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Posted: April 21st, 2008 under Green Life.
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Come Join The Closet & Hybrid Roots at Booth 104 at The South Coast Earth Day Festival. Learn about ways to recycle your clothing and earn some extra cash from The Closet and shop Hemp Fashions and learn about our Green Design Studio Services.
South Coast Earth Day Festival 2008
Sunday, April 20
10 am – 5:30 pm
Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens
“Reduce Your Eco-Footprint” is the 2008 Earth Day theme!
Get ahead of the pack–calculate your eco-footprint before the festival at www.myfootprint.org
Pledge to make a difference through CEC’s personal action campaign at www.getenergized.org
Watch the Earth Day Festival commercial and the ‘Ride Free on MTD’ commercial
View the SB Independent insert HERE to learn more about the highlights for Earth Day 2008!
Interested Exhibitors 2008
NEW! The 2008 exhibitor list and a booth location map are now posted! For more information click HERE
Interested Sponsors 2008
Sponsorship of the South Coast Earth Day Festival is a fantastic opportunity for community businesses and corporate partners to get involved. Sponsors receive the benefit of free booth registration at Earth Day, plus a discount on booth equipment packages, as well as inclusion in all our promotional materials. Learn more HERE
Interested Volunteers 2008
Learn more about fun volunteering opportunities at the Earth Day Festival HERE
NEW! Volunteers needed for eco-footprint booth, learn more HERE
Wine Tasting Event 2008
New this year, a beer and wine tasting event in the beautiful Sunken Gardens co-sponsored by Elements Restaurant and Bar. For information about attending click HERE, for information about participating as a winery or brewery click HERE
2007 Information/Photos
• Promotional photos for the 2007 Earth Day Festival are available at our Press Room page.
• Click here to view our 2007 Earth Day Festival press announcement (pdf), complete with festival highlights.
• Visit our 2007 Earth Day Festival highlights page for information about last year’s exciting line-up of events, performers, and features.
Join the E-mail List
Sign-up for CEC’s e-newsletter to receive emails about the 2008 South Coast Earth Day festival and other special events.
History of Earth Day
The story goes that Earth Day was conceived by Senator Gaylord Nelson after a trip he took to Santa Barbara right after that horrific oil spill off our coast in 1969. He was so outraged by what he saw that he went back to Washington and passed a bill designating April 22 as a national day to celebrate the earth. It was in the wake of this same tragedy that Community Environmental Council was born and began working on ways to clean up our natural resources. It is due to these events that Santa Barbara is considered the birthplace of the environmental movement. The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970. CEC organized a celebration again in 1990 and has done so every year since. Click here for more detail on the history.
Location
The festival is located in the heart of Santa Barbara at the Sunken Gardens of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street. Click here for a map to the festival.
Special Note
Dogs are not allowed in the Sunken Gardens during large public events. Please leave your canine friend at home. Earth Day is a smoke-free event and cigarettes are not allowed at the County Park.
Thank you.
Posted: April 14th, 2008 under Green Life.
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Thanks to everyone for coming out to the Green Living Expo this weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center. We appreciate all of the support for our Green Goods and our Design Studio. Please keep checking out our Hybrid Roots websites as we are constantly adding new features and products. Its a great time to “Green” your wardrobe for Spring with sustainable products. We will be celebrating earth day in Santa Barbara on Sunday, 4|20. Location information about Earth Day Santa Barbara and our booth to follow. We will be with our friends from “The Closet” A clothing resale boutique in downtown Santa Barbara. 1213 State St # L Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 963-8083
Posted: April 14th, 2008 under Green Goods, Green Life.
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Los Angeles come out and show your support for Green Business as we move towards education and change for the planet. Stop by our booth(#622) and check out our merchandise and say hello. We can discuss ways to green your marketing campaigns and assist with your internet/print marketing needs.
http://www.thegreenlivingexpo.com/Los_Angeles.html
Los Angeles Convention Center – West Hall – B
10:00a to 5:00p Both Days
April 12 & 13, 2008
200+ Exhibits – 55 Workshops
Posted: April 8th, 2008 under Green Life.
