GREEN SPEAKER SERIES, FALL 2008

» September 2nd 11:25 – 12:30 Rm D-104
Jeff Zlotnik, Director of Red Lotus Society

Learn meditation techniques to combat the stress and pressure of modern living, increase focus and attention, and manage anger and stress from an expert.

The Red Lotus Society is a non-profit organization founded to promote the practice and awareness of meditation for the improvement of mental health and environmental wellbeing.
In order to restore balance and nourish community, the Red Lotus Society offers meditation programs in the San Diego school system, from elementary to college level, designed to increase focus and attention, as well as teaching skills in anger and stress management.

www.redlotussociety.org
 

» September 9th, 11:25 – 12:30, Rm D-121B
Rachel Borgatti, Manager, Solana Center

Compost 101: What’s composting and why do it? What are some of the barriers to having more composting in San Diego? Learn about the local and global environmental implications of composting, including climate change, pollution prevention and waste stream diversion. This talk will have tips on how to get started composting wherever you are, at work, at home, inside or outside!

Rachel is the Compost Program Manager at the Solana Center for Environmental Innovation, an environmental education non-profit. She brings to the Solana Center her multi-disciplinary background as a scientist, an educator and a regulator. Rachel holds a Bachelors of Science in Biological and Environmental Sciences, a Masters of Science in Marine, Estuarine, Environmental Sciences, and is currently enrolled in the graduate program in Nonprofit Leadership and Management at University of San Diego.

www.solanacenter.org

» September 18th, 11:25 – 12:30, Rm D-121B
Scott Murray, President, Slow Food San Diego

Counteract fast food and the fast life. Support the small farmer, local artisans and preserves cultural food traditions. Learn more; become a member.

The mission of Slow Food is to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. Today, there are 80,000 members world-wide.

Slow Food is dedicated to bio-diversity (preservation of food variety) and sustainability (meeting present needs without compromising those of future generations). Slow Food works to support the small farmer, local artisans and preserves cultural food traditions.

Scott A. Murray, an organic farmer for 32 years, was a delegate to the 2004 and 2006 Terra Madre conferences in Turin Italy . As agriculture program director and teacher at San Pasqual Academy for Foster Teens, he created the school's Organic and Sustainable farm project with funding from Slow Food San Diego's 2005 and 2006 annual Orfila fundraising events and other sources. Scott consults on the conversion of chemically managed farms to Organic and Sustainable agricultural practices. He participates in the MESA international sustainable agriculture training program, with farmers from Peru , Thailand , Bolivia , Ecuador , Kenya and France working on the Academy farm. Scott serves on the of the South Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council, the California Association of Resource Conservation and Development and is board President of the Mission Resource Conservation District an environmental education non-profit that holds the annual Earth Day Celebration.

www.slowfoodsandiego.org

» October 16th 10am - 2pm at the farm – Seeds at City – Urban Farm Festival
Celebrate the first urban farm at a college in San Diego. Take a tour, meet the farmers, and get your hands dirty. Listen to great music and taste fresh delicious foods.

www.sdcity.edu/esc
 

» November 13th, 11:25 – 12:30, D-121B Erin Rempala, Biology Professor SDCC
Conservation in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia

Professor Rempala will discuss her recent research expedition to Wakatobi Marine National Park in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. She will highlight conservation efforts in the Wakatobi led by Operation Wallacea.

http://www.erinrempala.com/