IDEAS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY EVENTS

Edited by M. Paloma Pavel, PhD, Foreword by Carl Anthony
Published by MIT Press, August 2009

The emerging metropolitan regional equity movement promotes innovative policies to ensure that all communities in a metropolitan region share resources and opportunities equally. Too often, low-income communities and communities of color bear a disproportionate burden of pollution and lack access to basic infrastructure and job opportunities. The metropolitan regional equity movement -- sometimes referred to as a new civil rights movement -- works for solutions to these problems that take into account entire metropolitan regions: the inner city core, the suburbs, and exurban areas. This book describes current efforts to create sustainable communities with attention to the “triple bottom line”: economy, environment, and equity and argues that these three interests are mutually reinforcing.

On January 24, ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, invited Carl Anthony and Dr. Paloma Pavel to speak at the David Brower Center, about their new book BREAKTHROUGH COMMUNITIES.  It was a great turnout and fashioned powerful dialogue.  Carl has always been one to talk about what needs to be said.  He believes it is time to address the reshaping of America’s racial landscape thru climate change and land use strategies.  Each of us has our own particular strengths, and we must use these to best mobilize all people in recognizing the most vulnerable populations. Even with our mistakes, we have come a long way and accomplished monumental changes to be where we are today.

Vitally important now, is to take huge steps in consciously committing to not do further damage.  We need to increase civic engagement in communities of color.  We need to develop opportunities for multiracial leadership and build a knowledge base linking best practices.  There is a relationship between social justice and green house gas reduction.  Sustainability IS social justice and we need to look through a lens of regional equity.  The Urban Land Institute (ULI) says that two thirds of development expected by 2050 is not yet built.  By the year 2042 people of color will be the majority. What an opportunity we have to implement change...NOW.  Envision mixed income communities with schools that encourage, even demand, civic participation. Fair housing and adequate public health access must be close to public transportation, to employment centers and to open spaces.  This requires communication strategies reaching out to all sectors.  Read this book, you will be encouraged and realize there are tools and there is HOPE.  We are the ones we have been waiting for!

Carl Anthony, President of Earth Island Institute from 1991-1997, has a long history of civic involvement.  His strategic partnership with Dr. Paloma Pavel , Founder of Earth House will prove to build clarity not around what we say NO to, but what we say YES to!  Here is another opportunity to experience these powerful voices:

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Here's a way to get some very important information.  Bill Roth's book, THE SECRET GREEN SAUCE™ reveals to you Best Practices being used by actual businesses to grow green profits. In fact, you can click here to get the first chapter FREE.  Then you can click here to read an interview with Eco-Libris.  You will be surprised to learn what Bill knows about the green economy.  The outlook is very good and Bill is 110% optimistic.  So much so that he has created Earth2017.com projecting that by the year 2017 the price competitiveness of sustainabilty will support a $10 trillion annual global revenue economy.  You can also read his BLOG and follow his activities.

Here's a little about Eco-Libris too:  Founded in 2007, Eco-Libris is a green company working to green up the book industry by promoting the adoption of green practices, balancing out books by planting trees, and supporting green books. To achieve these goals Eco-Libris is working with book readers, publishers, authors, bookstores and others in the book industry worldwide. So far Eco-Libris balanced out over 120,000 books, which results in more than 130,000 new trees planted with its planting partners in developing countries.

Stay tuned and see how East Bay Green Tours will be partnering with Bill Roth and the local community to educate people from all over the country to the benefits of truly utilizing the positive aspects of going green.  Bill's posts are an education you will not find in the mainstream media.

Los EcoAmigos (LEA)

The Bilingual Green Guide to Sustainable Living Practices

Los EcoAmigos is a Bilingual (Spanish-English) Green organization that supports your family in the process of learning how to be green and how to see the benefits of transforming your life systems. The savings and rebates will come and will teach you alternatives that lead to healthy communities.

Los EcoAmigos believes that individual contributions are powerful tools that will positively effect, maintain and insure a healthy planet.

·         Los EcoAmigos supports your business, church, community center, building/neighborhoods and organizations through education and implementation of Bilingual Action Groups. These are designed to reduce your carbon footprint emission by simply committing to small changes in our busy daily routines.

·         Los EcoAmigos provides Translated Fact Sheets covering a variety of environmental topics. LEA speaks to your specific needs.

·         Los EcoAmigos offers Bilingual Environmentally Friendly Tours introducing you to local businesses, restaurants and all kinds of different organizations that will share with you their own experience.

·         Los EcoAmigos facilitates Bilingual Sustainable/Healthy Workshops where you can embody the immense individual opportunity to contribute toward the recovery of our healthy planet.  By doing this, you will improve our planet’s condition for future generations.

·         Los EcoAmigos offers Bilingual Consultant Services either individually or in groups, demonstrating operational efficiency and money saving techniques for conserving our natural resources.  LEA provides assistance in the process of Green Business Certification.                                 

Contact me!                      Los ECOAmigos

Tu Guía Verde de hábitos diarios sostenibles

The Bilingual Green Guide to Sustainable Living Practices

SERVICIOS Bilingües ECOLOGICOS
Educadora, Traductora y Asesora Verde de Negocios

Elena Velez/Fundadora
elena@losecoamigos.org
510.485.6255

Elena is a translator, in both Spanish & Italian.  Elena & Suzy Karasik, a Nutritionist, will be presenting a Bi-Lingual 5 part series on nutrition, detoxification and staying clean and green.  Call for location, day & time.

 The support and community development efforts  of PG&E's Tom Guarino  is highly respected in our community.  Friday's Bay Area Business Roundtable and CEO Bernard Ashcraft, bestowed a beautiful Spotlight Award insuring that Tom knows just how much those efforts are appreciated.  BABRT is committed to developing strategies and pathways leading to sustainable economic improvement for underpriviledged communities. Their vision is to bring about change through the collaboration of public, private, academic and non-profit sectors, creating sustainable solutions to social problems.  We are members of this dedicated group and urge you all to support them and learn more about what they do.  

East Bay Women in Business Roundtable, a program of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, is having a Leadership Boot Camp luncheon on February 11.  Christine Pelosi  will focus on how management, money, message and mobilization are KEY for a successful business in 2010.  Tom Guarino was kind enough to offer scholarships to this event and we are greatfull for the opportunity to attend.

 You can register here, scroll down to events.

Doris Mangrum gave a short and very powerful presentation of the incredible work she does with www.letssaidana.com  She has a talk show THE LIGHT at 9:45 on Saturday mornings on KDYA 1190 AM.  Doris is producing a documentary film called STAINS, Changing Lives After Incarceration.  Please check out her work and support her efforts.  The film will take a look from the other side of the bars at the challenges faced by the family left behind.  Doris is an author and has spent the last 25 years advocating for families affected by incarceration.  SAIDIANA is a Swahili word that means HELP EACH OTHER, let's all do that!  Doris Mangrum is a powerful force you must experience.  Thanks to the BABRT for giving her the opportunity to educate us.