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Protect Our Winters (POW) is a 501c3 tax exempt, non-profit organization dedicated to reversing the global warming crisis, with a direct focus on the winter sports community.
POW’s mission is to unite the winter sports community and focus our collective efforts towards a common goal. We focus on initiatives to help change consumer habits and provide funds for renewable energy projects that reduce the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Please join us in the fight against climate change – and help reverse its effects on our winter climates. Together we can Protect Our Winters.
Who We Are
For the past several years, we have noticed a considerable decrease in the severity and dependability of our winters. Scientists and meteorologists have confirmed that this trend will continue and become worse if we don’t do something.
While this is a global issue on many fronts, it has hit the winter sports community front and center. If we don’t act, our winters and the lifestyle we love, will soon be non-existent.
POW was formed in 2007 by Jeremy Jones, a professional snowboarder to unite the winter sports community and focus our collective efforts towards initiatives that will directly impact our winters.
The mission of the foundation is build a united front of winter sports enthusiasts, so that together, we can restore our winter climates.
POW will educate the community and provide tangible solutions that will make a difference today. Additionally, we will help fund renewable energy and work with local governments, developers and homeowners to increase the sustainable development projects in our winter climates.
While shredding the mountain, shred your carbon footprint!
Arthur Rosenfeld, a physicist and member of the California Energy Commission says that if Americans can reduce their energy use 2 percent each year for the next 30 to 40 years we would be halfway to stabilizing our greenhouse-gas emissions.
Below are some ways in which you can help protect our winters and reduce the amount of carbon emissions:
1.) Always remember the three essential R’s… Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
This could be as simple as: if you are a coffee drinker waking up for the early pow mornings, reuse your travel mug. Almost every coffee shop will fill your own mug instead of using their paper or styrofoam cups.
2.) Try not to buy bottled water. Carry a Nalgene instead which aids in reducing use of plastic production. Plastic production creates emissions and allows more opportunities for plastic littering the environment. If you plan to hit the mountain, carry a Camelbak and fill it with tap water; this will also keep you hydrated all day which is important!
3.) Insist on glasses while at bars and restaurants instead of plastic cups. The cleaning system for most high traffic bars and restaurants is water efficient and this also cuts back on plastic use as well as reducing waste for landfills.
4.) Vote! Vote for people who are going to help reduce emissions. Be sure to read and understand policies being proposed before you vote.
5) Use less paper! Bring your own bags to the grocery store. This will cut back on the use of paper and help save our trees. Also, many stores reward customers like you and give cash back! According to the National Resources Defense Council, the virgin pulp and paper industry is a top emitter of greenhouse gases. You will help save forests, water and help reduce carbon emissions.
6.) Use email whenever possible vs. stamped mail. By doing this, you are cutting back on paper use. Request your bills to be electronic via email instead. These are just a few ways in which you can help.
7.) Plant a tree. Trees act as a natural carbon sink and one single tree can absorb more than a ton of carbon over its lifetime. You can also add plants to your home indoors. Plants help clean the air and give off more oxygen along as aiding in the absorption of CO2.
8.) If possible, drive less! Use public transportation as often as possible, catch a ride to the mountain with your friends. If you’re in the market for a new vehicle, go green and purchase a fuel efficient, less polluting hybrid. This will not only cut back on CO2 emissions but will also save a tremendous amount in fuel costs. Think about how long you warm your car up in the morning.
9.) After a long strenuous day on the mountain and you want to wash up, think shorter, warmer showers. Not only by making your showers warm and not hot help cut back on the energy used, but it is also better for your dry, winter skin. Conserving water is extremely important. Clean water is highly valued and is a diminishing natural resource so we should try and conserve it anyway possible.
