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Education

OVGC Community Gathering and Winter Feast Save Energy, Save Money and Save the Planet

by linda Harmon February 7, 2012

The Ojai Valley Green Coalition invites you to its winter community gathering on Friday, February 10. Mingle with neighbors, share a potluck supper and start the new year right with the evening’s program focused on “How to Save Energy, Save Money and Save the Planet”.

Coalition Built Environment Council members will…

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I BLINCt

by Kristofer Young January 31, 2012

This is not I “blinked” as in a showdown, but I “BLINCt” as in a show up.

I was invited to speak this Monday evening to, and with a group, 25 as it turned out, of Ojai teens, from 15-18 years old, about health. The event was a weekly gathering of…

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Shoots of Green Business in Ojai

by Tyler Suchman January 29, 2012

Fun article by Kit Stolz in the VC Star on The MOB Shop, the Ojai Valley Green Coalition, Modern Folk and Rainbow Bridge. An excerpt on The MOB Shop’s plan to build a free-to-use outdoor bicycle repair stand:

“If I teach you how to fix your flat and how to maintain your…

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Dinner & A Movie Event to raise funds for healthy school food programs

by Chris Wilson January 24, 2012

I wrote about this in the OVN recently and then got an update from event organizer Katherine Zackham moments ago that tickets for the dinner portion of the event are almost sold out.

This is a neat, locally formed organization that brings locally grown, healthy, whole foods into school lunch programs and…

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Corporations are NOT People and Money is NOT Speech

by SPK January 20, 2012

Why we need a Constitutional Amendment against Corporate Personhood

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This will take a second. The jurisprudence behind corporate personhood did not come into existence overnight with the Roberts Gang in the Supreme Court and the Citizens United decision. The idea that a corporation is a person and therefore due the rights of a human being under the Bill of Rights finds its roots in post Civil War America. But to explain the whole issue we have to start back still further in our nations history. The Revolutionary War which birthed the United States was as much a war against Royally chartered corporations like the East India Company as it was against British rule.

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The Wheel Doesn’t Need to be Reinvented

by Kristofer Young January 1, 2012

The wheel doesn’t need to be reinvented, and I don’t have to work to restate what Dean Ornish, MD has stated so clearly on his website:

“People often think that advances in medicine have to be a new drug, a new laser, or a surgical intervention to be powerful—something really high-tech and…

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Kids’ Food-Induced Behavior Wreaking Havoc on Your Holidays?

by Kristofer Young December 18, 2011

photo courtesy Citril @ Flickr

An enormous number of American families suffer with children with food-induced challenging behavior. For many, the stress of these behaviors damages the entire family.

Many families don’t even realize that everyday foods can turn an otherwise wonderful child into a Mr. Hyde. Still others see their children…

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8 Year-Old Knows His Vitamins

by Kristofer Young December 15, 2011

Daniel Hrabak of Ventura, CA is 8 years-old. With the help of his wonderful parents, Renee and James; and with my help since he was 3 years-old; Daniel can rattle off the valuable nutritional supplements that he takes. Many adults would be fortunate to be as engaged and knowledgeable as…

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During December and Beyond Remember to Bring in Your Own Bags

by linda Harmon December 9, 2011

During the busiest shopping season of the year Ojai will celebrate the fifth annual ‘Day without a Bag.’ On December 15 volunteers of the Ojai Valley Green Coalition will be out encouraging shoppers to give up the plastic bag habit in favor of reusable bags and make a big difference…

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TEDxOjaiWomen is playing at a theater near you!

by Jodi Womack November 22, 2011

Ojai, CA (November 21, 2011) – TEDxOjaiWomen, an independently organized event, licensed by TED, will host a live stream of TEDxWomen on December 1, 2011 from 11:00 am – 6:30 pm Pacific Time. The event takes place at the Ojai Playhouse movie theater located at 145 East Ojai Avenue and…

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