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RECURRING EVENTS
(events change, things change, please confirm first)
1st Thursdays:
PRSA First Thursdays
Monthly Networking for Public Relations and Business Professionals
6pm
Fee: No Charge, No-host bar, RSVPs encouraged.
XYZ Bar in the W Hotel
Third and Howard Streets
Valet parking available.
RSVP: www.prsasf.org
2nd Thursdays:
Sustainable Business Happy Hour - San Francisco
INFO: groups.yahoo.com/group/SustainableBusinessHappyHourSF/
2nd Thursdays:
12:00am to 1:15pm
Peer 2 Peer: The Leads Group for SVASE Members
Mark Harter, mharter@pacbell.net
INFO: www.svase.org
3rd Tuesdays:
Golden Gate Business Association (GGBA) Mixer
5:30 to 7 PM
FREE to GGBA Members, $10 for Guests
INFO: www.ggba.com
3rd Thursdays (typically):
Business After Hours
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Monthly Mixer
Cost is $10 for Chamber members;
$20 for prospective members; $5 additional at the door
INFO: www.sfchamber.com
3rd Wednesdays:
Sustainability Happy Hour - East Bay
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
EAST BAY GREEN DRINKS is a lively monthly gathering for anyone interested in sustainability, including green business, environmental and social causes, architecture and design, organics, renewable energy and more.
LOCATION: check the website for this month's location in Berkeley or Oakland
COST: Free
INFO: http://tinyurl.com/ld5hf
INFO: groups.yahoo.com/group/SustainabilityHappyHourEastBay/cal
4th Tuesdays:
The Presidio Dialogues
7:00 PM
INFO: www.thepresidiodialogues.org
At Saybrook Graduate School & Research Center
747 Front Street (@ Broadway) Third Floor
In downtown San Francisco
415-249-1830
RSVP: info@ThePresidioDialogues.org
4th Tuesdays:
EcoTuesday Networking Forum
7pm - 9pm
EcoTuesday is a forum to network, collaborate, and engage with environmental and socially responsible business leaders.
Each month we will create an interactive dialogue and feature a visionary speaker from the sustainable business world.
LOCATION: Check website for the current location this month.
RSVP: www.ecotuesday.com
COST: $10.
INFO: ecotuesday@gmail.com
Last Wednesday of the Month:
7pm
PechaKucha
It's time for the design talent in San Francisco to "See & Be Seen."
Here's the chance for you, designers of all kinds, to tell the world about YOUR big ideas! Break out of those pesky specialities, see what cool things are going on right here in town. Who knows you might just stimulate some cross-discipline collaborations & connections & maybe even get inspired in the process.
LOCATION: 330 Ritch Street
cross street: Brannan & Townsend @ 3rd (SOMA)
COST: Free
INFO: www.pechakucha-sf.com
JULY EVENTS
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
8:00am - 10:00am
Please join us for an event to support Gavin Newsom. This event is co-hosted by Mayor Newsom’s closest supporters, people who have been with him since the beginning of his campaign.
COST: Co-hosts who raise or give $2,500 will join the Newsom Circle and individual tickets start at $250.
INFO: thsieh@gavinnewsom.com
RSVP by ordering your tickets here: http://tr.im/ois8
LOCATION: Palace Hotel
2 New Montgomery St.
INFO: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200907925197
Tuesday June 30, 2009
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building: Lecture and Booksigning
Please join Marian Keeler and Bill Burke for a Lecture and Booksigning.
Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building is the first book on green building written expressly for architecture and design students and their professors. A survey coursebook offering a broad range of topics--from energy efficiency principles of passive and active design, indoor air quality, materials selection, chemicals in the environment and construction waste management--it is a resource for practitioners as well.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase courtesy of Builders Booksource.
LOCATION: AIA San Francisco
130 Sutter Street, Suite 600
COST: Free, RSVP Requested
RSVP: rsvp@aiasf.org
Tuesday, June 30
6-7:30 p.m.
