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California Gov. Brown's Conference on Extreme Climate Risks Says Agriculture, Including Wine Will Be Affected

At today's Conference on Extreme Climate Risks and California's Future put on by Gov. Jerry Brown featuring speakers: Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sir Richard Branson, Nancy Sutley and many more, it was widely acknowledged that with the combination of environmental factors of climate change and rising sea levels, California's agricultural industry will be negatively impacted, including its multi-billion dollar wine industry. Follow the Green Blog Network for full report and analysis.

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Sustainable, Edible Holiday House

“Not one piece of our structure will end up in landfill,” says Smallworks president, Jake Fry. The gingerbread dwelling is fully sustainable and environmentally responsible with net zero impact on anything aside from your belly. “Every peppermint swirl, candy corn, and multi-coloured jujube will be stuffed into someone’s gob, probably at the end of a huge holiday dinner.”

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Who hasn’t decorated their dining table or sideboard during the festive period and wanted to fit in an extra miniature Christmas tree, shiny bauble, or even one more entire gingerbread house? Smallworks has launched this increased density action for better and more efficient space use for your holiday table. Designed to fit on a standard-sized, appropriately-zoned holiday decorating space, the Gingerbread Laneway House works as a stand-alone structure or an additional dwelling to the rear of your traditional Gingerbread House.

Founded 6 years ago, Smallworks is Vancouver’s first and most established laneway house builder. They specialise in building small, beautiful homes and exceed the green building practices of Vancouver’s Green Home program. Inspired by Smallworks' West House laneway house developed for the LiveCity site at the 2010 Olympics, this is their first foray into baked goods. The Gingerbread Laneway House was constructed by Kreation Artisan Cakes, experienced builders in fine gingerbread architecture.Metro Vancouver residents can visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/smallworks.homes between now and December 15 for a chance to win The Gingerbread Laneway House.

 

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Wine And Climate Change In The International Herald Tribune

Dear Readers, Wine Lovers and Environmentalists: Please have a look at my recent article which originally appeared in the International Herald Tribune. It is also online at NYTimes.com with full LINK HERE.

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Renewable Energy Goes Round...And Round

In Paris, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, on the banks of the Seine, there is a Carrousel that is now powered by renewable energy.

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All photos by Paige Donner copyright 2011

This City of Light is filled with carrousels. You can find them across the street from the Eiffel Tower, on the other side of the river at the foot of Trocadero, in the vast courtyard of the Hotel de Ville and many more locations throughout the city. But this one, just underneath the Eiffel Tower, is the city's flagship Renewable Energy Carrousel. Its LED lights are the same color as the flickering lights that have the Tour Eiffel twinkling on the hour every evening.

On a recent sunny, Autumn day filled with the scent of fallen leaves, the carrousel was itself twinkling in the afternoon sunlight. And FYI - during the Christmas Holiday week, many of the carrousels are free for children to ride on.

 

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Environmental Investment Organisation

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Asked about the EIO and how it operates, 20 year old Katherine Belben, the NGO’sCommunications Coordinator, explained, "The EIO is the product of the current environmental and political climate. On the one hand we face impending environmental catastrophe which requires immediate action; and on the other we have world governments who appear incapable of reaching unified consensus to address the problem. The EIO has galvanised the support of a generation of people who, as well as wanting to glean knowledge and experience in an area set to become the growth engine of the 21st century, are simply not going to stand back and watch as that happens.”
“The required emissions reductions and investment in low carbon technologies can be achieved by creating a system which influences share price according to the environmental costs of a company’s actions. This is precisely what Environmental Tracking seeks to do,” added Sam Gill, Operations Director, Environmental Investment Organisation.
The Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO), a UK based NGO supported by a global research network, aims to persuade more companies to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and report to higher standards with the launch of four new regional Carbon Rankings this week.
 

The series of Environmental Tracking (ET) Global Carbon Rankings, featuring over 1,200 of the world’s largest companies, is part of a broader strategy to create a global market mechanism designed to tackle climate change.

By pioneering an open source approach to collaborative working the EIO has made it easy for those eager to be part of the climate solution to contribute, hold the world’s biggest companies to account, and, implement a powerful mechanism.

Kicking off with the release of the ET North America 300 today at 11am (GMT+1) Monday 24.10.11, the EIO will be releasing a regional Ranking each day this week. The ET Asia Pacific 300ET BRICS 300 and an updated ET Europe 300 will follow on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each of these Rankings has been designed to put the spotlight on standards of public GHG emissions reporting across the world.
 

