Natural Capitalism - Sarasota

There will be an Earth Day event on Saturday, 4/21/07 at the Backlot Theatre. Skullduggery and the Schmitz Brothers Band will be playing from 8 pm to 1 am

We're inviting any local nonprofit organizations to set up a free information table, especially if they are focused on environmental causes.

If you or anyone else needs more info, don't hesitate to contact me at 400-9889, or Skullduggeryband@aol.com Thanks!!

Turner

Date: February 15, 2007
Time: 8:00 pm

Location: Great Room by the Bay

Contact: Donna Krabill
Phone: 941.366.5731, Extension 237

We are holding a Press Conference and Rally at 11am this Thursday at Island Park in downtown Sarasota, where Ringling hits 41 at the Bay Front. We will convene in front of the children’s playground for a Press Conference. We need your support! Bring your family, your pets, and your children. There will be 3 speakers and it shall last no more than 30 minutes. It’s a small contribution of your time for a big impact

Pesticide Action Alert!Wednesday, November 15: Sarasota ChemLawn Call-In Day

Contact: Ashley Schaeffer

Toxics Action Center

ashley@greencorps.org

This Saturday we are heading to the field for our first community action in Lakewood Ranch, between 2pm and 5pm, in a neighborhood where homeowners are fined $50/day for refusing to dose their lawns with toxic pesticides!! We need to help our neighboring community by raising awareness and educating homeowners! We will do a lit drop and canvass for a few hours, reaching hundreds of homes. Please contact me if you can come help!

Sarasota County voters went with the "environmental" candidate Joe Barbetta for county commission. I think that puts a strong majority vote for sustainable issues in county government. Sarasota has done many good things. Lets hope we push even harder to build a "natural capitalist" sustainable community.

Good luck to all of the candidates.

I have only been to one of the Green World Cafe events -- I really enjoyed it but have just not gotten back. Here is some news from Mary Anne Bowie:

Next Green World Cafe Sept 7th

Sarasota Green Connection, Inc. invites you to attend this month’s Green World Café event on September 7, 2006 from 7-9pm in the Whole Foods Lifestyle Center. Peter and Julia Seyffert of Creative Aquascapes, will join us to discuss:

“Constructed Wetland Filtration and Floating Islands.”

Peter Seyffert, founder of Creative Aquascapes and his wife, Julia Hanlon Seyffert, will show us how we can cleanse the planet by replacing destroyed forests and wetlands with Floating Islands. This brand new technology has implications for our aquifers, near coastal waters, the Gulf of Mexico and beyond: sequestering heavy metals, consuming nitrates and phosphates and providing new habitats for fish, invertebrates, birds, and humans.

Sarasota has lots of potential.

Check out Sustainable Sarasota. A county agency.