INHABITAT GREEN TALK WEBINAR with GAVIN NEWSOM, Wed. 12 pm, Rm. 306

Conference Room 306 at noon. Bring lunch!


From Inhabitat:

CALLING ALL SAN FRANCISCANS & those of you who want to green your cities!

We’re interviewing San Francisco mayor GAVIN NEWSOM next Wednesday the 28th at 12pm PST, and we’re inviting YOU to join us next for this live webcast conversation with the country’s greenest mayor! Join us to find out more about groundbreaking energy projects, mandatory composting, and how San Francisco got to be the greenest city in the U.S!

As cities around the globe strive to become more sustainable, Mayor Newsom has led the charge in San Francisco towards cutting-edge transportation projects, groundbreaking initiatives in waste reduction, such as mandatory composting, and major advances in alternative energy. He’s also a forerunner in the race to be California’s next governor, which makes this a CAN’T MISS opportunity to talk with him about the future of the golden state! We’ll be interviewing Mayor Gavin Newsom next Wednesday at 12pm PST about all of these exciting projects and we want you to participate in the conversation, so sign up today!

We’ll be compiling a list of reader questions to ask Gavin, so if you have any queries about the policies, projects, and initiatives that stand to shape the sustainability of our cities, please submit them to us in the comments below, as soon as possible!

Million Tree Challenge

Just what we all need: One more social networking site to sign up for, one more profile to make, quirky picture of ourselves to upload, badge to import to our blog. Except Irvine-based Greenwala is a social networking site that gives something important back to the world with each new member.

The site has launched a Million Tree Challenge, and they pledge to "plant a tree for every new member who joins this year, with a goal of creating a million-member community engaged in the green revolution." The site's founder, Rajeev Kapur, says he wants to see the site "exceed one million members by the end of this year," and that the membership's "legacy will be the steady growth of one million planted trees combating deforestation of the rainforests around the world."

The site, which launched last fall, aims to network people "who help others live a greener lifestyle by sharing their knowledge, green experiences and actions with friends, family and the world. Greenwala members can read expert articles, post comments and blogs, join or start groups, find new friends and more." If that's you, sign up and be part of the million trees added to the earth. (thanks to LAist)

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