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North Bay EcoFest Oct. 2-3 info & schedule of events

by North Bay EcoFest
Announcing the
North Bay EcoFest
Sustainable choices for living, working and playing in kinship with the natural world
North Bay EcoFest Oct. 2-3 info & schedule of events

Announcing the
North Bay EcoFest
Sustainable choices for living, working and playing in kinship with the natural world


October 2 & 3, 2004
Sebastopol Community Center & Youth Annex
390 Morris Street
and the Harmony Community Room
400 Morris Street, Suite G
Sebastopol, CA


10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
FREE General Admission
Presentations & workshops only $5 for all sessions all day
Kids 12 and under FREE


A comprehensive regional festival and conference on sustainability
and green living. Come participate and be a part of the solution.



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A few of the attractions at the EcoFest:


a.. Two full days with over 40 presentations, panel discussions, and workshops
(see schedule below) featuring dozens of knowledgeable experts and inspiring
speakers.
b.. Representatives from over 60 North Bay Area environmentally-oriented
organizations, schools, agencies and political offices.
c.. Saturday Night EcoFest Film Festival, featuring "Go Further," Woody
Harrelson's new feature length film about an eco-journey down the West Coast,
and the Earthdance film series, featuring ecologically-themed shorts &
documentaries from around the world.
d.. Green Business Exhibits
e.. Community Resources
f.. Alternatively-Fueled Vehicle Exposition
g.. Live Entertainment
h.. Kids Activities & Education
i.. Vendors of natural clothing, organic foods, fair trade products
j.. Opportunities to converse with elected public officials and candidates for
office
k.. Ecological Footprint Calculations
l.. Hemp Fashion Show
m.. Natural Foods & Beverages
n.. Friday night dance party featuring the eco-concious reggae music of Sol
Horizon, DJ Peas, and Grassroots Movement Dance Troupe.


A few of the many highlights at the EcoFest:


a.. Author Richard Heinberg speaking about the subject of his new book, "The
Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies."
b.. Brock Dolman of Occidental Arts & Ecology Center presenting "Basins of
Relations: Thinking Like a Watershed."
c.. Participating public officials include Sonoma County Supervisor Mike Reilly;
Local City Council Members Craig Litwin and Sam Spooner of Sebastopol; Vicki
Vedick-Martinez of Rohnert Park; Steve Rabinowitsh of Santa Rosa, Pam Torliatt
of Petaluma; Ken Brown of Sonoma; plus representatives from the offices of
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, State Senator Wes Chesbro,and Assemblymembers Patty
Berg and Pat Wiggins.
d.. Permaculture lecturer and alcohol-as-fuel activist Farmer David Blume.
e.. Russian River Low Flow panel discussion.
f.. Five panel discussions and presentations about our local water supply.
g.. GE-Free Sonoma County campaign coordinator Daniel Solnit presents on the
corporatization of the commons.
h.. Roundtable forum on developing a local green economy.
i.. Cornell University researcher Bogdan Vasi noted that Sonoma County is in the
midst of making history with its climate protection activities. Come here how
with Climate Protection Campaign coordinator Anne Hancock.


Participants from these organizations, schools, and agencies:


Bay Area Permaculture Guild, Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, Climate Protection
Campaign, Sonoma County Conservation Council, Sonoma County Bike Coalition,
Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy, Car-Lite, Planting Earth
Activation, Russian River Watershed Protection Committee, Biofuels 4 Schools, New
College of California, Sonoma County Water Agency, Daily Acts, Stewards of the
Redwoods and Coast, International Institute for Ecological Agriculture, Institute
for Local Economic Democracy, Friends of the Eel River, Open Space District, Solar
Living Institute, Cooperative Community Energy, Community Clean Water Institute,
Redwood Empire Green Building Council, OWL Foundation, SWiG, Russian River Chamber
of Commerce, Coalition to Protect Cotati's Future, Sebastopol Economic Forum,
Waste Reduction Project, Sonoma State University, Land Paths, Voice of the Future,
Hemp Industries Association, GE Free Sonoma County, NOAA Fisheries, Earthtreasures
Wildlife Habitat, and many, many more.


