Sustainability Festival 2008, May 12-17

Brought to you by the RHS Environmental Action Club, RHS Service Learning Class, Next Generation, and Safe Routes to Schools

Photos: http://photobucket.com/RHSSustainability2008

Participate in these exciting events during the week:
• Stay on campus for all of lunch everyday.
• Wear green on Tuesday.
• Bike to school. Get Proof of Riding slip in front of school everyday between 7:30 – 7:55 am. Enter the raffle to win GREAT PRIZES!
• Sign a Sustainability Pledge and get a stamp from the pledge table at the Non-Profit Fair on Thursday. Purchase a REDWOOD SUSTATAINABILITY bracelet. Proceeds will be used to reduce our carbon footprint at Carbonfund.org.
• Visit at least 7 tables and get signatures at the Non-Profit Fair on Thursday. Win PRIZES!
• Participate in Habitat Restoration on Saturday, sponsored by the G. G. National Parks Conservancy. More info @ www.parksconservancy.org).
• YOGA during PE classes.

Presentations and Workshops:
All events meet in Little Theater unless noted
Presentations: Advance registration required. All Presentations will be the first hour of the block period. The remaining 30 minutes may be used for discussion in the classroom or you may sign up for a workshop (if available).
Workshops: Some workshops (as noted) follow presentations and are meant to augment presentation material. (Yoga periods 1,3,5,7 on Wed. and 2,4,6 on Thurs. – PE teachers are taking care of sign ups).

Wednesday, May 14th:
1st Period: 7:59 – 9:00am Blue Gold I – Essential for life on this planet, water use, conservation, and quality are quickly becoming hot topics for debate across the globe. Learn more about the global water picture, and more specifically the issues concerning water that are impacting our local communities. Focus will be on habitat restoration and improvement and what students can do. . Find out what your neighbors and friends are doing to stop pollution and to promote wise use of this most precious natural resource.
Ellen Donald – Moderator
Ellen Donald (Next Generation)
Sandy Guldman (Friends of the Corte Madera Watershed Project)
Chris Pincetich (SPAWN)

3rd Period: 9:45 – 10:45am Blue Gold II - Essential for life on this planet, water use, conservation, and quality are quickly becoming hot topics for debate across the globe. Learn more about the global water picture, and more specifically the issues concerning water that are impacting our local communities. Focus will be on work the watershed project is doing to improve fish passages and flooding (and why it is important). Find out what your neighbors and friends are doing to stop pollution and to promote wise use of this most precious natural resource.
Ellen Donald – Moderator
Ellen Donald (Next Generation)
Sandy Guldman (Friends of the Corte Madera Watershed Project)
Chris Pincetich (SPAWN)

5th Period: 11:55 – 12:55pm The Power of Schools & Students as Consumers: Making a Statement with Your $ (A dialogue about Waste and Consumption) – What kind of world would you like to live in? Individuals and institutions affect the world in many ways, and how they spend their money is one of the most impactful. Join us for a relevant, inspiring, action-oriented conversation on how schools and students can use their power as consumers to promote environmental and social responsibility.
Jenn Fusaro - Moderator
Amanda & Amelia (Service Learning Students) – Garbage / Litter & Cosmetics
Huriyyah Godfrey (Marin Conservation Corps)
Sandy Wallenstein (Strategic Energy Innovations)
Libby McQuiston (San Rafael Clean)

1:00 – 1:25pm WORKSHOP: Wildcare Presents – Wildcare will be on site with live animals to talk with students about the importance of habitat preservation, and the protection of biodiversity.
Denielle Basom – Moderator
Room 120
Must attend presentation

7th Period: 1:40 – 2:40pm Green Building – Green Building is taking off nationwide, and the Bay Area is leading the way. Learn more about green and natural building techniques for our homes, schools and offices. Experts will highlight exciting techniques and technologies that minimize waste, energy use and environmental impact and exist in harmony with nature.
Jenn Fusaro – Moderator
John Shurtz (Green Builders of Marin)
Jay Ma (Living Mandala)
Dave Deppen (Van der Ryn Architects)

2:40 – 3:30pm WORKSHOP: Cob Building – learn about sustainable building with cob and help build a permanent cob bench using only dirt, water, and plant material. Meet in the garden. Plan to get dirty.
Jay Ma – Moderator
Ecology Garden

Thursday, May 15th:
2nd Period: 7:59 – 9:00am Sustainable Food Systems – Our food choices have a profound impact on our health and the health of the planet. Join local leaders in the sustainable agriculture movement, including a farmer and food activist, and representatives of the Farmer’s Market Association and the University of California Cooperative Extension to learn more about these issues and global and local responses, including what students and schools can do to make a difference.
Jenn Fusaro - Moderator
Lauren & Elli (Environmental Action Club students) – Bigger Picture on campus
Steve Quirt (Marin UC Cooperative Agriculture Extension)
Leah Smith (Marin Farmer’s Market Association)
Albert Straus (Straus Family Creamery)