Beyond the City: Turning toward Regional Challenges
True regional planning has been the elusive goal of many generations of Bay Area planners. While the region boasts some great successes - saving the Bay, preserving the greenbelt and the building of BART - we still struggle to adequately manage regional land use. This symposium will trace the current state of regional planning, and assess how new climate change laws give hope for greater regional coordination. Join panelists Radhika Fox of PolicyLink; Mike Teitz, professor emeritus in regional planning at UC Berkeley; Will Travis, executive director of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission; Egon Terplan, SPUR's regional planning director; and exhibition curator Benjamin Grant.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Cradle-to-Cradle Eco-Innovation Workshops
Creating Enduring Value: Cradle to CradleSM Innovation and Design
Please Join us as Sustainovation Sponsors “Creating Enduring Value” — an interactive workshop blending EDG’s innovation best practices with the Cradle to Cradle framework developed by William McDonough and Michael Braungart to create the next industrial revolution.
LOCATION: Pivot Interiors, 2740 Zanker Rd, San Jose
RSVP: sschoenfeld@conexions.org
COST: Registration Fee $595.00
Sustainovation Discount $495.00
Group Rate $395.00/person
INFO: www.sustainovation.org
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
5:30pm-8:00pm
East Bay Green Building Professionals Guild
Halogenated Flame Retardants are used in hundreds of building products. Many of these flame retardants are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic—some having health effects similar to PCBs and PBBs which were banned in the 1970s. While manufacturers recently phased out two of these chemicals, many others continue to be incorporated into building products including foam insulation, electronics housings, upholstery foam and textiles.
LOCATION: Truitt & White Conference Room, 1817 Second St., Berkeley, CA
RSVP: GRG@BuildItGreen.org
COST: $15/Build It Green members; $20/non-members
INFO: http://www.builditgreen.org/councils/guild#East
Thursday, July 2
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Silicon Valley & our regional economy
Unique among U.S. cities, the key economic driver of San Francisco and the Bay Area developed not in its urban center but in the agricultural countryside to the south. Yet as Silicon Valley has evolved from the land of innovative start-ups to become home to the largest and most established business headquarters in the region, less clear is where the Silicon Valley economy begins and ends - and what its long-term prospects will be for the entire Bay Area. Two leading economists - Russ Hancock, CEO and president of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley, and Ted Egan, chief economist for the City and County of San Francisco - discuss whether the Silicon Valley economy is becoming the Bay Area economy.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Saturday & Sunday July 4 & 5, 2009
Fillmore Jazz Festival
Stages along Fillmore showcase Bay Area jazz talent.
INFO: http://www.fillmorejazzfestival.com/
Saturday, July 4, 2009
12:00 PM
Open House at Historic Calvary Presbyterian Church
155-year-old church welcomes Fillmore Jazz Festival visitors to take a breather while enjoying free church art tours and pipe organ concerts.
LOCATION: Calvary Presbyterian Church, 2515 Fillmore Street
COST: No charge.
INFO: http://www.calvarypresbyterian.org
Email: mail@calvarypresbyterian.org
Phone: 415-346-3832
July 5 - 8, 2009
Beyond the PDC: Getting Started As A Permaculture Design Consultant
Are you considering starting your own permaculture design business? This course is focused on helping you gain the skills you need -- fast-tracking you through simple shortcuts, handy tips and useful templates. The course is being held at Commoweal Garden, a working permaculture farm and home of the Regenerative Design Institute on the Marin County coast in Bolinas, California.
LOCATION: Commonweal Garden, Bolinas, CA
INFO: http://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/advanced-permaculture-design-skills-%E2%80%93-beyond-the-pdc
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
5:00pm-7:00pm
South Bay Green Building Professionals Guild
In this presentation, you will hear about the GreenPoint Rated Existing Homes Program from three perspectives: Program Administrator, GreenPoint Rater as well as the Builder. Learn more about this unique third-party rating system for existing homes, as well as the process for going through the rating. Both GreenPoint Rater and the Builder will share their experiences, lessons learned, benefits, opportunities and challenges on a Palo Alto retrofit project.
