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We've Relocated to a new website!!!
Our new site is called APPLECenter.org
All our new events, posts, and projects will be placed to our new site.
If you have any questions about the new site or in general, we can be
contacted vie e-mail at info@APPLECenter.org
APPLE Board Meetings - New Day and Time
Beginning in January 2011, the APPLE-NC board meeting schedule is changing:
Board meetings will be on the fourth Thursday of each month at 6:30pm in the Briar Patch community room, 290 Sierra College Drive in Grass Valley.
Board meetings are open to the public, as always. See you there!
Sierra College Human Impact Class - register right now!
Sierra College is offering a class on Environment and Human Impact in the Spring 2011 semester, intended to be taken together as a pair with the Math class listed below. There's a chance that Intelligent Responses to Peak Oil may be a part of the curriculum - regardless, the class promises to be right up APPLE's creek! Click Here to apply and register online at Sierra College. Click Here to see the course descriptions online.
Classes begin January 24, so sign up today! >> read more
The APPLE Core discussion list - what it Is, and why you should join!
When our first web site went online in the fall of 2005 we also implemented a number of email mailing lists. Over time, due to changes in Internet Service Provider, mixed level of community involvement, and maintenance issues, many of our mailing lists were retired.
Currently, A.P.P.L.E. maintains three lists: our main announcement mailing list; a mailing list for the Board of Directors to conduct official business between monthly board meetings; and the "Core" mailing list. >> read more
"Changing the World One Bike Rider at a Time" - update from Peak Moment TV
The latest from our friends at Peak Moment Television:
"Changing the World One Bike Rider at a Time" is now online at www.peakmoment.tv, including an audio (Peak Moment Conversation 182). >> read more
Nevada City Energy Solutions Task Force - now online!
Nevada City's all-volunteer Energy Solutions Task Force has completed its final report. It's available online for download from the Projects menu at apple-nc.org, or by Clicking Here to go directly to the Task Force home page. >> read more
New map charts innovative transportation projects
Hot off the presses from Transportation for America:
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently gave out $600 million to innovative transportation projects across the country that simultaneously address economic, environmental and travel issues. >> read more
The Post Carbon Reader - now available!
How do population, water, energy, food, and climate issues impact one another? What can we do to address one problem without making the others worse? The Post Carbon Reader features essays by some of the world’s most provocative thinkers on the key issues shaping our new century, from renewable energy and urban agriculture to social justice and community resilience. This insightful collection takes a hard-nosed look at the interconnected threats of our global sustainability quandary and presents some of the most promising responses. >> read more
Past Peak Oil - Travelling Towards Transition
What is 'Peak Oil' all about anyway?
What does a post-peak world look like?
Worth much more than a thousand words:Past Peak Oil Travelling Towards Transition Animation from Anita Sancha on Vimeo.
"Partners in Preparedness" - update from Peak Moment
The latest from our friends at Peak Moment Television:
"Partners in Preparedness: Neighborhoods and Emergency Responders" is now online at www.peakmoment.tv, including an audio (Peak Moment Conversation 181). >> read more
End Oil Subsidies
As the nonprofit Oil Change International summed it up, on June 15, "Barack Obama joined every President since Richard Nixon in calling for an end to our dependence on oil. Like both Bushes, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Ford and Nixon, the rhetoric was great, but the specifics were…lacking."
Does the Gulf oil slick have you worried? The White House crew has said repeatedly that you should "never waste a crisis" - if there is any silver lining at all, this is the time to capture it! Do you feel like the opportunity was missed in the president's speech? >> read more
Community Calendar in the works
APPLE-NC is working to organize a better Community Calendar. The purpose of this calendar is to allow nonprofit organizations in Nevada County to post events to a central location so the public can view the myriad meetings and events taking place locally. It also reduces the risk of conflict with other organizations in planning future dates for events, as groups use the calendar to see if a particular date has already been taken. >> read more
The Idea Farm
Do you have a sustainability project idea?
Would you like to find out if anything is already happening locally that's related to your idea?
Would you like to get the APPLE Board's opinions on the best way to help your idea become reality?
If you have an event or project that is already taking shape, you can fill out our Application for Support or Endorsement. >> read more
Take the Think Local First 20/20/20 Challenge
Most of us spend 20 bucks a week to eat, shop, play, and just plain live. Think Local First 20/20/20 is challenging us to spend it mindfully … and help us generate new measures for community economy.
SIGN THE ONLINE PLEDGE. Spend $20 each week – of your usual budget – at local unique businesses for the next 20 weeks. Challenge 20 friends to do the same. The more people who participate in the challenge, the more we invest to keep the Nevada County Foothills a great place to live. >> read more
A Gardener's Journey to the Bay Area
[NOTE: this article was contributed by one of our community members. If you've got something you'd like to see here, send it in to info@apple-nc.org and we will have a look! We hope that Community Participation and Contribution will be a big part of our new web page!]
A Gardener's Journey to the Bay Area - by Ellen Solomon
Last week I took a vacation and went to the Big City - San Francisco. I had a great time. My gas-guzzling truck stayed at home in the Sierra Foothills. I went across the valley to the Bay Area by bus and train, to San Francisco by ferry, across San Francisco by foot, across the Golden Gate and over Mt. Tamalpais by bus. >> read more