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font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">March 26 to May 9</span></strong> (gallery hours: Tuesdays <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_802686927" style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">1-3 pm</span>, and by appointment)</em><br /><em style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reception-<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_802686928" style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">Friday, April 25, 5-8 pm</span></strong> (with talks by founder <strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jeff Kirschner</strong> and author <strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beth Terry</strong> beginning at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_802686929" style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">7 pm</span>)</em><br /><em style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Music by Jazz Trio <strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Larry-Go-Round and the Rhythm Ponies</strong></em></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Futura, 'Century Gothic', AppleGothic, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Environmental Learning Center</strong>, 401 Tunnel Avenue, San Francisco, CA</span></em></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Futura, 'Century Gothic', AppleGothic, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Admission</strong> is free and open to the public, all ages welcome, wheelchair accessible.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Futura, 'Century Gothic', AppleGothic, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Futura, 'Century Gothic', AppleGothic, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sponsored by the Recology Artist in Residence Program, this exhibition features photographs from <a href="http://recologysanfrancisco.createsend1.com/t/r-l-xglkul-tkklalrhd-r/" style="border: 0px; color: #a0ce67; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Litterati</a>, a movement that encourages the public to document litter using the photo-sharing service Instagram, and then properly dispose of the trash. Since its inception in 2012, more than 40,000 pieces of litter have been photographed, cataloged, and properly discarded. The exhibition will feature photographs from locations around the world, demonstrating this innovative use of social media to address environmental issues and initiate positive change.</div><br /><br />
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<br />carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-68041243947941015972014-03-27T14:16:00.000-07:002014-03-27T14:16:33.792-07:00If non-profits are to address the failures of a market system, then does it follow that the market system can address the failures of non-profits?
That I think is the core of the issue that Dan Palotta addresses in this fascinating TED talk.<br />
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Dan Palotta is Chief Humanity Officer of Advertising for Humanity, and the author of <i>Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up for Itself and Really Change the World</i>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong/transcript">http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong/transcript</a>.carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-45116251729838789162014-03-21T08:28:00.000-07:002014-04-20T15:22:15.039-07:00E-Waste Collection at Earth Day Marin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">CTRC will be collecting e-waste at <a href="http://earthdaymarin.org/"><span style="color: orange;">Earth Day Marin</span></a> on April 6th 11-5pm at Redwood High School in Larkspur. </b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bring your obsolescent electronics, your broken, your discarded, digital urchins. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If we can refurbish them, we will give them to schools, non-profits and families or individuals that need a computer.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">CTRC is a responsible e-collector. We are e-Stewards certified, meaning we adhere to strict environmental guidelines regarding the recycling and reuse of metals, plastics, minerals and other material in the e-waste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><br />CTRC</span></b> * <b><span style="color: #38761d;">42 Digital Drive</span> *<span style="color: #38761d;">in Bel Marin Keys</span></b> * <b>(415) 883-1428</b> </span><br />
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This video was produced by the Basel Action Network. The Computer and Technology Resource Center is a BAN-certified ecollector. They are based in the Bel Marin Keys business district, and none of the ewaste collected by them goes outside of California. For info about the CTRC, go to <a href="http://ewastecollective.org/">ewastecollective.org</a>.carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-4792214971367187102011-09-14T18:40:00.000-07:002011-09-14T18:40:22.350-07:00Government Report Blames BP on Oil Spill. But there's Plenty of Fault<a href="http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/09/14/government-report-blames-bp-on-oil-spill-but-theres-plenty-of-fault/">Government Report Blames BP on Oil Spill. But there&#039;s Plenty of Fault</a>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-35261742055564060902010-07-29T21:19:00.000-07:002010-07-29T21:20:41.391-07:00SOL FEST XIV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDkCil_4XYjv_xQH17P9E-P4k371a1WhyyWAyCzTdWSxhc1TPTRIwTaO6c9qfApxpghuH31EYlK0lsW-Olmh6T8qvkzbmQkhMvllM4YtHeW2Tj1SAqlDO3aJ5d4tjr6d3DOeTfQ/s1600/solfestlogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDkCil_4XYjv_xQH17P9E-P4k371a1WhyyWAyCzTdWSxhc1TPTRIwTaO6c9qfApxpghuH31EYlK0lsW-Olmh6T8qvkzbmQkhMvllM4YtHeW2Tj1SAqlDO3aJ5d4tjr6d3DOeTfQ/s320/solfestlogo.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">The Solar Living Institute is thrilled to welcome back the Greenest Show on Earth on September 25 & 26 at the Ukiah Fairgrounds! Come out to see our keynote speaker</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://solfest.org/html/speakers.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">-- a visionary environmental business leader and advocate who has developed a global reputation for inspirational public speaking.