Greening California 2010 Strategy Session - This Saturday

Greening California 2010 Strategy Session
Los Angeles City College
Saturday, March 28
855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029
come via the subway to Vermont / Santa Monica Blvd.

Hosted by the Green Party of California's Campaigns & Candidates Working Group
Event open and free to the public • $5 or more donation requested to cover costs
Please RSVP to strategyretreat@cagreens.org so we can have an idea of how many will be attending.

Schedule:
Morning: Green Party Strategy
Afternoon: Greening California - Issue Pillars for 2010

LA Greens Event - March 18 @ 7pm

On Wednesday, March 18, the Los Angeles Greens are proud to welcome Josh Tickell, director of the hit new film, Fuel.

If you haven’t heard about Fuel yet, you will. As the film’s website, www.thefuelfilm.com says, “Fuel is a vital, superbly assembled documentary that presents an insightful overview of America's troubled relationship with oil and how alternative and sustainable energies can reduce our country's--and the world's--addictive dependence on fossil fuels.”

Winner of the 2008 Sundance Audience Award winning documentary film, Fuel is garnering a lot of praise and buzz. With glowing reviews from the L.A. Times, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and MTV Movies, just to name a few; and a recent appearance with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show; Josh is riding a wave of excitement about our energy future that his film insightfully explores.

In addition to being a filmmaker, Josh Tickell is also an activist and author. His latest book is Biodiesel America – How To Achieve Energy Security, Free America From Middle- East Oil Dependence and Make Money Growing Fuel. The book offers a complete energy roadmap to wean the United States from fossil fuels. Copies of the book will be available for signing at the event.

One of the Green Party’s Ten Key Values is Ecological Wisdom. Josh’s new film Fuel demonstrates steps that we can take, through the way we use energy, to improve our environmental stewardship. That's why we’re pleased and honored to feature Josh Tickell as our speaker this March.

Please join us as we hear from Josh, watch a few clips from Fuel, and engage him in a lively Q & A. Josh will be introduced by his mom, Deborah Dupre, a lifelong human rights advocate! Refreshments and snacks are vegetarian potluck; please bring some with you, and bring a friend too!

Details
What: Director Josh Tickell
When: March 18 @ 7pm
Where:
The Peace Center
8124 W. Third St.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Price: Free! (Donations accepted)

Election notes

The Los Angeles Greens are not making endorsements for the March 3 election.

We debated Measure B, the proposal to put solar panels on LA City buildings, at our Februrary meeting, but the measure had enough problems that we were deadlocked on whether to endorse it. We like the idea of putting solar panels on LA's public buildings, but we don't like the closed process or centralized nature of this proposal. The proposal also lacks crucial details such as how much it will cost. We hope that whether the measure passes or fails, the City Council will work to encourage decentralized adoptation of solar in Los Angeles.

Also, Alex Walker has withdrawn his candidacy for State Senate (the primary in this special election is set for March 24).