On February 28th, 2008, Sustainable Fairfax hosted well-known naturalist, Jon Young, who spoke on the local bird song and language. The event was part of Sustainable Fairfax’s monthly Community Education series.

Jon Young talked on how to understand the world from the perspective of birds and showed participants how they can tune into that world. Participants found this useful if they are a bird watcher and wanted to better understand birds or if they just wanted to find out more about the local bird language.

On January 29th, 2008,Sustainable Fairfax hosted an event featuring Andy Peri and Stuart Moody from Green Sangha. The event was a part of Sustainable Fairfax’s monthly Community education series.

The event was an informational talk and presentation on the devastating effects that plastic consumption has on our oceans, landfills and bodies. It was followed by a discussion and demonstration of alternative choices we can make rather than consuming so many plastic goods or plastic packaging. A representative from Good Earth was also present with non-plastic alternative products available for sale.

Thank you to all of the fine people who volunteered on December 16, 2007 to make the Fairfax Holiday event so full of community cheer. We couldn't have been happier to bring our Zero Waste education station, recycled giftmaking, green gifts and sustainable holiday tips to Fairfax Volunteer's Holiday Event.

Our community is very lucky to have so many dedicated people among us!! These events take a great deal of planning preparation and actual work in order to be fun for everyone!

Sustainable Fairfax Hosts Presentation on Sustainable Seafood
Beyond the Labels: To Eat or Not to Eat?

On October 4, 2007, Sustainable Fairfax hosted a presentation by local resident Peter Fugazzotto. He spoke about the current conditions of the fishing industry. A representative from Good Earth Natural Foods also talked about the availability of seafood for retail grocers.

On September 15, 2007,Sustainable Fairfax hosted a panel of speakers to educate the public on the most environmentally friendly choices of cars with low to no carbon emissions available today. The focus of discussion was what you can drive today as opposed to waiting several years to drive a more energy efficient vehicle.

Speakers were:

• Keith Rey: Marin Honda

• Marc Geller: Electric car advocate, co-founder Plug-In America

• Lance McCardle: LC Biofuels, LLC

• Jeff Kroop: SVO conversion

Panelists spoke on their area of expertise and then it was opened to questions and answers and discussion on the myriad of questions on this subject matter. We had on site alternative fuel cars, an Ambrewlance form Iron Springs run on recycled Veggie oil, Marc Geller's electric car run on the Sun, and a Honda Civic on Natural gas.

Notes from the event:

Many people joined Sustainable Fairfax for a journey into our universe on August 17th in the Deer Park parking lot. We walked to the clearing just beyond the Children's Center for stargazing. Weather was clear and in the upper 50's lower 60's. Beautiful!!

Karen Chen, former board member of the Astronomical Society of San Mateo and doctoral student of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Conscious at the California Institute of Integral Studes, took us on an exploration of our celestial landscape, from the beginnings of time to where we are today. Many people came and learned about the latest views about the unfolding of the cosmos, our local neighborhood of stars, and our place within it.

This event was fun for the whole family. Thanks for participating!

Building community from the inside out with James Stark

Over Forty people joined us for an evening of visioning our community on July 17th. This educational talk was inspired by a local hero. James Stark M.A., F.E.S. is currently working with his wife Penny Livingston-Stark as the Co-directors of the Regenerative Design Institute (RDI) and partners in Sustainable Living Designs. James also teaches in the RDI programs specializing in community development and leadership.

On June 24, 2007 Sustainable Fairfax held a community workshop on how to make bike bags out of recycled buckets.

Bucket Panniers are easy to make using recycled materials. Most waterproof panniers cost almost $100.

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