The Regional Rankings act as a precursor to the eagerly awaited ET Global 800, which looks purely at the largest 800 companies across the world without any geographical bias. This will go live at 11am (GMT) on Tuesday 1.11.11.
 

With the introduction earlier this month of the long awaited New Scope 3 Standard from theGreenhouse Gas Protocol (released 4.10.11), the EIO has taken a proactive approach to incentivise companies to adopt this important new standard in GHG Reporting. The finalised standard has been the result of a three year global multi-stakeholders process that included more than 2,300 participants and road-tested by 60 companies in 17 countries.




  • The Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO) is a UK-based non-profit research body working in the field of eco-financial innovation. See eio.org.uk  









  • Environmental Tracking 3.0the short publication outlining the concept behind the Carbon Rankings is available as a digital download or in hardcopy from Lulu.com









  • The EIO held an advance briefing on the launch of its Regional and Global Carbon Rankings last Friday 21.10.11 at the Carbon Show, London.









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  • The Environmental Tracking (ET) Carbon Rankings are compiled from publicly available emissions data taken from company sustainability reports, annual reports and websites. The Rankings and the fully transparent methodology behind them can be viewed online at eio.org.uk









  • The rankings are comprised of four data bands according to the status of a company's data: A) complete, public, verified; B) complete, public but unverified; C) incomplete; and, D) no public data. In cases where there is no data available, companies are benchmarked against the worst performer in the same sector. Once in their respective categories, companies are ranked according to emissions intensity (emissions divided by turnover). Additionally, companies are advantaged according to the number of Scope 3 categories disclosed.






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    Revenge of The Electric Vehicle

    Friends!

    I'm pleased to announce that our new doc, Revenge of the Electric Car, begins its national theatrical rollout next week starting October 21 in LA and NY and then in 20+ cities over the next month (see list below).

    If you're in Los Angeles, please join us for our opening week launch at Landmark's NuArt and our Opening Weekend Airstream Lounge Party!

    Opening Week Screenings
    11272 Santa Monica Blvd, West LA, CA 90025

    Fri–Sat-Sun: 12:30 PM, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 (Oct. 21-23)
    Mon-Thurs: 5:10 PM, 7:30, 9:50 (Oct. 24-27)

    Tickets available now via this site:
    https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/ticketing.aspx?theatreid=209

    Opening Weekend Airstream Lounge Party
    Sat-Sun: 2PM - 10PM

    To support our opening weekend in LA on October 22-23, we're bringing in the electric cars from the movie and setting up shop in a vintage Airstream around the corner from the NuArt Theater. You'll find us next to Sideshow Books at 11323 Idaho Avenue. The Airstream Lounge is our all weekend drop-in cast and crew party for friends, media makers, and well-wishers. Come on by anytime from 2:30PM to 9:30PM to say hello to Gadget, Scarlett and other stars from our team, check out the EVs (Tesla, Leaf, Volt and Porsche), and hang out with us between screenings

    Co-Host a Screening at a Theater

    If your group would like to co-host one of our public screenings at the NuArt (or anywhere else during run of theater), we'll try to set it up with you. Choose a show-time from the list above (if LA), then send us an email and let us know about how many people you'd like to host. We'll try to arrange to have a Q&A with someone from the film there with you at your show. So far we have screenings with Causecast, Bioneers, GADA, LA Burning Man, the Black Rock Yearbook, Plugin America and Global Green.

    Thanks to everyone for spreading the word and making our opening week a success!

    Best,

    CHRIS PAINE
    Director

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    OCTOBER 21ST, 2011
    Los Angeles, CA – Landmark Nuart
    New York, NY – Landmark Sunshine CinemaOCTOBER 28TH, 2011
    Nashville, TN – The Belcourt Theatre

    NOVEMBER 4TH, 2011
    Berkeley, CA – Landmark Shattuck Cinemas
    Boston, MA – Landmark Kendell Square Cinema
    Palo Alto, CA – Landmark Aquarius Theatre
    Portland, OR – Hollywood Theatre
    San Francisco, CA – Landmark Embarcadero
    Santa Fe, NM – Center for the Contemporary Arts
    Scottsdale, AZ – Harkins Theatres Camelview 5

    NOVEMBER 7TH, 2011
    Annville, PA – Allen Theatre

    NOVEMBER 11TH, 2011
    Ann Arbor, MI – Michigan Theatre
    Chicago, IL – Gene Siskel Film Center
    Detroit, MI – Landmark Main Art Theatre
    Houston, TX – Alamo Theatres Mason Park
    Minneapolis, MN – Landmark Lagoon Cinema
    Sacramento, CA – Crest Theatre
    San Diego, CA – Landmark Ken Cinema
    Santa Rosa, CA – Summerfield Theatre
    Seattle, WA – Landmark Varsity Theatre

