Friday, December 26, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Harry Moore, former Novato Mayor and Marin Supervisior, dies
Harry Moore, died Monday night as a result of a brain aneurysm, after being rushed to Marin General
He was a driving figure in the North Bay environmental movement. As a member of the Novato Planning Commission, Mayor, Member of the City Council, and County Supervisor, he helped to establish tougher environmental standards for his community and county. He was also a co-founder of Sustainable North Bay. He served two terms on the College of Marin Community College Board, once in the seventies; and more recently, in the mid part of this decade
He is survived by wife Callita and their four children -- Katie, Chuck, Jeff and Lillian.
Plans for a memorial service are pending.
Friday, May 16, 2008
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
On Earth Day -- Remember Marin Computer Resource Center
Marin Computer Resource Center
MCRC
415-883-1428
42 Digital Dr. #3
Novato, CA 94949
Email: info@mcrc.org
Open Monday-Friday from 10-6
Link to CNN SITE on James Burgett, Executive Director, MCRC:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/cnn.heroes/
No. We believe in recycling and reuse every day.
And we feel we provide a way for that to happen.
So, why wait? Or, come next month.
Whatever works for you. We're here all year long.
Except we don't work weekends or holidays.
WE'VE MOVED!
WOW, do we love our new space! But, we're still hard to find, so here's the trick...Our driveway is on the right, just past building 24, and across the street from Accurate Smog of Marin in building 19. We've made a sign to sit under the tree where you should turn in. If you miss it, fret not! Keep going, past Michael's Sourdough, and take the driveway around the outside of building 46. If you follow it all the way around the back of the building, you'll get the "scenic loop" before arriving at our roll-up door, #3. Watch for deer!
The traffic can get a little tight in front of our drop-off door, so please show respect for our neighbors and local delivery drivers by not blocking any other doors, vehicles, or traffic lanes. Even for a moment. Even a little bit. Our facility has one roll-up door (#3) for accepting equipment, and one glass door for our internet "lounge". You may park in any available spaces, and we will try to keep carts available for easier unloading.
A Non-Profit 501(c)3 Corporation
SPECIAL VIDEO: , featured CNN Hero
on May 1, 2007
CNN.com/Heroes
Responsibly Recycling Electronics
Computers, Printers, Monitors, TV's, VCR's, Stereos, Phones, & MORE, plus ALL their Accessories and Media
For FREE!!!
Household or Office, Working or Not - WE WANT IT!!!
*CRT and LCD devices (TVs, monitors, laptops, etc.) from addresses outside the State of California are
subject to recycling fees of $.50/lb, and can only be accepted at our sister facility, ACCRC, in Berkeley.
We REQUIRE a physical street address (P.O. Boxes are not acceptable) for everything brought to us.
NEW: We now accept small appliances such as Microwaves, Toaster Ovens, Blenders, and Coffee-Makers PROVIDED THEY ARE CLEAN. (no "science projects", please!)
MCRC keeps hazardous electronics waste out of the landfill.
We are an authorized eWaste collector by the California Integrated Waste Management Board. CEWID #100285.
We give away electronics that we refurbish and test to schools libraries, non-profits, and the disadvantaged.
Nothing shipped overseas except tested, working equipment donated to international recipients of our refurbished equipment. Save The World!
MCRC helps Bay Area companies to safely, legally, and economically convert formerly dangerous garbage into something useful for your - and our - neighbors.
We are a non-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation.
The equipment that you bring to us is tax deductible. Your kind financial donations are also tax deductible.
If you need help erasing your hard drive, we have a hard drive wiping service available. There is a fee of $10.00 per drive wipe.
We can pick-up from your home or office with our cargo van. We charge a flat fee of $100 per van load. Please call to arrange a Tuesday or Thursday appointment, and allow 2-4 weeks notice.
Your choice - to be a part of what we do - is something to be proud of. With your help, we are bringing your neighbors and your community tools that will help them survive in the Information Age. Without your help, we can do nothing. We hope that you will choose to support what we do...with your equipment, and financially as well.
