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* May is Water Awareness Month and Our Spring Community Gathering
* Ecotourism: What Would That Look Like for the Ojai Valley?
* An OVGC Welcome to Vina Lustado
* This Land is Your Land, This Land is Our Land Stewardship Opportunities
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The Ojai Valley Green Coalition operates throughout the Ojai Valley because of the tireless efforts of a long list of volunteers. In April we were pleased to welcome Vina Lustado further into the fold as our newest board member. She has been working on the built environment council and helping as a volunteer with various events since early 2010.

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Ojai Valley Green Coalition is spearheading volunteer recruitment for current creek restoration work in Libbey Park, Ojai being led by the C.R.E.W. Please join us for our next work day: Saturday, May 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We will be removing invasive non-native plants and reestablishing native habitat.
A hat is highly recommended, as are long pants and closed-toed shoes or boots. The Coalition will provide work gloves, tools, water and snacks, but feel free to bring along your own gloves and digging tools.
Parking is available at the lower Libbey parking lot off of South Montgomery Street. To check in follow the signs to the work site near the old jailhouse building in lower Libbey Park (between the bike path and the park’s lower tennis courts). Those under the age of 18 will need a liability release waiver signed by a parent or guardian. For more information or for waivers please contact david@ojaivalleygreencoalition.com or call (805) 669-8445.

Saturday, April 21, 2012
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The day will include local school involvement, environmental exhibits, arts and outdoor activities for all ages, live entertainment, world foods and more. Everything takes place under the trees on the Oak Grove School campus, 220 W. Lomita Avenue, Ojai.
Buy a $10 Raffle Ticket and Support the Coalition –>

Ticket Purchase Options

1 raffle ticket $10.00 USD 3 raffle tickets $25.00 USD

Also Available –> at the Resource Center 327 E. Ojai Ave.
12-5pm Wednesday thru Friday
This year, the grand prize is an Apple Computer package valued at $5,000, or $4,000 in cash. Additional prizes include four gift baskets valued at $500 each.
Congratulations to Lisa Wallmark – the winner of the Early Bird Raffle Drawing. Her family won four tickets to Disneyland and $100 in Disneybucks.
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The Ojai Forum on the New Economy II: Ecotourism on April 14 and 15 had over 50 attendees, including Ventura County Supervisor Steve Bennett and California Assemblyman Das Williams, who both gave their strong encouragement.
Attendees and panelists present enjoyed a wide ranging discussion exploring the opportunities, issues, and potential for ecotourism in Ojai as a way to move our community towards sustainability: environmentally, economically and socially.
• Environmentally: by both preserving our precious natural heritage – our clean air and water, our oak trees, open spaces, agriculture and habitat – and by creating a model green and sustainable community for others to visit and gain inspiration and education.
• Economically: by creating a stronger local economy with more and higher paid Ojai-based green jobs for all ages.
• And socially: by creating more resiliency, operating from principles that value community, relationships, equity, culture, service to others and our environment, inclusiveness, and our spiritual heritage.
The Ojai Valley Green Coalition is serving as the umbrella organization for this effort. We will be posting a summary and presentations from the conference soon. For information on the follow-up meeting planned for April 23 go to www.ojaiforum.com.

With a reputation as Shangri-La, a noted commitment to its natural and cultural resources, and a long history as a sanctuary for spiritual and physical rejuvenation, Ojai seems perfectly poised to join in the growing global trend of Ecotourism. On Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15, an interactive forum will be held to explore the possibilities of bringing together the Ojai Valley’s unique assets for an Ecotourism initiative, with the goal of creating a plan of action.

Continue reading “Conference to Explore Ecotourism’s Potential for the Ojai Valley’s Environment, Economy and Community”

SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 4:00PM
at the Ojai Playhouse Theater, 145 E. Ojai Ave.
and organic dinner at The Ojai Art Center!
Catherine Austin Fitts will be hosting this Special Community Event sponsored by Transition to Organics & Going Organic Guide. Suggested Donation for movie: $10
After the film (at 6:30), you’re invited to join us at The Ojai Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., (within walking distance from the theater) for an organic dinner and conversation with Catherine. She will be be presenting inspiring information about Community Seed Saving, Bartering, Creating a Local Currency, and Strategies for Personal & Community Transformation. Please RSVP for dinner — $20.
Catherine served as the Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the 1980s, and currently publishes The Solari Report. Please visit: www.Solari.com.

THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what’s REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream—uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.
RSVP for dinner: transitiontoorganics@gmail.com, or call: (805) 646-4294
EXTRAS:
(Official Trailer) THRIVE: What On Earth Will It Take?
Learn more about THRIVE the movie… the movement.
Update: April, 6 2012
“THRIVE, The Movie” can now be viewed… Free… online:
YouTube: Thrive Movie Going Free
Go to the website to view: THRIVE website

On Saturday, March 10 nine C.R.E.W. members and 20 volunteers (mostly youth from Ventura College, Oak Grove School, Ojai Valley School, and San Antonio Elementary) worked together to remove invasive vegetation and plant oak trees, willow cuttings, mulefat, and mugwort. One large oak tree donated by Flora Gardens was ceremonially planted and named Querci.

