Do the Math - The Movie
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
7:00PM

Last year's Do the Math tour was a whirlwind cross-country journey for Bill McKibben and our 350.org crew, with night after night of sold-out shows. At every stop, people learned the new math of climate change -- and emerged from the show fired up and ready to take action.

If you went to a local Do the Math event, you might have seen some folks with video cameras. Well, there's a reason for that: we teamed up with some talented filmmakers to make the "Do the Math" movie!

And the movie is finally here: we have a 42-minute film that goes way above and beyond the presentation you saw last year -- from the Do the Math tour to the the streets of DC to the tar sands of Canada. It's an inspiring, beautiful, and fast-paced story that shows the power of this growing movement.

On Sunday, April 21st, there will be a showing in Palo Alto at 7:00 pm at World Centric. Please bring family and friends and refreshments if you like. Please forward this to others too.

RSVP at http://act.350.org/event/do_the_math_movie_attend/4356 so organizers know how many people to expect.

Fourth Friday: Behind the Kitchen Door
Friday, April 26th, 2013
7:00PM
How do restaurant workers live on some of the lowest wages in America? And how do poor working conditions--discrimination, exploitation, and unsanitary kitchens--affect the meals that arrive at our restaurant tables?

In Behind the Kitchen Door, Saru Jayara- man sets out to answer these questions by following the lives of restaurant workers in nine major cities. Blending personal narra- tive and investigative journalism, Behind the Kitchen Door is a groundbreaking explora- tion of the political, economic, and moral implications of dining out. Jayaraman sets out a bold agenda to raise the living stan- dards of the nation's second-largest private sector workforce--and ensure that dining out is a positive experience on both sides of the kitchen door.

Saru Jayaraman is the Co-Founder and Co- Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United) and the Director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. After 9/11, together with displaced World Trade Center workers, she cofounded ROC in New York, which has organized restaurant workers to win workplace justice campaigns, conduct research and policy work, partner with responsible restaurants, and launch cooperatively-owned restaurants. ROC now has 9000 members in 19 cities nationwide. The story of Saru and her co-founder's work founding ROC has been chronicled in The Accidental American.

Saru is a graduate of Yale Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She was profiled in the New York Times "Public Lives" section in 2005, and was named one of Crain's "40 Under 40" in 2008, 1010 Wins' "Newsmaker of the Year," and one of New York Magazine's "Influentials" of New York City.

Friday April 26th, World Centric, 2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto
7:00p - 7:15pm: Refreshments and welcome to Transition (for newcomers)
7:30p: Program

World Centric, 2121 Staunton Court, Palo Alto
Sponsored by Transition Palo Alto, Transition Silicon Valley, World Centric, Slow Food South Bay, and Unitarian-Universalist fellowship of Redwood City Social Action Committee

Fourth Friday: Blue Vinyl
Friday, March 22nd, 2013
7:00PM
With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America's most popular plastic. From Long Island to Louisiana to Italy, they unearth the facts about PVC and its effects on human health and the environment.

Back at the starter ranch, Helfand coaxes her terribly patient parents into replacing their vinyl siding on the condition that she can find a healthy, affordable alternative (and it has to look good!).

A detective story, an eco-activism doc, and a rollicking comedy, Blue Vinyl puts a human face on the dangers posed by PVC at every stage of its life cycle, from factory to incinerator. Consumer consciousness and the "precautionary principle" have never been this much fun.

Friday March 22, World Centric, 2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto
7:00p - 7:15pm: Welcome to Transition (for newcomers)
7:30p: Program

World Centric, 2121 Staunton Court, Palo Alto
Sponsored by Transition Palo Alto, Transition Silicon Valley, and World Centric http://transitionpaloalto.org
http://www.facebook.com/TransitionPaloAlto

What: Presentation on a Poverty Alleviation Carbon Reduction Program for 100,000 rural households in the Philippines caught in the poverty trap of food shortages and exposure to typhoons.

Where: 2121 Staunton Court, Palo Alto, CA World Centric Office

When: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 6:00 - 7:30 pm And Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Who: Food From Thin Air, Inc.

Why: Hear a presentation about a carbon reduction program that achieves the following:

• Alleviates poverty for households earning $1/day
• Increases food supply
• Provides a sustainable livelihood using locally available technology
• Protects people from tidal surges and flooding
• Preserves the most valuable carbon sink (mangroves) and biodiversity
• Reduce emissions using scientifically approved methods and monitoring plans
• Verify emission reductions by accredited third parties

Mangrove forests absorb about 25% of the world's carbon emissions but cover only 0.7% of the world's forests. The continued destruction of mangroves not only destroys this very important carbon sink which absorbs carbon from the atmosphere but also will result in the release of additional and huge amounts of carbon. Each hectare of destroyed or converted mangrove can release up to 1,000 tons of carbon into the environment. Please come and listen to Food From Thin Air's presentation of a project that can save the mangroves, cut carbon emissions by 1.6 million tons per year and pull 100,000 households out of the poverty trap.