Schedule of presentations, panel discussions and workshops:
(additional panelists and presenters to be announced)


Saturday, October 2


A New Economic Model for Sustainabilty
Gaia Space 10:30 to 10:50
Wade Belew -- Ecologist and radio show host


Sustainability and Public Policy
Gaia Space -- 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Craig Litwin - Sebastopol City Council Member
Sam Spooner - Sebastopol City Council Member
Jim Leddy (at beginning only) - District Director for State Senator Wes Chesbro
Maddy Hirshfield - Senior Field Representative for Assemblymember Patty Berg
Steve Rabinowitsh - Santa Rosa City Council Member
Guy Conner - Representative for Assemblymember Pat Wiggins
Tom Roth - Senior Field Representative for Congresswoman Lyn Woolsey


Basins of Relations -- Thinking Like a Watershed
River Room -- 11:00 am to 12:00 noon
Brock Dolman - Occidental Arts & Ecology Center


Living a Healthy Life
Reclaiming health by systematically eliminating toxics from our daily lives
Harmony Room -- 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
Patricia Dines - Community Action Publications
Burt Tate - Bio-Pest


The Politics of Our Local Water Supply
River Room -- 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Don McEnhill - Russian River Keeper
Mike Reilly - Sonoma County Supervisor
Jim Leddy (only at the very beginning) - District Director for State Sentator Wes
Chesbro
John King - OWL Foundation
Pam Torliatt - Petaluma City Council Member
David Keller - Friends of the Eel River, former Petaluma City Council Member


Climate Protection
Inspiring Action to the Climate Crisis
Redwood Room -- 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Ann Hancock - Climate Protection Campaign Coordinator
Vicki Videck-Martinez - Rohnert Park City Council Member
Kirk Tolfa - 7th grade student at Salmon Creek


Eco-Tourism in West Sonoma County
Russian River Economic and Environmental Sustainability Project
Garden Room -- 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Steve Fogle - Russian River Chamber of Commerce
Marty Falkenstein - Daily Acts
Michelle Luna - Stewards of the Redwoods and Coast
Portia Sinnott - The Waste Reduction Project


Permaculture Walk
Laguna Trail entrance -- 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Erik Ohlsen - Planting Earth Activation
Craig Litwin - Sebastopol City Council Member


Permaculture
Learn to Mirror the Patterns Found in Healthy Natural Environments.
Labyrinth -- 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Doron Amiran - Solar Living Institute
Patrick Garritson - Bay Area Permaculture Guild
David Blume - International Institute for Ecological Agriculture
Erik Ohlsen - Planting Earth Activation
Brian Eckert - Restorative Technologies


Biofuels...are they really the alternative?
Gaia Space -- 1:30 to 3:00 pm
Lindsay Hassett - Biofuels 4 Schools


Natural Health
Body and Planet Preservation Meet
Harmony Room -- 1:30 to 2:30 pm
Julia Stege - Artist/Activist


Aiming at Zero Waste
Why we should care and act now!
Redwood Room -- 2:30 to 3:30 pm
Portia Sinnott - The Waste Reduction Project
Mary Munat - Event Greener


Organic Gardening and Landscaping
Healthy Growing from the Ground Up
Garden Room -- 2:30 to 3:30 pm
Lilith Rogers - Organic Gardener
Brian Schuler - Mindful Landscapes
Sivaji - Steiner biodynamic practitioner and consultant
Tom Boyd - Restorative Technologies, Restoratative Waters Alliance


Greening Our Schools
Building and Maintaining Healthy, Creative Learning Environments
Harmony Room -- 3:30 to 4:30 pm
George Beeler - Architecture and Integrated Design Team Management
Oak Grove Elementary Gardeners


Alcohol As Fuel
Gaia Space -- 3:30 to 5:00 pm
David Blume - International Institute for Ecological Agriculture


Russian River -- A Question of Flow
River Room -- 3:30 to 5:30 pm
Fred Euphrat - forester, hydrologist, and writer
Steve Fogle - Russian River Chamber of Commerce
Patrick Rutten - NOAA Fisheries
Sonoma County Water Agency
Brenda Adelman - Russian River Watershed Protection Committee
David Keller - Friends of the Eel River, former Petaluma City Council Member


