SBA MEMBER NEWS

Mark these Dates

• Nov 1st: Carbon Trading and Offsets
• Nov 2nd: Rasa Salon
• Nov 2nd: BuildIt Green workshops
• Nov 4th: Awakening the Dreamer
• Nov 8th: Future Outlook for Carbon Management
• Nov 8th: Ella Baker End of Year Celebration
• Nov 9th: Rasa Salon
• Nov 9th: BAAQMD Grant deadline
• Nov 9th: San Francisco Green Festival
• Nov 15th: Green Gathering
• Nov 16th: Rasa Salon
• Nov 16th: Building Oakland for Everyone
• Nov 17th: Justice for all
• Nov 21st: Green Drinks
• Nov 30th: Jai Uttal

Read all about it…

• October is Fair Trade Month
• Green For All Campaign launched!
• A Life Saver Called "Plumpynut"
• Crazy Facts
• Stephen Colbert For President?
• New Coop Grocery in Emeryville!
• Ecology Center hires Policy Director
• Become a Master Composter
• Buy Local Berkeley
• Books Not Bars
• Showcase your green home
• New Eco-Friendly Search
• Job Opening from Sustainable Ventures

New Members

• Fun Photo Guys
• Beth Gelfand, The Buddy Club

Get your news and views in by the third week of the month before your event. Also check out the SBA blog for in-between news and tidbits.

SBA Board:
Carroll Moore, Right Design Lab
Gil Friend, Natural Logic
JB, Pre-Paid Legal Services
Pamela Evans, Green Biz Program
Steve Melgoza, Goza Gear

Tech Committee:
Lee Rodrigues, Ethotec

Finance:
Allan Moskowitz, Progressive Wealth Management
Sunny Hill, Sunny Hill Bookkeeping

Help out by joining a committee. We need events, marketing, membership and outreach, and technical help. If you can only do one thing that would be a great help to all of us!

Coming to Grips with Carbon: Natural Logic webinars
Carbon Trading and Offsets • 10:00 am
Both the prospect of climate change and the reality of changing market expectations demand that companies understand and manage their emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). This webinar series (part of the ongoing Carbon Neutral Learning™ program from Natural Logic) will bring you practical, up-to-date guidance from leading practitioners. Register

Build It Green’s Professional Trainings
are expanding into new areas! The trainings are available in Sacramento, the Central Valley and Southern California. Register today by going to www.BuildItGreen.org/registration. These trainings will sell out!

November 2nd
Rasa Salon
6 to 9 p.m. • By Donation.
No one turned away for lack of funds
Mention you are a member of The Sustainable Business Alliance and enjoy a complimentary class at Studio Rasa. Schedule at www.studiorasa.org/classes
Kick back and connect at RASA SALON in collaboration with CONSCIOUS DANCER Magazine offer a conscious “happy hour”on select Fridays. Bring a picnic dinner or instrument or simply connect with a few friends in our indoor urban oasis after work or before going out for the evening. Connect over tea, network, meditate in the loft, stretch out, Drop in for a massage, intuitive reading or talk to Michelle Molitor business/life coach.

November 4th
Awakening the Dreamer
1 – 5:30 (Doors Open at 12:30) • GREEN FUSION DESIGN CENTER, 20 Greenfield Ave. San Anselmo, CA, 94960 •  COST: FREE (donations welcomed)
The Awakening the Dreamer—Changing the Dream Symposium examines the assumptions that underlie the way we see the world and our place in it. Collectively we live inside a dream; sleepwalking in a trance. We are living in an outmoded world view, where unthinkable acts appear reasonable, sensible, and even intelligent. There is the possibility of a better way—a truly sustainable world. This Symposium powerfully and profoundly opens the conversation to make that a reality. Register. Call (415) 482-8209 for more information.

