CSC Lecture-Workshop Series

The Community Sustainability Commission has worked hard to make this lecture-workshop series possible and would love to have your full participation in this FREE series.
This is a working collaboration with Solano Community College. Here's the series at one glance.

Stewards of our Children's Future: 2011

for Ecologic and Economic health
+ Community Resilience

Free Public lecture-workshop series

American obsession with bottled water

At their May 17 meeting, the Benicia Community Sustainability Commission discussed prioritizing 120 Climate Action Plan strategies. One of the recommended 2010 priorites was Strategy SW-1.1. -Limit City Spending on Bottled Water: Limiting City spending on bottled water to necessary fire safety operations will reduce the City’s solid waste consumption and will demonstrate community-wide leadership, while reducing overhead.

National Public Radio (NPR) yesterday featured an interview with Peter Gleick who is with the Pacific Institute in Berkeley and a 2003 McArthur Fellow (genius award) discussing his new book: Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water. More than 85 million bottles of water are sold every day in the United States. Freshwater expert Peter Gleick explains what's in them -- and why we drink them -- in his book.

Read a fascinating excerpt from Peter Gleick's book, Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water at this link:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126833795 

Below is the transcript of the NPR interview with Peter Gleick on May 17:
War On Tap: America's Obsession With Bottled Water

Benicia's Earth Day Celebration, Aprill 22

Want to learn about ways to save energy? Simple things matter and this Wednesday will be a presentation on some simple things that residents can do to save energy and be part of the solution!

Join the City of Benicia to celebrate The Green Generation, Earth Day 2009, as it relates to our community.

When: Wednesday, April 22nd, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Where: Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 1150 First Street
Why: To provide tools to residents and homeowners for being energy and water efficient, and highlight resources available within the community.

** At 7:00 p.m. we are hosting a presentation for homeowners on simple things that they can do to improve household energy efficiency and water conservation.

EVENT PARTICIPANTS
Allied Waste – Recycling Techniques
Arts Benicia – Eco Art Project for kids
Benicia High School SAGE Program
Benicia Main Street – Farmer’s Market
Benicia Plumbing – Energy Efficient Products
Bookshop Benicia
CA Native Plant Society – Drought Resistant Landscaping
Farm Fresh to You – Locally Grown Produce
Master Gardeners – Household Composting
Pedrotti ACE Hardware – Green Product line
PG&E – Climate Smart Program
Raley’s – Organic and Green Product line
And more . . .

THE CITY OF BENICIA PRESENTS: Climate Action Plan; Green building and energy efficiency retrofit information; Library resources for green living and eco education; Water conservation techniques; Tree program and Mills Community Center green building efforts (LEED) Recycling, Benicia Transit and more.

ON SITE RECYCLING Visit the Battery booth to get rid of those unwanted batteries. Cell Phones – old, unused or broken cell phones will be collected. E-Waste Recycling will be on location collecting TV’s, computers, monitors and other e-waste.

You won’t want to miss the CAR DISPLAY Featuring high efficiency vehicles. Come see the new Smart Car and Hybrid Vehicles