Ojai Valley Green Coalition is spearheading the volunteer recruitment and we encourage you to join in for our next work days Saturday, March 24th and Saturday, April 28th, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. You can just show up, but should check in by 9:30 a.m. at the work site near the old jailhouse building in lower Libbey Park between the bike path and the park’s lower tennis courts. Those under the age of 18 will need the liability release waivers signed by a parent or guardian.
If coming by car, you can park at the lower Libbey parking lot off of South Montgomery Street and follow the signs. Wear long pants with closed-toed shoes or boots and a hat is highly recommended. We will again be removing invasive non-natives plants and planting native habitat. The Coalition will provide work gloves, tools, water and snacks.
For more information or for waivers please contact david@ojaivalleygreencoalition.com or call (805) 669-8445.

Join us April 14-15, 2012 for an interactive forum on the new economy in Ojai, CA, where we will explore the possibilities of bringing together Ojai’s unique assets for Ecotourism, and create a plan of action. Participate in a discussion on the possibilities for sustaining our environment, economy and community through an Ecotourism initiative.
Presenters, Panelists & Facilitators
The Ojai Forum is honored to have our Ojai based speakers, panelists and facilitators. Following is a partial list, alphabetically listed. The Ojai Forum does not guarantee attendance by any individual, and a few of the following are invited and not confirmed at this point.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Steve Bennett – County of Ventura District 1 Supervisor
Das Williams – State of California District 35 Assembly Member
OTHER PRESENTERS, PANELISTS & FACILITATORS
Ron Asquith – Ojai Olive Oil
Matt Boeck – Ojai on Horseback
Caryn Bosson – Ojai Valley Green Coalition Board Member, Founding Executive Director of the Ojai Valley Youth Foundation
Bret Bradigan – The Ojai Quarterly
Ulrich Brueger – The Ojai Retreat
Maggie Carota – The Ojai Valley Inn & Spa
Dave DeMauro – Cloud Climbers Jeep Tour
Scott Eicher – Ojai Visitor’s Bureau & Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce
Kim Exon – The Well Center for Conscious Living
Greg Gamble – Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
Debbie Godfrey – Ojai on Horseback
Cynthia Grier – Founder & Consultant at EcoLogic Life – green design build showroom, Founder of EcoLogic LifeStyle travel guide, Editorial Advisor for Natural Home Magazine, Judge for United States Green Building Council C4 Green Awards
Ellen Hall – Director of Meditation Mount, Past Mayor of Ojai, Past Head of Oak Grove School, Founding Director of The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
Kathy Hartley – The Lavendar Inn Bed & Breakfast, Spa at Lavendar Inn, Ojai Culinary School
Jim Johnson – General Manager Casa Ojai & Su Nido Inn
Bill Moses – Casa Barranca Winery & The Pratt House
Kathy Nolan – Principal & Landscape Architect at Studio Landscape, City of Ojai Planning Commissioner, Ojai Valley Green Coalition President
Kelly Pascoe – The MOB Shop
Deborah Pendrey – Ojai Valley Green Coalition Executive Director
Ian Potter – Trails by Potter
Stacy Potter – Trails by Potter
Kira Ryder – Lu Lu Bhanda’s Yoga Studio & The Ojai Yoga Crib
Brian Skaggs – Director of Engineering, Ojai Valley Inn & Spa
Leif Skoberg – The Ojai Foundation
Jaap Sluijter – Krisnamurti Foundation of America
Steve Sprinkle – Farmer & the Cook, Transition to Organics
Yaap Sluijter – The Krisnamurti Foundation
Mike Weaver – Business, Research & Strategic Planning Consultant at Weaver Research & Consulting Group, Past President of Rotary Club of Ojai
Susan Weaver – Urban Economist & Planner, City of Ojai Redevelopment Commissioner, Past City of Ojai Planning Commissioner
Reggie Wood – Westwood Construction, Ojai Rotary Club Floating Environmental Education Classroom
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LOCATION:
Meditation Mount Conference Center
10340 Reeves Rd, Ojai, CA 93023-5105
(805) 646-5508
Located at the east end of the Ojai Valley – from downtown Ojai, go two miles east on Ojai Ave. At Boccali’s Italian Restaurant, the highway curves to the right. Instead, take a soft left at the restaurant onto Reeves Rd. Follow Reeves all the way until you reach the driveway for Meditation Mount, about a mile and a half.

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Check out the Ojai Valley Green Coalition’s monthly E-news:

* Conference to Explore Ecotourism’s Potential for the Ojai Valley’s Environment, Economy and Community
* EarthPlay Saturday, April 21
* Last Call until Fall to Help with Creek Habitat Restoration
* May Gathering – Save the Date!
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