LOCATION: Harrel Remodeling, 1954 Old Middlefield Way, Mt. View, CA
RSVP: GRG@BuildItGreen.org
COST: $15/Build It Green members; $20/non-members
INFO: http://www.builditgreen.org/councils/guild#South
Wednesday, July 8
Edge cities: redefining suburbia
In the 1980s, edge cities pulled jobs from the central cities and remade the suburbs as car-oriented employment centers. Today, those edge cities are in the middle of the region and often have major transit lines running through them. What happens next to remake suburbia and the transit stations within it? Leading this tour along the Pittsburgh/Baypoint BART line are John Rennels from BART; Gary Craft, principal and founder of Craft Consulting Group and a Contra Costa Council board member; and Jim Kennedy, redevelopment director for Contra Costa County, who will explore transit-oriented development in the county and assess the future of suburbia - for both jobs and housing.
RSVP: Limited to 20 SPUR members; RSVP to tours@spur.org.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
5:00pm-7:00pm
North Bay Green Building Professionals Guild
This presentation will feature Ted Reiff, the founder of The ReUse People (TRP) with an introduction by Jon Mitguard. Jon will talk about specific experience he has reusing lumber accompanied with photographs, touching on the some realities good and bad of the process. He has used purchased lumber from salvage operations and salvaged lumber from his home for reuse.
Ted will go over the role of TRP in deconstruction and describe its’ four integrated programs: 1) actively salvaging and recycling building materials obtained through deconstruction, 2) training contractors around the country in deconstruction methods, 3) selling and distributing reusable materials at TRP warehouses and other outlets, and 4) providing consulting and project-management services to federal, state and local governments as well as developers and contractors of large-scale projects.
LOCATION: Marin Builders Association, 660 Las Galinas Ave. , San Rafael, CA
RSVP: GRG@BuildItGreen.org
COST: $15/Build It Green members; $20/non-members
INFO: http://www.builditgreen.org/councils/guild#North
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
6:00 PM Reception; 6:30 PM Presentation
Zero Net Energy Buildings: The Race to Meet AB 32 Building Efficiency Goals
California State Assembly Bill AB 32's regulatory requirements as defined by the California Air Resources Board's recently released Scoping Plan stipulates that new residential buildings reach zero net energy by 2020, and commercial buildings by 2030, meeting the goals of Ed Mazria's 2030 Challenge. (California, however, does not require zero use of fossil fuels.) In contrast to zero net energy for new buildings, how ambitious are the goals for building retrofits? Now that California's energy efficiency standards exceed most states, how do we compare to Europe and Japan where the regulatory framework has generally been more stringent? These questions and many more will be explored in this session to track progress in the building sector to meet and or exceed California's Global Warming Solutions Act.
LOCATION: UC Berkeley Extension, 95 Third Street, Room 104, San Francisco (between Montgomery and Powell Street BART)
COST: This event is free
RSVP: http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/cat/course2046.html
Thursday, July 9, 2009
7:30 AM
Social Networking Increases Your Opportunities
The new world of social networking is fun, requires a plan and consistent execution to keep you in the mainstream of the web 2.0 centric world.
LOCATION: White & Lee LLP, 541 Jefferson Ave # 100, Redwood City, CA 94063 COST: Non-Members: $35, Members: $25.
INFO: http://www.sdforum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventID=13470
Email: info@sdforum.org
Phone: 408-414-5950
Thursday, July 9
12:30-1:30 p.m.
