Environmental Stewardship Program 4.0

     Environmental Stewardship Program 4.0   2017 to 2018

     

Protest MarchHikers On A RidgeJoin ESP 3.0 to learn what you can do to help our environment Photo: Brian Haberly

                  Action                          Education                        Outings                   

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Community

If you are curious about environmental issues and would like to take action to protect our environment, this is the program for you.   You will meet other people who want to make a difference working for their environment.  We have a good time doing this!

In our Environmental Stewardship Program you will learn about critical environmental issues, lobby politicians to pass important environmental legislation, learn how to be an activist, and enjoy nature through group activities.  These goals will be accomplished through screenings of award-winning environmental documentaries, educational seminars, hands-on projects, and community outings.  

Previous program participants have included elected officials and have ranged in age from high school students to senior citizens.  Many have gone on to play integral roles in various environmental organizations—both grassroots NGOs and government agencies—and are continuing to work towards building a better world.  

To register or to find out more, click here or contact Sue at: sue2042@gmail.com

 

1. October 2, 2017:  Climate Change:  Reality and Solutions,  Part 1

Dinner:  6:00 t o 6:45 p.m. (6:30 to 6;45)—Greetings & Announcements

Location:  Redwood City Downtown Library 1044 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City

Film:   Before the Flood

            Before the Flood

Before the Flood, directed by Fisher Stevens, captures a three-year personal journey alongside Academy Award-winning actor and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio as he interviews individuals from every facet of society in both developing and developed nations who provide unique, impassioned and pragmatic views on what must be done today and in the future to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.

Hollywood Film Award:  2016 Documentary of the Year

Discussion

Action Item & Activist Talk

Monthly Outing:  To Be Determined

 

 

2.  November  6, 2017:  Climate Change:  Reality and Solutions,  Part  II

Dinner:  6:00 t o 6:45 p.m. (6:30 to 6;45)—Greetings & Announcements

Location:  Redwood City Downtown Library 1044 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City

Film:   Time to Choose

           Time to Choose

Oscar-winning documentary director Charles Ferguson turns his lens to address global climate change in a new film showing the breadth of the climate challenge, the power of solutions already available, and the remarkable people working to save our planet - from American farmers and African villagers to Indonesian anti-corruption officials and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.

Discussion

Action Item & Activist Talk

Monthly Outing:  To Be Determined

 

 

3.  December 4, 2017:  Climate Change:  Technocentric  OR  Ecosystem Solutions? Part  III

Dinner:  6:00 t o 6:45 p.m. (6:30 to 6;45)—Greetings & Announcements

Location:  Redwood City Downtown Library 1044 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City

            Drawdown and Half-Earth

Q & A and Discussion:  Are technocentric solutions such as those presented by Paul Hawken in his recent book, Drawdown, compatible with the Ecosystem Solution proposed by E.O. Wilson in Half Earth?

Discussion

Action Item & Activist Talk

Monthly Outing:  To Be Determined

 

 

4.  January  8,  2018:    Sustainable Cities

Dinner:  6:00 t o 6:45 p.m. (6:30 to 6;45)—Greetings & Announcements

Location:  Redwood City Downtown Library 1044 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City

Film:  The Nature of Cities

          The Nature of Cities 

How can we make better cities than ever, better workplaces, better schools... how can we immerse ourselves in nature everyday instead of thinking we have to get in SUV and drive 50 miles? There is no doubt that we need nature. It's absolutely essential to daily life. We can find it in the cities where we live, it's all around us if we look, but there are also many innovative ways in which nature can be designed into urban environments.

This is the story of both the nature in our own backyards as well as that being built into to cities of the future. We've got to rethink everything that we do in cities today to make them profoundly more resilient. We know in fact that we need daily contact with the natural environment and we have to overcome this sort of bifurcation that cities and nature can't coexist.

Discussion

Action Item & Activist Talk

Monthly Outing:  To Be Determined

 

  

5.   February  5, 2018 :  Local Sustainable City Planning—Bay Area Case Studies

Dinner:  6:00 t o 6:45 p.m. (6:30 to 6;45)—Greetings & Announcements

Location:  Redwood City Downtown Library 1044 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City

           Pizzeria

 Speaker:   Gita Dev, Loma Prieta Chapter’s Sustainable Land Use Chair

“Transit-oriented development (TOD) and “pedestrian-friendly cities” are two of the guiding principles of sustainable city planning today.  You will learn about the experiences of our Sustainable Land Use activists who have worked with city councils to draft and implement plans for building transformative cities of the future.

Discussion

Action Item & Activist Talk

Monthly Outing:  To Be Determined

 

 

6.  March  5,  2018:     Animal Agriculture and the Environment

Dinner:  6:00 t o 6:45 p.m. (6:30 to 6;45)—Greetings & Announcements

Location:  Redwood City Downtown Library 1044 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City

Film:   Cowspiracy

            Cowspiracy 

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.

Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution, is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry, and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction, species extinction, habitat loss, topsoil erosion, ocean “dead zones,” and virtually every other environmental ill. Yet it goes on, almost entirely unchallenged.

As eye-opening as Blackfish and as inspiring as An Inconvenient Truth, this shocking yet humorous documentary reveals the absolutely devastating environmental impact large-scale factory farming has on our planet, and offers a path to global sustainability for a growing population.

Discussion

Action Item & Activist Talk

Monthly Outing:  To Be Determined


 

7.   April 2, 2018:      Water Wars

Dinner:  6:00 t o 6:45 p.m. (6:30 to 6;45)—Greetings & Announcements

Location:  Redwood City Downtown Library 1044 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City

Speaker:  Dave Olson                             Film:  Blue Gold: World Water Wars

           Blue Gold

Discussion

Action Item & Activist Talk

Monthly Outing:  To Be Determined

 

 

8.  May 7, 2018:      Saving Our World’s Oceans

Dinner:  6:00 t o 6:45 p.m. (6:30 to 6;45)—Greetings & Announcements

Location:  Redwood City Downtown Library 1044 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City

Film:  Mission Blue

          Mission Blue 

In the documentary Mission Blue, oceanographer Sylvia Earle says, "If I seem like a radical, it may be because I see things others do not." Throughout her career, Earle has explored oceans teeming with life— from studying seaweed for her dissertation to diving at record-breaking depths to behold bioluminescent creatures. But in her lifetime, she has also witnessed the manmade consequences the oceans have endured including the destruction of coral reefs, overfishing, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. 

The film documents Earle's life starting with her fascination with nature as a child and the effect her family's move to Florida has had on her life. With the Gulf in her backyard, she became an explorer and eventually a scientist which led her to expeditions from the Indian Ocean to the Galapagos to the Great Barrier Reef. 

Discussion

Action Item & Activist Talk

Monthly Outing:  To Be Determined  

 

 

9.  June 4, 2018:  The Birth of a New Conservation Movement 

Dinner:  6:00 t o 6:45 p.m. (6:30 to 6;45)—Greetings & Announcements

Location:  Redwood City Downtown Library 1044 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City

Film:  Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman 

           Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman

Out on America’s vast working landscapes – the ranches of the Mountain west, the farmlands of the Great Plains, the waterways of the Mississippi Delta – a huge, largely hidden, and entirely unexpected movement is being born. Tens of thousands of heartland conservationists are leading some of the most consequential work in the nation to restore America’s forests, grasslands, wildlife, soil and fisheries: the vast, rich bounty that shaped our national character and sustains our way of life.

Discussion

Action Item & Activist Talk

Monthly Outing:  To Be Determined

 

 

To register, click here.

You can also register by contacting Sue at: sue2042@gmail.com   650-454-0259.

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