FOOD NEWS – February 2013

Find out what the Food Council has been up to: *”Ground Operations” Wins! *2nd Annual Seed & Plant Swap *What to do now in the Garden? *Some Good News on GMO Labeling??? *Ojai Food Co-Op has the Green Light Read Food News Here…

February E-News 2013

Check out the Ojai Valley Green Coalition’s monthly E-news: * Second Annual Ojai Valley Seed & Plant Exchange * “Valley of the Moon” Community Garden 2012 In Review * Our City, Our Valley – Needs Our Activism! * Remember Solarize Ojai? Read E-News Here…

Come Out January 22 to Help Pass an Updated Lighting Ordinance, but First Come to a Strategizing Workgroup, January 8

Turning down the lights! Everybody’s doing it. In Paris, France the “city of light,” all shops, offices and public buildings will extinguish their nightlights between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m., effective July 2013. Whether motivated by energy savings or the desire to reduce their need for nuclear and fossil fuel plants, Paris’ action will be …

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…