We give old computers new life by placing refurbished products with non-profit organizations, schools, libraries, victims of fire and tragedy, and low-income and disabled households. Our volunteer technicians produce computers every week from your donations, to help organizations and families that would not otherwise have the means to obtain this technology. We continue to provide free computers and equipment to local organizations like these, just to name a few:
Marin Housing Authority
Marin County Regional Occupation Program (ROP)
Hamilton Elementary School
The MARS Radio Service
San Francisco Child Abuse
Prevention Program
Marin Center for Independent Living
Elpida House
Canal Community Alliance
Swords into Plowshares
Big Rock Sudbury School
Your tax-deductible equipment donations help us to provide no cost refurbished equipment to schools, non-profits, and the disadvantaged. We are in constant need of supplies, equipment, and services. If you have something we need and would like to help, please let us know.
Volunteers come to us from all walks of life to apply for hands-on experience with building and testing computers, monitors and printers that they would not ordinarily have access to. People who are working off Community Service hours also apply at MCRC to help support our organization while we support our community.
What do we do with the stuff we can't bring back to life? We recycle it! All unusable material is shipped to our sister facility in Berkeley, and then broken down to component parts and channeled to the appropriate recycler. We take great care to ensure that our waste products are handled in environmentally friendly ways, and not shipped overseas to become someone's else's toxic nightmare.
Please come in and drop off your electronic equipment at the Marin Computer Resource Center, and know that you are a part of what we do.
If you are in the East Bay, please visit our sister facility:
Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)
1501 Eastshore Hwy.
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-528-4052
MCRC
415-883-1428
42 Digital Dr. #3
Novato, CA 94949
Email: info@mcrc.org
Open Monday-Friday from 10-6
Link to CNN SITE on James Burgett, Executive Director, MCRC:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/cnn.heroes/
No. We believe in recycling and reuse every day.
And we feel we provide a way for that to happen.
So, why wait? Or, come next month.
Whatever works for you. We're here all year long.
Except we don't work weekends or holidays.
WE'VE MOVED!
WOW, do we love our new space! But, we're still hard to find, so here's the trick...Our driveway is on the right, just past building 24, and across the street from Accurate Smog of Marin in building 19. We've made a sign to sit under the tree where you should turn in. If you miss it, fret not! Keep going, past Michael's Sourdough, and take the driveway around the outside of building 46. If you follow it all the way around the back of the building, you'll get the "scenic loop" before arriving at our roll-up door, #3. Watch for deer!
The traffic can get a little tight in front of our drop-off door, so please show respect for our neighbors and local delivery drivers by not blocking any other doors, vehicles, or traffic lanes. Even for a moment. Even a little bit. Our facility has one roll-up door (#3) for accepting equipment, and one glass door for our internet "lounge". You may park in any available spaces, and we will try to keep carts available for easier unloading.
A Non-Profit 501(c)3 Corporation
SPECIAL VIDEO: , featured CNN Hero
on May 1, 2007
CNN.com/Heroes
Responsibly Recycling Electronics
Computers, Printers, Monitors, TV's, VCR's, Stereos, Phones, & MORE, plus ALL their Accessories and Media
For FREE!!!
Household or Office, Working or Not - WE WANT IT!!!
*CRT and LCD devices (TVs, monitors, laptops, etc.) from addresses outside the State of California are
subject to recycling fees of $.50/lb, and can only be accepted at our sister facility, ACCRC, in Berkeley.
We REQUIRE a physical street address (P.O. Boxes are not acceptable) for everything brought to us.
NEW: We now accept small appliances such as Microwaves, Toaster Ovens, Blenders, and Coffee-Makers PROVIDED THEY ARE CLEAN. (no "science projects", please!)
MCRC keeps hazardous electronics waste out of the landfill.
We are an authorized eWaste collector by the California Integrated Waste Management Board. CEWID #100285.
We give away electronics that we refurbish and test to schools libraries, non-profits, and the disadvantaged.
Nothing shipped overseas except tested, working equipment donated to international recipients of our refurbished equipment. Save The World!
MCRC helps Bay Area companies to safely, legally, and economically convert formerly dangerous garbage into something useful for your - and our - neighbors.
We are a non-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation.
The equipment that you bring to us is tax deductible. Your kind financial donations are also tax deductible.
If you need help erasing your hard drive, we have a hard drive wiping service available. There is a fee of $10.00 per drive wipe.
