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May 2007

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[Sustain] Fwd : Sustainability Tour in SF this Sunday May 6th
by Eric Brooks 01 May '07

01 May '07

Kevin Bayuk kevin(a)uas.coop wrote: Greetings Local Green/Sustainability Advocates, I am navigating the first Daily Acts San Francisco Sustainability Tour this Sunday, May 6th. The tour is about half full right now, so I'd like to request your support in spreading the word. Daily Acts Sustainability Tours can be a great way to introduce friends and relatives to permaculture/sustainability concepts in an accessible/experiential format. If you can think about someone in your organization or anyone that might be interested in such a tour, please pass this note on to them. Thanks, -Kevin 415-999-5354 http://www.daily-acts.org/tours.html#_4 Sunday, May 6th, 10am to 3pm, $35 Come on a walking tour of a San Francisco neighborhood and see the abundant potential of cityscape luscious organic living, duckfull, cluckful entertainment and cooperative housing. Visit a trio of lush gardens emphasizing perennial polyculture foodscapes and hear about metaphysical composting, water wise living, preference pruning and fowl fun. Along the walk we'll showcase some de-concrete direct actions we can all take part in to recharge our aquifers, clean city air, provide habitat, and grow food, fiber and FARMaceuticals. We'll start and end the walk at a couple of locally owned businesses where we can meet eco-entrepreneurs manifesting their vision for Fair Trade, organic, local commerce in the urban ecosystem. Local permaculture designer and Daily Acts board member Kevin Bayuk will act as tour guide on this hike through the Haight Ashbury community where visions of peace and love linger on in the quiet backyard oasis, the vacant lots and reclaimed sidewalks. Along the way we'll meet the Purple House collective, Redwood Mary Bull, Barak of Rockin' Java and more. Join us for this urban day of delight!

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Re: [Sustain] Agenda, SF Plenary & SFGP Sustainability WG Presentation
by Eric Brooks 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hi all, I have been wondering why no one has replied on the SFGP response to the proposal that we do a Sustainability WG presentation to the plenary; and I am noticing that the agenda is both packed, and in dispute, and that this is why no one has replied. So, here is our proposal: First, the SFGP Working Group has a proposed presentation 'Beware The Biofuels Industrial Complex' and we are ready to line up a key speaker and/or panel on this topic. On fitting into the schedule, my proposal is that we plan to do our presentation at the same time as one of the Breakout sessions for working groups (probably on Saturday) and then invite all attendees who do not intend to attend one of the Breakout sessions to come to the Sustainability Working Group presentation as an alternative. That would give our presentation lots of time to fully get our subject covered comprehensively (and possibly allow us time to get into other greenwashing topics like PG&E, clean coal, etc. as well). With that said, we also feel that the biofuels problem is so serious that we would still like to get scheduled as a central item instead so that the entire body of attendees at the plenary can be informed on this critical issue. Please let us know right away, your thoughts on this proposal, so that we can start lining up our speaker/panel. Thanks, Eric Brooks Co-Chair SFGP Sustainability Working Group jmc(a)sfgreens.org wrote: > ----- Forwarded message from County Contacts <contacts2006(a)cagreens.org> ----- > > GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE > > This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List. For more information, or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply. Follow the contact directions > stated in the email. > > > As most of you know, the GPCA Coordinating Committee (CC) has been > paralyzed relative to decision-making for over a year. > > A CC vote led to the formation of an ad-hoc Agenda Committee empowered > to present an Agenda for CC approval and for ultimate General Assembly > approval at the May 26-27, 2007 Plenary in San Francisco. Subsequently, > the ad hoc Agenda Committee produced a draft Agenda distributed to the > Co-Cos email list that did not include proposals that were submitted in > a timely manner and that lacked balance, especially regarding the CC > delegate situation relative to Los Angeles. Because of these > objections, the Agenda Committee had an expanded telephone conference on > April 12 at which, by a disputed 3-0 vote, another ad hoc committee was > permitted to submit an alternative agenda for CC approval. The > following April 16 CC meeting ended in no consensus on either Agenda. > > The alternative Agenda can be found at:: > > http://cagreens.org/plenary/preview/ > > You will need the standard GPCA username and password to enter the site > (if you do not know them, please ask a County Councilmember). To read > proposals in full, please click on the links. A fully updated, > printable version is being produced, and we will let you know when it's > ready for download. > > (PLEASE NOTE: A Logistics Packet, with details on transportation, > directions and lodging, is also being produced, and we will let you know > when it is ready for download.) > > We ask all County Locals, Co-Cos, CC members, and Agenda Committee > members to sign on if you support the alternate agenda for the May > 26-27, 2007 Plenary in San Francisco. Please send your input to > agenda-team(a)cagreens.org . > > SIGNERS: > > Warner Bloomberg (Co-Co, CCWG) > Michael Borenstein (Co-Co, GROW) > Jo Chamberlain (Co-Co, ERWG) > Bob Vizzard (Co-Co, ERWG) > Sharon Peterson (Co-Co, CC) > Shane Que Hee (Co-Co Platform) > Jim Stauffer (Co-Co, IT) > Mike Wyman (Agenda Comm volunteer) > Chuck Giese (CC rep, East Bay; Candidate for Agenda Comm since Dec. 14) > Tim Smith (Agenda Comm member) > Jared Laiti (CC rep) > Larry Mullen (CC rep) > Craig Peterson (CC alternate rep) > Cameron Spitzer (IT staff) > > _______________________________________________ > Contacts2006 mailing list > Contacts2006(a)cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006 > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > San Francisco Green Party Active Members List > To unsubscribe or edit your options, go here: > https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/active >

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