November 7th
Sustayne: Social Enterprise Development Workshops
Sustayne Workshops are offered to organizations and businesses seeking to develop or sustain a social enterprise. This intensive, hands-on process incorporates lecture, group presentation, one-on-one consulting and concentrated, directed team work.
The final product is a concise presentation of your social enterprise model, including detailed financials and an operational timeline, delivered to a panel of local investors. Participating teams consist of up to five members for each business concept. Your team works together at the workshop three days a month for three consecutive months. There are additional outside assignments to be completed.
The cost is $5,000 per team, includes extensive curriculum materials, nine days of facilitated work sessions, individual coaching, and lunch. Workshops are comprised of a cohort of up to 10 teams. Contact us for more information

November 8th
Coming to Grips with Carbon: Natural Logic webinars
Panel Discussion: Future Outlook for Carbon Management • 10:00am. Register

November 9th
Deadline for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's Climate Protection Grant Program
Full guidelines are available at: http://www.baaqmd.gov/pln/grant_program_guidelines.pdf. For more detailed inquiries please email ayoung@baaqmd.gov.

November 9th
Rasa Salon
See description at November 2nd. Miss Rosie Hoolie hoop demo

November 9th
San Francisco Green Festival
Friday – 2pm – 8pm •  Saturday – 10am – 8pm •  Sunday – 11am – 6pm, San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th St (at Brannan St) and Giftcenter Pavillion Theater, 888 Brannan Street
Note: Green Festivals would like to honor the life and memory of Geoph Kozeny by dedicating the Visioning Communities Forum to his memory. Dr. Betsy Morris will appear in in Geoph's place on the panel. More details on where to send donations in his memory to come. Join us for this big three-day party with a purpose. You’ll enjoy more than 150 visionary speakers, 400 green businesses (start your holiday shopping now!), great how-to workshops, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine and diverse live music.
Recharge your batteries with great ideas, positive energy and the abundant hope you’ll find at the Green Festival.

Green Gathering

November 15th
Green Gathering
5 - 8 p.m., $30 •  Berkeley Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street
We invite you to Green Gathering IV to celebrate our local sustainability leaders while enjoying good company, delicious food and lovely wine from local green caterers. The evening will feature Hunter Lovins as our key note speaker and Josh Kornbluth as the master of ceremonies. To register go to Berkeley Chamber of Commerce Events Calendar. If you have questions, please email Jennifer Cogley, or call 510-981-7532.

November 16th
Rasa Salon
See description at November 2nd. Miss Rosie Hoolie hoop demo

November 16th
Building Oakland for Everyone
Groundbreaking report on Oakland’s employment needs and opportunities to be released before the Summit. Contact: Kate O’Hara, (510) 910-0602 for more information.

• At Building Oakland for Everyone: A Summit on Jobs, Housing, and Justice, hundreds of Oaklanders from across the city will put their heads together and identify key steps for creating a more just Oakland. Putting Oaklanders to work in good-paying jobs, ensuring affordably-priced homes are available and maintaining safe and healthy neighborhoods are sure to be among the most burning issues.
• Phone press briefing on report: Friday, November 16, 2007, 11:00am 
  Summit: Saturday, November 17, 2007, 10:00 am – 2:00pm
• Press briefing: via conference call in number: 866-316-1519, passcode: 60475693
• Summit location: St. Anthony’s School Gym
  1500 E 15th Avenue, Oakland, CA

November 17th
Justice For All
Ever wondered what prepaid legal services is all about? What this exclusive documentary that tells the story behind the first company in the field of prepaid legal services, with testimonials from Attorneys General, attorneys, businesses, and members from all over the country. Contact JB for more information.

November 21st
Sustainability Happy Hour • Green Drinks
5:30-8:00, Locations in Berkeley and Oakland
See our home page for information

November 30th
Studio Rasa presents Jai Uttal
8 pm (doors open at 7:30) • $17 adv/$19 door
Jai Uttal is a pioneer in the world music community. His eclectic east meets-west sound has put his music at the forefront of the world fusion movement. Jai Uttal's musical roots embrace a rich variety of cultures and traditions that span the globe and the centuries. From the hillbilly music of the Appalachian Mountains to the passionate strains of Bengali street singers, from the haunting rhythms and melodies of ancient India to contemporary electric rock sounds, Jai's music distills the essence of diverse musical forms.

