ONGOING
EVENTS
Sustainable Sarasota Community Partners
Meetings. 1st Monday of each month, 2:00 3:30 p.m.
Sarasota County Administration Building, 1660 Ringling Blvd.,
2nd Floor Conf Room A/B, Sarasota.
Call 861-5656 for information.
Home Builders Association, Green Building Council
Meetings 3rd Monday of the month at noon.
Contact: Ellie Gibeau at
egibeau@buildingsarasota.com
Green Building Council Meeting Third
Monday of every month) at 12:00 noon at the Kimal Learning
Center in Venice. Lunch fees HBASC members $10,
non-members $15. Contact:
Katie@homefronthomes.com
or call (941)475-6090.
SAVE THE
DATE
July 31-August 3, 2008:
GreenTrends 2008/
Southeast
Building
Conference (SEBC) - -
Orange
County
Convention Center
-
Orlando
- Florida Green Building Coalition and the Florida Home
Builders Association team up again to host the South's largest
regional trade show and education forum with a hint of green.
Contact FHBA
and the FGBC
for more information.
Top
PAST EVENTS
2008
February
GetEmpowered: Fueling Florida's Future.
February 22, 9am-5pm, Sudakoff Center, New College.
Sarasota County and New College have teamed to organize this
symposium on the future of alternative energy and land use/
community design in Florida. For more information see www.scgov.net/getempowered
Summit
for Environmental Action. Those folks at SCOPE are at it
again! They’re bringing together professionals, academics
and experts and hosting a summit for environmental solutions.
This is an opportunity for business, government, education, civic,
neighborhoods and institutions to learn, ask the hard questions, get
knowledgeable answers and to help develop the basis for a local
environmental charter. Friday, February 29, 9:00 A.M. -4:00
p.m., Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. This event is open for
nominations. Contact SCOPE, for more information (941)
365.8751; www.scopexcel.org
January
January 19: Florida Grassroots Climate
Congress. Energy and legislative representatives will
speak on the Governor’s new environmental/energy Executive Orders,
the Governor’s Climate Action Team, the upcoming legislative
session and policies now under consideration at the Florida Energy
Commission. Three SNCA representatives will be in attendance
to coordinate with similar groups from around the state.
January 30-31: Focus the Nation –
Global Warming Solutions for America. Sponsored by the
University of Florida and Sarasota County Extension Services.
Join more than 600 other communities nationwide that will
simultaneously host speakers and interactive programs on climate and
environmental solutions. The Sarasota Program will explore
issues of the 21st Century Urban Ecosystem, Global Warming
Solutions, Cool and Efficient Cities Through Tree Canopy,
Alternative Energy for the Future, Future Water Management,
Agricultural Innovations, and Impacts and Policy of Rising
Sea-Levels. Events kick off Wednesday night, January
30th, with social network intermission, followed by a 7:30 webcast
of “The 2% Solution”. January 31st presents a full-day
schedule of interactive presentations, where your questions can be
asked and answered. Locations: Twin Lakes Park,
6700 Clark Road, 861-5000. For additional local events being
offered at Jacaranda Library, Gulf Gate Library, Sarasota City Hall,
Ringling School of Design, New College and Pine View School.
More details
can be found at www.focusthenation.org
and http://sarasota.extension.ufl.edu/focus.shtml.
2007
December
December 8: Time is
Running Out. Join An International Day of Action as SNCA
and Greenpeace join together for an aerial art activity on Siesta
Key Beach. This event will draw national
attention to Sarasota's call for action on global warming. 1pm
Siesta Key Beach by the Pavilion. More information at www.floridahotseat.org
&
http://sarasota.indymedia.org/local/11-26-2007-time-running-out-save-climate.
November
Oct. 31 & Nov. 1:
Sustainable Communities Workshop, Focus
– Low-Impact Development techniques, Transit-Oriented Design, and
Conservation Design.
Looking for sponsors and speakers.
Gulf
Coast
Girl Scout Headquarters. Contact Sustainable
Sarasota 861-5000
November 3: Step It
Up. Greenpeace is working with groups all over America to
speak with one voice on November 3rd. Here in Sarasota, participants
will gather downtown at Pineapple Park, at the corner of Pineapple
Avenue and Lemon Avenue. The rally will be at 4 PM, right after the
Sarasota Reading Festival. Come show your support for global warming
solutions, and find out who is a Climate Leader. Please go to www.stepitup2007.org
to RSVP.
November 5-7:
Sarasota
International Design
Summit
– Designing for Life. Ritz
Carlton
,
Sarasota
and
Ringling
College
campus. www.sarasotadesignsummit.com
November 17: Efest.
Lakewood
Ranch Polo Club. www.efest.us,
Contact: Randy Moore at: randy@efest.us
November 29:
Environmentally Sustainable Landscaping - Are you Environmentally
Sensible? New College Auditorium, 9:00 AM to 4:00
PM. Sponsored by New College, Florikan ESA and Dynamite Plant
Food.
October
October 7: Why are you
concerned about global warming? Share your reasons, and call for
leadership!
Bayfront
Island
Park
, Sunday, October 7th 5:00 p.m. Join Greenpeace and the
Sarasota Network for Climate Action as we share why we are concerned
about global warming, and call on Congressman Buchanan to show the
leadership we need to avoid the worst impacts of global warming.
Please bring a photograph of why you want action to stop global
warming. Meeting at the picnic tables next to the playground.
For more information, contact Joe Smyth, joe.smyth@wdc.greenpeace.org
www.floridahotseat.com
October 9: Reality
Check Tampa Bay - Sarasota County Workshop- - Using Legos,
ribbon and county maps, participants will make decision where and
how each county should grow in the region. Designed by the urban
Land Institute, the process helps create alternative scenarios for
the greater Tampa Bay Region. For details visit www.myonebay.com
.
