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What we are doing & did in 2015
Wednesday, January 14
7 to 8:30 pm
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Clean Bin Project, the video
Described as An Inconvenient Truth meets Super Size Me,
The
Clean Bin Project
features laugh out loud moments, stop motion animations,
and unforgettable imagery. Captivating interviews with renowned artist,
Chris Jordan and TED Lecturer Captain Charles Moore,
make this film a fun and inspiring call to individual action that speaks to crowds of all ages.
Wednesday, February 11
7 to 8:30 pm
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
The Future of Energy:
Lateral Power to the People
The Future of Energy
is a powerful documentary that captures the movement across the United States to transition to
renewable energy and what everyday people are doing to help foster that shift.
It's a positive film about the renewable energy revolution, and
a love story about the countless individuals and communities that are re-imagining their
relationships with the planet and with each other.
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SPG 2015 Programs
January 14,
program
Clean Bin Project, the video
February 11,
program
The Future of Energy, the video
March 11,
program
QUEEN OF THE SUN:
What Are the Bees Telling Us?
A video.
April 11,
PG Good Old Days parade, SPG will march, join us.
April 11 & 12,
SPG has a booth on Lighthouse.
May 13,
program
Ocean Frontiers.
Film showing a new way to think and live with the sea.
June 10,
program
"Green Waste in PG"
with Emily Finn
(No July Program)
August 12
Annual SPG Potluck Picnic
September 27,
The Sustainable PG Home Tour
Discover how homes and businesses in PG have become more sustainable.
October 14
"Leave Wells Enough Alone!"
A presentation and discussion
November 11
"PG's Changing Shoreline: how will we adapt?"
A presentation and panel discussion.
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Wednesday, March 11
7 to 8:30 pm
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
QUEEN OF THE SUN:
What Are the Bees Telling Us?
This is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from award-winning filmmaker
Taggart Siegel, director of REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN .
Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the
mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and
ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of
the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world
including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva.
Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
April 11 & 12
Pacific GroveGood Old Days
Join us in the SPG unit of the Good Old Days parade on Saturday, April 11.
Send an email to
Vicki
if you can take part or help.
SPG will be on Lighthouse, both Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12, join us.
To sign up to help staff the booth, send and email to
Denyse.
Our May Program Is
Ocean Frontiers
An Award Winning Film
Wednesday, May 13, 7 PM at the
P.G. Museum of Natural History
Central & Forest Avenues, Pacific Grove
How do we meet our ever-expanding demands on the ocean, without destroying it?
The answer is explored in the video
Ocean Frontiers.
This award-winning film portrays inspiring stories of citizens coming together for the sake of their sea.
"Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship
takes us on an inspiring voyage to seaports and watersheds across the country -- from the busy shipping lanes of Boston Harbor to a small fishing community in the Pacific Northwest; from America's coral reefs in the Florida Keys to the nation's premier seafood nursery in the Mississippi Delta. Here we meet an intermingling of unlikely allies, of industrial shippers and whale biologists, pig farmers and wetland ecologists, sport fishers and reef snorkelers and many more, all of them embarking on a new course of cooperation, to sustain the sea and our ocean economies."
More in
the flyer.
June 10
GreenWaste New in PG
GreenWaste replaces WasteManagement
as PG's waste hauler, starting August 1, 2015.
Emily Finn will describe GreenWaste's services, smooth the transition,
and clue us in on what to expect!
Here is
the flyer.
(SPG was on vacation in July. )
August 12,
6 PM
The Annual SPG Picnic
SPG's August 12th activity will be our Annual Potluck Picnic!
Please bring something to share and your own plate, cup, cutlery.
A special time to exchange ideas, experiences, wish lists, and simply to enjoy each other's company.
Note the location and earlier meeting time: 6 pm at Elmarie Dyke Open Space,
which is located adjacent to Chautauqua Hall, between 16th and 17th Streets.