The future of open space
The Bay Area leads the nation in open space preservation near its urban core. But the region sits next to the country's most threatened farmland and the urban sprawl of the San Joaquin Valley. Is the future of the open space movement in the Bay Area to look beyond the nine counties to address watershed and farmland preservation in the Delta and Central Valley, or is it to shift to new strategies that make our current preserved land more accessible? Join the discussion with two of the leading open space activists in the region - Jeremy Madsen, executive director of Greenbelt Alliance, and John Cain, director of restoration programs at the Natural Heritage Institute.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Thursday, July 9, 2009
4:45 - 6:00 pm
Health Begins at Home!
Come and learn how to make your home healthier.
Is your home jeopardizing your health?
What are the toxins and hazards at home and what to do about them?
Healthier homes => Greener homes => Saving Money!
Learn new information; get FREE resources; learn tips about what to do or not do; hear real-life experiences; ask your questions; get practical answers.
Presented by: Avi Lenchner, Green contractor, Avi Decorative Painting, Inc.
email: avigreennow@yahoo.com
LOCATION: Emerson School, 2800 W. Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto CA 94303
RSVP: call (650) 424-1267
COST: Free
INFO: RSVP required
Thursday, July 9, 2009
5:30pm - 10:00pm
Strategy for Sustainability Book Launch
A new book by Adam Werbach
The official party invite will be coming out shortly. We've got a great group of speakers and guests who will be leading small group conversations during the event. One guest speaker (can you guess who?) will be playing a set of bluegrass before his talk. And yes, there will be fire-dancers.
LOCATION: Saatchi & Saatchi S HQ -- The Pie Factory
501 York Street
COST: Free
You can preorder the book at
Walmart.com http://bit.ly/dDECx
Amazon.com http://bit.ly/oIb8XINFO: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108666285427
SECOND THURSDAY of the MONTH
Thursday July 9
5:30pm
SF Sustainable Business Happy Hour
(Green Business Drinks)
LOCATION: Elixir Bar on 16th St. @ Guerrero.
INFO: Tiffany@GreenKeyRealEstate.com
INFO: SustainableBusinessHappyHourSF@yahoogroups.com
THURSDAY JULY 9
7:30 - 10pm
Switzerland - United States: Economic Perspectives in Times of Upheaval
The Consulate General of Switzerland and the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) in San Francisco are privileged to invite you to a gala dinner in honor of Doris Leuthard, Vice President of the Swiss Confederation and of the Federal Council, and Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs (FDEA). Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard will lead a delegation of Swiss business representatives to California from July 9 to July 11 and will be our guest of honor and speak on the topic of “Switzerland – United States: Economic Perspectives in Times of Upheaval.”
Federal Councillor Leuthard will be accompanied by a delegation of dignitaries, among them Ambassador Urs Ziswiler, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States, Gerold Bührer, President of Economiesuisse, Martin Naville, CEO of the SACC, and Daniel Küng, CEO of OSEC Business Network Switzerland, as well as several high ranking representatives of major Swiss companies.
Cost: $95 - RSVP required
INFO: http://www.amcham.ch/chapters/p_chapter.asp?id=5&chapter=San%20Francisco
RSVP: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=185995
LOCATION: The Westin St. Francis, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 9102
July 10 to 12, 2009
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Three days of silent films at the Castro Theatre.
INFO: http://www.silentfilm.org/
Monday, July 13
2-3:30 pm
Health Begins at Home!
Come and learn how to make your home healthier.
Is your home jeopardizing your health?
What are the toxins and hazards at home and what to do about them?
Healthier homes => Greener homes => Saving Money!
Learn new information; get FREE resources; learn tips about what to do or not do; hear real-life experiences; ask your questions; get practical answers.