We can pick-up from your home or office with our cargo van. We charge a flat fee of $100 per van load. Please call to arrange a Tuesday or Thursday appointment, and allow 2-4 weeks notice.
Your choice - to be a part of what we do - is something to be proud of. With your help, we are bringing your neighbors and your community tools that will help them survive in the Information Age. Without your help, we can do nothing. We hope that you will choose to support what we do...with your equipment, and financially as well.
We give old computers new life by placing refurbished products with non-profit organizations, schools, libraries, victims of fire and tragedy, and low-income and disabled households. Our volunteer technicians produce computers every week from your donations, to help organizations and families that would not otherwise have the means to obtain this technology. We continue to provide free computers and equipment to local organizations like these, just to name a few:
Marin Housing Authority
Marin County Regional Occupation Program (ROP)
Hamilton Elementary School
The MARS Radio Service
San Francisco Child Abuse
Prevention Program
Marin Center for Independent Living
Elpida House
Canal Community Alliance
Swords into Plowshares
Big Rock Sudbury School
Your tax-deductible equipment donations help us to provide no cost refurbished equipment to schools, non-profits, and the disadvantaged. We are in constant need of supplies, equipment, and services. If you have something we need and would like to help, please let us know.
Volunteers come to us from all walks of life to apply for hands-on experience with building and testing computers, monitors and printers that they would not ordinarily have access to. People who are working off Community Service hours also apply at MCRC to help support our organization while we support our community.
What do we do with the stuff we can't bring back to life? We recycle it! All unusable material is shipped to our sister facility in Berkeley, and then broken down to component parts and channeled to the appropriate recycler. We take great care to ensure that our waste products are handled in environmentally friendly ways, and not shipped overseas to become someone's else's toxic nightmare.
Please come in and drop off your electronic equipment at the Marin Computer Resource Center, and know that you are a part of what we do.
If you are in the East Bay, please visit our sister facility:
Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)
1501 Eastshore Hwy.
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-528-4052
Monday, April 07, 2008
NO on 98?!?
Voters Start Voting In One Month – Get the Word Out Today!!
While the June 3rd election is two months away, "vote-by-mail" voters begin receiving their ballots – and could start voting – the first week in May. We need your help to make sure people know that Prop. 98 is a deceptive scheme full of hidden agendas, funded by wealthy landlords that attacks renters, our environment, and jeopardizes water quality and supply, and our economy. And, that Prop. 99 is powerful, honest reform that would protect our homes from eminent domain abuse. It contains no hidden agendas and no adverse consequences. Get the word out today!
- Link to our web site http://www.no98yes99.com/ – the more people who link to us, the more chance we have of coming up in internet search engines.
- Send an e-mail to all registered California voters in your address book.
- Put a newsletter article (PDF) in your organization’s newsletter so everyone in your organization knows how to vote on 98/99.
- Write a Letter-to-the-Editor to your local paper. Sample Letters (PDF files):
- Yes on 99
- No on 98: Renters
- No on 98: Water
- No on 98: Environment
- If you rent, put this letter under the door of every apartment in your complex.
- Forward this email to a friend.
- Make a plan to handout literature the weekend right before absentee ballots hit – handouts available here.
- Volunteer to get involved in activities in your region, including press conferences, precinct walking, and more. E-mail info@no98yes99.com
Prop. 98 is An Attack on Real People. People Like Robert Potter.
Robert Potter is an 80 year-old retired U.S. Army veteran proud to be born and raised in San Francisco. Potter is a third-generation San Franciscan who has lived in the same rent controlled studio apartment for 30 years. Rent control is the only reason Robert and thousands of seniors like him can even afford to live in the city. Proposition 98 would strike a devastating one-two punch for all San Francisco renters, including Robert. First, 98 immediately eliminates important renter protections like laws protecting renters against unfair evictions. Second, Prop. 98 eliminates rent control. Since the renter protections will be outlawed, landlords can kick out tenants like Robert for no good reason and eliminate rent control on that unit forever. Robert is an outspoken critic of Prop. 98, participating in No on 98 rallies and urging his friends, neighbors and anyone who will listen to turn out to vote on June 3 and defeat Prop. 98.
"I hope we vote 98 down so we can keep rent control because the rent in this city is too high. People who will suffer most are seniors, the youth and veterans that live on fixed incomes. I tell people that we all need to come out and vote. The landlords are so greedy, we stand to lose everything."