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://solfest.org/" rel="nofollow" style="color: maroon; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.solfest.org</a></span>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-37867407492625880542010-07-02T12:57:00.001-07:002010-07-02T12:57:24.020-07:00ROCKPILE and THE RABBLES Save The Gulf Benefit for Louisiana Brigade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wtUTEiaHRy-H3EYYTP4rSgx95n_4RfqHHKCUx7i3hyj2oo2A-jcgXFGWXNBb_XFQFyVrJo-Js9OEkXv9xUjcRBJBCIMoAAnazzdklH42kp3YoIvAhFA-XH-MM4FXjw53yCYJAw/s1600/FINA+Rockpile+POSTER+FOR+RABBLES+JUL2+FOR+BUCKET+BRIGADE+for+terri+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wtUTEiaHRy-H3EYYTP4rSgx95n_4RfqHHKCUx7i3hyj2oo2A-jcgXFGWXNBb_XFQFyVrJo-Js9OEkXv9xUjcRBJBCIMoAAnazzdklH42kp3YoIvAhFA-XH-MM4FXjw53yCYJAw/s640/FINA+Rockpile+POSTER+FOR+RABBLES+JUL2+FOR+BUCKET+BRIGADE+for+terri+copy.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-1847081696965925112010-06-30T11:23:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:23:30.503-07:00Poetry Reading and Art Auction July 10 2-7pm Pelican Gallery Petaluma – Geri Digiorno and the Petaluma Poetry Walk - Petaluma 360 - Petaluma, CA - Archive<a href="http://geri-digiorno.blogs.petaluma360.com/10595/poetry-reading-and-art-auction-july-10-2-7pm-pelican-gallery-petaluma/">Poetry Reading and Art Auction July 10 2-7pm Pelican Gallery Petaluma – Geri Digiorno and the Petaluma Poetry Walk - Petaluma 360 - Petaluma, CA - Archive</a>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-45553020209002528982010-06-08T00:37:00.000-07:002010-06-08T00:37:20.648-07:00Facebook | SAVE THE GULF MUSIC & POETRY FESTIVAL<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122661971100721#!/event.php?eid=133390246674909&ref=ts">Facebook | SAVE THE GULF MUSIC & POETRY FESTIVAL</a>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-83016983011354053782010-05-29T15:20:00.000-07:002010-05-29T15:20:09.214-07:00Google<a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-55181992012911256132010-04-26T10:24:00.001-07:002010-04-26T10:24:41.063-07:00Artists' Reception at Studio 333.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs036/1101398907676/img/103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs036/1101398907676/img/103.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-33708687842701378882010-04-24T17:41:00.000-07:002010-04-24T17:41:39.461-07:00Whole Foods NovatoThe Novato Whole Foods has opened and the store has generally been received very well. For the first thirty days, until the 21st of next month, Whole Foods will give a free small drip coffee to its patrons, Here is the Facebook page for the store -- <a href="http://www.facebook.com/WFMNovato?v=wall">http://www.facebook.com/WFMNovato?v=wall</a> -- and the main website for the chain -- <a href="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/">http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/</a>.<br />
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As a member of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Novato</span> 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<br /><br />He is survived by wife <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Callita</span> and their four children -- Katie, Chuck, Jeff and Lillian.<br /><br />Plans for a memorial service are pending.<br /></p>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-62835221147978352352008-05-16T11:26:00.000-07:002008-05-16T11:27:19.551-07:00http://www.neefusa.org<table style="font-family: verdana;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="1%"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://images.surveymonkey.com/_resources/6953034/b6acd8f5-ab57-4873-8706-fd8f6a5cf914.gif" alt="logo" /></span></td><td align="right" valign="top" width="99%"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chartered by Congress in 1990, the National Environmental Education Foundation (http://www.neefusa.org) is a private non-profit organization offering objective environmental information to help Americans live better every day. By forging public-private partnerships and working with professionals in health, education, public lands and media, we connect the environment to everyday choices and actions so Americans can live well while protecting and enjoying the environment.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">For information on NEEF's Privacy Policy please go to:</span><br /><a href="http://www.neefusa.org/privacy.htm"><span style="font-family: verdana;">http://www.neefusa.org/privacy.htm</span></a></span>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-48544956986561195992008-04-21T12:46:00.000-07:002008-04-21T12:48:26.414-07:00Muir Woods 100th Anniversary<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffcc00;"><strong>muir <span style="color:#cc6600;">woods</span></strong></span><a href="http://www.nps.gov/pwr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/GreenBoxPics/MUWO_F3L32359-muwo.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.nps.gov/pwr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/GreenBoxPics/MUWO_F3L32359-muwo.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.nps.gov/muwo/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.nps.gov/muwo/</span></a><br /><div></div>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-88615193457628170192008-04-14T11:40:00.000-07:002008-04-14T11:50:15.043-07:00On Earth Day -- Remember Marin Computer Resource Center<span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Marin Computer Resource Center<br />MCRC</strong><br />415-883-1428<br />42 Digital Dr. #3<br />Novato, CA 94949<br />Email: info@mcrc.org<br /><br />Open Monday-Friday from 10-6 </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Link to CNN SITE on James Burgett, Executive Director, MCRC:<br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/cnn.heroes/">http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/cnn.heroes/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">No. We believe in recycling and reuse every day.<br />And we feel we provide a way for that to happen.<br /><br />So, why wait? Or, come next month.<br />Whatever works for you. We're here all year long.<br /><br />Except we don't work weekends or holidays.<br /><br />WE'VE MOVED!<br /><br />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!<br /><br />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.<br />A Non-Profit 501(c)3 Corporation<br /><br /><br />SPECIAL VIDEO: , featured CNN Hero<br />on May 1, 2007<br />CNN.com/Heroes<br />Responsibly Recycling Electronics<br />Computers, Printers, Monitors, TV's, VCR's, Stereos, Phones, & MORE, plus ALL their Accessories and Media<br /><br />For FREE!!!