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Education

Guest editorial by Marilyn K. Miller: Making a Case Against the Car

by Suza Francina February 15, 2012

By Marilyn K. Miller, AICP

On Christmas day my sister was hit by a car. She was bicycling on the Ojai Bike Trail and crossing the highway on a green light. A car made a right turn in front of her and she was forced to stop in the middle of…

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Landscape and Lifescape Photographer Bob McFall to Address Ojai Photography Club

by Myrna Cambianica February 15, 2012

The Ojai Photography Club welcomes photographer Bob McFall to its first official meeting of 2012, which takes place February 21 at 7:00 PM, in Help of Ojai’s Kent Hall, 111 Santa Ana Street, Ojai, CA. He will present two short photo presentations: one about the Glendale Station Fire and subsequent…

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Inspiration for the Journey of the Second Half of Your Life with Elizabeth Spring

by Suza Francina February 10, 2012

“Where do we find inspiration for the “further journey” of the second half of life? How do we attend to our inner life in an outer-directed culture?” Jungian counselor, author and astrologer Elizabeth Spring, M.A. will guide us on a journey through these questions.  www.elizabethspring.com

All classes will be held…

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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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