Conversation Café
Hosted conversation where anyone is welcome
Garden Room -- 3:30 to 5:00 pm


The Way of the Ancients
Healing the trees Laguna Tree Walk
Laguna Trail Entrance -- 3:30 to 5:30 pm
Dr. Lee Klinger - The Luminous Project


In My Village
Building the Community You Long For
Redwood Room -- 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Jan Ballard - The Commons


Youth & The Environment
Local Students Speak Out on the Environment and their Future
Heart Space -- 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Kelly Noe - Voice of the Future


Healing Your Environment
How Interior Design Affects Health
Harmony Room-- 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Gavio - Holistic Interior Designer
Carol Venolia - Eco-Architect and Biophilic Living Educator


Open Space Conservation
Sonoma County: first in the nation to protect open space, now what?
Garden Room -- 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Wade Belew - Ecologist and radio show host
Misty Arias - Sonoma County Agriculture Preservation and Open Space District
Craig Anderson - Land Paths


Effective Activism
Offering strategies to enhance the work we do in the world
River Room -- 6:00 to 7:00 pm
Lindsay Hassett - Biofuels 4 Schools
Patricia Dines - Community Action Publications



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Schedule for Sunday, October 3


The Future of our Water
Part A -- The Art of Sustainable Water Use
River Room -- 11 AM to 12:00 noon
Dr. John Rosenblum - Rosenblum Environmental Engineering
Ned Orrett - Resource Performance Partners
Bob Rawson - International Waste Solutions


No GMO's
Challenging the Corporatization of our Commons
Sunday
Harmony Room -- 11:00 to 12:30 pm
Daniel Solnit - GE-Free Sonoma County


Ecology and Consciousness
How healing ourselves and the each other can heal the world
Redwood Room -- 11:00 to 12:00 noon
Melissa Patterson - New College of CA professor
Lonnie Davidson - author
Tina Fields - New College of CA professor


The Future of our Water
Part B -- Ground Water in Sonoma County
River Room 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
Mike Sandler - Community Clean Water Institute
Liza Prunuske - Prunuske and Chadum Inc.
Jane Neilson - SWiG, Sebastopol Water Information Group
Richard Ely - Registered Geologist, Edd Clark and Associates
Steve Carle - OWL Foundation


Solar Power: Watt's in it for you?
Gaia Space -- 12:30 to 2:00 pm
Pete Blair - Cooperative Community Energy
Bruce Roush - Solar Depot
Steve Lyons - Sine Electric
Chad Medcroft - Solar Works


Socially Responsible Investing and Savings
Reconnecting Your Values to Your Money
Redwood Room -- 12:30 to 2:00 pm
Christopher Peck - Holistic Solutions
David Meucci - Protected Investors
Jacqua Miller - Social Equity Group
Geoff Ashton -- Regional Vice-President, Calvert Group


Creating Backyard Wildlife Habitats
Harmony Room -- 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Elaine Neiswender - Earthtreasures Wildlife Habitat


Conversation Café
Hosted conversation where anyone is welcome
Garden Room -- 1:00 to 2:30 pm


Big Box Stores
Are They Colonizing Our Community?
River Room -- 1:30 to 2:30
Ron Sundergill - Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy
Neil Hancock - Coalition to Protect Cotati's Future, Yes on Measure P
Diana Bethel - Coalition to Protect Cotati's Future, Yes on Measure P


Green Careers and Entrepreneurship Workshop
Redwood Room -- 2:00 to 3:00
John Stayton - New College Green MBA co-founder
Marie Kerpan - Green Careers
Christopher Peck - Holistic Solutions


Sustainable Agriculture
Solutions for Pesticides, Monocrops and Corporatization of Agriculture
Gaia Space -- 2:30 to 4:30 pm
Sivaji - Steiner biodynamic practitioner and consultant
Scott Matheson - Laguna Farm
Candi Penn - Hemp Industries Association
Kevin McEnnis - Quetezal Farms
George Davis - Porter Creek Winery


