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Dear Friends of SSV,

We hope you and your family are keeping well through these trying times as you handle challenges both large and small. We salute the medical professionals on the front lines of this fight as well as first responders and essential service providers and food people in groceries, restaurants and farms and postal and delivery workers too. We are grateful for every caregiver and every Mom (and engaged Dads, too) entertaining and schooling their young kids. We will get through this, hopefully more mindful of our value and our values, more appreciative of our neighbors and community and more determined than ever to work together towards a healthier, resilient and equitable Bay Area.  


One useful thing you can do when you have five minutes is to fill out your Census form. Good governance combines the efforts of the governed actively engaging with their government. We've been lucky to see more of the good and less of the bad throughout our region and state, but we all now have a sense of how fragile our lives can become. We now have, as Bucky Fuller once remarked, the option to "make it" successfully and sustainably as we rebuild our shared future.

All of us here at SSV are working behind the scenes preparing for the day when we can get up and out and moving about. Until then, we wanted to introduce you to Sostenible SV, our brand-new Spanish language outlet debuting on Twitter as @BahiaSostenible. Give it a look and a follow. We also present below some links of inspiration and practicality, good resources for both body and mind. Stay safe and thrive in place!

Looking forward
to remaking 
the best Bay Area
we can imagine,

                                                           
Jennifer Thompson & Dennis Murphy

As an organization steeped in science and engineering and elegant design, we're big fans of Buckminster Fuller. The "geo dome"  guy will always be ahead of the times. For more information, check out BFI.org.
  HIGHLIGHTS

Masks can’t replace social distancing. But they’re becoming a bigger part of California’s coronavirus fight


Shifting guidance from state and federal officials on masks

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Introducing Sostenible Silicon Valley (@BahiaSostenible)


SSV's launches Spanish language social media with @Bahiasostenible on Twitter, headed by SSV's very own Carmen Ortiz. ¡Felicidades! Give it a follow.

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Bay Area Pollutant Levels Drop for Second Week 


This swift collective shelter-in-place action may be saving lives in more ways than one. The dropoff in traffic and commercial activities is also impacting the air we breathe. And researchers are uncovering a link between air pollution exposure and the spread of COVID-19.

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Sit Down and Be Counted! Do Your Census Duty


The Census is used to assign the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives AND census figures are used to direct billions of federal dollars to state and local governments — so an undercount could cost California (and you) money.

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We aren’t just stopping coronavirus. We’re building a new world


The coronavirus has plunged the world headfirst into an era of unity, solidarity, and rapid societal change that looks like a compressed version of what climate scientists have been warning us about for decades.

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What the Coronavirus Means for Climate Change

Lockdowns and distancing won’t save the world from warming. But we have a chance to build a better future. This global crisis is an inflection point for that other global crisis, the slower one with even higher stakes, which remains the backdrop against which modernity now plays out.

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  HYGIENE TIME

John Hopkins Video on Using the WHO Technique


Follow these hand rubbing steps for proper hand hygiene, the most important thing you can do to prevent the spread of germs and to protect yourself and others from illnesses

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DIY: No-Sew Pleated Face Mask with Handkerchief and Hair Tie

As the demand for face masks has been going through the roof in Japan, DIY face masks are trending on social media with instagrammers and vloggers sharing ideas on how to make alternatives to surgical masks. 

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  JUDO & TAKEOUT

American Hero & National Treasure Yoshiro Uchida Celebrates Happy 100th 

Yoshihiro Uchida, the grandfather of American judo and a San Jose fixture since 1940, plans a new way to celebrate his 100th birthday on Wednesday. Instead of attending a now-canceled gala dinner in his honor Uchida expects to pass the milestone participating in a Zoom video conference call for the first time.

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A running list of local restaurants offering food for pickup or delivery


Here’s how to safely support local food businesses during the coronavirus shutdown (and stay well-fed, too!)  UPDATE: We’ve created an interactive map of this list, which will now have the most up-to-date information. Click here for the map.

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  SWITCHING GEARS

Can You Fix Ventilators? A Fuel Cell Engineer Figures It Out 

It was late when engineer Joe Tavi's boss called with an odd question: Could their company, which makes fuel cells, learn how to fix a ventilator? California had a bunch of broken ones, and the governor had asked if San Jose-based Bloom Energy could repair them so coronavirus patients could breathe.

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Redwood City company shifts operations to make face shields for hospitals


Carbon now focuses exclusively on products relating to pandemic. The Redwood City-based company plans to use its 3D printers to make thousands of face shields for medical workers, with a goal of producing more than 18,000 face shields in the first week.

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  COMMUNITY STRENGTH

#SiliconValleyStrong 
Telethon on Saturday

NBC Bay Area and community leaders are coming together to raise money to offer financial assistance for our community’s most vulnerable. Tune in Saturday, 4/4 at 7pm on NBC tv, http://nbcbayarea.com or NBC Bay Area’s FB page. #SiliconValleyStrong
 

#SanMateoCountyStrong
Fund Established


Please donate to the new #SanMateoCountyStrong Fund to support individuals and families, nonprofits serving those hit hardest by COVID-19. For more information and to donate, visit: www.SMCStrong.org
  THE LAST WORD
Finally, a Special SSV Shoutout to Sunnyvale Mayor Larry Klein
for his high-energy Facebook page featuring
Sunnyvale take-out restaurant reviews
and virtual weekly office hours.
Very Mouthwatering stuff !
GET INVOLVED 
 
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
@BahiaSostenible
Website
Jennifer Thompson
Executive Director
jthompson@sustainablesv.org
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