8:00 – 9:30am WORKSHOP: Cob Building – learn about sustainable building with cob and help build a permanent cob bench using only dirt, water, and plant material. Meet in the garden. Plan to get dirty.
Jay Ma – Moderator
Ecology Garden

9:00 – 9:30am WORKSHOP: Student Voice on Menu Choice! – Unimpressed with the menu options at The Grove (school cafeteria). Convinced you have to go off campus to get a yummy lunch? Get together with other students and let your voice be heard! Diane Deshler, your food services director, will be available for questions, as students gather in working groups to voice what changes they would like to see in the school’s menu items.
Rebecca Mullaney – Moderator
Diane Deshler – Observer / Resource
CEA / The Grove
Must attend presentation

4th Period: 9:45 – 10:45am Eco-Friendly Transportation – 51% of Bay Area greenhouse gas emissions stem from transportation! Join transportation experts and hear from students at Redwood to learn more about the exciting steps being taken to promote biking, alternative fuels, and public transit at our schools and in our community.
Aviva Joseph – Moderator
Gina, Carly, & Alexa (Safe Routes to Schools interns & RHS students)
Don Magdanz (Marin County Bicycle Coalition)
Orion Trist (Next Generation)

9:45 – 11:15am WORKSHOP: Cob Building – learn about sustainable building with cob and help build a permanent cob bench using only dirt, water, and plant material. Meet in the garden. Plan to get dirty.
Jay Ma – Moderator
Ecology Garden

10:45–11:15am WORKSHOP: Biodiesel Car Exhibit – An opportunity to peek under the hood of an SVO converted vehicle, smell the french fry grease, and talk to the owner about dumpster diving for free fuel!
Orion Trist – Workshop Leader
Amphitheater
Must attend presentation

10:45 – 11:15am WORKSHOP: Carpool Program at RHS – students at Redwood have been working with Safe Routes to Schools to create a better carpool program – learn more about how you can help, and sign up!
Aviva Joseph – Workshop Facilitator
Carli, Alexa, Gina – Workshop Leaders
Rebecca & Co – Observers
Room 120
Must attend presentation

Lunch: 11:15 – 12:00pm Join us for the Healthy Food Fest and Lunchtime Non-Profit Fair!
(in the amphitheater, no sign-ups required)—Enjoy healthy food provided by Redwood clubs, sustainability activities and art, and more!
South lawn, amphitheater Everyone welcome

CANCELLED 6th Period: 12:05 – 12:35pm WORKSHOP: Grounds Clean Up – A chance to meet your custodians, ask questions, and help to keep YOUR place of learning clean and free of litter. We’ll talk briefly about why students should care about their school grounds, and we’ll take the waste we collect to the waste audit workshop.
Jenn Fusaro – Workshop Leader
Bill Bridges & Staff – Custodial Leaders

CANCELLED 6th Period: 12:05 – 1:35pm WORKSHOP: Waste Audit – Join experts from MCC to take an intriguing look at Redwood’s “trash.” Students will participate in conducting a waste audit and analyzing what Redwood High throws away – how much of this “waste” can be reused, recycled, avoided all together? Why is it important that we think about the end of product life cycles? Learn answers to these questions and more
MCC Staff – Workshop Leaders
Meet in amphitheater

6th Period: 12:05 – 1:35pm WORKSHOP: Cob Building – learn about sustainable building with cob and help build a permanent cob bench using only dirt, water, and plant material. Meet in the garden. Plan to get dirty.
Jay Ma – Moderator
Ecology Garden

6th Period: 12:05 – 1:05pm Green Schools & Communities – As institutions with significant ecological impacts and the vital role of educating the youth, schools have great potential for incorporating sustainability into their curriculums and operations. Leaders in the green schools movement discuss actions students / schools can take to address environmental issues & become models for sustainability. We’ll also discuss what is and can be done to foster sustainable communities, with a special focus on 20-year Countywide Plan.
Roni Krouzman - Moderator
Pam Hartwell – Herrero (Sustainable Fairfax)
Omar Pena (Community Development Agency)
Deborah Moore (Green Schools Initiative)

Friday, May 16th:
4th Period: 11:00 – 11:50am WORKSHOP: Compost – It’s simple to make, easy to take care of, and turns your
& waste into great soil! Workshop instructor will guide students in constructing a
5th Period: 12:30 – 1:20pm compost pile for Redwood High’s garden, using compost collected yesterday at the lunch fair! Amazing.
Denielle Basom – Workshop Leader
Jenn Fusaro – Workshop Leader
Meet in Ecology garden 4th period
Meet in Ecology garden 5th period