From: Kim Rago [email protected]: Fwd: June / July 2019 - Environmental Forum E-Newsletter
Date: June 13, 2019 at 9:18 AMTo: Gayle Marsh [email protected], Nancy Benjamin [email protected]
Hi Gayle,The newsletter has been sent. Will you please list it on the website.
Thank you both very much for all your work on this newsletter.Nancy, I cleaned up some of our templates but left a final copy of this newsletter in templatescalled "Summer Newsletter". FYI
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J u n e / J u l y 2 0 1 9 N e w s l e t t e r
Where Will You Journey Next?
Expand Your Horizons and Venture with Us ...
Master Class 46 is About to Begin:
Enroll by July 1 for early-bird pricing!Join the Master Class
The Time for Environmental Action is NOW!
President's Message Community EducationEvents - A Year in Review
Summer is almost upon us and EFMmembers know what that means — time toprepare for the next Master Class (46). Work is already underway to present acreative collection of ads and flyersstrategically placed mostly online and onsocial media. Coming soon will be a specialNewsletter devoted to the Master Classprogram, with all the updates and changeshappening!
June marks the beginning of EFM’s newboard year and I am happy to welcome twonew members: Barbara Ball, Treasurer, andElizabeth Scofield, Secretary. At our recentAnnual Meeting on May 5, we elected thenew officers and directors (listed below) andsaid farewell to Tom Arthur, Assistant MasterClass Director, who has retired from theBoard. Many thanks to all the on Board andoff Board members who contributed to avery successful year!
Susan Rusche, President
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Master Class 46 Preview
Saturday, August 1710:00 am to NoonBioMarin - Magnolia Conference Room750 Lindaro St, San Rafael
Here is your opportunity to hear highlights ofour special program. Learn more about theclass series, our dedicated and professionalpresenters, and meet other participants. Wewill allow plenty of time for questions andmingling after the presentations have takenplace.
Events - A Year in Review
EFM's Community Education Events(formerly known as ‘Lecture Series’), werean outstanding success this year withimportant and compelling topics, impactfulspeakers, and 100+ registrants for everyevent!
EFM’s goal for 2018-2019 CommunityEducation Events was to provide broaderofferings of community learningopportunities to reach more people withfilms, lectures, and field trips.
Films: We co-hosted two environmentalfilms: Rebels with a Cause with the City ofNovato and Wasted: The Story of FoodWaste with Sustainable Fairfax. The Rebelsfilmmakers, Nancy Kelly and KenjiYamamoto, gave a short talk and answeredquestions following the screening.
Lectures: Last November, renowned authorArlie Hochschild presented her book,"Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger andMourning on the American Right" to apacked house at Corte Madera CommunityCenter. Between January and April, EFMpresented a four-part series on Innovationin Climate Protection. Programs andspeakers addressed innovative solutions forclimate change mitigation and adaptation.Topics included Biomimicry and nature-based solutions, the built environment andembodied carbon emissions, carbonsequestration technologies and approaches,and federal climate policy.
Knowledgeable speakers from across theBay Area, as well as Congressman JaredHuffman, contributed to these compellingprograms. Attendance at all events was thehighest in EFM’s history with more than 500people attending an EFM CommunityEducation Event.
Field Trips: For the first time, EFM openedits signature West Marin field trip to non-Master Class students. Seven participantsattending the Global Climate Action Summitin September joined the Master Class for aday in West Marin. The guestsenthusiastically took their experience and
place.
For more information about our MasterClass, visit our site. Orientation is onSaturday September 7. Our class size islimited. Reserve your place with a $100deposit today. (Fill out the application andchoose "invoice me")
Join EFM's Master Class forour annual West MarinAgriculture andMariculture Field Trip!
Tuesday, September 10
Experience the interconnection betweenclimate change and food supply with onsitepresentations in picturesque West MarinCounty. This tourist-friendly region knownfor wild flowers, ocean-side pastures, andwhale watching also maintains a rich historyof local and organic dairy, agriculture andmariculture struggling to survivedevelopment and adaptation to climatechange. More information here.
UpcomingEnvironmental Events inour Community:
Marin Conservation League
Picnic on the PatioSaturday, July 20175 North Redwood Dr., San Rafael3:00 - 6:00 pm
Mingle with MCL Directors andcommunity members to celebrate thebeauty of summer. Share food, drink,and environmental passions. Registerhere.
MCL hosts monthly issue committeesfocusing on preserving, protecting andenhancing Marin's natural assets. Referto MCL's website calendar for additionalupcoming events.
One Tam
One Tam transcends boundaries toinspire deep connections to Mt. Tam andto mobilize the skills and resources of itsfive partners and the community to carefor its long-term health. Help ensure avibrant and healthy future for Mt. Tam.
Volunteer opportunities, communityhikes, naturalist talks and more! Visit
enthusiastically took their experience andlearning back to distant places, includingJapan.
