http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/ en Copyright 2010 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:47:50 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss DOWNLOAD FILE March E-News Contents: Our March Community Presentation: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Saying "Vaya Con Dios" to Our Board Member Sue Broidy Meet the Directors and Committee Chairs! Come to Soule Park for Our First-Ever Coalition Social Executive Director Deborah Pendrey on "A Season of Renewal" The Neighborhood Foresters of the Ojai Trees Group Field Notes on the Ongoing Ojai Creek Riparian Habitat Restoration from Brian Holly, Biologist and Project Manager Longtime Resident Mary Long Writes on Ojai’s Arbor Day Celebration 2010 ]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/03/march_2010_enewsletter.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/03/march_2010_enewsletter.shtml Home Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:47:50 -0800 Thursday March 11, in Libbey Park at the Bandstand. There will be a memorial tree blessing and planting in the east barranca area being restored by the Watershed Group of The Ojai Valley Green Coalition. The City of Ojai will receive recognition as a Tree City USA by our Southern California State Forester. Everyone is invited to come help us celebrate our community forest!]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/03/ojai_arbor_day_celebration_on.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/03/ojai_arbor_day_celebration_on.shtml Events Home Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:03:28 -0800 Sunday March 14, 3:30pm - 5pm, we'll be near the baseball diamond. Bring a snack, a ball and bat, and a lawn chair and get ready to meet some green folks. Until then you know where to find us!]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/03/meet_the_directors_coalition_s.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/03/meet_the_directors_coalition_s.shtml Events Home Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:35:43 -0800 click here.]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/film_our_seeds_seeds_blong_yum.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/film_our_seeds_seeds_blong_yum.shtml 4 - Food and Agriculture Z-Archived Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:43:00 -0800 Thanks to Kelly Pasco of Project Ride for reminding me of this link. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/bp-broch.htm Bicycle and Pedestrian Provisions of the Federal-aid Program Section 217 of Title 23 of the U.S. Code calls for the integration of bicycling and walking into the transportation mainstream. More importantly, it enhances the ability of communities to invest in projects that can improve the safety and practicality of bicycling and walking for everyday travel.]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/bicycle_and_pedestrian_provisi.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/bicycle_and_pedestrian_provisi.shtml 5 - Transportation Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:53:16 -0800 Check out the VC Star reader comments on busses and bike lanes in Ventura County! Two transit agencies plan studies on how to improve county's bus service http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/feb/13/two-transit-agencies-plan-studies-on-how-to-bus/ To Comment to the Ventura County Transportation Committee: http://www.goventura.org/?q=about-vctc/public-review-and-comment/unmet-transit-needs ]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/vcstar_two_transit_agencies_pl.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/vcstar_two_transit_agencies_pl.shtml 5 - Transportation Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:18:37 -0800 "The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind." -- William Saroyan Seven years ago* I gradually changed my trip to work from a two-hour car commute to a refreshing ten-minute bicycle ride. After a decade of driving the freeway, my soul had grown weary of watching the sun rise and set from behind the steering wheel. Working closer to home meant a cut in my income, giving up my new Mazda mini van and downsizing to an older Toyota.]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/one_less_car_the_first_in_a_se.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/one_less_car_the_first_in_a_se.shtml 5 - Transportation Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:55:57 -0800 Bicycle advocacy groups are expanding, and a "Complete Streets" movement has blossomed in recent years, bringing together a broad coalition of citizen and environmental groups demanding more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly roads. Six states and more than 50 cities, counties, and metro regions have now enacted some form of Complete Streets legislation. Pedaling Toward Cleaner Cities By Alison Raphael, OneWorld US, May 13, 2008 What single silver bullet can simultaneously reduce air pollution and oil dependency, roll back urban congestion, and fight obesity? It's not a pill, nor a complicated formula concocted by the World Bank. People around the world are turning to bicycles by the millions, as governments rush to create incentives for the low-tech transport alternative to gas-guggling, smog-making, traffic jam-producing automobiles. ]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/pedaling_toward_cleaner_cities.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/pedaling_toward_cleaner_cities.shtml 5 - Transportation Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:21:33 -0800 I applaud John van Houten’s comments about the lack of support for cycling in the Ojai Valley. I am a long time resident and I have always been engaged by our community’s desire to preserve our quality of life and sustainability. As a cyclist I have been disappointed in our community’s lack of support. http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/letter_from_bicycle_advocate_l.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/letter_from_bicycle_advocate_l.shtml 5 - Transportation Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:23:44 -0800 Guest Editorial by John van Houten, M.D. The city of Ojai has made a concerted effort to become a “green” city in the past few years. However, it has ignored one very effective way to be more environmentally responsible, and that is by promoting cycling as an alternative form of transportation. Ojai is a haven for recreational cyclists and even pro level cycling teams due in large part to our beautiful terrain and agreeable year round weather. However, there is no support for cycling as a form of daily transportation. http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/its_about_the_bike_a_doctors_p.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/its_about_the_bike_a_doctors_p.shtml 5 - Transportation Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:09:15 -0800 Here is a quick look at the ten top reasons why bicycles are good!]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/ten_reasons_why_bicycles_are_g.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/ten_reasons_why_bicycles_are_g.shtml 5 - Transportation Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:50:16 -0800 On three Saturdays in November of 2009, community members and students from schools around the county began a collaborative effort to return the Ojai Creek that meanders through Libbey Park to its natural ecology and functioning state. Students, Coalition members, and the public are now being invited back to participate in the final Saturday of the second phase of the project on Saturday, February 27. http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/the_ojai_creek_restoration_pro.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/the_ojai_creek_restoration_pro.shtml 7 - Watershed Z-Archived Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:47:11 -0800 Never tiring in its drive to educate, inform, and even entertain, the Ojai Valley Green Coalition is now presenting, in collaboration with the Ojai Valley Museum, the “Go Green, Ojai!” lecture series. http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/go_green_ojai_lecture_series.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/go_green_ojai_lecture_series.shtml 1 - Building/Construction Z-Archived Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:15:46 -0800 Ojai Valley Museum (www.ojaivalleymuseum.org), the Coalition is offering its “Go Green, Ojai!” exhibit to explore the many facets of sustainability that are vital to the health and well-being of the Ojai Valley community. ]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/go_green_ojai_an_interactive_f.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/go_green_ojai_an_interactive_f.shtml 1 - Building/Construction Z-Archived exhibit family fun Green interactive Museum Ojai Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:51:49 -0800 Download file • This Month’s Community Presentation: Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi, a Film from the Seed Savers Network • We Welcome Three New Members of Our Board of Directors • Thinking in Green: On Resolving vs. Resigning • Last Two Weeks for “Go Green, Ojai!” • The Ojai Creek Restoration Project: Phase Two Set to Begin • Eek! So Much E-Waste! ]]> http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/newsletter_feb_2010.shtml http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org/2010/02/newsletter_feb_2010.shtml Home Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:04:54 -0800