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Ubuntu Green Internships
Ubuntu Green is looking for two dynamic interns to work on its Green Youth Leadership Team and Healthy Land Use Engagement Project.
If interested, please email resume to hr@ubuntugreen.org. No phone calls please.
For more information on the two programs, please visit our website here. |
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Ubuntu Green
E-Newsletter
August 3, 2010
Volume
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Green Oak Park! 2010 Informational Meetings
Ubuntu
Green's 2nd Annual Green Oak Park! Event is September 10th, 2010.
We are currently meeting weekly to provide information to partners,
sponsors and volunteers and to plan for the event. If you are interested in helping us put on a
great event, please join us at Oak Park United Methodist Church, 3600 Broadway every Wednesday at
6:00 p.m. through September 8th.
For more information link here.
2010 Green Oak Park! Sponsors: U.C. Davis Health System, The California Endowment, Sacramento
Municipal Utility District (SMUD), Sierra Health Foundation, Sacramento
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Soil Born Farms, Oak Park United Methodist Church and the Sacramento Natural Foods
Co-op.
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Sustainable Design and Green Building Toolkit
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the Sustainable Design
and Green Building Toolkit for Local Governments to help identify and
remove barriers to sustainable design and green building within the permitting
process. This Toolkit addresses the
codes/ordinances that would affect the design, construction, renovation, and
operation and maintenance of a building and its immediate site. There are two sections to the Toolkit: the
first section is an Assessment Tool and Resource Guide. The second section is a guide to developing an
Action Plan for implementing changes within a community's permitting process. Please link to the toolkit here.
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Create Healthier Schools and Communities
The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is seeking input through a special online forum on the best ways to implement its six
policy priorities for reversing the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. The discussion forum will be open until August 30, so add your voice to the conversation today!
To post on the
RWJF discussion forum, you must register through a very brief process. The discussion forum consists of six topic
threads - one for each policy priority. RWJF
staff members are acting as hosts and will post messages frequently to respond
to comments and offer their own thoughts.
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No on Proposition 23 Campaign
The No on
Proposition 23 Campaign is gearing up with a rapid response speaker's bureau
composed of environmental advocates and experts. The speaker's bureau will counter arguments
by the Texas Big Oil companies, which are intent on nullifying AB 32, California's landmark law to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. Ubuntu Green
is a member of the incredibly diverse No on Prop 23 coalition, and UG's
President and CEO Charles L. Mason, Jr. is part of the speaker's bureau. Check out the campaign toolkit,
which is loaded with talking point, fact sheets and more!
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Editorial-Sacramento County General Plan
Sacramento County is currently updating its general
plan. Part of this process includes decisions
and projections on growth patterns. The following
link is from a Sacramento Bee editorial addressing the proposed development
patterns being considered by the County.
Link here.
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8/4/10 -
6:00 pm -Opening of the "Living with Trees" Exhibition - Celebrating
Sacramento's love affair with trees - Robert T. Matsui Gallery at Sacramento's
City Hall.
8/13-8/15 - Banana Festival - Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA.
8/17/10 - Greenwise Sacramento - 2:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m. -
California State University-Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento.
For more information link here.
9/10/10 - Green Oak Park! 2010 Event - Oak Park United MethodistChurch - 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. For more information link here.
9/10/10 - Green Oak Park! 2010 Job and Educational Fair - Oak Park United MethodistChurch - 9:30 a.m. - 12:00
p.m. For more information link here.
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Ubuntu Green Board Recruitment
Ubuntu Green is recruiting for new positions on our Board of Directors, including youth positions. Interested parties or referrals, please contact Charles Mason at 916-669-0671 or via email at charles@ubuntugreen.org. |
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Support Ubuntu Green!
Please support our efforts to build healthy and sustainable communities for all. Make a individual or organizational contribution by visiting our website here. Contributions are accepted electronically and via mail.
Thank you!
The Ubuntu Green Team |
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