NorCal Newsletter 2009-12-04
|
adpsr news
4 December 2009 |
|
|
See our new section, Editorials and Comments at the bottom of this mailing. Your comments are welcome, but no guarantee they will be published.
ADPSR Newsletters are now available on-line!
Visit http://adpsr.org/nor-cal/norcal-newsletter-2009-12-04 for a copy of this newsletter
Visit http://adpsr.org/nor-cal/adpsr-norcal-newsletter-archive to see our full collection
Jump to category:
ADPSR Items
|
Better Knowledge: In response to our mailing about turkey consumption, author and member Jennifer Roberts offers: I’d like to make a suggestion about yesterday’s “Sad Facts” photo and caption. While raising awareness about the horrors of factory farming is important, I feel that it’s even more important to offer positive alternatives. For example, the turkey photo/caption could have been balanced with a link to some vegan holiday recipes (such as www.vegcooking.com/f_holiday_cooking.asp), a link to Farm Sanctuary’s website (a great group that advocates for better treatment of factory farm animals; www.farmsanctuary.org) and/or a link to Local Harvest where people can find sources for locally grown organic food and more humanely raised turkeys (www.localharvest.org)
|
|
Graduate Student Seeking Research Information I am a graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University working on my MFA in Interior Environments. I have a special interest in researching and gaining experience in the connection of humanitarian needs with architects and designers. Specifically I am researching the psychological effects of the humanitarian projects that are happening. I want to know how a built environment, years after the fact, has effected the psychological quality of life of those individuals receiving aid. I am struggling to find any research or evaluations touching on this aspect of aid. Are you aware of any possible resources available? I would appreciate any help you could provide in this search. Thank you so much!
Sarah Beth Basinger Common Circle Education Common Circle Education (commoncircle.com), just opened our first bio-regional campus in Berkeley, offering over 200 hours of permaculture, sustainability, yoga, meditation and non-violent communication classes each month. You can visit us online at www.commoncircle.com. We're a four year old school of ecological design and holistic living, with a mission of taking the concepts of permaculture and sustainability mainstream and building communities in the process. "The End of Poverty?" documentary 1 week showing in SF starting Dec 4, with director and Kevin Danaher opening night
Narrated by Martin Sheen, The End of Poverty? is a daring, thought-provoking and very timely documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Philippe Diaz, revealing that poverty is not an accident. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in forced labor and the seizure of More information: http://adpsr.org/new-york/end-poverty-documentary-1-week-showing-sf Waterside Workshops‘ Holiday Event and Toy-Making Workshop, Dec 13
Waterside Workshops‘ Holiday Event and Toy-Making Workshop is on Sunday, December 13th from 1-5pm!! Come on down to our workshop for an afternoon of hands-on activities, live local music, food, and fun for people of all ages. Kids can make their own wooden toy from scratch and enter a $2 raffle to win one of 25 kid’s bikes that will
All of our toy-making materials are from sustainable sources, and non-toxic. This is a free event due to the generous support of the City of Berkeley, the San Francisco Foundation, and Grocery Outlet. There is a suggested $5 donation to support our organization.
*Next Climate Change Action Group facilitator training: * More information: http://adpsr.org/nor-cal/climate-change-action-group-facilitator-training
Exploring the Roots of the Great Turning We all hold the seeds of leadership and service within us -- and each one of us has the opportunity to play a unique and powerful role in this Great Turning of our time. The
5-Month Ecology of Leadership Program More information: http://adpsr.org/nor-cal/exploring-roots-great-turning
|
|
Employment Sought or Opportunities:Ex. Dir. in paradise, be creative at a stunning facility w/great pay (mendocino county)The Solar Living Institute, a 501c3 nonprofit organization since 1997 seeks an executive director for its world renown Hopland Solar Living Center location where 12-14 staff are employed. The SLI’s budget is ~ $1.2M annually. The ED should have robust nonprofit experience (at least five years), deep fundraising experience, be a great manager of people, have vision, be environmentally aware and highly motivated. The SLI’s major program is environmental education, primarily solar electric workshops which are nationally accredited and recognized. The SLI has recently launched a world class online education program. The successful candidate will hopefully have some educational administrative and/or curriculum development experience, marketing knowledge, fundraising knowledge and experience, and be a magnetic and highly motivated people person that loves building community coalitions and partnerships. The Solar Living Center is a 12-acre permaculture oasis visited by 250,000 visitors every year and a great location for adult and kid’s education with interactive demonstrations on the environment and renewable energy. Generallly 6 interns are recruited every year in their 20’s and 30's who live on site and assist the staff in environmental education, workshop administration and marketing, event planning, and nonprofit administration.
* Location: Hopland, California
* This is at a non-profit organization. Reply to: joldham@hughes.net |
|
|
|
|
Competitions:No new items |
|
Items Sought or For Sale
No new items
|
|
Miscellaneous:
No new items
Editorials and Comments:Note: the opinions below are those of the author, not of ADPSR, its Board, nor its members. ADPSR takes no responsibility for those views. You are welcome to post items for this section, items relevant to our mission are most likely to be posted. Personal attacks, or items containing vitriol or unaccepted language will not be posted. 10 crappy things about the green movement by willi paul http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1295 1. Green web sites that don't connect to actual neighborhoods - that just post, babble and ghost. 2. Big ass ego sustainability consultants who think the world will change as they get rich. 3. Green job training seminars that cost 499.00. 4. Little or no praise or support for the effort from the Latino community, period. 5. Scant connection between all of the key hot button issues -- too much weight on a climate crisis and foodies. 6. "Green Celebrities." Crap. 7. Little scrutiny and basic integrity on now Obama's cowering to the military industrial devils in Afghanistan. 8. The idolization of the new green cars with little planning for the day we all have NO CARS. 9. Green products, green product web sites, green product web sites that rate their own profit-driven and pre-sponsored green products. 10. Burning Man. |
|