<br /><br />Household or Office, Working or Not - WE WANT IT!!!<br />*CRT and LCD devices (TVs, monitors, laptops, etc.) from addresses outside the State of California are<br />subject to recycling fees of $.50/lb, and can only be accepted at our sister facility, ACCRC, in Berkeley.<br />We REQUIRE a physical street address (P.O. Boxes are not acceptable) for everything brought to us.<br /><br />NEW: We now accept small appliances such as Microwaves, Toaster Ovens, Blenders, and Coffee-Makers PROVIDED THEY ARE CLEAN. (no "science projects", please!)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />MCRC keeps hazardous electronics waste out of the landfill.<br />We are an authorized eWaste collector by the California Integrated Waste Management Board. CEWID #100285.<br />We give away electronics that we refurbish and test to schools libraries, non-profits, and the disadvantaged.<br />Nothing shipped overseas except tested, working equipment donated to international recipients of our refurbished equipment. Save The World!<br />MCRC helps Bay Area companies to safely, legally, and economically convert formerly dangerous garbage into something useful for your - and our - neighbors.<br />We are a non-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation.<br />The equipment that you bring to us is tax deductible. Your kind financial donations are also tax deductible.<br />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.<br />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.<br />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.<br /><br /><br />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</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">organizations like these, just to name a few:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Marin Housing Authority<br />Marin County Regional Occupation Program (ROP)<br />Hamilton Elementary School<br />The MARS Radio Service<br />San Francisco Child Abuse<br />Prevention Program<br />Marin Center for Independent Living<br />Elpida House<br />Canal Community Alliance<br />Swords into Plowshares<br />Big Rock Sudbury School<br /><br /><br />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.<br />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.<br /><br />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.<br />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.<br /><br />If you are in the East Bay, please visit our sister facility:<br />Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)<br />1501 Eastshore Hwy.<br />Berkeley, CA 94710<br />510-528-4052<br /></span></span>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-32257917597335119112008-04-07T10:33:00.001-07:002008-04-07T10:33:57.044-07:00NO on 98?!?<span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span><p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Voters Start Voting In One Month – Get the Word Out Today!!</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767588:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6"><img id="1207327429" style="width: 160px; height: 116px;" src="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/cimages/d53aead3350412ae489e74ad46ffc42f/logo.gif" align="left" border="0" height="148" hspace="8" vspace="8" width="178" /></a>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!</span></span></p> <ul><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><li>Link to our web site <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767589:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6">http:/</a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767589:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_0">/www.no98yes99.com/</span></a> – the more people who link to us, the more chance we have of coming up in internet search engines. </li><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767590:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_1">Send an e-mail</span></a> to all registered California voters in your address book. </li><li>Put a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767591:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_2">newsletter article (PDF)</span></a> in your organization’s newsletter so everyone in your organization knows how to vote on 98/99. </li><li>Write a Letter-to-the-Editor to your local paper. Sample Letters (PDF files): <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767592:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_3">Yes on 99</span></a> </li><li>No on 98: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767593:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_4">Renters</span></a> </li><li>No on 98: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767594:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_5">Water</span></a> </li><li>No on 98: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767595:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_6">Environment</span></a></li></ul> </li><li>If you rent, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767596:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_7">put this letter</span></a> under the door of every apartment in your complex. </li><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/forwardthis/ft.php?mID=1436181&em=carlmacki@yahoo.com&ch=d53aead3350412ae489e74ad46ffc42f"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_8">Forward this email</span></a> to a friend. </li><li>Make a plan to handout literature the weekend right before absentee ballots hit – <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/2767597:2945839518:m:1:225217133:E837D8F7AD4DBAE05B047877A381D9D6"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_9">handouts available here</span></a>. </li><li>Volunteer to get involved in activities in your region, including press conferences, precinct walking, and more. E-mail <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:info@no98yes99.com" target="_blank" href="http://us.f335.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=info@no98yes99.com"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_10">info@no98yes99.com</span></a> </li></span></span></ul> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Prop. 98 is An Attack on Real People. People Like Robert Potter.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="1207327395" src="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/cimages/d53aead3350412ae489e74ad46ffc42f/potter.