Presented by: Avi Lenchner, Green contractor, Avi Decorative Painting, Inc.
email: avigreennow@yahoo.com
LOCATION: Avenidas Palo Alto, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto CA 94301
RSVP: Avigreennow@yahoo.com
COST: Free
INFO: No need to RSVP
Monday, July 13, 2009
6:30pm – 7:00 pm, Wine & Hors d'oeuvres Reception
7:00pm – 8:00 pm, Lecture & Q&A
8:00pm – 8:30 pm, Exhibit Exploration
HCSF Sustainability Series
David de Rothschild: Waste as a Resource, the Plastiki Message in a Bottle. Sponsored by Brown Estate Vineyards Plastiki Mission Control Center
LOCATION: Pier 45, San Francisco, 94133
RSVP: http://www.harvardclubsf.org/events/index.asp#669
INFO: http://www.harvardclubsf.org/events/index.asp#669
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
8:00 AM
Clean Tech Breakfast #3: 'World Water Crisis: Tech Based Solutions'
What role will technology play in alleviating the worldwide water crisis? Panel explores technologies in water treatment, mgmt, conservation, & more.
LOCATION: SAP, Building D, 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304
RSVP: http://sdforum.org/cleantech
COST: Members:$20, Non-Members:$30, Platinum Pass:$0.
INFO: http://sdforum.org/cleantech
Email: julie@sdforum.org
Phone: 408-414-5964
Second Tuesday of each Month:
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
5:30-7:30 pm
Green Drinks-Tri-Valley-Livermore
What is Green Drinks?
Green Drinks is an informal gathering of green-minded folks mixing it up over a pint or two to network, socialize and learn about the green business movement.
The event is simple and unstructured where many have found employment, made new contacts, shared and developed new ideas, discovered new partnerships as well as made new friends. All are welcome. Just ask, “are you green?”
LOCATION: First Street Ale House, 2086 First St., Livermore, back patio
COST: No Host Bar & Food
INFO: http://tv-greendrinks.org/
July 15 to 18, 2009
The Crucible's 9th Annual Fire Arts Festival
Crucible's Fire Art Arena - Kirkham & 7th in Oakland
Celebrates creation through fire and light with an open-air exhibition of fire art
INFO: http://www.thecrucible.org/
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
5:30pm-7:30pm
San Francisco Green Building Professionals Guild
Green residential construction is on the rise and everyone wants to know what kind of advantage a green home has on the marketplace. Due to economies of scale, the data indicating higher rental and sale premiums for commercial green buildings is easier to come by, but there is mounting evidence in the residential sector indicating the definitive advantage of a green home. What are the trends in residential green building and how does that affect the sale price of a green home? What's the return on investment for green upgrades and certifications? These questions and more will be addressed as we examine the value of green in a struggling housing market.
LOCATION: SF Environment, 11 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA
RSVP: GRG@BuildItGreen.org
COST: $15/Build It Green members; $20/non-members
INFO: http://www.builditgreen.org/councils/guild#SF
3rd Wednesday of the Month:
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Sustainability Happy Hour - East Bay
EAST BAY GREEN DRINKS is a lively monthly gathering for anyone interested in sustainability, including green business, environmental and social causes, architecture and design, organics, renewable energy and more.
INFO: http://tinyurl.com/ld5hf
LOCATION: check the website for this month's location in Berkeley or Oakland
INFO: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SustainabilityHappyHourEastBay/
COST: Free
Thursday, 16 July 2009
6:30pm - 8:30pm
AIGA SF announces D.Talks, a series of discussions on the business of design
Interactive Interaction
What role does research and prototyping play in interactive design? Learn which methods are most effective.
INFO: http://aigasf.org/events/2009/07/16/dtalks_interactive
LOCATION: AIGA San Francisco
130 Sutter Street, Suite 600
COST: Members: $10.00; Non-Members: $15.00
July 18 & 19
The Renegade Craft Fair
LOCATION: Fort Mason
Large DIY craft fair with an edge - featuring comic books, to silk-screened posters, to jewelry and reconstructing clothing
INFO: http://www.renegadecraft.com/
Saturday, July 18, 2009
10:00 AM
Gathering in the Park
A celebration of diversity with live entertainment, international food booths & marketplace, kids carnival, and a health fair with free screenings.
