• Food Preservation Series: Course #2 Canning on August 16
• Waking Up to Water
• Green Living Home Tour & Show Calling for Sponsors, Exhibitors and Sites
• Help Wanted
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Do You Know Dulanie Ellis, Editor of our Food News?
This month we’re honoring a longtime activist in Ojai’s local food movement, Dulanie Ellis. Dulanie shares, “my passion for food and agriculture developed as a result of moving to Ventura County and falling in love with the farmland. I realized if we weren’t careful and if we didn’t protect it, we would lose this rural quality of life.”
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Thursday, Sept 11: Restoring Nature with Regenerative Agriculture
Restoring Nature with Regenerative Agriculture: Creating Resilient Farms, Landscapes and Communities
An evening presentation and panel discussion with Darren Doherty and John Roulac.
Thursday, Sept. 11 – 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Ojai Valley Woman’s Club – 441 E. Ojai Ave.
Sponsored by 
with support from The Ojai Foundation, Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network.
Ojai is pleased to host Darren J. Doherty (left) and his Regrarians 2014 World Tour with a Thursday night community presentation and a regenerative agriculture professional development course at the Ojai Foundation.
Joining Darren Thursday will be John Roulac, founder and CEO of Nutiva,
speaking on the future of carbon farming. Learn about the direct link of climate change, oceans as a store house of carbon, acidification of oceans, and how organic farming and pasture systems store carbon in our soils.
Panelist
Darren J. Doherty, Bendigo Farmer and Developer
Steve Bennett, Ojai Valley County Supervisor Representative
Mary Bergen, Ranch Manager and Avocado Grower
Connor Jones, Permaculture Farmer
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Food News Summer Edition
Advancing the growing, purchasing, and preserving of local organic food
• Food News Goes Quarterly
• Fermentation Festival
• Ojai Food Co-op Update
• Take Action to Save Bees
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Saturday, Sept 20: Ojai Creek Cleanup Day
VALLEY RESIDENTS INVITED TO JOIN IN ANNUAL OJAI CREEK CLEANUP DAY
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On Saturday, September 20, from 9 A.M. through noon, the Ojai Valley Green Coalition invites the public to join them and the Ventura Countywide Coalition for Coastal and Inland Waterways. That morning, participants will remove and record litter from Ojai Creek running through Libbey Park. Ojai volunteers are asked to sign in at 8:45 A.M. at the Libbey Park lower tennis court parking lot off S. Montgomery St. in Ojai.
Please wear sturdy shoes and we recommend bringing your own gloves. We will provide rubber gloves.
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Sat., Jan. 10: 7th Annual Recycling Event
Mark your calendar for our annual E-waste Collection & Recycling Event in the Ojai Community Bank parking lot.
Saturday, January 10, 2015 – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Items we’re taking to be reused, repurposed or recycled.
If you’re not sure, call us at (805) 669-8445
*All electronics (CPUs, monitors, stereos, printers, TVs, handhelds like cell phones & cameras)
*Small appliances (if it has a cord and fits on a counter we can accept. Example – vacuum cleaner, okay; washing machine, no)
*Ink & toner cartridges
*Media (CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, cassette tapes, floppy disks)
*Household batteries
*Old holiday lights
But this couldn’t happen without our partners.
Thank You!
2015 Flyer
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Sat., Jan. 10 Stewart Canyon Creek Restoration
The Green Coalition is hiring volunteers for the C.R.E.W. Stewart Canyon Creek Riparian Habitat Restoration Project
No experience necessary with zero pay, but lots of good karma and satisfaction included in benefit package.
All ages welcome.
When: next date is Saturday, January 10, 2015 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. *Rain or Shine*
Where: park at Libbey Park lower tennis court parking lot off S. Montgomery St. and look for us across the street
What: prep cuttings and plant new natives to replace invasives removed
Why: to re-establish a functioning wetland and riparian ecosystem t0 support a diversity of wildlife species and to improve the flow of water
How: wear sturdy shoes, long-sleeved shirts and pants. If you can bring your own gloves and shovel that would be great, but we will have both on hand.
Water and snacks will be provided.
**Note there is poison oak in the area, but it will be flagged**
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June e-News on Stands
• Food Preservation Series Needs Teachers
• Water Conservation, Appreciation, & Preservation
• Giving Outside the Box
• Power by the People
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New Mailing Address!
The Coalition has a new mailing address:
206 N. Signal St. Suite S
Ojai CA 93023
May 30th – Community Gathering and Feast!
OJAI VALLEY COMMUNITY GATHERING AND SPRING FEAST
Practical Ways to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Landscape Water and Continuing the ‘Facing Drought Together’ Conversation
Friday, May 30th Chaparral Auditorium 414 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai
6:30 – 7:00pm: Meet and greet our neighbors
7:00 – 7:30pm: Potluck feast*
7:30 – 8:30pm: Local experts share about:
1. Overview of water saving landscapes
2. Introduction to greywater systems and rainwater resources
3. Climate appropriate trees and plants for the Ojai Valley
* Food: Bring either a salad, main course or dessert: ideally using local, organic ingredients (In order to reduce landfill waste: please bring your own plate, silverware, mug and cloth napkin)
$5 suggested donation – includes a chance to win native plants and get free project advise (bring photos) – all compliments of Flora Gardens. Thanks, Carolina!
For more information: (805) 669 – 8445
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