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Energy & Environment

I Am and We Are

by Kristofer Young February 9, 2012

Tonight Community of Health Ventura came together for our monthly gathering. We watched the documentary, “I Am”. Each one of us was powerfully touched by the film. The film helps us know and feel that we are all one, and gives us concrete direction to help ourselves and our world get healthier!

This…

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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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OVGC Community Gathering and Winter Feast

by Tyler Suchman February 2, 2012

From the always awesome Ojai Valley Green Coalition (flyer after the jump)…

Save Energy, Save Money and Save the Planet

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…

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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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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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Stop The Trucks: State deals business blow to Ojai Quarry

by Howard Smith January 10, 2012

Read excerpts from Tony Biasotti’s new article in the Ventura County Star that appeared in Tuesday’s online edition:

“While Ojai Quarry owner Larry Mosler waits to see whether the county will revoke his mining permit, he got bad news from the state: His mine has been barred from supplying material for…

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Stop The Trucks: The Past and Future Legacy of the Ojai Valley

by Howard Smith January 9, 2012

By Michael J. Shapiro

The Stop the Trucks! Coalition (Coalition) has had to fend-off countless, scurrilous attacks from the moment we organized five years ago. We were vilified again following the most recent Ventura County Planning Commission hearing (December 15, 2011) after expressing our opposition to the Ojai Quarry (Quarry) being…

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Stop The Trucks: Two Breaking News Events: Mosler Delisted & Santa Barbara County Ready to stop the trucks

by Howard Smith January 7, 2012

Two new major breaking news stories have taken place this week as can be see from the emails below. The first is from Steve Offerman in Supervisor Bennett’s office and the second is from Gary Kaiser at the Santa Barbara Planning Department:

1)   When the Ventura County Planning…

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OVGC Open Letter From the ED

by Tyler Suchman December 30, 2011

The Ojai Valley Green Coalition, an organization near and dear to my heart, is fundraising with a $10,000 matching donation challenge. Please help by becoming a member (online or check) starting at just $25 a year – yes, for the cost of a bottle of two buck chuck a month, you…

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Sign Petition to Support Biking and Walking

by Kristofer Young December 16, 2011

Please sign this petition to support greater funding for bikes and pedestrians!
http://www.vccool.org/#signpetition

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