[SBIMC-general] Fwd: Tonight: Developing the Local Green Economy Monday, April 16 7:30pm Santa Barbara

[Bob Banner]

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> From: Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson <lakinroe at silcom.com>
> Date: April 16, 2007 7:41:30 AM PDT
> To: sb-action at lists.riseup.net, scpg at arashi.com, ccpg at arashi.com,  
> info at hopedance.org
> Subject: Tonight: Developing the Local Green Economy Monday, April  
> 16 7:30pm Santa Barbara
>
> Living Smart Series Spring 2007
>
> Sustainable living, what does that mean in individual lives?  
> Understanding
> sustainability and its importance in people's lives and to the planet
> requires education, smart thinking and the ability to make practical
> changes in personal habits, public policies and social practices. This
> series is designed to educate and inform students in order to  
> implement
> lifestyle choices that reflect social commitment and environmental
> responsibility. Join us for a series of lectures and workshops  
> designed to
> deepen community awareness of the fragile relationship that exists  
> between
> people and their natural environment.
>
> Monday, April 16 - Developing the Local Green Economy
> 7:30-9:30, Fleischmann Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural  
> History
>
> Local institutions of higher education have
> enormous resources to assist individuals seeking to enter the emerging
> green economy. Alternatively, job seekers need to know what  
> knowledge and
> skills are required in order to participate in this next stage of  
> economic
> change. Dr. Michael M'Gonigle will lead a discussion on the most  
> effective
> means to match the aspirations and skills of those who wish to find  
> careers
> in helping their communities withstand global warming, with the  
> ideas and
> training colleges and universities might provide.
>
> Tuesday, April 17 - 9:00 noon, Schott Center , room 20,   Steps to  
> a Green Economy  Santa Barbara
> Join Dr. M'Gonigle in a workshop designed to explore
> the steps communities need to take to move toward a green economy  
> and the
> responsibility educational institutions have to lead the way. Dr.
> M'Gonigle will also discuss the ideas outlined in his latest book  
> Planet U.
>
> Co Sponsored by Walter H Capp Foundation, Institute for Reverential  
> Ecology, Fairview Garden Farm, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network,  
> El Capitan Canyon, Community Environmental Council, Environmental  
> Defense Center, For the Future, SBCC Students Sustainability  
> Coalition, Foundations for Mythological Studies, UCSB Geography  
> Department, UCSB Environmental Studies Program, UCSB Office of  
> Sustainability, Institute of World Culture

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