Green Building
Harmony Room -- 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Colleen Fernald - Sustainable Sebastopol Salon
John Shurtz - Green Builders of Marin
Bruce Hammond - Redwood Empire Green Building Council
Kevin Falkerson - Symbios Eco-Design
Armando Navarro - SSU ETC
Greg Snowden - Green Fusion
George Beeler - Architecture and Integrated Design Team Management
Dennis Dorch - Assistant City Manager for Cotati


Developing a Local Green Economy
River Room -- 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Ruth Harris - Sebastopol Economic Forum
Daniel Solnit - Institute for Local Economic Democracy
Phillip Beard - Professor of German and Global Studies BA Program co-founder, SSU
Jan Ballard - The Commons
Christopher Peck - Holistic Solutions
Jeff Nighman - Local Exchange Trading System


Conversation Café
Hosted conversation where anyone is welcome
Garden Room -- 3:00 to 4:30 pm


Sustainability and Public Safety
How to create low-flow and fire-safe landscapes
Harmony Room -- 4:00 to 5:00 PM
Coleen Fernald - Sustainable Sebastopol Salon
Pt. 1 -- How to create low-flow and fire-safe landscapes
Rick Foley - California Department of Forestry Fire Prevention Specialist
Pt. 2 -- Community-wide Organic Victory Gardens
Sonoma's Sustainable Strides with Ken Brown - Sonoma City Council Member


Transportation Options
Rethinking our car-dependence
Redwood Room -- 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Portia Sinnott - Carlite
Steve Shmitz - Sonoma County Bike Coalition


The Party's Over
Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies
Gaia Space -- 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Richard Heinberg -- New College of CA


Where Do We Go From Here?
Activate your intention for world change
Gaia Space -- 6:00 to 7:00 pm
Trathen Heckman - Daily Acts
Lindsay Hassett - Biofuels 4 Schools



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Kicking it all off...


Friday night dance party at The Harmony Cabaret
featuring the eco-conscious reggae music of Sol Horizon
with Grassroots Movement Dance Troupe
and DJ Peas


Sebastopol Community Center
Friday Night, October 1
8:30 p.m to 1 a.m.
$12 at the door



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On Saturday Night...
The North Bay EcoFest Film Festival
Sebastopol Community Center, Saturday Night, Oct 2
$5 for EcoFest participants with wristbands, $8 all others


7:00 to 7:30 -- Hemp Fashion Show
7:30 to 9:00 -- "Go Further," the new feature length film starring Woody Harrelson
about an eco-journey down the West Coast.
9:00 to 10:30 -- Earthdance Film Series -- featuring ecologically-themed
shorts and documentaries from around the world.


Thank you to our sponsors:


Organic Valley
Whole Foods Market
Sebastopol Community Center
Exchange Bank
North Bay Bohemian
KRSH radio
City of Sebastopol
Sonoma County Water Agency
Bio-Pest
Indigenous Designs
Lagunitas Brewing Company



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Call 707-861-2035 x310 for more information.
Or contact mary [at] harmonyfestival.com
Some vending space still available


Visit the Web site at http://www.northbayecofest.com


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Mary Munat
Human and Natural Resources Manager
The North Bay EcoFest, October 2-3, 2004
Sebastopol Community Center, Sebastopol, CA http://www.northbayecofest.com

27th Annual Sonoma Holiday Gift Fair
Nov. 26-28, Dec. 3-5, Dec. 10-12 2004
Sonoma County Fairgrounds
http://www.sonomagiftfair.com

Harmony Cabaret
Fri. Oct. 1 and then every second Friday of the month
Sebastopol Community Center

Sonoma Singles Halloween Costume party
Oct. 29
Double Tree Hotel, Rohnert Park

Community Networking Exchange
Third Thursday of the month
at our offices in Sebastopol

27th Annual Health & Harmony Festival
June 11-12, 2005
Sonoma County Fairgrounds
http://www.harmonyfestival.com


707-861-2035 (x310)
707-861-2036 fax
mary [at] harmonyfestival.com
http://www.harmonyfestival.com
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