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From: Environmental Forum of Marin [email protected]: Environmental Forum, November 2018 Newsletter
Date: November 7, 2018 at 8:28 AMTo: Gayle Marsh [email protected]
November 2018
Huffman, Hochschild & Hertsgaard
"The Great Divide"Can We Work Together for a Healthy Environment?
Register today
EFM Membership Says You Care About the Environment in Which We all Live!
President's MessageAutumn is in the air and activities aboundeverywhere. Environmental Forum of
Master Class GraduateImpact: Reducing CarbonEmissions
everywhere. Environmental Forum ofMarin has many events coming up duringthe next few months including a greatevent on November 19, “The GreatDivide," and our Holiday Party onDecember 2. As these are popular events,please sign up early!
Recently, EFM was blessed by anextraordinary gift from the NoyesFoundation through the generosity ofDeborah Coburn. This gift will allow us todo a deeper dive into understanding andadapting to our audience for the MasterClass and other programs. We are gratefulto Deborah beyond words.
We are saddened by the passing of JimLloyd on September 11; Jim was thehusband of EFM Lifetime Member PamLloyd, and the father of EFM member andSupervisor Katie Rice. A link to Jim’sobituary.
Wishing you joy-filled holidays,
Susan Rusche, President
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Please Take the Survey
You may have noticed a survey from us inyour inbox. As you know, we havereceived a generous grant to bettermarket the Master Class. We feel we areat an important juncture and areconsidering changing the Master Classformat or expanding our offerings — suchas, workshop intensives on specific topicsrelated to climate change. Sharing yourEFM experience is critical to helping us re-shape, while staying relevant andinspiring. Please take some time tocomplete the survey online or feel free tocontact me directly. We are grateful for
Emissions
Last year, Environmental Forum of Marin(EFM) Master Class 44 graduate, PatCarlone, approached Tamra Peters, Founderand Executive Director of ResilientNeighborhoods. Launched in 2010, ResilientNeighborhoods (RN) brings together groupsof residents and empowers them to reducetheir household carbon emissions throughwaste reduction, water and energyconservation, smart transportation, betterspending habits, and planet-friendly diets.A staggering 65% of Marin’s GHGemissions come from residents. By offeringa series of free, climate-action workshops,RN provides a way for people to personallyconnect with the existential threat ofclimate change, make better lifestylechoices, and form lasting communityconnections. RN has helped nearly 1,000Marin residents reduce 5 million pounds ofcarbon emissions and be more prepared foremergencies.
RN conducts a total of five, 2-hourmeetings for each community group, heldover a 10-week period. The firstassignment is to calculate your householdcarbon footprint. Participants can choosefrom over 100 “actions” to integrate intotheir lives. Every other week, teams reporton their progress: the idea is to reachcarbon neutral.
contact me directly. We are grateful foryour ideas as we approach the new year.
by Nancy Benjamin [email protected]
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Upcoming EFM Events
Huffman, Hochschild &Hertsgaard | "The GreatDivide" — Can We WorkTogether for a HealthyEnvironment?
Monday Nov. 19, 7:00-8:30 pm (Doors open at 6:15 pm) Corte Madera Community Center
Register here
EFM presents Congressman JaredHuffman and award-winning Bay Areaauthors, Arlie Hochschild, and MarkHertsgaard, for a lively evening ofdiscussion about how and why our valuesand beliefs on environmental issues varyacross the political divide.
We all want to breathe clean air and drinkclean water, but our priorities can bemisaligned and our thinking onenvironmental standards incompatible.Finding common ground requiresunderstanding other perspectives. Can wedo this and bridge the political divide foreffective environmental problem-solving?
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Raise a glass with us!
Sunday Dec. 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
Marin Interfaith Climate Action (MICA), is agroup Pat Carlone began organizing inDecember 2016, as a response toCongressman Jared Huffman’s request toincrease local climate leadership. For hisMaster Class (MC 44) capstone project, Patdeveloped “The Interfaith Earth DayChallenge,” whereby MICA set a carbonfootprint reduction goal to achieve by EarthDay last April.
Pat states “as a faith-based, or religion-based, or spiritual-based, or even a secularhumanist-based organization, MICA has asits ‘raison d’etre,’ to ‘bear witness,’ that is,to do personally what is being stated in itsmanifesto: to fight climate change, toreduce global warming, to reduce andultimately eliminate dependence on fossilfuels, to improve the resilience of ourplanet — our land, our air, our water — forall living creatures. I am called upon tomake necessary changes in my own habitsof how I live my daily life.”
The MICA team of eight interfaithhouseholds set a goal to reduce their CO2emissions by 100,000 lbs — a goal thatthey not only met, but surpassed! Pat’steam announced their results at the MillValley CAN Earth Day event at Tam HighSchool. Together, the MICA team achieveda final reduction of 123,096 lbs of CO2 —the equivalent of taking 12 cars off of theroad for one year.
RN program results are shared with citypartners to help meet Marin’s ClimateAction Plan goals. RN maintains aconnection with all of its graduates andchecks in with teams for up to three years.The program has long-term extendedbenefits: 75% of participants take on new
Our Community is EnvironmentallyActive:
Marin Conservation League
Corte Madera Community Center
RSVP today
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Film ScreeningRebels with a Cause: How aBattle over Land Changedour Landscape Forever
Thursday Dec. 6, 6:30 pm
Novato City Hall
Together with the City of Novato, this filmtells the story of how a vast amount ofMarin County was saved fromdevelopment and how a regionalCalifornia effort to save public land grewinto an astonishing system of NationalSeashores.