10.) Purchase Carbon Offset Credits and help neutralize carbon emissions. These credits purchased replace customary polluting sources with sustainable renewable energy that are used on projects such as schools, communities, power grids, etc. You can calculate your emissions and purchase them right here through Protect Our Winters. Reduce your carbon footprint!
11.) During the off season, build a compost pile. It’s super easy. You can build your own or purchase an inexpensive compost bin. Yard waste and waste from your kitchen will add to the compost pile. Compost makes great mulches and is also great for an alternative fertilizer which is much cleaner for the environment than chemical fertilizers. By adding a compost to your household, will help eliminate the amount of waste that goes to the overused landfills.
12.) Speak Up! Talk to your local mountains about their plans to reduce emissions. Write suggestions in their suggestion box or via email. Participate in your local government and demand that they be smarter about local emissions policies.
13.) Conduct an energy audit for your household, or ask your folks. This will allow you to learn how you can cut back energy use in your home. Seal windows, doors, even flooring to help keep in the heat which will save on energy and keep green in your wallet. It is said by the Natural Resources Defense Council that having a leaky home is equivalent to a 3×3 foot hole in your wall!
14.) While resting up at home, protect your pipes and water tanks from heat lost. Make sure they are properly lagged. Use an insulation blanket if your water tank is a few years old. This is an energy-efficient way to save heat and it also saves on your bill.
15.) Workplace. Choose to work at places that reduce emissions. You are giving these companies competitive edge over the others. Ask your current employer what their plans are and if they don’t have any, speak up!
16.) Join Protect Our Winters! Help bring awareness to these important issues that are damaging our earth and creating shorter winters.
Contributing Writer: Sarah Pierro
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Protect Our Winters
Posted: April 4th, 2008 under Green Life.
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Joshua Doolittle
Scotia, NY
Bouldering is my passion. Creating artificial boulders in city parks will serve as eco-ambassadors to the remaining wild places. “Kids” of all ages could congregate and play together, fostering community, athleticism and the strong fingers needed for future field trips to the real rocks waiting outside city limits.
Bouldering gardens would be created using the Chi’bagoda glue-less, composite bamboo strip, beam system [please visit http://bambitat.com/]. Massive, organic rib caged pods would emerge, woven bamboo mats would provide the skin and an innovative texturing process would provide the “grips”.
Alternating passes of random soy-foam splatters would be partially encased by sprayed concrete. Upon curing, the foam would be power-washed away leaving thousands of Swiss cheese like pockets, crimps and jugs.
These custom crafted, lunar limestone blocks will become the “skate parks” for climbers. They would range in size and shape to accommodate all skill levels and age groups.
Costs would vary depending on dimensions, but contained bamboo groves could be planted nearby to affordably support the growth of more urban asteroids in 3-5 year cycles. This system could be replicated all over the world inspiring never ending generations of metro climbers to seek out, enjoy and then protect our natural world.
The Chi’bagoda Boulder projects impact will be multifaceted but primarily focus on:
1. To promote the architectural potential for building with banded bamboo strips/ “…
1. To promote the architectural potential for building with banded bamboo strips/ “organic steel.”
In progress, seeking support to fabricate initial prototypes.
The journey began with a nocturnal dream that I had 9 years ago that took place on a hill overlooking a meadow outside of Eldorado Canyon, CO. I was standing there, looking down a…
Keen is an inspiring pioneer in the “conscious capitalism” revolution. Chi’bagoda will follow in similar footsteps, but address sustainable architectural projects instead of footw…
Hike along the Snake River dyke in Jackson, WY on a hot summer day, jump in and float for 9 minutes back to the boat launch ramp, then repeat.
http://www.keenfootwear.com/stand/submission_detail.aspx?id=457&c=out&cps=32767&cpi=1
Posted: April 4th, 2008 under Green Life, Rooted Creatives.
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