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Litterati

From March 26 to May 9, Litterati: Using Technology to Clean the Planet, will be on view at the Recology Environmental Learning Center. 

Exhibition-March 26 to May 9 (gallery hours: Tuesdays 1-3 pm, and by appointment)
Reception-Friday, April 25, 5-8 pm (with talks by founder Jeff Kirschner and author Beth Terry beginning at 7 pm)
Music by Jazz Trio Larry-Go-Round and the Rhythm Ponies

Environmental Learning Center, 401 Tunnel Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Admission is free and open to the public, all ages welcome, wheelchair accessible.

Sponsored by the Recology Artist in Residence Program, this exhibition features photographs from Litterati, 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.

Litterati

CTRC is an environmental charity that provides free computers to under-served portions of the community; and also collects e-waste in a responsible manner, which is then refurbished or sent to an in-State, eStewards-certified refinery.

I have been working with Anne-Christine Pajunen and Jolene Lewis Valentine on a blog and web pages for them. 

You are welcome to visit at ewastecollective.org/wordpress.

Clean and Green

If 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.

 Dan Palotta is Chief Humanity Officer of Advertising for Humanity, and the author of Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up for Itself and Really Change the World.

 Read transcript here --
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong/transcript.

E-Waste Collection at Earth Day Marin

CTRC will be collecting e-waste at Earth Day Marin on April 6th 11-5pm at Redwood High School in Larkspur. 
Bring your obsolescent electronics, your broken, your discarded, digital urchins. 
If we can refurbish them, we will give them to schools, non-profits and families or individuals that need a computer.
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.

CTRC * 42 Digital Drive *in Bel Marin Keys * (415) 883-1428  
info@ewastecollective.org

Where Does your Ewaste Go?

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 ewastecollective.org.

Government Report Blames BP on Oil Spill. But there's Plenty of Fault

Government Report Blames BP on Oil Spill. But there's Plenty of Fault

SOL FEST XIV

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 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- a visionary environmental business leader and advocate who has developed a global reputation for inspirational public speaking.

As always, the two-day festival will feature world-class workshops and demonstrations on renewable energy and sustainable living, amazing speakers and musical performances, wine tasting, film center, raffle prizes, kid's stage, and much, much more!

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit:www.solfest.org

ROCKPILE and THE RABBLES Save The Gulf Benefit for Louisiana Brigade

Poetry Reading and Art Auction July 10 2-7pm Pelican Gallery Petaluma – Geri Digiorno and the Petaluma Poetry Walk - Petaluma 360 - Petaluma, CA - Archive

Poetry Reading and Art Auction July 10 2-7pm Pelican Gallery Petaluma – Geri Digiorno and the Petaluma Poetry Walk - Petaluma 360 - Petaluma, CA - Archive

Facebook | SAVE THE GULF MUSIC & POETRY FESTIVAL

Facebook | SAVE THE GULF MUSIC & POETRY FESTIVAL

Google

Google

Artists' Reception at Studio 333.

Whole Foods Novato

The 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 -- http://www.facebook.com/WFMNovato?v=wall -- and the main website for the chain -- http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/.
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Minus One song in Movie

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.

http://www.neefusa.org

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.

For information on NEEF's Privacy Policy please go to:
http://www.neefusa.org/privacy.htm

Muir Woods 100th Anniversary

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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