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Good day,
Far from waiting for the world to change, thankfully our world is blessed with highly dedicated people who give us the collective kick in the pants to make sh$t happen. Case in point is this weekend’s event called ‘Stand in the Sand, a Gathering for the Gulf.’ A couple of weeks ago a dear friend and fellow organizer Eric Cardenas pulled myself and Scottie from Surfrider together.
‘We have to do something about the Gulf ASAP here in Santa Barbara’ is basically what the conversation boiled down to over a pitcher of beer and fries. Long story short, there is now a planning group of 30 people who have put together a community event this Sunday, June 27th at West Beach in Santa Barbara. Special thanks to Eric for leading the charge!
The goal is to stand in solidarity and raise some cash to send to the Gulf for restoration of the human and natural environment. Yes, you’ll have to pull your hazy head off the pillow following our lovely SB Summer Solstice celebration. Bring yourself down to the beach to create the ‘Human Boom’ as we join hands at the water’s edge.
Also established is a ‘Stand in the Sand Recovery Fund’ hosted by the venerable Fund For Santa Barbara. All funds will head directly to the Gulf for human and ecological restoration.
For those of you LoaTree peeps outside of the area, please support the ‘Hands Across the Sand’ efforts occurring nationally on June 26th.
Check out the article in this week’s Independent.
LoaTree teams up with Eco Wireless
LoaTree is teaming up with Eco Wireless, cell phone service for a healthy planet. Eco Wireless exists to raise money for non-profit organizations by diverting 20% of your mobile phone/service plan sale to the non-profit organization of your choice that is focused on environmental, humanitarian, animal and social issues.
If you own a business and pay for your employees cell phone plans, with Eco Wireless, you would still pay the same amount but 20% of the sales would go to the organization of you choice. If you are a non-profit looking to raise some funds, get your members, supporters and businesses to sign up for their phone plans with Eco Wireless. Again, same phones, same rate plans, same service, same provider but part of your bill goes to protect the planet.
Although a new company, they’ve already raised $600 for Freedom to Roam, a non-profit organization that raises awareness about protecting wildlife corridors and habitat.
Check out the Eco Wireless website and facebook page! If you want to sign up to either receive funds as an NPO or as a business/consumer, sign up for Eco Wireless service, give us a shout and we’ll connect you: roots@loatree.com
LoaTree teams up with Stateside Magazine
We ran into Stateside Magazines’s Adam Gray a couple of months ago. He’s building a small magazine ‘for and of’ the people.
Profiling local artists, events and interesting factoids, this gutsy little (literally) magazine is showing up all over town. Stateside and LoaTree are teaming up to create a monthly sustainability section in the magazine that high lights various eco grooving aspects of the Santa Barbara region. Please check for our monthly articles in Stateside. You can find their cool little mag at any number of Santa Barbara restaurants, bars and stores.
A big shout out to Adam for all of his work helping with Stand in the Sand as well.
LoaTree Events -
1. Stand in the Sand: A Gathering for the Gulf – THE DETAILS
Sunday, June 27th, 2010 at West Beach in Santa Barbara, 1pm – 4pm.
To donate to the Stand in the Sand relief fund, please email standinthesand2010@gmail.com
At the event will be some inspiring speakers, the creation of a ‘Human Boom’ with people dressed in yellow shirts, and organizations that you can plug into to educate yourself on how to reduce your dependence on Fossil Fuels.
2. Green Drinks with LoaTree and Weekend Hippie, Tuesday, July 20th, 2010. Location TBD.
After three successful years at the helm of Green Drinks Santa Barbara, Deann Wilson and Elizabeth Wagner are turning the reins of Green Drinks to LoaTree and Weekend Hippie. Green Drinks is a national social networking gathering for sustainably oriented individuals to convene and connect.
We are excited to help grow this fun event on a monthly (third Tuesday) basis. To get on our mailing list, send a note to roots@loatree.com ,’Like’ the Green Drinks Santa Barbara Facebook page or check the website.
Inside LoaTree:
We be bloggin’
We’ve just added a BLOG to the LoaTree.com site (found at the bottom of the LoaTree.com home page) to compliment our email and social media communication. If you are interested in being an author on the LoaTree blog covering a particular aspect of sustainable living, please contact us at roots@loatree.com Special thanks to I-Version Media, our in-house webmaster, for putting this together!
LoaTree to speak on eco-entrepreneurialism at Sustainable Vocations: LoaTree is a proud supporter of Quail Springs’ innovative ‘Sustainable Vocations’ program to help train young people to engage the green economy. We’ll be giving a lecture to one of their classes on Friday, July 9th, 2010.
LoaTree Projects & Partners:
Orella Stewardship Institute: Check out some locally grown, organic, permaulture flavored bio-epic veggies from the garden! We are accepting volunteers (paid in food/hot dinner) who are willing to work on areas including: organic gardening, compost creation, tree plantings and various ranch tasks. You’ll learn a great deal about permaculture, agriculture and ranching. Send a note to roots@loatree.com
Recent LoaTree Events: Beer, Arbor and Soul Majestic
The weekend of June 4th was a packed one for LoaTree. The Beer Brewing workshop at the Orella Stewardship Insitute was a huge hit. The Arbor Santa Barbara Grand Opening on State Street was packed. Upstairs that same night, Soul Majestic played to a full house at Soho. GOOD TIMES.
See you in the Sand on Sunday….
All for now! Keep rockin’
Aloha..
David & the LoaTree Family
