Category — COMMERCE
ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION’s NEXT MEETING – Sat. May 14, 2011, 10:00 am
Hi Everyone,
The next meeting for the Chico Chapter of the Electric Auto Association will be at 10am on Saturday, May 14. The meeting location will be at the Brandstatt Brother’s shop, 27 Rose Avenue on the west side of Chico.
For directions, please call 530-343-0331.
If you drive 20k miles a year and your car gets 20 miles-per-gallon, you will spend $5000 a year on gas at $5 a gallon. If you drive that 20k miles in a plug-in electric conversion vehicle or production electric car, you will spend $500 to $1000 a year. If you have solar power at home and a free re-charge outlet at work, you’ll drive for free!
At our meeting this month, we will look at the numbers and answer the following questions:
* When does it pay to convert your car to plug-in electric?
* Which cars make good conversions?
* Where are the conversion shops in Northern California?
* How hard is it to do your own conversion?
* What about reliability and repairs?
If you have been thinking about $5 gas and electric cars, please join us next Saturday, May 14th at 10am.
For you British MG fans, we are scheduled to have Peter McWade’s electric MG conversion to admire. You are also welcome to bring any other electric vehicles to meeting. Thank you for your support.
Jerry Brandstatt, Chapter President
May 5, 2011 No Comments
DOC-NITE @ CSU-CHICO : “CHOCOLATE COUNTRY” – Thur. April 28, 2011, 7:30 pm
E-ARC (Environmental Action Resource Center) presents:
“Chocolate Country”
at CSU-Chico – Ayres 120
Thursday April 28 at 7:30 pm (discussion afterwards until 10:30 pm)
In the isolated hill towns of the Dominican Republic, cacao farmers have been fighting a losing battle with the global economy for as long as any one can remember. ”Chocolate Country” is the story of a village with a plan to turn the system on its head.
http://www.chocolatecountryfilm.com/
This film is part of a 4-week film series hosted by the Environmental Action Resource Center (E-ARC), The Office of Diversity, STOP (Stop Trafficking Of People), EOP (Educational Opportunity Program), MAC (Multicultural Affairs Council), and CCLC (Cross-Cultural Leadership Center).
For more information come to BMU 301
e-mail: sustainevents@csuchico.edu
or call (530) 898-5676
April 26, 2011 No Comments
BENEFIT RAFFLE FOR LABELING GMOs & RED TAVERN DINNER – Sat. April 23, 2011
ARC Pavillon – 2020 Park Avenue – Chico, CA
-Silent auction
-Dinner by Donna Garrison, Wine by LaRocca Vineyards, Beer by Sierra Nevada.
Proceeds go to the Committee For The Right To Know ( California Recipient Committee, #1337480) formed to sponsor a state initiative to require mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and the factory farmed animals that are reared on them.
Farmers all over the world are taking a stand and fighting the GMO coporate agribusiness model. In India, they are dying and trying to ban GMOS in coms provinces. Argentina has successfully banned glyphosate in urban areas (due to illness of the citizens). The EU has just successfully enacted legislation to allow member states to ban GMOs entirely.
Can we reverse this tide?
I think we can…IF we unite and act NOW.
We are raising funds for the 750,000 signatures needed in the petition drive this fall that will get the bill on the ballot in the November 2012 election. Please come and support your right to know. If you are unable to attend, donations are always appreciated. Thanks!
April 18, 2011 No Comments
FREE RE-CYCLE & ZERO WASTE FASHION SHOW – Garment Drop: Apr. 6-7 / Show: Thur. April 21, 2011
At CSU-CHICO :
Drop, pick-up and trade clothes
at the BMU Atrium
on April 6 & 7 from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm
Come to the Zero-Waste Fashion Show
in the Trinity Commons
on Thursday April 21 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Net Impact and the Environmental Action and Resource Center (E-ARC) are bringing the Free-Re-Cycle back!…Meaning free stuff for you!
We encourage you to take anything you want and drop off anything you don’t! The Free-Re-Cycle will take place on April 6 and 7 from 9am- 2pm in the BMU atrium.
On April 21, in honor of Earth Month, E-ARC and Net Impact will be hosting a Zero Waste Fashion show featuring pre-loved, re-used and organic clothing. This will be held in Trinity commons from 11am to 2pm. More details to come.
Check Us Out!
April 5, 2011 No Comments
ECO FESTIVAL @ CSU CHICO – Sat. April 16, 2011, 11:00 am
On the Kendall Lawn at CSU-Chico
Saturday April 16 starting at 11:00 am
AS LIVE! and AS Sustainability present:
ECO-FEST, an all day celebration of sustainability! There will be live entertainment, music, vendors, and local food! This event is free, family friendly and open to anyone in the community. More info to be announced.
Contact AS LIVE! at 530-898-6005 for more information.
April 5, 2011 No Comments
Sustainability Collaborative Calendar