CFL exchange results, Green Product 'Tupperware party', Climate Change Forum, & more!
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Jesse Gorden
Oct 14, 2010, 5:38:52 PM10/14/10
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Dear friends of CEA,
In this email you can read about events happening in Cambridge this week and through the beginning of November.
Events coming up include the Green "Tupperware Party" on this Sunday October 17th, a Climate Change forum for all of Cambridge on Tuesday, October 26th, a Going Green Info Session for Businesses as part of Networking Wednesdays on November 3rd, a HEET weatherization barn-raising on November 6th, and another film showing (the fifth in the series) on November 10th. Also in the works is a workshop on how to communicate better with climate change skeptics- this is projected to be held at the Main Library in mid November.
I'd like to take this moment to once again congratulate all who volunteered to help during the 10-10-10 CFL exchange canvass in North Cambridge, on their enormous accomplishment of exchanging 473 light bulbs for efficient ones- (more than CEA and HEET have ever exchanged at one event before!), and also extend a warm thank you to Cambridge Cohousing for their gracious hosting of this event. Photos have been sent in to 350.org, and one is attached to this email. More canvasses like these will happen throughout the next several months, so keep an eye out for new details!
As always, I'm happy to help you stay updated on the great events you can take part in over the next couple of months, and I hope we'll see each other there!
Best Wishes,
Jesse Gorden
Cambridge Energy Alliance
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This Sunday:
Green Products "Tupperware Party"
WHEN: Sunday, October 17, 2010, 12pm-1pm
WHERE: Eitz Chaim, 136 Magazine St, Cambridge
WHAT: A dynamic and inspiring presentation by Laura Kischitz of Sustainable Life Solutions, detailing ways to consume less, live green, and save money- Moderated by CEA.
*The presentation is followed by the opportunity for community members to purchase energy-saving and toxin-reducing products. To see the types of products
Sustainable Life Solutions promotes, you can visit http://www.sustainablelifesolutions.com/store/.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Bill Donaldson at 617-276-4913 or BillDo...@comcast.net to help us anticipate how many guests we will have.
Fifth screening in an Environmental Film series:
“The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”
WHEN: November 10, 2010, beginning at 6:30pm
WHERE: Ballroom, Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave, CambridgeCambridge, MA
"When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens."
More info available at http://www.powerofcommunity.org
*A FREE event, with light refreshments provided*
Co‐sponsored by the Cambridge Renewable Energy Action Team (CREATe), the Cambridge Energy
Alliance (CEA), Sierra Club: The Greater Boston group, the Office of the Vice Mayor Henrietta Davis, and
Cambridge Green Decade
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In this email you can read about events happening in Cambridge this week and through the beginning of November.
Events coming up include the Green "Tupperware Party" on this Sunday October 17th, a Climate Change forum for all of Cambridge on Tuesday, October 26th, a Going Green Info Session for Businesses as part of Networking Wednesdays on November 3rd, a HEET weatherization barn-raising on November 6th, and another film showing (the fifth in the series) on November 10th. Also in the works is a workshop on how to communicate better with climate change skeptics- this is projected to be held at the Main Library in mid November.
I'd like to take this moment to once again congratulate all who volunteered to help during the 10-10-10 CFL exchange canvass in North Cambridge, on their enormous accomplishment of exchanging 473 light bulbs for efficient ones- (more than CEA and HEET have ever exchanged at one event before!), and also extend a warm thank you to Cambridge Cohousing for their gracious hosting of this event. Photos have been sent in to 350.org, and one is attached to this email. More canvasses like these will happen throughout the next several months, so keep an eye out for new details!
As always, I'm happy to help you stay updated on the great events you can take part in over the next couple of months, and I hope we'll see each other there!
Best Wishes,
Jesse Gorden
Cambridge Energy Alliance
This Sunday:
Green Products "Tupperware Party"
WHEN: Sunday, October 17, 2010, 12pm-1pm
WHERE: Eitz Chaim, 136 Magazine St, Cambridge
WHAT: A dynamic and inspiring presentation by Laura Kischitz of Sustainable Life Solutions, detailing ways to consume less, live green, and save money- Moderated by CEA.
*The presentation is followed by the opportunity for community members to purchase energy-saving and toxin-reducing products. To see the types of products
Sustainable Life Solutions promotes, you can visit http://www.sustainablelifesolutions.com/store/.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Bill Donaldson at 617-276-4913 or BillDo...@comcast.net to help us anticipate how many guests we will have.
Sustainable Life Solutions
Experts in helping people save - money, energy, health – through Educational Seminars, Programs, and Sustainability Consultations.
www.sustainablelifesolutions.com
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Cambridge Climate Emergency Forum
~ An Open Conversation about Next Steps in Cambridge ~
WHEN: October 26, 2010, at 7:00pm
WHERE: Windsor Community Health Center, 2nd floor 119 Windsor Street, Cambridge
WHAT: Discussion of residents and representatives from local businesses and institutions to address the question "As climate change accelerates and national climate policy has failed, what should we be doing now at the local level?"
Last winter more than 100 residents and representatives from local businesses and institutions met at City Hall on three Saturdays to discuss the climate emergency and develop proposals for response. Delegates to this congress formed the Cambridge Climate Emergency Action Group (CCEAG) to promote awareness, civic action and other proposals of the congress. In past months, at markets and outdoor events, awareness campaigners have talked with over a thousand residents.
Meanwhile, as evidence of accelerating climate change increases, response on the national level has been scant. Coming elections put progress at the federal and state levels into question. What should we be doing now at the local level?
Come and share your ideas to build a movement to reach beyond our borders.
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Experts in helping people save - money, energy, health – through Educational Seminars, Programs, and Sustainability Consultations.
www.sustainablelifesolutions.com
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Cambridge Climate Emergency Forum
~ An Open Conversation about Next Steps in Cambridge ~
WHEN: October 26, 2010, at 7:00pm
WHERE: Windsor Community Health Center, 2nd floor 119 Windsor Street, Cambridge
WHAT: Discussion of residents and representatives from local businesses and institutions to address the question "As climate change accelerates and national climate policy has failed, what should we be doing now at the local level?"
Last winter more than 100 residents and representatives from local businesses and institutions met at City Hall on three Saturdays to discuss the climate emergency and develop proposals for response. Delegates to this congress formed the Cambridge Climate Emergency Action Group (CCEAG) to promote awareness, civic action and other proposals of the congress. In past months, at markets and outdoor events, awareness campaigners have talked with over a thousand residents.
Meanwhile, as evidence of accelerating climate change increases, response on the national level has been scant. Coming elections put progress at the federal and state levels into question. What should we be doing now at the local level?
Come and share your ideas to build a movement to reach beyond our borders.
----
Fifth screening in an Environmental Film series:
“The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”
WHEN: November 10, 2010, beginning at 6:30pm
WHERE: Ballroom, Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave, CambridgeCambridge, MA
"When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens."
More info available at http://www.powerofcommunity.org
*A FREE event, with light refreshments provided*
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Jesse Gorden
CEA Outreach Coordinator/Intern
617-491-0488 ext.124
Cambridge Energy Alliance: Save Money. Save the Planet.
1385 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
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