EFM is delighted with the interest andexcitement around our CommunityEducation Events. We are building on thisnew approach and encourage your feedbackand suggestions.
by Helene Marsh and Sarah Loughran
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Continuing theConversationThe Potential of IntergenerationalCollaboration to Solve the ClimateCrisis
Over the past several months, I haveengaged in four events during whichmembers of the younger and oldergenerations explored the followingquestions: 1) What might the generationsaccomplish together that they could notaccomplish by themselves? 2) What are thebarriers to overcome for intergenerationalcollaboration to be effective? and 3) Whatare some of the ways these barriers can beovercome?
The recent actions by young climateactivists around the world, such as GretaThunberg of Sweden and her Schools Strikefor Climate Action Movement, the SunriseMovement, the Extinction Rebellion and OurChildren’s Trust, are building a majorworldwide movement that is sorely neededto wake up those in power, or as the recentClimate One program coined it “If YouWon't, We Will!” This is indeed the time forthe elders to step forward and support theseyoung activists. As one younger person atan event said: “We don’t want you in frontof us, we don’t want you behind us, wewant you beside us.” (I've highlighted thepowerful influence of these young activistsin my last two blogsat www.WilfordWelch.com/blog).
by Wilford Welch (MC 45)
hikes, naturalist talks and more! VisitOneTam.org to view the full calendar.
Resilient Neighborhoods
Commit to summertime climate actionwith Resilient Neighborhoods to getprepared for emergencies and loweryour carbon footprint. You will getsupport to personalize yourclimate action plan and achievemeasurable results over 5-teammeetings. The San Rafael team startson Tuesday, June 25th at 7 pm. Offeredfree of charge. Registration isrequired. Click here for details and tosign up.
Kim Rago, Alan Jones, Bruce Richard andthe Carbon Commandos Team!
San Rafael Team is held on thefollowing Tuesdays, 6/25, 7/9, 7/23,8/6, and 8/20 from 7-9:00 pm. Registerfor the San Rafael team HERE.
Futurewell
The SummitFriday, September 6, 2019Stemple Creek Ranch, CA
Futurewell is committed to raising thecollective consciousness and stimulatinga market shift towards self-care, foodsystem reform, and sustainable living.These elements combined will play apivotal role in the future health ofpeople and our planet.
Join us for a fully immersive andelevated experience hosted on StempleCreek Ranch, a working cattle ranchthat embodies the future ofregenerative, organic farming, nestledamongst the rolling hills of West Marin.
This one day summit will support a
Wilford Welch and Lisa Williams (MC 45) co-leda Master Class project to bring generationstogether to work on climate change solutions.
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Welcome Terri Thomas,EFM's Director of Ecology
We are pleased to welcome Terri Thomas(MC 43) who will support our Master Classteam on the Baylands and PlantCommunities field trip as well as the classon Marin's Public Lands. Terri will be theprime coordinator for a new class session:"Geology, Water, and Wildlife."
Terri has been a natural resources manager,ecologist, and planner with 36 years ofnational park experience in management,science, monitoring, operations, policy, andregulation in the full breadth of naturalresource disciplines. She has worked atvarious national parks including — CraterLake, Yosemite, and the Everglades. From1984 to 2016 she held the positions of Chiefof Natural Resources Management andScience at Golden Gate National RecreationArea followed by Director of Conservation,Science and Research at the Presidio Trust.
Terri has a BS in Forestry from UC Berkeleyand an MS in Forest Ecology from theUniversity of Washington. She has served onthe boards of FIRESafe Marin, the SausalitoCommunity Boating Center, the FloatingHomes Association, the elected board of theFallen Leaf Lake Community ServicesDistrict, and most recently served as theDirector of Natural Resources and ClimateResiliency for Conservation Corps North Bay.
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What We're Reading NowOur book recommendations come from ourPresident, Susan Rusche, and Nancy
consumer-driven movement to help tipthe balance towards ensuring betterproducts, practices, and policies in thefood system and beyond.
EFM Members receive a 10% discountuse code FRIENDSOFEFM.
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Board Members & Staff
Kim Rago, Executive Director
Susan Rusche, President
Bruce Richard, Vice President ofDevelopment / Operations
Helene Marsh, Vice President and ProgramsDirector
Karen Mendelow Nelson, Vice President ofEducation
Barbara Ball, Treasurer
Elizabeth Scofield, Secretary
Sarah Loughran, Director-at-Large
Norma Fragoso, Master Class Director
Nancy Benjamin, Communications Director
Kirsten Nolan, Communications andMarketing
Tamela Fish, Social Media Director
President, Susan Rusche, and NancyBenjamin, Communications Director.
David Wallace-Wells book, TheUninhabitable Earth is alarming. We are at atipping point, and this is a clear call toaction before it's too late. He writes,"technology is our best shot at halting theplanet’s warming," and "the solutions areobvious, and available."
Walking, by Norwegian explorer, lawyer, andphilosopher Erling Kagge, is the first personto complete the Three Poles Challenge onfoot to the North Pole, South Pole and thesummit of Mt. Everest. This is not a bookabout hiking but rather, a delightfully-pacedbook about the pleasures of exploring ourworld.
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