Solarize Ojai Final Day to Register Dec 7; To Sign a Contract Dec 14

On October 6, the Ojai Valley Green Coalition launched Solarize Ojai, a two-month group-purchasing program designed to make it easier and more affordable for Ojai Valley homeowners to add solar electricity to their homes. The Coalition partnered with the Community Environmental Council (CEC) based in Santa Barbara to bring this program to the Ojai Valley. …

Come Out Feb 26 to Help Pass Lighting Ordinance

The wasteful evening illumination of unused buildings, parking lots and streets obscures the stars in our night sky and disrupts the circadian rhythms of humans and wildlife, damaging our environment in ways we are only beginning to understand. Turning off night-time lights, reducing night wattage and shielding exterior lights are all easy ways to conserve …

FOOD NEWS – January 2013

Find out what the Food Council has been up to: *Create an Urban Food Forest *GROUND OPERATIONS: Battlefields to Farmfields *2012 Accomplishments at Ojai Valley of the Moon Community Garden Read Food News Here…

December E-News 2012

Check out the Ojai Valley Green Coalition’s monthly E-news: * We Never Met a Box Turtle We Didn’t Like * 5th Annual E-Waste Collection and Recycling Day * Come Out January 22 to Help Pass an Updated Lighting Ordinance Read E-News Here…

Workshop Series ‘Create an Urban Food Forest’ Begins January 12

The Coalition will hold several workshops at the home of Dulanie and Douglas La Barre in the principles and practices of creating a “food forest”. The workshops are open to the public and will cover: #1 site assessment, garden design intro, and intensive fruit tree orchards #2 garden design and high-yield vegetable gardening #3 chickens …