Marlene Martinez from Public Affairs with Caltrans approached us this week about doing a table at their Earth Day event roughly two weeks from now.
So, we’ll be doing a table, hosted by Ryan Wartena, along with Freya Bardell of GreenMeme. Come on out and say hi if your in the neighborhood! Details on the event below…
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California Department of Transportation
District 7 – Los Angeles & Ventura Counties
100 South Main Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist07
EARTH DAY EVENT
WHO: California Department of Transportation
WHAT: Earth Day - “A Day of Information”
WHAT: Come share information concerning one or multiple ways your company is environmentally improving your practices and/or emissions
WHEN: April 22, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Caltrans Building Plaza at 100 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
BACKGROUND: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is celebrating Earth Day by planting trees in our plaza and inviting other environmentally conscious businesses and departments to share information and ideas
COST: No charge to participants or the public
PHONE: 213-897-3656
Yes. But do you want to be and more importantly, should you be?
I think the answer to both these questions is a very loud yes. Why? How about a question as answer: Why not?
The time is now, more than ever, to immerse yourself in the sustainability movement and expand your working knowledge as wide and deeply as you can. We here at Green Gurus are doing so every day and just can’t get enough. But maybe that’s a bit much for some right off the bat or you just like to take your time when learning new things and embracing new, emerging trends. That’s fine too.
But the bottom line is such that you might just have to at some point.
New and existing companies are embracing the triple bottom line (economic, environmental and social values) more and more. And in today’s marketplace, the old-school mindset (or paradigm) of having to “beat the competitors to market” still prevails for many - though we definitely see a future of greater love and support through even more ancient systems such as bartering of time, energy, resources, etc. rather than continuing to isolate and compartmentalize things from each other, all in the name of progress.
Supported by each other, we can do so much more than just progress; we can continue to evolve harmoniously with the world around us.
Anyway, in the meantime, why not start or continue expanding your knowledge of some area that interests you, be it organic and local grown food, fair trade products, sustainable building design, energy reduction, or whatever else it is that tickles your fancy? The skills you begin building or adding on now will not only serve to enhance your life, but that of your family’s, friend’s, co-workers, and neighbors.
If you’re not sure what interests you, feel free to let us know and we’ll work together to figure out.
We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our newest partner (and old friend of mine), Douglas Reeser.
We share a unique background from our time together at Hidden River Adventures, an outdoor adventure company that operated for 12 years, out of Monocacy, PA. In the years since HRA closed its doors, he’s been hard at work in school and abroad, studying anthropology and public health at the University of South Florida (where he’s a candidate for an MA in anthropology and MPH in global health), as well as a number remote villages and cities throughout Central and South America.
He will be assisting us in our operations here, as Non-profit Project Manager, as well as helping us to develop our non-profit entity, under GreenGurus.org. We’re both very excited and eager to be working together again.