October
14-16: Campus and Community Sustainability Conference,
Tallahassee
. The event is for everyone - not just those on campus. Save the
date and plan to participate. www.Sustainablefloridaconference.org
October 18: The
Treasure
Coast
Green Conference, St Lucie County, for information: www.treasurecoastgreen.com
or Sandra Bogan at 772-785-5833
October
20: Venice Sun Fiesta Parade, 10:00am, W. Venice Ave. Join
Venetians in this annual tradition and see SNCA members walk in the
parade! http://womenssertoma.com/index.html
October
22-November 12: Low Carbon Diet Discussion Group. Cancelled.
Please contact SNCA
if interested in joining the next one.
October
25: Campus Sustainability Day. Organize an event on your
campus or watch the webcast at http://www.scup.org/csd/5/
October
30-31, 2007: Your Paradigm Shift to
Green
Building
- Kimal
Event
Center
-
Venice
- October 30-31, 2007 - Conceived by Kimal Lumber Company, this
two-day event will combine technical training on green building
guidelines with essential tools and techniques for implementation
and marketing. Instructors include CSF-Promising Practice Winners
Drew & Debbie Smith with Two Trails, Inc. To
register.
Oct. 31 & Nov. 1:
Sustainable Communities Workshop, Focus
– Low-Impact Development techniques, Transit-Oriented Design, and
Conservation Design.
Looking for sponsors and speakers.
Gulf
Coast
Girl Scout Headquarters. Contact Sustainable
Sarasota 861-5000
September
Month of September:
SustainAbility Month, sponsored by Sarasota County
Libraries, information at www.sclibs.net
September
10, Monday, 6 to 7:15 p.m.: What is your ecological footprint?
Dr. Carolyn Gregov, director of Sarasota County Extension, explains
how every individual leaves an ecological footprint that can be
reduced so that the Earth's limited resources do not eventually
vanish.
Venice
Public Library,
300 S. Nokomis Ave.
,
Venice
. Call 861-1348.
September
17, Monday, 3 p.m.: Sustainability 101. Jodi John of Sustainable
Sarasota teaches you the basics of green living. Selby Library,
1331 First St.
,
Sarasota
. Call 896-1100 for reservations or more information.
September
17- October 8: Northwest Earth Institute, Global Warming: Changing
Co2urse. A four session course exploring the history and
science of global warming, personal values and habits as they relate
to climate change, and personal actions to curb the effects of
global warming.
Who: Up to 12 people who want to study and discuss climate
change
When: 7:30-9:00 pm, Mondays September 17-October 8, 2007
Where: Sierra Club Office,
2011 Fourth Street
,
Sarasota
FL
Cost: $20 to cover the book of readings and discussion guide.
To register: Contact Kathy Albury, 941-927-7565, kfa44@yahoo.com
September
19, Wednesday, 10-11 a.m.:
Florida
Friendly Landscapes. Learn how to landscape your property and
plant your gardens with native and Florida-friendly specimens that
contribute to the health of our local environment. Elsie Quirk
Library,
Englewood
. 100
W. Dearborn Street
. Call 861-1200 for reservations.
September
25, Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Orange to Green: Orange
County
Summit
on Climate Change.
Orange
County
Convention Center
,
9400 Universal Blvd.
,
Orlando
. Keynote speaker is Roger Ballentine, founder and president of
Green Strategies, Inc.
Orange
county has pledged to take a leadership role in promoting public
awareness the causes and impact of climate change. You can register
at http://www.orangecountyfl.net/orangetogreen/.
We hope some SNCA members will go and report back. We’d like to
urge
Sarasota
County
to have a meeting like this.
September
29: Make it Green,
Selby
Gardens.
Marie
Selby
Botanical Gardens
and MyGreenBuildings will cosponsor this all-day seminar designed to
clarify the definition of the term "green" and to inform
homeowners and others about the array of green products and
efficient home and garden-related systems available for the
residents of West Coast
Florida
. For further information contact Donna Krabill at
941.366.5731, Extension 237.
July
July
12-14
Florida Green Building Coalition Annual GreenTrends Conference FGBC
and the Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) have agreed
to co-locate their trade shows and educational conferences for
2007. The FHBA-sponsored Southeast Building Conference (SEBC)
and FGBC-sponsored GreenTrends will be held jointly on at the
Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. For more
info:
www.FloridaGreenBuilding.org
or
www.fhba.com
or
www.sebcshow.com.
July
7 6:30pm Party
For the Planet Ringling Art House
http://www.political.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=38053
July
7 Live
Earth Phone Jam to Gov. Christ
Join
Environment Florida in a phone campaign to remind the Governor
that we need to cur Carbon 80% by 2050. Visit the
Environment Florida Website for details of the campaign:
http://static.environmentflorida.org/efl.asp?id=2352&id4=ES
July
1 2:00pm Rally to Pressure Congressman
Buchanan to Take a Stand on Global Warming
235
N. Orange Street, Sarasota Florida (the congressman's
office). Come show support for a clean environment and
encourage Rep. Buchanan to take action on global warming in
the US Congress.
June
June 21 & 22 TREEO Course: Learning to
LEED In Tampa,
www.treeo.ufl.edu. Contact Janet Touchton,
jtouchton@treeo.ufl.edu or 352/392-9570 ext 212.
June 16 & 17 Pinellas Green Living Expo. Free.
Coliseum/Shine Center, Downtown St. Petersburg.
http://www.pinellaslivinggreenexpo.org.
