A Deeper Focus

As it turns out, C.O.A.S.T. Alliance’s amazingly successful grassroots campaign to convince the California Coastal Commission to turn down PG&E’s application to conduct high intensity seismic testing in waters off San Luis Obispo County at the 250 db level was only the beginning. While researching the issue, C.O.A.S.T. Alliance volunteers learned that the California State...

Jan

Announcements

Ecologistics

New Board Member Amanda Smith, owner of Abalone Coast Analytical, a local environmental laboratory, has joined the board of directors of San Luis Obispo-based non-profit Ecologistics, Inc. Amanda opened Abalone Coast Analytical in 2007, specializing in microbiology and general chemistry on all types of water. “Local community and sustainability are very important to me,” says...

Jan

Central Coast Bioneers co-sponsoring film screening with HopeDance FiLMs

Join us on Tuesday, January 29 at 7:00 p.m. at the SLO Grange Hall, 2880 Broad Street for a special screening of Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship. Other co-sponsors include the Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club, Rootamental, C.O.A.S.T. Alliance, Terra Foundation and the SLO Chapter of Surfrider....

Jan

A unanimous vote for urban agriculture

By Jenna Smith, Executive Director of the Central Coast Ag Network Central Coast Ag Network (CCAN), established in 2003, seeks a sustainable local and regional food system to ensure a nourishing, diverse, and abundant supply of food that is resilient, safe, and secure. With this vision in mind, we are thrilled to announce that on...

Jan

Be a part of the local Slow Money movement

By Jeff Wade, Chapter leader, Slow Money San Luis Obispo County aka Slow Money SLO email contact, SlowMoneySLO@gmail.com The Slow Money San Luis Obispo County chapter is now active and growing. Four meetings were held in 2012, instigated by Woody Tasch’s presentation at the Cal Poly College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences benefit event....

Dec

Report from the Bioneers pre-conference intensive “Catalyzing a Resilient Communities Network”

Central Coast Bioneers, Ecologistics

“We’ve been borrowing from the future, and the debt has fallen due. The science says we have physically entered a period of great change, a synchronized, related crash of the economy and ecosystem. The Great Disruption will ultimately take human society to a higher evolutionary state. We have the opportunity to build a society that...

Dec

GreenWorks open house to be held at Liberty High School

All are invited to the open house on Saturday, December 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Liberty High School’s outdoor classroom behind the softball field at 800 Niblick Road in Paso Robles. Students of the school’s GreenWorks class will be on hand to demonstrate their projects, which include a rainwater catchment system, a...

Oct

Assemblymember Bill Monning drops in to introduce keynote speaker

Central Coast Bioneers, Ecologistics

As it turns out, CCBioneers keynote speaker Dr. Richard Jackson and Assemblymember and State Senate candidate Bill Monning worked together on pesticide regulation and legislation in the 1980’s. Mr. Monning was able to make room in his busy schedule to introduce Dr. Jackson to a full house Friday night, Oct. 19 at the Monday Club,...

Oct

Announcing the Green Chef Cook-off winners