Ojai Valley Green Coalition
Community Conversations: Books, Lectures, and Films

The Green Coalition seeks to improve the environmental health, safety, and quality of life in the Ojai Valley. We use a variety of methodologies to encourage community-level conversations about climate change, conservation, water usage, housing, and other vital issues impacting our valley and our way of life. To do so, we host events such as lectures, book clubs, film screenings, and social gatherings that encourage collaboration and grassroots problem solving. We also partner with local government to support state-mandated climate goals

Green Drinks: Monthly Lectures

GREEN DRINKS is a free and informal monthly gathering open to all. Each month we feature a different speaker, lecturing on a environmental topic that's important to our community.

Join us each month—every first Thursday from 5:30 to 7pm—at Farmer and the Cook for a short presentation by one of our green partners on topics that matter most to our environmental community. Stay and connect with local green people—friends, neighbors, colleagues, and community leaders. Together, we can connect, learn, and combat the challenges facing our valley, such as food insecurity, deforestation, fire, air pollution, climate change, and more.


Visit the Green Calendar for details on the next event.


Green Drinks is co-sponsored by the Ojai Climate Action Network, Pax Environmental, Inc., and the Ojai Valley Green Coalition.


We are deeply grateful to have Farmer & the Cook as our host for 2026.

Green Reads: Book Club

Green Reads is our bimonthly book club, focused on environmental books that can change our hearts and minds. Our October selection is Carbon, by Paul Hawken. The discussion will be facilitated by Kit Stolz and Dr. David White. Sign up here.

Green Films: Movie Club

We can't say much! But an exciting partnership is in the works. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to know!

Making a Difference Together: Stories About Our Projects

Talking Trees at Green DrinksIt was a beautiful warm Thursday evening on September 3 in the garden area at Farmer and the Cook, where people began to assemble with a...
Stronger Together, A Short Film About the Ojai Ecology C... Ojai’s historic City Hall is surrounded by eight acres of open space with great potential to be a vital community asset. It encompasses ...
What should the new City Hall park be named?Names are incredibly powerful. Take the name Ahwa’y, the Chumash word for Moon. The word that became Ojai, the name of our beloved and b...
OVGC and the Eco Center Make Headlines!On Saturday December 6th, Kimbery Rivers from the Ojai Valley News took part in one of the Ojai Valley Green Coalition's Site Tours of t...
Help Shape A New Educational ResourceYou are invited to fill out a brief survey to give your input into the educational and volunteer offerings of the proposed Eco Center/Na...
Stepping Closer to New Eco Center/Nature ParkFor those who missed our City Hall Campus Open House on October 25th, you have more chances to take a tour and preview the plans for the...