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PlacerSustain Initiatives -- 2012 (Draft)

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 15:31 — Jeffrey Bordelon

[This is a summary list of key PlacerSustain initiatives that are being pursued by PlacerSustain members that we anticipate in 2012.  Let us know if you have other areas of interest you would like to pursue.  Our "initiatives" are simply members who are working together to accomplish their mutual goals.  If you want an initiative that isn't on this list, you get to create it--we have volunteers who are willing to help. 

PLACESUSTAIN INITIATIVES 2011

Sugar Bowl Resort Environmental Awareness Day -- February 4, 2012

Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:45 — PlacerSustain

See the attached PDF flyer on this event.  Sugar Bowl is looking for vendors and local green organiztions to participate in the event.  The booth is free and free lift tickets for the day are provided to the participants.  This notice was sent by Tommy Rogers, a BPI home energy auditor that attended several PlacerSustain energy events, and who is now the Energy Conservation Lead for the Sugar Bowl Resort.

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EVENT: Placer Local Food Alliance --Vision, Mission, Objectives and Food Coop Update

Mon, 01/16/2012 - 15:35 — Jeffrey Bordelon

 

Meeting Notice

Placer Local Food Alliance

January 25, 2012

Loomis Train Depot

5755 Horseshoe Bar Road, Loomis CA 95650

6:00-8:00pm

A Story of Place -- Creatively Connecting with the Natural, Social, and Economic Landscape

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 19:00 — Jeffrey Bordelon

No doubt there are many efforts around the globe that are working in one way or another on creating a story about their place: vision, values and principles, and so on.  Here, by "Story of Place" I mean a Story that reflects a deep pattern language of community grounded in nature in a particular Place.  This kind of Story of Place is created by an integration of good information on natural / social / and economic qualities of a place and creative imagination about what this information reveals about the deep patterns that are this Place.  The

MIT: Sloan Management Review Article on Sustainability "Embracers"

Fri, 09/30/2011 - 20:27 — PlacerSustain

This is a link to an article on MIT's Sloan Management Review website about its global business survey and the difference between companies that are early "Embracers" of undertaking sustainability initiatives.  Here is the excerpt:

SPECIAL REPORT: Sustainability & Innovation

Bioneer Article on "The Radical Center" by Kenny Ausubel

Wed, 08/24/2011 - 11:22 — PlacerSustain

This is a copy of any article sent by Bioneers via email about their upcoming conference in Marin, October 14-16, Marin Center, San Rafael, California.  The article is about a "National Security Sustainability Network:"

 

Breakdown To Breakthrough at the Bioneers Conference: 

The Radical Center By Kenny Ausubel

Notes on Economic Development Collaborative Meeting

Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:03 — Jeffrey Bordelon

This is a link to the PlacerSustain Discussion Forum Topic with notes on the first exploratory meeting on August 10, 2011 to discuss creating a Placer County Economic Development Collaborative:  http://placersustain.org/community/content/notes-first-economic-development-collaborative-meeting

AT&T 2010 Sustainability Report

Tue, 06/07/2011 - 10:07 — Jeffrey Bordelon

This is a copy of an email to AT&T employees with links to information about AT&T's 2010 Sustainability Report:

EVENT: Bioneers 2011 Conference--October 14-16: A Preview

Mon, 05/16/2011 - 15:03 — PlacerSustain

The 2011 Bioneers Conference is titled:  "Breakdown to Breakthrough--Reimagining Civilization in the Age of Nature."  The conference will be held in October, but the preview materials do not indicate where.  Here is a link to the Bioneers website material on the conference.  The following is an excerpt from a preview email sent out by Bioneers:

 

SNEAK PREVIEW: 22nd ANNUAL BIONEERS CONFERENCE

 

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