ventura ventura, October 5, 2015

Sunday, October 11, NOON – 6 pm

The WAV Gallery

175 S Ventura Ave @ Thompson, Ventura, 93001

An all afternoon mixer at the Earth Spirit Art Show with speakers and short interactive workshops. Meet agencies, nonprofits, and activists offering multiple solutions to deal with climate change. It’s easy and fun being green!

VC Climate HUB is creating a local movement around climate change and taking action to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy and grow a local food system. Our vision is just and resilient communities in Ventura County. The six-hour Climate Expo is hosted by Arts for Earth Foundation.

Exhibitors and Program (Subject to Change)

Sun, Oct 11 starting at NOON: Meet ‘n’ Greet

1:00: Welcome, Ron Whitehurst

1: 05 Arts for Earth! Michelle Nosco

1:30  VCCOOL, Ventura Climate Care Options Organized Locally, Rachel Morris

1:45 Transition Ventura County, Kendra Gonzales

2:15 Sustainable Cities, Evan Evangelopoulos TBC

2:30 Solar Ovens and Solar Cookery, Pat Browne

2:45 Channel Islands Energy Choice, TBA

3:00 Clean Energy Century, Dan Karpf

3:30 Bright Green Future, John Howard, Co-Founder VCCool, Consultant SoCal Edison

3:45 Climate Activism–Policy and Protest, Tomás Rebecchi, for VC Climate HUB, Food & Water Watch, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Citizens for Responsible Oil and Gas (CFROG), LULAC, Stewards of the Earth, and more,

4:15 Local & Organic Food, eg Ground Operations & VCCool Backyard Chickens, Rob Barnett

4:45 Green Transit for Clean Air, Steve DeGeorge, VC Transportation Commission? invited

5:10 Greening Your Business, Susan Bardsley,Sbards-Global

5:40 Home Efficiency, Javier Saucedo, emPower? invited

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General Meetings one or two per month, usually on Thursdays 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Networking until 9 pm.