Sustainable Pacific Grove
invites you to its second
Green Living Tour
Sunday, September 27, 11 am to 4 pm
Come to the PG Museum of Natural History to sign in, enter the drawing for prizes,
and pick up a map for the free self-guided tour.
Start your tour with the Museum's native, drought-tolerant garden.
Bee Houses at the Museum.
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This year, our tour includes, besides the Museum's garden, 6 local homes & gardens to highlight work in progress by people interested in a more sustainable lifestyle. Our goal is to live in a way that conserves precious resources. We capture sunlight for energy and water for thirsty soil. We enjoy growing plants and keeping animals in harmony with nature -- enjoying the bounty of our own efforts.
Many people want to live in a more sustainable way, but may not know where to begin. We welcome you, and also want to meet and learn from others already engaged in various versions of sustainable living. The diverse projects you will see on the tour are based on the 3-Rs of sustainability -- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle -- plus any number more: Refuse, Repair, Recover, Rescue, Reclaim. We might say, too, Rejoice! because sustainability adds creativity, beauty, and fun to the neighborhood while building a sense of community.
To the extent we have any great expertise, it has been from trying things, asking questions, and sharing with others. Come share with us, meet your neighbors, and get inspired!
Sustainable Pacific Grove is a group of residents in the City of Pacific Grove, CA.
We are one of 9 action groups, part of Communities for Sustainable Monterey County.
1. FREE - sign up at the Museum, pick up your map.
2. Take the self-guided tour of homes & gardens. Meet neighbors and get inspired!
3. Go home and put your new ideas to work for you!
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A drawing for prizes, local goods & services, will be held at sign up. SPG greatly appreciates donations
to the drawing from the following businesses and agencies:
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PG Museum of Natural History
Passionfish restaurant,
Happy Girl Kitchen
Sprouts Boutique
BookWorks
Grove Market
P.G. Hardware
MRWMD
Blue Moon Native Garden
Solex / Applied Solar Energy
Everyone's Harvest
Artisana Gallery
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Flowers in a drought
One home on the tour.
tolerant garden on
the tour.
Leave Wells Enough Alone!
Sustainable Pacific Grove
Wednesday, October 14, 7 pm to 8:30 pm
A presentation by Paula Getzelman about PROTECT MONTEREY COUNTY,
the developing initiative to ban fracking and other extreme methods of fossil-fuel extraction,
countywide, destined for the November 2016 ballot.
PG's Changing Shoreline: how will we adapt?
Sustainable Pacific Grove
Wednesday, November 11, 7 pm to 8:30 pm
In November, as we face winter weather, we examine the prospect of sea-level rise and the likelihood of increasingly severe storms. Is our beautiful coast ready? Is our infrastructure at risk?
Our updated Land Use Plan and Local Coastal Program must address these urgent questions.
Prof. Gary Griggs (geologist, UCSC) will share his expertise of many years on coastal erosion and other dynamics of our shores. A panel of other experts will make for a lively discussion, with time for Q&A.
(Program followup)
On Wednesday, November 11
, SPG presented
PG's Changing Shoreline: how will we adapt?
Click here
to view the stunning presentation prepared
by the speaker, Prof. Gary Griggs, UCSC geologist,
expert on coastal processes.
Remember to attend the City's workshop on Nov. 20!
For useful background information before you go, please see
Adapting to Sea-Level Rise:
Guide for California Coastal Communities
and
Storm Warning
Link to the City's workshop is
flyer.
SPG's December program, co-hosted by the Museum,
features a book launch for the intriguing new title:
ED RICKETTS FROM CANNERY ROW
TO SITKA, ALASKA
Thursday, December 10, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
The book includes an essay by Ricketts, never before published,
and another by his daughter Nancy Ricketts.
Other chapters explore topics from history to coastal marine ecology.
The editor and several contributing authors will be present to speak and
chat with us as we enjoy refreshments.
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