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Film ScreeningWasted! The Story of FoodWaste
Friday, Jan. 25, 2019
In cooperation with Sustainable Fairfax,this documentary exposes the criminalityof food waste and demonstrates how itdirectly relates to climate change. Thescreening will be followed by aconversation with community leadersinvolved in food waste management.Details for registration coming soon.
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“actions.”
Many Environmental Forum of Marinmembers and EFM Master Class (MC)participants have taken personal actionwith the assistance of the ResilientNeighborhoods framework. Notably, SitaKhufu (MC 39) participated in RN’s pilotprogram while serving on San Anselmo’sQuality of Life Commission; Cory Bytof (MC43) serves on RN’s steering committee andis the City of San Rafael's SustainabilityCoordinator working tirelessly to realize thevision of the City’s Climate Change ActionPlan (CCAP); Karen Mendelow Nelson (MC38) and current EFM Board Member; AprilOrcutt (MC 44); Dr. Ellie Cohen (MC guestspeaker representing Point Blue); SannaThomas (MC 43) who organized the“Tiburon Carbon Sharks” team; and ColleenDaly (MC 43) who started the “Keys CarbonBailers” team when she realized that sealevel rise would soon swallow herretirement home.
Pat Carlone is now one of nine volunteercoaches working with RN. He hopes "RNwill soon be exportable to other areasoutside Marin so that we can exponentiallyraise the number of people who are makinga difference."
Make this a beautiful day in YOURneighborhood. Workshops are held in publicvenues throughout Marin year round.Attend your first RN info session by addingyour name here.
Master Class 39 AlumNews
Every Second Breath Project: InspiringOcean Action Through Story - CynthiaAbbot (MC 39) has released her first short
State Parks in Marin:Yesterday, Today andTomorrow
Thursday, Nov. 157:30 am - 9:00 am
Business & Environment Breakfast Speakers include: California State
Parks, Friends of China Camp,California State Parks Foundation,Friends of Mt. Tam. Visit MCL'swebsite for further details.
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One Tam
Mt. Tam Day of Thanks!
Saturday, Nov. 179:00 am - 12:30 pm
Start a new family tradition bythanking our natural communitythrough conservation! The OneTam initiative is hosting its annual"Mt. Tam Day of Thanks," a largevolunteer work day to celebrateand give thanks to this belovedmountain. This year, One Tam willbe working at Bothin MarshPreserve, a beautiful and importantnative wetland! Activities includemarsh beautification, invasiveplant removal and bridgerestoration.
Please visit One Tam's website forfurther details.
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film about an environmental educator/musician. You can view the 4 minute filmon her new website and blog here:
everysecondbreathproject.org
Master Class 45 Update
Master Class 45 is in full swing with sevenof the classes having been completed. That means that we are now more thanhalf way through the program!
With the invaluable assistance of ouroriginal Master Class instructors — KathyCuneo, Phyllis Faber and Nona Dennis —MC 45 students have enjoyed field trips toexplore agriculture and mariculturepractices in West Marin, the world-famousgeological formations at Rodeo Beach,unique plant communities at China Camp,Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods, andrestoration of the Hamilton wetlands. Theyhave gained important insights regardingmanagement of public lands in Marin,which, together with agricultural lands,comprise approximately 90% of theproperty in the county. They have alsolearned about substantial threats to Marinposed by climate change and sea level rise,and efforts that are underway to mitigateand adapt to those threats.
For the rest of the year the Master Classwill focus on building advocacy skills thatcan be put to practical use in protecting
2018-2019 BoardMembers & StaffSusan Rusche, President
Helene Marsh, Vice President andPrograms Director
Sarah Loughran, Membership Director
Karen Mendelow Nelson, Secretary
Kim Rago, Executive Director
Bruce Richards, Member-at-Large -Operations | Planning Director
Norma Fragoso, Master Class Director
Tom Arthur, Master Class AssistantDirector
Nancy Benjamin, CommunicationsDirector
Tamela Fish, Social Media Director
www.MarinEFM.org
can be put to practical use in protectingMarin’s environment. Classes will includeenvironmental issue analyses, advocacystrategies and effective communicationtechniques. Students will have a chance tohone their skills when they prepare anddeliver their own advocacy speeches in amock setting at the San Rafael City Councilchambers on December 11, 2018.
Finally, MC 45 students are beginning toformulate their class projects, which givethem opportunities to engage inenvironmental projects of their choice inmeaningful, hands-on ways. Students willsubmit their project proposals byNovember 2nd. The Board of theEnvironmental Forum of Marin will reviewthe proposals, make suggestions (and,where appropriate, provide mentors) tohelp students implement their projects, andprovide ongoing guidance. The Forum’sProject Presentation and Graduation Dayhas been scheduled for April 6, 2019.
We are very excited about MC 45 and thetremendous progress being made by ourstudents. Indeed, we are already lookingforward to welcoming MC 46 next year, soplease tell us if you, or anyone you know,would like to reserve a spot on our waitinglist to participate in this unique experience.To do so, please contact our ExecutiveDirector, Kim Rago, at [email protected].
by Norma Fragoso, Master Class Directorand Tom Arthur, Assistant Master ClassDirector
Environmental Forum of Marin | P.O. Box 151546, San Rafael, CA 94915
415-484-8336
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