LOCATION: Charles F. Kennedy Park, 1333 Decoto Road, Union City, CA 94587
RSVP:
COST: Free.
INFO: http://www.unioncity50.com/Events/gathering.htm
Email: unioncity50th@unioncity50.com
Phone: 510-675-5420
Sunday July 19, 2009
AIDS Walk San Francisco
LOCATION: Golden Gate Park - Sharon Meadow
Participants get pledges to benefit the San Francisco AIDS Foundation
INFO: http://www.aidswalk.net/sanfran/index.html
Tuesday 21 July
4 - 8pm
2009 INDUSTRY SHOWCASE
California Legislative Coalition for Interior Design
A fundraiser to advance the profession of Interior Design in California
INFO: www.clcid.org
LOCATION: Radisson Newport Beach
4545 MacArthur Blvd
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
2009 Industry Showcase, Newport Beach
A fundraiser to advance the profession of Interior Design in California
Architect and author Eric Corey Freed will be giving the keynote presentation.
LOCATION: Radisson Newport Beach
4545 MacArthur Blvd.
Newport Beach, CA 92660
INFO: http://www.clcid.org/events.html
FEATURED EVENT:
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
7pm
Fundraiser for Art in Action
This is an invitation to join Art in Action staff and youth, Julia Butterfly Hill, and friends for a special evening hosted by Devaa Mitchell Dinan and Stephen Dinan at their beautiful home.
You will see performances, hear moving presentations from youth participants and learn more about this compelling program that is bringing hope to the Bay Area in these challenging times. Ms. Butterfly Hill will be sharing her reflections, as well.
Art in Action is a powerful and unique Bay Area organization that helps uplift the lives of under-served youth through music, theater, dance, personal empowerment and social/environmental education. For 10 years, they have been bringing diverse youth together for transformative, overnight summer camps. This year's camp is being held at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. They also house the acclaimed Turf Unity Music Program, helping to stop youth violence and create peace ambassadors in the streets of Oakland, and Dig this Story, Digital Storytelling for those whose voices are often silent in our society.
Recently, their longtime vision of opening a green youth media arts center is coming true. The new center near downtown Oakland will house programs in music and video production, marketing and business, mural arts, eco-awareness, green job preparedness training and more. The project has recently received funding from the City of Oakland and from the Adobe Peapod Foundation (Black Eyed Peas) which will be collaborating with Art in Action. organicARCHITECT's Eric Corey Freed is proud to be a member of the host committee.
LOCATION: Provided with RSVP: San Rafael, CA
RSVP: Alli@artinactionworld.org
INFO: 415-517-0123
Light hors d'hoerves and dessert will be served. (Not a full dinner)
Please bring something warm for outdoor portion of the evening
COST: You will be invited to contribute, if you feel compelled to support. Please bring your checkbook.
Wednesday, July 22
12:30-1:30 p.m.
WALKING TOUR
High Modernism in San Francisco
John Kriken of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill leads a tour of some of the most distinctive and emblematic examples of Modernist architecture and urban design in San Francisco, including the Crown-Zellerbach Building and the Golden Gateway development.
RSVP: Limited to 20 SPUR members; RSVP to tours@spur.org.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
July 23 to Aug 10, 2009
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
The world’s first and largest Jewish film festival, using film and media arts to foster cultural understanding.
INFO: http://www.sfjff.org/
4th Thursday of the month
Thursday July 23rd
12:00 to 1:30pm
Tri-Valley Sustainable Business Alliance networking lunch
LOCATION: varies (Pleasant Asian Cuisine 5901 Owens Drive, Pleasanton
RSVP: Steve Melgoza 925-371-6732
COST: $12.00
TVSBA is a non-profit membership organization committed to sustainable business policies and practices. Many members are Alamend & contra costa certified Green Businesses.