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="8" />Robert Potter is an 80 year-old retired U.S. Army veteran proud to be born and raised in <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_11">San Francisco</span>. 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 <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_12">San Francisco</span> 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.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"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."</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Robert C. Potter, <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1207589535_13">San Francisco</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">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.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks,</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">No on 98 / Yes on 99 Team</span></span></p> <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">If you are having problems viewing </span></span>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-20884720286082897532008-03-20T19:23:00.000-07:002008-03-20T19:25:24.776-07:00Hybrid Electric-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus in Marin<a href="http://www.actransit.org/environment/images/environment/ACT_fuelcell_08low.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.actransit.org/environment/images/environment/ACT_fuelcell_08low.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">image of bus: AC TRANSIT</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I rode on a hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell bus last Friday. It was big, boxy and eerily quiet.<br />I met the bus right outside my apartment. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The bus is on loan to Golden Gate Transit from AC Transit, and costs $2.4 million.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">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."</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">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.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.actransit.org/environment/hyroad_main.wu">http://www.actransit.org/environment/hyroad_main.wu</a></span></div>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22102181.post-72531754236795381282008-01-31T13:42:00.000-08:002008-01-31T13:49:38.537-08:00Dr. James Hansen's letter to Prime Minster Gordon Brown<p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Prime Minister Gordon Brown<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">10 Downing Street<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">London </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">SW1A 2AA</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Dear Prime Minister,</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"Your leadership is needed on a matter concerning coal-fired power plants in your country, a </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">matter with ramifications for life on our planet, including all species. Prospects for today’s </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">children, and especially the world’s poor, hinge upon our success in stabilizing climate.</span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"For the sake of identification, I am a United States citizen, director of the NASA Goddard </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Institute for Space Studies and Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University Earth Institute. I </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">am a member of our National Academy of Sciences, have testified before our Senate and House </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">of Representatives on many occasions, have advised our Vice President and Cabinet members on </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">climate change and its relation to energy requirements, and have received numerous awards </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">including the World Wildlife Fund’s Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal from Prince Philip.</span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"I write, however, as a private citizen, a resident of Kintnersville, Pennsylvania. I was assisted in </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">composing this letter by many colleagues, including Europeans, Americans and others, who </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">commented upon a draft letter. Because of the urgency of the matter, I have not collected </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">signatures, but your advisors will verify the authenticity of the science discussion.</span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"I recognize that for years you have been a strong supporter of aggressive forward-looking actions </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">to mitigate dangerous climate change. Also the United Kingdom has been active in pressing the </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">international community to take appropriate actions. We are now at a point that bold leadership </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">is needed, leadership that could change the course of human history.</span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"Global climate is near critical tipping points that could lead to loss of all summer sea ice in the </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"Feasible actions now could still point the world onto a course that minimizes climate change. . ."<br /></span><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/20071219_DearPrimeMinister.pdf"><span style="font-size:85%;">more</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Source: <em>Solar Times</em> (Box 1061 Stinson Beach CA; </span><a href="mailto:solartimeseditor@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:78%;">solartimeseditor@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">), </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">First Quarter, 2008 pp. 16-17.</span></p><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Link:</span><br /><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/20071219_DearPrimeMinister.pdf"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/20071219_DearPrimeMinister.pdf</span></a>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0