Robert C. Potter, San Francisco
Thank you for all your hard work as we approach the June 3 election. Let us know how we can help you get the message out about No on 98, Yes on 99.
Thanks,
No on 98 / Yes on 99 Team
If you are having problems viewingThursday, March 20, 2008
Hybrid Electric-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus in Marin
image of bus: AC TRANSIT
I rode on a hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell bus last Friday. It was big, boxy and eerily quiet.
I met the bus right outside my apartment.
I met the bus right outside my apartment.
The bus is on loan to Golden Gate Transit from AC Transit, and costs $2.4 million.
According to AC Transit, I am now one of the "first 0.001 percent of people in the world to take a ride on a zero-emission fuel cell bus."
AC Transit, which is a transit agency in the SF East Bay, has three fare-collecting buses in service. They are the premier demonstrators of the efficacy of this technology for public transit.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Dr. James Hansen's letter to Prime Minster Gordon Brown
Prime Minister Gordon Brown
10 Downing Street
London SW1A 2AA
Dear Prime Minister,
"Your leadership is needed on a matter concerning coal-fired power plants in your country, a matter with ramifications for life on our planet, including all species. Prospects for today’s children, and especially the world’s poor, hinge upon our success in stabilizing climate.
"For the sake of identification, I am a United States citizen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University Earth Institute. I am a member of our National Academy of Sciences, have testified before our Senate and House of Representatives on many occasions, have advised our Vice President and Cabinet members on climate change and its relation to energy requirements, and have received numerous awards including the World Wildlife Fund’s Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal from Prince Philip.
"I write, however, as a private citizen, a resident of Kintnersville, Pennsylvania. I was assisted in composing this letter by many colleagues, including Europeans, Americans and others, who commented upon a draft letter. Because of the urgency of the matter, I have not collected signatures, but your advisors will verify the authenticity of the science discussion.
"I recognize that for years you have been a strong supporter of aggressive forward-looking actions to mitigate dangerous climate change. Also the United Kingdom has been active in pressing the international community to take appropriate actions. We are now at a point that bold leadership is needed, leadership that could change the course of human history.
"Global climate is near critical tipping points that could lead to loss of all summer sea ice in the Arctic with detrimental effects on wildlife, initiation of ice sheet disintegration in West Antarctica and Greenland with progressive, unstoppable global sea level rise, shifting of climatic zones with extermination of many animal and plant species, reduction of freshwater supplies for hundreds of millions of people, and a more intense hydrologic cycle with stronger droughts and forest fires, but also heavier rains and floods, and stronger storms driven by latent heat, including tropical storms, tornados and thunderstorms.
"Feasible actions now could still point the world onto a course that minimizes climate change. . ."
more
Source: Solar Times (Box 1061 Stinson Beach CA; solartimeseditor@gmail.com), First Quarter, 2008 pp. 16-17.
Link:
http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/20071219_DearPrimeMinister.pdf
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Tree Seder/Arbor Day: Not Too Late
A Jewish Seder for Trees will take place at 6 p.m., on Tues. the 22nd of Jan. at Potrero Hill Community Center, 950 DeHaro, SF (#19 Polk Bus line goes right there).
from Frances Lee
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Arbor Day first took place on April 10, 1872. It was an shared by Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902), who served as President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture.
Morton was a ardent greens warden. He decided that a could be dedicated to the honoring and planting of trees.
from Frances Lee
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Arbor Day first took place on April 10, 1872. It was an shared by Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902), who served as President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture.
Morton was a ardent greens warden. He decided that a could be dedicated to the honoring and planting of trees.
One of the Nixon Administrations achievements was the proclamation of the last Friday in April as National Arbor Day..
This Arbor Day -- April 25 -- decide to help the environment by planting some trees. This will benefit your community. And add more oxygen to the atmosphere. More on this.
Check this out: http://americanforests.org
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NATIVE HABITAT RESTORATION--Carleton-Oberlin Alumni joint event
SF, Saturday, January 19, 2008, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Presidio Native Plant Nursery www.parksconservancy.org
follow link to Native Plant Nurseries.
Friday, January 04, 2008
Nanosolar Solar Cell: from Organic Bytes
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