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Earthsite is a Bay Area leader in new media. Come check out their beautiful new space and hear about how their services support sustainable brands.
Where: Earthsite, 85 Bolinas Road, Suite 17, Fairfax, CA
When: 5:30 – 7:30PM
Cost: $10 members, $15 non-members; $5 more at the door
Delicious local food, beer & wine will be served.
Chabot College is offering an online course for Fall 2009, “Business 42: Green Business Practices.”
Practical projects and activities to increase profitability and efficiency by becoming more socially and environmentally responsible and responding to changing cultural, economic, competitive, and legal imperatives embedded within the “green” initiatives (3 hours).
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Questions? Email cpinkus@chabotcollege.edu
Join the Sustainable Business Alliance for a laid back afternoon.
Where: Tilden Park, North Berkeley
When: Noon – 5PM
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Come see & hear about the amazing work being done by RichmondBUILD. The training program was first developed to create employment and career opportunities for Richmond residents and also to implement a strategy for reducing community violence. We’ll be touring their space and the model home the latest students are working on.
Where: RichmondBUILD, 330 25th [...]
Global awareness at the community level.
Brief presentations by:
Charles McGlashan, District 3 Supervisors, will update us on the current status of the Marin Energy Authority.
Dana Armanino, Marin County Green Business Coordinator, will discuss the Green Business Certification Program.
Linda Nave will offer her expertise on how to best utilize gray water.
Where: Caletti Jungsten, 495 Miller [...]
From the White House:
President Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu announce several actions that will promote energy efficiency and save Americans billions of dollars per year. The announcement includes major changes to energy conservation standards for lighting, as well as $346 million from the Recovery Act that will accelerate the development and use of energy [...]
Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, takes questions from Facebook and the White House website about President Obama’s vision for a clean energy economy.
White House Council of Environmental Quality Van Jones visits a local work site that features weatherization as one of many sources of job creation in the United States.
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our June 16 event at Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean!
Jamie Fine, Ph.D. from Environmental Defense Fund provided very useful and timely information. We will definitely be asking him to join us again. As promised, here are the websites he noted in his presentation:
Less Carbon, More Jobs
CARB [...]
Durable, sustainable, beautiful. Built to last, energy efficient, eco-friendly. Mahoney Architects & Interiors collaborated with clients Frank and Monika Levinson who wanted their Tiburon 50’s home fully remodeled. The remodel was planned to take advantage of their one of-a-kind spectacular bay views, to modernize the home with a classic but contemporary look, and to be [...]
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