RSVP: jim@righttrac.com
4th Thursdays of the Month
Thursday July 23rd
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Green Drinks Sustainability Networking
Sponsored by North Bay Sustainable Business Alliance
Please join us for a lively social and networking gathering for business people interested in sustainability, including green business, architecture, design, organics, clean energy, local economy and other topics.
Appetizers provided, hosted bar.
Bring your business cards and invite your sustainable business friends!
RSVP: Diane@TheRedwoodGrove.com
LOCATION: Novato Oaks Inn, 215 Alameda del Prado Ave, Novato
RSVP: www.NBSBA.org
COST: $20
Saturday July 25, 2009
8:30am to 4:30pm
Extended Education
Green Building Certificate Program
Summer 2009 Classes Now Enrolling!
Sonoma State University
LOCATION: Darwin Hall Room 103 on SSU Campus
INFO: greenbuilding@sonoma.edu or (707) 664-2394
RSVP: www.sonoma.edu/greenbuilding/
Sunday July 26, 2009
noon to 5:00 p.m.
Sustainable Business Alliance Summer Picnic
Potluck, bring friends and family
LOCATION: Tilden Park (Fern picnic site), Berkeley
RSVP: http://sba.memberlodge.org/events?eventId=66901&EventViewMode=EventDetails
COST: $2 - $15, see announcement
INFO: If you'd like to volunteer, offer raffle prizes, or have questions, please contact terry@terrymandel.com.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
6:00 PM
VC TaskForce - Emerging Sectors in Cleantech Forum, Renewable Energy
What you need to know about renewable energy: Evaluating and managing risks and opportunities. Careful planning with the key agencies is essential.
LOCATION: Morrison & Foerster, 755 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
RSVP: http://vctaskforce.com/
COST: $55 member, 75 affliate, 95 gen'l adm, + door.
INFO: http://www.VCTaskForce.com
Email: june@vctaskforce.com
Phone: 650-776-1040
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
9:00 AM
The Enamelist Society Conference and Workshops
The Enamelist Society Conference; stimulating speakers, enlightening workshops and breathtaking exhibitions - for all artists exploring enamel.
LOCATION: Marriott City Center Hotel, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607
RSVP: http://www.enamelistsociety.org
COST: $320 for the conference or for a pre or post workshop.
INFO: http://www.enamelistsociety.org
Email: penamel@aol.com
Phone: 770-807-0142
August 8 & 9, 2009
Nihonmachi Street Fair
Celebration of Asian and Pacific American communities with music, performances, food, drink and community information.
INFO: http://www.nihonmachistreetfair.org/
Tuesday, August 11
6-7:30 p.m.
The Post-Carbon City: Planning for Abundance in an Era of Dwindling Resources
Eco-Urbanism is a movement that emphasizes sustainability, as planners promote green buildings, “closed-loop” architecture and neighborhood planning, and seek to build robust transit systems that can play a role in reducing emissions. Join panelists Carl Anthony, founder of Urban Habitat; Jeff Tumlin of Nelson\\Nygaard; Leah Shahum, executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition; Harrison Fraker, former dean of UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design; and exhibition curator Benjamin Grant.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Wednesday, August 12
12:30-1:30 p.m.
The architecture of Eco-Urbanism
Unparalleled in its commitment to sustainability, the Treasure Island redevelopment project establishes relationships between buildings, open space, transportation, views and natural forces. Craig Hartman of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Kevin Conger of CMG Landscape Architecture discuss the creation of this compact, transit-oriented community.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
9:00 AM
Green Software UnConference
An Unconference is a participant-driven conference centered around a theme or purpose and is a forum for creativity, engineering, and innovation.
LOCATION: Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043
RSVP: http://greensoftwareunconference.eventbrite.com/
COST: $100 early bird in June, $150 in July, $200 in August.
INFO: http://greensoftwareunconference.eventbrite.com/
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