Sustainovation and our co-sponsors the Bay Area Society for Organizational Learning, World Centric, and media sponsor: Shareable

Event Summary
All around us new models of business have emerged with the explosion of the internet and social media. With economic and environmental challenges in our future, new approaches & platforms to raise capital for start-up ventures are too on the rise.

What is crowdfunding? How does this form of funding complement others? Why do some start-up ventures care? How did it get started? What needs does it address? What are the possibilities? What are the barriers? What is the JOBS Act? How is it evolving? What's next? Please join us for an exciting evening of networking, learning together, and conversation.

When: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Registration and Networking start at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM , Dialogue at 8:00-9:00 PM

Location: World Centric
2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto CA 94306

Registration:
$15 advance online registration (plus processing fees), $20 at the door (Cash only)
To register click here: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=233784

Speaker Bio
Jenny is CEO of Cutting Edge Capital, a consulting firm that helps small businesses raise community capital and pioneers tools for a more inclusive and values-driven economy. Jenny Kassan is also an attorney at Katovich & Kassan Law Group, a law firm that serves social enterprise. Her legal practice areas include small business start-up and financing, securities regulation, nonprofit law, and cooperatives.

Jenny earned a masters degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley and earned her J.D. from Yale Law School. She worked for eleven years at the Unity Council, a nonprofit community development corporation in Oakland, where she served as staff attorney and managed community economic development projects including the formation and management of several social ventures designed to employ and create business ownership opportunities for low-income community residents.

Jenny is the President of Community Ventures, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the economic and social development of communities. She also co-founded the Sustainable Economies Law Center, a nonprofit that provides legal information to support sustainable economies. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Post Carbon Institute, Sustainable Business Alliance, HatchLab, Inc., and Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont (LEAF).

Sustainovation (aSustainovation is dedicated to inspiring environmentally and socially sustainable business practices. Our mission is to promote sustainability as the driver of business innovation in Silicon Valley and beyond.

business for the world we share

Sustainovation and our co-sponsors: Acterra, Bay Area Society for Organizational Learning, Community Environmental Action Partnership (CEAP),Continuing the Conversation, Green Town Los Altos, Los Altos Community Foundation, Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning, Sustainable Silicon Valley, Social Innovation Design, Transition Palo Alto, and World Centric welcome you to

Greening Silicon Valley: Successes, Challenges, & Opportunities

An In-depth Dialogue with

• Steve Attinger, Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, City of Mountain View
• Erin Cooke, Sustainability Manager, City of Cupertino
• Phil Bobel, Assistant Director, Environmental Services and Public Works, City of Palo Alto
• Demetra J. McBride, Director, Office of Sustainability and Climate Action, Santa Clara County Office of the County Executive
• Guest moderator Peter Drekmeier, Former Mayor, City of Palo Alto

Event Summary

What do you imagine a sustainable city will look like in the future? Where are the opportunities to collaborate and innovate? How might cross sector partnerships play a role? What are the challenges? How do counties and cities collaborate to accelerate positive change?

Please join us for an exciting evening together. The panelists will provide an overview of recent sustainability efforts in Santa Clara County, Cupertino, Mountain View, and Palo Alto including accomplishments, proposed programs, challenges, and opportunities. Attendees will have time to ask questions, discuss what's needed now, and how we can work together to create sustainable communities.

Wednesday June 27, 2012

6:30 PM -7:00 PM Networking
7:00 PM -8:00 PM Presentation
8:00PM -9:00 PM Dialogue

Location: World Centric, 2121 Staunton Court, Palo Alto, CA 94306

Registration $15 advance online registration, $20 at the door (Cash only)

For online registration information go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=231270
For more information: www.sustainovation.org

Sustainovation is dedicated to inspiring environmentally and socially sustainable business practices. Our mission is to promote sustainability as the driver of business innovation in Silicon Valley and beyond. We envision a new industrial revolution led by the principles of sustainable design and development. Through educational events, we form and inspire networks of innovators who share the belief that sustainable practices are essential to business success and the future of the world we share.

Detroit, once an industrial powerhouse, is now devastated by the collapse of manufacturing and loss of population. But now against all odds, seeds of change are taking root. See how dedicated Detroiters are working tirelessly to fulfill their vision for locally-grown, sustainably farmed food in a city that had given up hope.

It's an amazing story of about 20 families that uprooted from suburbia and made their homes for good in one of the most blighted neighborhoods in the U.S. "We took the seeds in our pockets and every square foot we owned and went about like mad scientists testing out innovative ideas from all around world and making them work in one of the most blighted neighborhoods in the US."

Don't miss this award winning adventure. Called to action by a planet in peril, three friends hit the road - traveling with hope, humor, and all of their garbage - to explore every state in America in search of the extraordinary innovators and citizens who are tackling humanity's greatest environmental crises.

100 Mile Potluck
Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7pm
Come to share food, conversation, and ideas, all sourced from within 100 miles of us.