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Tree Action Group Meeting
Everyone is welcome to work with us to preserve Claremont's urban forest.
Tue | Feb 2 | 7:00 - 8:30 pm
510 W 10th St | Claremont
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Benefits of and Tricks to Organic RAISED BED GARDENING
Liz Parkinson, CEO and founder of Gardening Squared, will discuss garden planning and the reason to design a modified raised bed to fit individual needs. She will also talk about the importance and benefits of soil and “amendments”, companion planting, and rotation of crops.
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Wed | Feb 10 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Napier Center | Pilgrim Place
660 Avery Rd | Claremont
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The Gold Line to Claremont!? with Sam Pedroza, Mayor Pro Tem
Learn about the status of bringing the Gold Line Light Rail Foothill Extension to Claremont. Mayor Pro Tem Sam Pedroza, a member of the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority Board of Directors, will provide updates on the project and ways to support getting the line to Claremont. Sponsored by SC, the League of Women Voters, the Interfaith Sustainability Council, and Pomona College.
EVENT FLYER
Mon | Feb 15 | 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Room 101 | Hahn Bldg | Pomona College
420 N Harvard Ave | Claremont
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SC Report to Claremont City Council
On January 26 more than 40 friends of SC, including students, families, and community leaders, overflowed out of the chambers as our Chair, Steve Sabicer, made a positive presentation to Claremont City Council. Steve reported on the wonderful accomplishments of SC in the past 18 months, and asked for the City's continued support in 2016 and beyond. The Council was impressed, especially by the children with hand-made posters! We appreciate all your support.
READ ABOUT THE MEETING HERE.
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Garden Notes February 2016
Read the February Garden Notes to learn about creating a sustainable lawn for play and aesthetics, or how to prune strap-leaved plants. Also find out about garden paintings on display at the Huntington, and neonicotinoid synthetic pesticides. Care for your garden with "Things to do in February", such as washing off citrus leaves. The ornamental of the month is Aloe, and the edible is Swiss Chard!
READ IT HERE.
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Mayor Corey Calaycay encourages your participation in the CoolCalifornia Challenge (maybe even shower with a friend)
Claremont's Mayor, Corey Calaycay, participated in a challenge to create the coolest video about the CoolCalifornia Challenge. See how fun our mayor makes participation, and then sign-up or add points to Claremont's bid. You may also join a CUSD school Eco Team as they compete for prize money. Need help? Contact the Sustainability Resource Center by replying to this email or calling (909) 625-8767 x238.
SEE THE MAYOR'S VIDEO HERE.
EARN COOLCA CHALLENGE POINTS HERE.
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Report from Paris: A Claremonter at the Climate Change Conference
By Ted Trzyna
The Claremont Courier published the Demystifying Sustainability Article "Report From Paris: a Claremonter at the Climate Change Conference" in January 2016. We invite you to read Ted Trzyna's perspective on the conference, including witnessing the French army in Paris and attending a reception with Govenor Brown and Former Govenor Schwarzenegger.
READ IT HERE.
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Save the date for Claremont's Earth Day Celebration, April 23, 2016!
Claremont's 8th Annual Earth Day Celebration is on Saturday, April 23 from 10 am to 3 pm. Join Sustainable Claremont and the City of Claremont for over 80 vendor / exhibitor booths, live music and dancing, workshops, kids activities, and more! Mark your calendars, but for immediate information, please contact Anne Bremer at abremer@ci.claremont.ca.us or Kristin Miller at Kristin.miller@cmc.edu.
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Claremont Eclectic: a tour of 6 local gardens
Buy your tickets NOW for the 2016 Garden Club Tour. It will be on Sunday, April 24, from 1 pm to 4 pm. The $20 fee includes a visit to the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden on the day of the tour and one other day during the following month. The Garden Club is also looking for volunteers to help at the check-in tables in return for a free ticket. Email gardenclub@sustainableclaremont.org if interested in helping.
MORE INFO AND TICKETS HERE.
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C O M M U N I T Y E V E N T S A N D N E W S
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Hazardous Waste and E-Waste Round-Up in Claremont
FREE Household Hazardous Waste & E-Waste Recycling Roundup for Claremont area residents. An easy way to safely dispose of items that are too toxic to trash.
EVENT FLYER
Sat | Feb 6 | 9 am - 3 pm
Claremont City Yard
1616 Monte Vista Ave | Claremont
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Volunteer with Hope Partners at Amy's Farm
Inland Valley Hope Partners, which feeds the hungry, hosts volunteer work days on Amy's Farm, a polycultural farm focused on sustainable practices. With the help of volunteers, all the organic produce harvested goes to food security centers.
SIGN UP HERE.
First Saturday of every month
Feb 6 | 9 am - 12 pm
Amy's Farm
7698 Eucalyptus Ave | Ontario
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Free Beginners Bird Walk
Free Beginners Bird Walk sponsored by Pomona Valley Audubon Society. Family friendly, the walk is slow paced and lasts approximately two hours. Bring binoculars if you have them. Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the front entry gate of RSABG. Entry fee waved for all participants.