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October is Fair Trade Month!
Sorry, I missed this for the last newsletter, but you can go on celebrating! Break out of calendular restraints and celebrate fair trade year 'round, just like we celebrate women and black history! Visit the TransFair Bake Sale, and their Connect With Trade web site. If you're looking for ways to celebrate and spread the word about Fair Trade, Co-op America's latest Guide to Fair Trade is chock full of advice, and is now available as a printed booklet, in addition to an online download. Thanks to all of our members who made an extra contribution to move this popular guide from online to hard copy. It will now go to communities all over the country to accelerate Fair Trade everywhere – and will be available to everyone at our fall Green Festivals™.
What's more, you can now take action to make your town a Fair Trade town, following in the footsteps of towns in Pennsylvania, Vermont, and all across Europe.
If that's not enough, here are three more ways to make trade fair in October:

• Make it a Fair Trade Halloween—If you hand out candy for Halloween, plan ahead to offer Fair Trade chocolate, a sweet treat that protects people and the planet. Find chocolate companies in our National Green Pages™.
• Take action with your supermarket—Thousands of Co-op America members have already taken action, and the success reports are starting to roll in. Use Fair Trade month as an opening to talk to your grocer about stocking more Fair Trade products.
• Hold a Fair Trade house party —Serve Fair Trade snacks, display Fair Trade products from around the world, and make it fun for your guests to pay attention to where things come from. Two of our green business members, Pachamama and A Greater Gift, even offer kits and supplies to make it easy for you.

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A Life Saver Called “Plumpynut”

(CBS) You've probably never heard a good news story about malnutrition, but you’re about to. Every year, malnutrition kills five million children—that's one child every six seconds. But now, the Nobel Prize-winning relief group “Doctors Without Borders” says it finally has something that can save millions of these children.

It's cheap, easy to make and even easier to use. What is this miraculous cure? As CNN's Anderson Cooper reports, it's a ready-to-eat, vitamin-enriched concoction called “Plumpynut,” an unusual name for a food that may just be the most important advance ever to cure and prevent malnutrition.

GREEN FOR ALL Campaign Update
Dear Friends of Green For All,
Van Jones and our stellar team returned from the Clinton Global Initiative with smiles from ear to ear. From the main stage in New York City, we were thrilled to launch our new national campaign for green-collar job training. Your early endorsements, now totaling over 150, made it possible for us to help move the country forward with an uplifting vision that fights both poverty and pollution!

What's Next?
CONFERENCE IN APRIL 2008: We will present a public launch of Green For All on April 4-6, 2008 in Memphis, Tennessee at a nation-wide conference entitled "A Dream… Reborn." The gathering will honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 40th anniversary of his assassination. Our convening will offer plenary panels, discussion groups addressing cutting-edge solutions, and cultural events that celebrate the racial justice and environmental heroes of our times. We hope that you will join us! To become an event sponsor, please contact Alli Chagi-Starr .

POWER SHIFT SUMMIT NEXT MONTH: Green For All has teamed up with the Energy Action Coalition to be a part of the Power Shift: Youth Climate Summit to be held in Washington, DC on November 2-5, 2007. Van will be speaking, we will offer workshops, and assist with their green-collar career fair. Contact: careerfair@powershift2007.org if you want a booth! Just think of it… 5000 college kids who want green jobs.

NEW WEBSITE: Check out our new web site: www.greenforall.org. The site will continue to develop and grow in the coming months as we gear up for our public launch. Stayed tuned for new events and updates coming soon.

Internet's first green product search engine.
Our mission is to make it easier to find, research and buy eco-friendly products from all over the world. We have also just launched our new Bio-Diesel search and categories for Community Sponsored Agriculture. We would like to invite you to list your eco-friendly products, services or CSA in our directory, listing products is easy and completely free. We would also love your commments, suggestions or questions, so if you have
any please feel free to drop us a line.

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Crazy Facts

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

• Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
• Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
• Coca-Cola was originally green.
• It is impossible to lick your elbow.
• The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
• Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
• The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:

• Spades - King David
• Hearts - Charlemagne
• Clubs -Alexander, the Great
• Diamonds - Julius Caesar

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand

Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the human mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh?

