Catch up with your kids – get up to date on Digital Tech
April 12th, 2010 | 
Author: Get “2.1Certified” – An Educational Opportunity in Digital Technology
Do you use Facebook? Myspace? Twitter? or YouTube?
Do you use a digital camera, cellphone, webcamera or do you text message?
St. John the Baptist Catholic School invites you to attend a digital technology event -
Attending this event will make you part of the rapidly growing number of “2.1Certified” individuals guaranteed to receive the information necessary to understand how to proactively avoid making a life altering mistake with any form of current or future digital technology.
Event presenter, Richard Guerry, warns that your activity with any digital device is Public and Permanent. Poor digital judgement often leads to immediate, life altering and irreversible consequences. You are responsible for all of your actions when using digital technology.
Event Information:
For: All Community Members (Adults Only – students in grades 5-8 will be given an age appropriate presentation on Tuesday, 4/13, in their classroom.)
When: Monday, April 12, 2010
Where: Justin-Siena High School, Library
Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Please forward to anyone that might be interested in attending. There will be an optional $5.00 donation at the door.
Cindy Merrill O’Brien
707-337-4766
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Napa Green Drinks – April 7
Next event: Wednesday, April 7 at BANK Café & Bar
Join other sustainable business professionals and green living advocates for happy hour and networking at BANK Café & Bar, located in the Westin Verasa Hotel.
Green Drinks in April will be hosted by Kari Ruel of Napa Valley Life Magazine. Kari will bring copies of the new April/May issue, which includes many new stories in the Sustainable Life section from writers Mick Winter, Bob Massaro, Pauli Halstead and more!
Event details:
* Date: Wednesday, April 7
* Time: 5~7 PM
* Location: BANK Cafe & Bar, 1314 McKinstry Street, Napa, 94559
* Website: http://www.latoque.com/bankbar.html
* Phone: 707-257-5151
* Join or start a conversation on the Green Drinks Facebook page
Napa Local Food Forum – April 28
Napa County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office and
Napa Valley Expo invite you to the
First Annual
Napa Local Food Forum
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Napa Valley Expo – Chardonnay Hall
575 Third Street, Napa
Join farmers, health providers, institutions, restaurants, and community organizations.
Share your vision for building a sustainable local food system, expanding agricultural diversity, and
creating greater access for the entire Napa community.
Keynote Speaker
Paul Muller, Full Belly Farm
Local seasonal lunch will be served. A wine reception hosted by the Napa Valley Vintners will conclude the day.
Admission $20, students & seniors $10
Registration and volunteers through Brown Paper Tickets @ www.brownpapertickets.com/event/105047
For more information contact
Karen Schuppert – karen@cook4seasons.com OR Lisa Thompson – (707) 337-4464
Fruit Tree Class
Caring for Your Urban Orchard: A Hands-on Class on Fruit Tree Management
Do you want to get the most out of your yard? Are you thinking of adding fruit trees, or do you want to take better care of the ones you have? This class is for you!
This full-day workshop will offer a comprehensive look at caring for your backyard orchard. Participants will learn basic tree identification, nursery specimen selection, desirable structure for mature trees, how to train young trees, pruning techniques, when in the year to prune each species, and how to diagnose and treat the most common conditions affecting orchards. Integrated pest management strategies will be covered, with a focus on preserving beneficial insects.
We’ll evaluate tree placement in the yard and discuss strategies for effective irrigation and fertilization. Participants are encouraged to come with pictures of their trees or drawings of their yards as examples to analyze. A large portion of the day will be hands-on practice doing structural pruning on fruit trees. Species discussed may include apples, plums, citrus, olive, pomegranate, fig, apricot, persimmon and almond.
Please bring hand pruners and a wood saw if available; instructor has extras if necessary.
This class is taught by Molly Bolt, a licensed arborist and certified horticulturist. She has a pruning business that focuses on orchard management and has worked as a landscaper, nursery manager and soil nutrition instructor. She believes that one key to sustainability is local food security and wants to help people turn their backyards into kitchen gardens. Many of her trimmings are fed to her dairy goats.
This class will meet from 10am-4pm in Napa
Two sessions available: Saturday March 6, 2010 and Saturday March 20, 2010.
Class size is limited to ensure personal attention.
Cost per attendee is $30-60, sliding scale.
Registration is handled ahead of the workshop event day.
Please bring a bag lunch for mid-day.
For more info on this class, please call Molly at 510 842 6058 or email her at mollybdenum@gmail.com.
Or Jean Wheeler at Main Street Trees 707-257-2783
or email Jean@MainStreetTrees.com to register in advance for the class either March 6th or 20th.
CanDo Gathering – March 20
Napa Valley CanDo’s First Annual Gathering and Planning Session
Saturday, March 20
Who?
Napa Valley CanDo is a diverse group of over 500 Napans committed to bettering our community through a network that fosters service, advocacy and social connections. We welcome interested first-timers.
What?
