Community Bulletin

March 8th at the Monterey Fair grounds it’s a ewaste recycling day... 9 to 4 pm... free, just drop off your old computers, cell phones, printers etc.

March 12th at the Big Sur Grange Hall for a Town Hall Meeting that is being organized by Big Sur Powerdown.
6:00 PM for a potluck dinner at the Grange Hall.  The Town Hall meeting and brainstorm will follow (starting promptly at 7:00 PM and ending promptly at 8:30 PM)

March 15-16 American School of Herbalism and Five Flavors Herbs
Herbal First Aid
This fun and practical class will teach how to respond to commonly encountered first aid and emergency situations with Western and Chinese herbal medicine and other therapeutic strategies. Contact: Benjamin Zappin
(831) 420-0124 5flavors@fiveflavorsherbs.com

March 20th a film showing of ‘A Convenient Truth:  Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil’
Monterey Green Action is hosting the first of a regular film series, the Environmental Film Café, on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the East Village Coffee Lounge. Free of charge. 
Film producer Maria Vaz of Del Bello Pictures will host a post-film discussion.  

March 22nd Sustainable Pacific Grove and Tomorrow Matters Present a fog catching workshop ... totally free to attend, at the Green Spot in Pacific Grove, corner of Pine and Forest in PG 10 to 11:30 am,

March 14 - 17, Community Built Conference - Building Dreams/Connecting Communities,
at Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove
Community builders from around the country are coming together to share information and experiences ranging from creating public art to natural building techniques.  Visit their web site www.communitybuilt.org for more information on the conference or email them at cba@communitybuilt.org work/study trades are available.

March 29th is Earth Hour, people around the world are turning off their lights for one hour at 8 pm.... take the challenge and do it too... go to Earth Hour.org to get more info.

April 11, 12 and 13th a straw bale presentation and workshop by Michele Landegger of Boa Construction in San Jose, call for more info at 408 291-0696

April 12-13 Sustainable Pacific Grove Open House during Good Old Days.
at The Green Spot, located on the corner of Pine and Forest Ave., will showcase their demonstration garden, environmentally friendly products found in Pacific Grove and exhibits offering interactive approaches to green building products, renewable energy, toxic household waste, recycling, rain water catchments and composting.

April 21 4pm - 6pm at CSUMB - University Center
Symposium on: Earth’s Environmental Crisis & the Fate of Humanity: Ocean Solutions                                                                 
csumb.edu/climate or call 831.582.3578

April 22-26, EcoCity World Summit coming up in San Francisco, California,
The Ecocity World Summit will be convening an international community of inspired change-makers; courageous individuals who are addressing problems of the world's environment with thoughtful long-range solutions that are truly sustainable, ecologically healthy and socially just. go to their website at www.ecocityworldsummit.org

April 27th in Santa Cruz Earth Day.