    NOVEMBER 18TH, 2011
    Philadelphia, PA – Landmark Ritz at the Bourse

    NOVEMBER 23RD, 2011
    St. Louis, MO – Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema

    NOVEMBER 25TH, 2011
    Denver, CO – Landmark Chez Artiste
    Washington, DC – Landmark E Street Cinema

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    Atlanta, GA – Landmark Midtown Art Cinema

    JANUARY 5TH, 2011
    Honolulu, HI – Honolulu Academy of the Arts

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    Governor Brown Signs Bills Renewable Energy, Environmental Protection

    Office of the Governor
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

    Saturday, October 8, 2011

    Governor Brown Takes 

    Action to Promote Renewable 

    Energy and Protect the Environment

    SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today that he has taken action on legislation to protect California's environment and natural resources.

    The following bills have been signed by Governor Brown:

    • AB 291 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Underground storage tanks: petroleum: charges.
    • AB 320 by Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-South San Francisco) – Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): determination: dispute.
    • AB 358 by Assemblymember Cameron Smyth (R-Santa Clarita) – Hazardous substances: underground storage tanks: releases: reports.
    • AB 359 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) – Groundwater management plans.
    • AB 408 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Environment: hazardous substances and materials: hazardous waste transportation: paint recycling.
    • AB 525 by Assemblymember Richard Gordon (D-Redwood City) – Solid waste: tire recycling: architectural paint recovery program.
    • AB 681 by Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) – Aboveground storage tanks: funds.
    • AB 703 by Assemblymember Richard Gordon (D-Redwood City) – Property taxation: welfare exemption: nature resources and open-space lands.
    • AB 712 by Assemblymember Das G. Williams (D-Santa Barbara) – Recycling: beverage containers.
    • AB 849 by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Burbank) – Water: use efficiency: graywater building standards.
    • AB 913 by Assemblymember Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) – Hazardous waste: source reduction: certified green business program.
    • AB 964 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) – Water rights: appropriation.
    • AB 1027 by Assemblymember Joan Buchanan (D-Alamo)Local publicly owned electric utilities: utility poles and support structures.
    • AB 1036 by Assemblymember Michael Allen (D-Santa Rosa) – Parks: regional park, park and open-space, and open-space districts: employee relations.
    • AB 1077 by Assemblymember Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto) – State parks: Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park.
    • AB 1112 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) – Oil spill prevention and administration fee: State Lands Commission. A signing message can be found here.
    • AB 1414 by Committee on Natural Resources – Forestry: timber harvesting.
    • SB 152 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Public lands: general leasing law: littoral landowners.
    • SB 170 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Air districts: adverse effects of air pollution: intellectual property.
    • SB 224 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Public contracts: Department of Water Resources.
    • SB 267 by Senator Michael Rubio (D-Bakersfield) – Water supply planning: renewable energy plants.
    • SB 328 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – Eminent Domain Law: conservation easement.
    • SB 436 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – Land use: mitigation lands: nonprofit organizations.
    • SB 454 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) –Energy efficiency standards.
    • SB 456 by Senator Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) – Household hazardous waste: transportation.
    • SB 482 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – Public beach contamination: standards: testing: closing.
    • SB 489 by Senator Lois Wolk (D -Davis) – Electricity: net energy metering.
    • SB 567 by Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) – Recycling: plastic products.
    • SB 595 by Senator Lois Wolk (D -Davis) –Tidelands and submerged lands: removal of vessels.
    • SB 618 by Senator Lois Wolk (D -Davis) – Local government: solar-use easement.
    • SB 679 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Energy: energy conservation projects: financial assistance: local governments and public institutions.
    • SB 771 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) – California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.
    • SB 790 by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) – Electricity: community choice aggregation.
    • SB 836 by Senator Alex Padilla (D -Pacoima) – Renewable energy resources: cost reporting.
    • SB 909 by Senator Doug La Malfa (R-Butte) – Treated wood waste: disposal.

    The Governor also announced that he has vetoed the following bills:

    • AB 306 by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Burbank) – Energy: piezoelectric transducers: study. A veto message can be found here.
    • SB 263 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – Wells: reports: public availability. A veto message can be found here.
    • SB 752 by Senator Tom Berryhill (R- Stanislaus) – Entitlements: voluntary donations. A veto message can be found here.

    For full text of the bills, visit: http://leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html.


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    Governor Jerry Brown
    State Capitol Building
    Sacramento, CA 95814 

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