1st Annual Gathering and Planning Session – Napa Valley CanDo
We’re celebrating our accomplishments since our founding a year ago and planning our next steps to make CanDo even more vital to the Napa Community. Whether you’re already a CanDo member or someone just interested in knowing more about community service in the Valley, come have a listen and share your thoughts.
Where?
First United Methodist Church, 625 Randolph Street in Napa
When?
Saturday, March 20, 9:30 am to noon.
RSVP: Email us at nvcando@gmail.com
FFI: 252-7743 or 480-0719
Preservation Napa Valley
invites YOU to PRESERVATION AND A PINT!
Four convivial gatherings, held in popular local, historic settings, presenting forums of speakers and audiences talking about what’s happening in Napa—from sustainability issues to valley identity, ag, cultural resource conservation, growth and development trends and more. Come and raise a pint to the preservation-conservation issues of the day! Snacks will be served with beer generously provided by Silverado Brewing Company. FREE to the public—all are welcome.
Thursday, February 18, 6:00-7:30pm
Got Balance? – What else could, and perhaps should, thrive within our viniferous rows? More food production, heritage conservation, or the arts?
Panel: John Ahman, cattleman; Kellie Anderson, State Parks; David/Nancy Garden, The White Barn; Ted Hall, Long Meadow Ranch; Lee Hudson, Hudson Vineyards; Dave Whitmer, Napa County Ag Commissioner, others tba
Silverado Brewing Company – 3020 St Helena Hwy, St Helena
Thursday, May 6, 6:00-7:30pm
Transformation: Napa in the Midst – Who is Napa and what will this town become?
Panel: Amelia Ceja, Ceja Vineyards; John Harrington, Harrington Investments, Inc; Bob Massaro, Healthy Buildings; Peter Mott, City of Napa Council Member; Keith Rogal, Rogal+Walsh+Mol, others tba
Fagiani Building – 813 Main Street, Napa
Thursday, July 15, 6:00-7:30pm
Pope Valley as a Blank Canvas – If Pope Valley is what Napa was 50 years ago, what should this east valley be in the next 50 years?
Panel: Joe Calizo, Pope Valley historian and icon; William Hardin, cattleman; Sally Kimsey, Valley Vet; Jeffrey Parardy, businessowner, others tba
Pope Valley Farm Center – 5700 Pope Chiles Road, Pope Valley
Thursday, November 4, 6:00-7:30pm
Luxury on the Line: Agricultural Heritage vs the New Economic Wave – When the green gives way to the concrete.
Panel:Keith Caldwell, Napa County Supervisor, Sandy Elles, Napa County Farm Bureau; Jeff Redding, Land Use Planners, Kevin Teague, Dickenson, Peatman and Fogerty: Lin Weber, Napa historian; others tba
The Rutherford Grange– 8550 St Helena Hwy, Rutherford
Events are free, highly informative and not to be missed!
For more information: info@preservationnapavalley.org • 707-258-9286
Napa Green Drinks, December 2
Hi all, please note: Green Drinks will be meeting at a new location this month, Uva Trattoria, just off of Main St. in downtown Napa. Appetizers will be provided courtesy of Healthy Buildings.
Event details:
• Date: Wednesday, December 2
• Time: 5~7 PM
• Location: Uva Trattoria, 1040 Clinton St. at Brown St., in downtown Napa
• Website: http://www.uvatrattoria.com
• Phone: (707) 255-6646
For questions more information, please visit www.NapaGreenDrinks.org
Bring: Friends, family, business cards, questions, answers
Napa Green Drinks
Title: Napa Green Drinks
Location: Downtown Joe’s, 902 Main Street, Napa, CA 94559
Link out: Click here
Description: A monthly gathering for people interested in, working in, interested in working in, sustainability-related fields and activities.
Bring: Friends, family, business cards, questions, answers
Start Time: 5:00 pm
Date: 2009-09-01
End Time: 7:00 pm
Napa Valley Adult Ed offers Sustainable Gardening Class
Learn how to sustainably manage your garden from the ground up. This four week session will review basic organic gardening methods that will teach you how to compost, conserve water, grown your own food, and create wildlife habitat. This is a hands-on, interactive class taught in the gardens of Connolly Ranch.
9/8 – 9/29 5:00-7:00 pm $80
Register online at www.adulted.nvusd.k12.ca.us
Really Really Free Market
Title: Really Really Free Market
Location: Veterans Park, Napa
Link out: Click here
Description: Napa has a Really Really Free Market, July 26 at noon, Veterans Park
The Really Really Free Market is an example of a gift economy, where people freely give what they are able to and are able to freely take what is offered, with no supervision or requirements. It is the last Sunday of every month in Napa. Meet at Vets park at 12pm on Main Street. Give what you can, take what you need!
The Really Really Free Market also isn\’t only about the exchange of goods, but can also be about the exchange of knowledge. At the hosting of the event in Buffalo, someone brought a truck full of old broken bikes, and someone else went home to get their tools and fix them to distribute them to some people in the neighborhood, mostly kids. At one of these events in Portland, Oregon, someone taught a group of people how to weave baskets using grass from the park where the event was held.
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2009-07-26