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~

At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow

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Colbert for Prez
Good lord, this just may be the best thing that ever (maybe, sorta) happened to presidential politics. Stephen Colbert announced he planned to run for president and while nobody knows whether or not to take him seriously, he's got both parties worried. Particularly in South Carolina, where he aims to get his name on the ballot for both the Democratic and Republican primaries (he explained the strategy by saying "I can't lose twice") as the state's 'favorite son.'" Read more…

New Coop in Emeryville
The Cog, the new cooperative grocery is centrally located by 580, Ashby/6th, the bike path, the Emeryville shuttle right behind the Ashby lumber warehouse. The place has been cleaned up and is ready to go starting November. They/we're looking for as many members to place orders around Nov 1st to be filled before Thanksgiving so that new suppliers will give good prices. Shifts are 2.5 hours once a month, child care is provided for all shifts, food stamps will be accepted, and the membership fee may be somewhat negotiable. Please check it out.

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Ecology Center's First Policy Director.
As the first ever Policy Director of the Ecology Center, Mike Shriberg uses his knowledge of state policy and politics to help advance the state legislative agendas of the Ecology Center's campaigns, particularly the Environmental Health and Auto Project Programs. Mike first became aware of the Ecology Center while he was in graduate school at the University of Michigan, where he received a PhD in Environmental Policy from the School of Natural Resources and Environment. "My friend in graduate school was an intern for the Ecology Center and had a very positive experience with the organization. She helped organize a protest of Dow Chemical Company, where I met Environmental Health Director Tracey Easthope. It was a great experience." Learn more…

Grow a Greener Community - Become a Master Composter
Inspire others and make a difference in your community. The annual Master Composter Training Program is currently accepting applications from Alameda County residents for the 2008 Class. The Master Composter Program is a certificated, extensive compost course. Participants receive training in the art and science of basic and worm composting, soil health, and Bay Friendly gardening techniques. Participants use this knowledge to train others through a compost community outreach project. Applications due by January 11, 2008. For more information, please contact StopWaste.Org, or call 510-444-SOIL.

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The "Buy Local Berkeley" Campaign
Berkeley's Office of Economic Development estimates that 85% of Berkeley businesses have less than 5 employees. The Buy Local Berkeley Campaign will celebrate and strengthen our small businesses. This city-wide effort is designed to bring more attention on our retail sector - especially the independently owned businesses that create the unique character of our City. The campaign will encourage residents, workers, and institutions to shift their purchases to Berkeley based businesses when ever possible.
The Buy Local Berkeley campaign is a project of the Berkeley Business District Network (BBDN). We have kicked off the "Buy Local Berkeley Happy Hour" to encourage our community to get together and talk about business vitality. The Happy Hour takes place on the 4th Wednesday of each month.
If you want to receive the announcements for Buy Local Berkeley Campaign and Happy Hour, submit your request to join the DBA's email list to info@downtownberkeley.org

Books, Not Bars
Please take a moment to sign this petition. There is a very important Bill making it's way through the California Legislature. It's already passed the Assembly, but we need to make sure it passes the Senate and the Governor signs it. Books Not Bars and families all over the state of California need all of our support to let legislators know that people want this bill passed. Here's the link. It only takes seconds to sign up:http://www.ellabakercenter.org/familyconnectpetition. AB 1300, Family Connection & Young Offender Rehabilitation Act will:

• Make it part of DJJ?s purpose to educate and promote family ties.
• Set up a toll-free visiting hotline for information and updates on visiting.
• Require that young people be housed near their families whenever possible.
• Give young people and their families cheaper phone call options!

BuildIt Green Home Tour 2008
Showcase Your Green Home: Seeking Green Homes in the East Bay
Applications due November 15: Build It Green is seeking green homes in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties to be on our June 1, 2008 Build It Green Home Tour. If you have a green project showcasing innovative residential building and remodeling techniques and you'd like to see it on our tour, please download an application from our web site or contact Michele Brown.

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Kevin Slovick, Fun Photo Guys
We are Fun Photo Guys, a certified Bay Area Green Business. In addition to our Wedding and Special Event photography, we also photograph business head shots, sporting events, group photos, and more. Please check us out online at www.FunPhotoGuys.com

Beth Gelfand, The Buddy Club
The mission of The Buddy Club is to provide culture for our families, to give parents and their children a chance to sing, laugh, and enjoy high quality live performances together.

If you want to have an event or an interesting item posted in the next edition of our newsletter, send a two- or three-paragraph e-mail to JB by the third week of the month prior to your event. If you're interested in helping produce the newsletter, let me know too.

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