RSABG CALENDAR
First Sunday of every month
Sun | Feb 7 | 8 am - 10 am
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
1500 N College Ave | Claremont
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Smart Gardening Workshop with discounted compost and worm bins available
Learn backyard composting, water-wise gardening, worm composting, and grass cycling. Compost bins will be available for purchase after the workshop for those who attend - $40 for a backyard bin valued at $100, $65 for a worm bin and worms valued at $140. No reservation needed. Sponsored by Los Angeles County.
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Sat | Feb 13 | 9:30 am - 11 am
Hughes Community Center
1700 Danbury Rd | Claremont
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Claremont City Traffic and Transportation Commission Meeting
Ride your bike to join the Mayor of Claremont, Corey Calaycay, at the Traffic and Transportation Commission meeting! They review traffic impacts of development proposals, circulation plans, and public transportation. Topics may include bicycle and pedestrian safety and there is time for brief public comments. Check the City Calendar or contact the City Clerk 's Office at (909) 399-5461 for updated information (typically there are no meetings in August).
CHECK THE CITY CALENDAR HERE.
Fourth Thursday of most months at 7 pm
Thu | Feb 25 | 7 pm
City Council Chamber
225 W Second St | Claremont
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Keep Mosquitoes out of Your Rain Barrel, prevent Invasive Aedes!
Mosquitoes need water to lay their eggs and grow, and most rain barrels are NOT designed to keep mosquitoes out. You may prevent mosquito breeding by putting a smooth top on your barrel, covering openings with fine mesh wire screen, preventing water collection on the top, and inspecting it weekly. Invasive aedes mosquitoes are spreading throughout California, including our area, and bite aggressively during the day, potentially transmitting disease.
DETAILS OF RAIN BARREL CARE HERE.
INVASIVE AEDES ARTICLE HERE.
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Register now for "For Our Common Home: Laudato Si and the Call Forward"
The Center for Proccess Studies and Claremont School of Theology are bringing together selected contributors of the recent book "For Our Common Home" (2015) to respond to each other's chapters and move the discussion on "Laudato Si" toward ecological civilization. You are invited to attend the conference Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2.
MORE INFO HERE.
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For more events and news check our website calendar and Facebook page!
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F R O M the R E S O U R C E C E N T E R
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Getting to our Environmental Health Chair, Freeman Allen...
As promised, I am highlighting volunteer leaders and action groups of Sustainable Claremont as I get to know them during my inaugural year as the Sustainability Coordinator. In January, Dr. Freeman Allen, Environmental Health Chair and Chair Emeritus of Sustainable Claremont, told me about his history and involvement with SC.
Freeman described his long love of the environment from when he lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and skied with the Sierra Club. He moved to Claremont in 1954 to be a Professor of Chemistry at Pomona College, and was dismayed by the haze that blocked views of the mountains. Freeman volunteered to apply his scientific understanding of air pollution with the California Air Resources Board, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District Citizens Advisory Council. Due to the efforts of Freeman and his peers California implemented motor vehicle smog regulations and now we have can see more beautiful skies and run outdoors with less coughing.
After Freeman retired he joined the League of Women Voters Water Task Force as they worked on the Thompson Creek Spreading Grounds Project. They continue to advocate preserving the open land around the dam for groundwater recharge and habitat restoration. Around that time the LWV was lobbying for the City of Claremont to look at sustainability as it revised its' General Plan. With Freeman's involvement the City formed a Task Force which suggested that a community group address sustainability, and thus Sustainable Claremont began.
Through Sustainable Claremont Freeman met others who wanted to collaborate to improve environmental health. Through their conversations about "Transition Towns" and "The Oberlin Project", they devised how Claremont citizens, institutions, businesses, and the City could work together to be sustainable. Soon Freeman and others formed the Claremont Home Energy Retrofit Project which now serves a wide area with tools for reducing the carbon footprint of buildings. He also began to work on The Claremont Project, which hopes to unite many of the energy saving activities of Claremont institutions and businesses for interconnected efficiency and encouragement.
If YOU want to volunteer with Sustainable Claremont, click HERE.
Currently I know Freeman as one of the most dependable and involved volunteers at Sustainable Claremont. I have the pleasure of working with him on the CoolCalifornia Challenge and Claremont Energy Challenge, as well as at meetings of the Board of Directors. YOU can get educated and excited at the Sustainability Dialogs Freeman hosts almost every month (usually the first Monday at 7 pm in the Hahn Building of Pomona Collge).
Check the S.C. Calendar for the next Sustainability Dialog HERE.
Freeman is motivated to care for the environment as he loves his grandchildren and wants us to sustain the health of our earth and each other for years to come.
Thank you Freeman for bringing clean air, clear water, and a healthy future to all of us!
Sincerely,
Kate Irvine
Sustainability Coordinator
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Thank you for reading this edition of the Sustainable Claremont Newsletter! Have any questions or comments? Want to submit an article you found or wrote? Send us an email!
info@sustainableclaremont.org
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