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News
3/16/07 - Join
us in a COMmunity Profile Series conversation with Marin County Supervisor Charles McGlashan as he describes his vision supporting sustainable practices in Marin County.
4/13/07 - Join
us in a COMmunity Profile Series conversation with Professor of Public Policy at U.C. Berkeley and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich as he describes his vision for the role of democracy and education for shaping the future
5/25/07 -Join
us in a COMmunity Profile Series conversation with Peter Calthorpe, named by Newsweek as one of 25 'innovators on the cutting edge' as he describes how community design with a focus on environmental sustainability and human scale can be adapted throughout the globe.
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Resources
Related Web Sites
- marincc.blogspot.com -
CRD blog site and original
web site supporting the COMmunity
Roundtable Discussions and
earlier events at the College
of Marin.
- ecodesign.org -
The Ecological Design Institute
and Van der Ryn Architects
create innovative design solutions
that link nature, culture and
technology to reintegrate the needs of human society within the balance
of nature.
- sustainabilityrevolution.com -
web site supporting the book, The Sustainability Revolution, by
Andrés Edwards, which paints a picture of this largely unrecognized
phenomenon from the point of
view of five major sectors
of society, concluding that
the values emerging from sustainability
work define a major paradigm shift.
- greenfestivals.org -
festivals celebrating what's
working in our communities,
for people, for businesses
and for the environment. Here,
green means safe, healthy communities
and strong, local economies.
Green is the color of hope,
of social and economic justice,
of ecological balance.
- bioneers.org -
a hub of practical solutions
for restoring the Earth — and people.
It’s a thriving network
of visionary innovators who
are working with nature to
heal nature. The bioneers draw
from four billion years of
evolutionary intelligence and
apply nature’s
operating instructions in practical
ways to serve human ends harmlessly.
We herald a dawning age of
interdependence founded in
nature’s
principles of diversity, kinship, community,
cooperation and reciprocity.
- westcoastgreen.com -
conference and expo providing
access to such comprehensive
state-of-the-art resources,
impactful presentations, and
rewarding opportunities for
business development in the
residential green building
field.
Speaker Biographies
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