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In this Sustainable Transportation Club newsletter:
Wow! The President just gave support to the idea of Sustainable
Transportation and figured out we are addicted to oil!
I think that puts us in the hot seat here folks….
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Sustainable Transport Club Meeting February 11th
Report - the City Council meeting on January 24th, and
Creating a Sustainable Transportation Dream City
Your support for a Green Depot in Santa Monica needed.
A good News Letter on Renewable Fuels
Meeting reminders
City Council meeting on February 14th,
Green Drinks – Good idea for building the Green
Community - February 2nd
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You can find the subject you want by looking for the separator bars
with the row of XXXXX’s in this document.
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Meeting Announcement
Sustainable transport Club Meeting Saturday February 11th
10:00AM
Unurban Café, 33RD & PICO (across from Trader Joes)
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Proposed Agenda
Review of Status of Santa Monica City Circulation Element
Strategy for working with the City’s program
The Green Depot idea – Building support and how best to
formulate one
What the city should know about promoting the use of
sustainable Transportation.
What we want to say to the city about promoting and supporting:
Bicycles,
Electric vehicles
Neighborhood transport vehicles
Bio diesel
Mass transit and the expo line
Ethanol and mixed fuel vehicles
Methane and Compressed Natural Gas
Green waste conversions
How can we build a huge base of support for sustainable
transportation?
We are moving toward building a vision for implementing
Sustainable Transportation on the Westside. It is a vision that can
incorporate all of our ideas on how to take practical steps toward
that future. It is a vision that will need lots of support. It is a
vision that can become a model for other areas to work with and
implement.
It is a vision that takes form through our working together at the
next meeting. Please join us and bring as many friends as you
know are interested.
The Sustainable Transport Club will be having activities that may
not be mentioned in this Westside Greens Newsletter. Be sure to
keep up with the club and its activities by signing their mailing list
at www.sustainabletransportclub.com
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Report on Creating a Sustainable Transportation Dream City and
the City Council meeting on January 24th,
The meeting was a good step forward in bringing Sustainable
transportation to Santa Monica.
There were three people connected to the club that spoke. It
started with an over view that supported our letter (see the last
newsletter for the full letter).
The main points put forward were:
· The neighborhood center concept provides a prerequisite
structure for sustainability
· We urge you to continue your support for developing
renewable energy sources as alternatives to fossil fuels
· We encourage city support for neighborhood transportation
vehicles and roadways to use them on, safely and
efficiently This covers everything from bicycles to
neighborhood electric vehicles.
· The Sustainable Transport Club can support the
development of sustainable alternatives
This was followed shortly by a heartfelt appeal for bicycle power
that made good points about what is needed to make bicycles more
viable in the area.
Bio Diesel was well represented with a contingent from the local
schools speaking in favor of bio diesel and the need for a Green
Depot.
The Green Depot will also be a focus for the budgetary session.
All in all sustainability was well represented for this first
introductory round. There will be more work to do over the next
few months. We will discuss what the next steps will be at the
next Sustainable Transport Club meeting scheduled below.
The next steps also involve gaining support for the Green Depot.
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Your support for a Green Depot in Santa Monica needed.
The Green Depot is approaching the City of Santa Monica to work
with the City and various schools to bring a Depot to Santa
Monica. This would be a great step forward for sustainable
transportation in the area and it needs your help.
Having a Green Depot in our area would be a great focal point for
sustainable transport. It would be a place for us to congregate and
hold meetings for things like the Sustainable Transport Club, for
the bicycle groups, for mass transit groups and similar Green
transport efforts. It would be a place where we could get students
involved, get information out to the community and do a whole
range of things to bring sustainable transport into peoples lives.
This idea is being put forward by people tied to bio-diesel but that
is only one of the parts of this. We have the chance to get behind
this idea and help make it happen. This in turn will help open up
the project to including whatever part of sustainable transport we
are concerned about. Bio-diesel is one of many options that we
need to move forward on as we move toward a cleaner, sustainable
system of transportation.
We will discuss this and other options at the next Sustainable
Transport Club meeting scheduled for February 11th – details
below.
The Green Depot idea is also on the agenda for the City council
meeting on February 14th under the budget line item. It would be
very helpful to have people there to support it.
There is also a letter of support that needs signatures of support for
this project. The letter along with a sign up sheet is posted on line
in an Adobe Acrobat – PDF format so you can print out a copy to
collect signatures.
www.sustainabletransportclub.com
This letter is being circulated and supported by various groups and
businesses in the area. You may be able to find a copy at any of
these places. Please make sure you sign this and show your
support.
HBO, Patagonia, Co-Opportunity Market, Urth Café,
CALSTART/WestStart, Natural High Lifestyle, Zen Zoo Tea Café,
Mobile Education Department of Natural History Museum of LA
County, Whole Foods Markets, Big Imagination Group, Youth
Mentoring Connection, Folio Gallery, Crossroads School, New
Roads School, Samohi Solar Alliance, Environmental Charter
High School
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A good Newsletter on Renewable Fuels
There is a good source for national and international news on
sustainable transport and renewable fuels. Check out
They offer a free trial subscription that gives a good look into what
is going on around the globe in the areas of green transport.
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Meeting reminders
City Council meeting on February 14th,
Tuesday at 6:45 Pm
Santa Monica City Hall 1685 Main Street
This meeting will be a chance to give support for the Sustainable
Transport letter and for the Green Depot. Details of both are
below. The city council members definitely respond to people
supporting such ideas, particularly when such people present
themselves and their ideas in well thought out presentations.
Your attendance will help get things going and provide support for
a sustainable future.
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Green Drinks – Good idea for building the Green Community
The Green Drinks session on the Westside was a really good idea.
It is fun and a good way to build our Green Community. Here is
the info.
West Side Green Drinks is still the 1st Thursday of the month,
February 2nd.
West Side LA Green Drinks
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
6pm-???
Duke's Hideaway at the Culver Hotel
9400 Culver Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
www.culverhotel.com
310.838.7963
Remember-
If anyone wants to bring literature to promote their green issue
please do so-we will have an area for brochures, business cards,
etc. We will also take back any extra literature back and bring
them to the next Green Drinks.
The main thing is just to relax and have a good time.
Bookmark this blog for future updates
http://lagreendrinks.blogspot.com
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