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November 2007

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Re: [Transpo] green guerrilla action... greenwashing alart at GreenFest & Step It Up celebration
by Ann Garrison 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Ditto re PG&E; they threatened to shut off my electricity for four months after I went way into debt to install solar panels on a flat that a few banks still agree to call "mine." It took PG&E that long to acknowledge my solar installation and send someone out to install a net meter. My hair was standing on end every week just trying to keep them from shutting off my power instead. I now at least have a negative $34 electricity bill, but those people, PG&E, nearly drove me out of my mind; all summer I was generating more electricity than I was using and getting F---- ing shut-off notices. The personal---as in personal energetic resources they rob us of this way can't be assigned a $ value. I don't think I'm going to make the Green Fest because I'm trying to write something about Niger, in Central Africa, about allthe foreign uranium mining leases being granted in forgotten, landlocked, Sub Saharan Niger, which was, for almost 40 years, France-AREVA's national uranium mine, but good luck there, at the Green Fest. Now Niger is subject to equal opportunity energy imperialism and it has the third largest uranium reserves in the world. I wanted to draw your attention to a video made by Dennis Brumm, who, with other members of the San Francisco Green Party, produced an educational event, "The Myth of Bio-Fuels," at several Bay Area venues. It was the best educational event I ever saw the SF Greens produce and Dennis then edited it into a "Myth of Bio-Fuels" video. His e-address is brumm(a)brumm.com, and I think he's asking something like $5 for his efforts on this. Bio-fuels have already cut "US food aid"---a misnomer to start with, much like "African debt"---but we know what we're talking about, and planting to create bio-fuels in the overexploited world have already cut "US food aid" in half. ---Ann Garrison anniegarrison(a)mac.com (415) 285-7259 (415) 786-6839 "El-Baradei has as much chance of stopping proliferation as George Bush has of stopping the drug trade." --Craig Reishus, Nuclear Free Future Awards website manager, writer and editor On Nov 10, 2007, at 11:29 AM, aliza wasserman wrote: > Hey Green Guerrilla Network, > > Our favorite gas and nuclear energy company, PG$E, is a "Partner > of Innovation" at the Green Festival. They will have a booth at > GreenFest due to their claims as a 'renewable energy innovator'. > This is laughably horrific, given the fact that less than 1% of > their energy comes from solar, and they have a decade long track > record of consistently lobbying against renewable energy policies, > and their budget through 2010 includes $0.00 for generating solar. > > Other than this big mistake, the Green Festival should be a great > place to meet great folks and learn about all-things-green. As > such, some of us will be going to this event tomorrow and in > between sessions - engaging in some Green Guerrilla action at > PG&E's booth. Check out schedule at www.greenfestivals.org and > come by the Concourse Exhibition Center at 8th and Brannan, ncar > Civic Center. Discounts for bikers. > > Would you like to join the Green Guerrilla action at Green Fest on > Saturday or Sunday? > Give a call to coordinate time and place. 510-717-6599. > > Also, we must celebrate the success of Step It Up San Francisco! > We had Cindy Sheehan, 5 mayoral reps, 2 Supervisors, 17 partnering > groups, 150 participants, a colorful bike ride, a plaza full of eco- > cars, solar-powered smoothies, and 5 media hits - including the SF > Chronicle, and fully integrated the anti-nuclear and pro-local > policy message in to the day. It was all coordinated by non-paid > volunteers like you --- so let's celebrate our successful > grassroots event! Dinner Tuesday November 13 at 7 pm at Ali > Baba's Cave (Valencia & 19). > > best, > aliza & the green guerrillas against greenwash > > ======================================================= > Aliza Wasserman > Green Guerrillas Against Greenwash > www.LetsGreenWashThisCity.org > 510-717-6599 > > "If you think mitigated climate change is expensive, try > unmitigated climate change." > - Dr. Richard Gammon, University of Washington, on the steps of the > US Congress, 6/28/99 > > > > "Campaign finance reform is climate protection." > - anonymous, 2007 > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Green Guerillas Info List" group. > To post to this group, send email to green-guerillas(a)googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to green-guerillas- > unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/green-guerillas?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- >

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Following up on sign-on to RTP platform
by Carli Paine 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hi John Marc, I just wanted to follow up with you on a conversation from a few months ago regarding the potential for the SF Green Party to sign on in support of the Transportation and Land Use Coalition's Regional Transportation Plan platform. I'm attaching the final platform and the endorsement form again for you to review/take to your board, etc. Please let me know if and when the SF Green Party will be considering this. We'd love to have your support as we fight to shift funding towards purposes that will make our region healthier and increase mobility. All the best, Carli __________________________ Carli Paine, Transportation Program Director Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC) 510.740.3150 x315 <http://www.transcoalition.org/> www.transcoalition.org Fighting Climate Change... and Winning a Better Bay Area! Regional Transportation Plan Platform Endorsement Reply Form Deadline to sign-on your organization in support of the Platform: September, 21, 2007 Organization: Group Representative Name: ? YES! We agree with the recommendations in the Coalition's Regional Transportation Plan Platform. Signature_______________________________________________ Date _____________________________ Which recommendation/s in this platform is most important to your organization and why? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________ Please indicate the ways your organization can help advocate for the Platform: ? Action alerts to your members. ? Representing your organization at critical press events, MTC hearings, etc. ? Turnout of your members at critical press events, MTC hearings, etc. ? Educating your members at an event or through your newsletter. ? Writing a letter to the editor of a local paper. ? Other: ____________________________________________________________. ? Sorry, my organization cannot endorse the Coalition's Platform at this time. Please share with us any reasons for not signing on. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________ We plan to release the Platform during the first week of October. We are excited to work with you on this critical campaign for our region's future! Please mail to Carli Paine, Transportation and Land Use Coalition, 405 14th St. Ste. 605, Oakland, CA 94612 or fax to 510.740.3131. Contact Carli at 510.740.3150x315 or carli(a)transcoalition.org with any questions. ----------------------- [pic]

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