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Join us for the Third State of the Laguna Conference and Science Symposium October 14-16, 2009 at Sonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park, with the theme: Meeting the Challenge - Strategies for adapting watershed ecosystems to climate change.

Help us to generate science-based climate change adaptation strategies for Laguna de Santa Rosa ecosystem conservation, restoration, and management in this interactive forum!

Using the Laguna as a case study, we hope to inspire and empower our region's resource managers, environmental scientists, policy-makers, agricultural practitioners, stakeholders and funding organizations to move forward together with new resolve.

Location:

Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center
1100 Valley House Drive
Rohnert Park, CA

For more information and to register please vistit:
http://lagunafoundation.org/news_state.shtml

Start: Oct 15 2009 6:00 pm

 

Go Local is fortunate to receive Judy Wicks as a featured guest speaker at this reception.  Judy is founder of Philadelphia’s landmark White Dog Cafe, and an international leader in the local living economies movement.  She is co-founder and board chair of the nationwide Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), and founder  of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia and Fair Food – both originally incubated at White Dog Community Enterprises, a non-profit created to direct business profits toward building a local living economy in the Philadelphia region.

In the retail industry, Judy was founder/owner of Black Cat, a retail store that featured locally made and fair trade gifts for 20 years, 1989 – 2009. In 1970, Judy co-founded the Free People's Store, now well-known as Urban Outfitters. Just after the 26th anniversary, Judy sold the White Dog Cafe in January, 2009, through a unique exit strategy that preserves the values of the business and assures local, independent ownership.  She is currently working on a book to be published in 2010 by Chelsea Green.

This reception is free to locally-owned businesses within Sonoma County.  It's open to the general public to attend.  Admission price is $5 for GoLocal individual members and $10 for non-members.

Wine, beverages and hors d'oeuvres will be served as attendees mix and mingle.  If you're a business owner and would like to participate in Give Local this season go here for more information about how you can join the effort.

 

Location:

Glaser Center
547 Mendocino Ave
Santa Rosa, CA

Start: Oct 15 2009 6:30 pm

We need to be as ready as we can to take care of ourselves and our neighbors in the event of a disaster. 

Come to our Town Hall meeting on Thursday, October 15, and learn how we can prepare to get through a disaster together.  You'll hear from our Fire Chief, Police Chief, City Manager, CERT Board Member, and the County's Department of Public Health.

6:30 to 8:30 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room at Parkside School, 7540 Bodega Avenue.  Please invite friends and bring folks with you.

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