for corn seeds and how all the Maya communities have shown to be extremely sustainable since time immemorial . The strength of their cultural framework and the impressive sustainability of their various communities were going to be my themes! The main challenge was:
Heritage Seeds Project with a Global Twist!
CALGARY, AB, July 12, 2004 (Sombrilla) - I am enclosing the information about Sombrilla's community education projects here in Alberta: one moving story about how my series of classroom presentations about the Maya corn mythology were very well received by the students in Castor Elementary school who came up with the most inspiring and colorful interpretations and illustrations of the Maya love and respect for corn seeds and how all the Maya communities have shown to be extremely sustainable since time immemorial . The strength of their cultural framework and the impressive sustainability of their various communities were going to be my themes! The main challenge was:
- to make the link between the maya hertiage of corn culture and the interesting heritage seeds project that this most dynamic teacher Mrs. Angela Boxma had come up with
- in the small and isolated community for Castor somewhere in Alberta!
- Now the kids there have grasped the basic idea of sustainable community both in their own small town and in Guatemala!
- Please see enclosures and visit the Castor school website on the heritage seeds project www.galileo.org/schools/district-clearview/far
EcoJobs
Environmental Career Opportunities
WEB News, July, 2004 (Extinct.net) - JOBSEEKERS - Receive over 500 current environmental jobs every 2 weeks at our password protected website or in print by subscribing to Environmental Career Opportunities, [Subscription info/Guarantee and Secure ON-LINE ORDER FORM], the only comprehensive source of environmental job vacancies… Many employers have come to rely on Environmental Career Opportunities as their primary means of hiring environmental professionals because they find all of the qualified employees they need through ECO. Click on EcoJobs - http://extinct.net/
Environmental Career Opportunities
WEB News, July, 2004 (Extinct.net) - JOBSEEKERS - Receive over 500 current environmental jobs every 2 weeks at our password protected website or in print by subscribing to Environmental Career Opportunities, [Subscription info/Guarantee and Secure ON-LINE ORDER FORM], the only comprehensive source of environmental job vacancies… Many employers have come to rely on Environmental Career Opportunities as their primary means of hiring environmental professionals because they find all of the qualified employees they need through ECO. Click on EcoJobs - http://extinct.net/
Exemplary Resources / Climate Change
Stormy Weather Links are Online!
WEBSITE Reference, July, 2004 (CIP & EarthFuture.com) - Heard of it but haven’t had time to read it yet? Well here’s your chance. Add it to your Favorites. Easy to digest, a little at a time. Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change, by Guy Dauncey with Patrick Mazza has been one of the most important works or our time. The really exciting news is, you’ll find this message on the http://www.earthfuture.com/ website - Dear Reader, The links here follow the order of the book, page by page. We have made every effort to ensure that these links work and are up-to-date. If you come across a dead link, or a changed one, or if you would like to add a new one, please write to guydauncey@earthfuture.com. I may not always have time to reply, but I will value your input. Best wishes, Guy Dauncey.
Stormy Weather Links are Online!
WEBSITE Reference, July, 2004 (CIP & EarthFuture.com) - Heard of it but haven’t had time to read it yet? Well here’s your chance. Add it to your Favorites. Easy to digest, a little at a time. Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change, by Guy Dauncey with Patrick Mazza has been one of the most important works or our time. The really exciting news is, you’ll find this message on the http://www.earthfuture.com/ website - Dear Reader, The links here follow the order of the book, page by page. We have made every effort to ensure that these links work and are up-to-date. If you come across a dead link, or a changed one, or if you would like to add a new one, please write to guydauncey@earthfuture.com. I may not always have time to reply, but I will value your input. Best wishes, Guy Dauncey.
