Carp’s Ag Legacy and New Horizons in Goleta
Thursday, April 18, 2013
by INDY STAFF
With Earth Day upon us, The Santa Barbara Independent is taking a look at monumental preservation projects of the past and future. In our two-pronged feature, longtime environmental movement mastermind — and founding director of the Community Environmental Council, which hosts the 43rd annual Earth Day festival at Alameda Park this weekend — Paul Relis runs down a legacy of preserving agriculture in Carpinteria, and our Senior Editor Matt Kettmann takes a deeper look at the end and new beginning of Ocean Meadows Golf Course in Goleta, which will one day be home to public trails and wetland wonderlands rather than tee boxes and sand traps.
Earth Day to Spread Green Vibes at Alameda Park
Event Saturday and Sunday will feature a variety of eco-friendly exhibits and activities
There will be lots for kids — and adults — to do Saturday and Sunday at Santa Barbara’s 43nd annual Earth Day Festival at Alameda Park. (Robert Bernstein / Noozhawk file photo)
By Kelsey Gripenstraw, Noozhawk Intern | @NoozhawkNews | Published on 04.17.2013 10:43 p.m.
Alameda Park will be bustling with environmentally friendly cheer Saturday and Sunday as the Community Environmental Council demonstrates the various ways to live greenly and sustainably via help from more than 250 community contributors for its annual Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival.
From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Earth Day guests will have a choice of seven zones, which will aim to educate guests on topics ranging from green technology and automobiles to sports and exercise, according to the festival’s website.
Parents can drop off the little ones at the Kid’s Corner, which features arts and crafts to keep children busy.
The Community Environmental Council encourages Santa Barbarans to abandon gas-guzzling automobiles in favor of bicycles — the festival will accommodate cyclists with a free bike valet service for secure bike parking.
An eco-marketplace will present tents from 45 groups and vendors, making available plenty of eco-friendly products.
Van Jones and Bill Nye will be honored on Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon, respectively, as recipients of the 2013 Environmental Hero Award.
Jones is the author of two bestsellers: one about green careers and another on progressive living.
Nye, better known as The Science Guy, hosts a show about environmentally responsible choices on Planet Green entitled “Stuff Happens.”
Catch Jones at 2:45 p.m. Saturday at the main stage, and Nye at 2 p.m. on the main stage on Sunday.
Visitors will find plenty of refreshments with help from the festival’s Beer and Wine Garden and Food Court, both slated to be chock-full of local options for food and drink.
The Earth Day Festival was born in 1970 out of community outrage over a massive oil spill in 1969 off of the Santa Barbara coast.
The spill slaughtered thousands of dolphins, elephant seals, sea lions and sea birds. What started as a 5,000-attendee gathering eventually turned into the convening of around 40,000 guests of Earth Day festivals during this decade.
The festival will kick off at 11 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, closing up at 7 p.m. on Saturday and 6 p.m. on Sunday.
— Noozhawk intern Kelsey Gripenstraw can be reached at[email protected]. Follow Noozhawk on Twitter: @noozhawk,@NoozhawkNews and @NoozhawkBiz. Connect with Noozhawk on Facebook.
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Posted April 16, 2013 at 5:48 p.m., updated April 16, 2013 at 5:48 p.m.
(from left to right) Sharon Donohoe, Kimberly Phillips, Blossom Lumley, Jodi De Marcos, Heather Carey, Sarah Anthony, Anne-Marie Charest, and instructor Lori Anne David. Spring Business Plan Intensive graduates display their certificates during graduation
Upon completing Business Plan Intensive, an accelerated 6 week course in business plan writing, graduates emerge with the tools to guide them through their business including a marketing plan, cash flow projections, operations plan, and a core network to help sustain the business. Recent graduate businesses and business ideas include: Maison K, a lifestyle retail boutique in Montecito; De Marcos Fashion Academy, a fashion and design teaching center; a wind turbine engineering service; a non-profit arts education organization; and a DIY art kit delivery service among others.
Business Plan Intensive is perfect for new entrepreneurs and current business owners who need to implement a launch or a growth strategy and need an infusion of capital to succeed.
Self-Employment Training and Business Plan Intensive courses are part of the continuum of programs WEV offers to help women start-up, launch, grow, and sustain their own business, including: business consulting, advanced business training, and small business start-up and expansion loans. The next Self-Employment Training and Business Plan Intensive courses begin in the fall, with free orientations happening now. WEV is dedicated to creating an equitable and just society through the economic empowerment of women.
For more information please call 805-965-6073 or visit www.wevonline.org.
About Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV)
WEV is dedicated to creating an equitable and just society through the economic empowerment of women. Since 1991, WEV has been providing self-employment training, technical assistance and microloans to primarily low-income women. WEV offers a continuum of programs to help both women and men start, stabilize and grow small businesses. WEV has received funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration since 2003 as one of over 100 Women’s Business Centers throughout the nation. WEV’s service area includes Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, with offices in Santa Barbara and Ventura. WEV’s Small Business Loan Fund provides start-up and expansion loans of up to $50,000 to pre-bankable microenterprises. For more information, visit WEV’s Web site at http://www.wevonline.org.
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Sun. 04/21 | 11:00AM – Sun. 04/21 | 6:00PM @ Alameda Park in Santa Barbara
Event Details
The 2013 Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival at Alameda Park on Saturday, April 20 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
This year’s Environmental Hero Award recipients will be Van Jones and Bill Nye who will accept the award in person on the main stage. This year’s festival will also feature a tour of eight color-coded zones — Bike Valet, Public Square, Sports & Recreation, Eco Marketplace, Green Car Show, Live Green, Kids Corner, and Social Media Lounge — to make navigating the event easy, with an emphasis on ways visitors can reduce their impact on the climate.
The event includes over 200 exhibitors, a food court, beer and wine garden, main stage, and two mini-stages offering music and demonstrations. CEC’s Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival is FREE for attendees. Last year nearly 40,000 people attended the two day festival.
For more info visit http://sbearthday.org.
Alameda Park
1400 Santa Barbara Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
