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The following activities are not sponsored nor administered by the Sierra Club. The Club makes no representations or warranties about the safety, supervision or management of such activities. They are published only as a reader service. Saturday, October 4 National Solar Tour/National Energy Awareness Month ASES, the American Solar Energy Society (www.NationalSolarTour.org) and Solar Technologies (www.solartechnologies.com) are hosting the National Solar Tour on October 4, 2008. Additionally, this is National Energy Awareness Month 2008: Working To Secure A Clean Energy Future. The Santa Cruz Solar Home Tour comprises 5 homes on a self-guided tour. You'll be able to learn about solar power and what the homeowners have experienced with having solar power. In addition, Solar Technologies is having an Open House from 10 am - 3 pm. We'll be giving out energy saving information, raffle with solar prizes, refreshments, a solar electric car display. If you bring your PG&E bill, we'll do analysis to help you save energy and see if a solar power system is right for you. We can be contacted at 831-421-0440. Call our office for the map. Saturday, October 18 River & Road Clean Up Volunteers are needed to pull trash from the river and clean up the road. Trucks with winches appreciated. Clean-up bags, refreshments, provided. Help protect the San Lorenzo River and keep trash from being carried to the Bay when the rains come. For more info: 338-1728 or www.vwcweb.org. Sponsored by the Valley Women's Club, County of Santa Cruz, and San Lorenzo Valley Water District. Saturday, October 25 A Celebration of the Life & Work of Robinson Jeffers The National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with The Steinbeck Center, Tor House and University of California Santa Cruz, is sponsoring The Big Read: A Celebration of the Life and Work of the Central Coast Poet Robinson Jeffers" this Fall, 2008. Jeffers was an environmentalist, a poet who celebrated the wild California coast and the favorite poet of the Sierra Club's former Executive Director, David Brower. The culmination of this celebration comes on October 25 from 7 to 10 PM at the Veterans Memorial Building in Santa Cruz; admission is free. Renowned poets Adrienne Rich, Li Young Lee, Gary Young, and others will read from Jeffers' work and their own. Tim Fitzmaurice, Crown College Lecturer in Writing at UCSC will read on a Jeffers poem on behalf of the Sierra Club and will speak on Jeffers' relationship with the environmental movement. Thursday, October 30 Tree Forum Learn about the economic value of the Carmel urban forest. 2-4:30 p.m. Sunset CenterÕs Carpenter Hall, Carmel. Sponsored by City of Carmel Forest and Beach Commission and Friends of Carmel Forest. Keynote address by Kelaine Vargas, Urban Ecologist, U.C. Davis. FREE. Friday, November 14 Weed Symposium The 10th annual California Invasive Weed Symposium will present "Evolution/Revolution— What's New in the Invasive Weed World" at CSUMB. Carla Bossard, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Saint Mary's College of California will be the keynote speaker. Symposium includes field trips. For more information contact Bruce Delgado, 394-8314, . FREE Wormshops Learn how worms can eat your food scraps and make beautiful compost for your garden. Master composters will teach you everything you need to know. Pre-registration required. Free and below wholesale worm bins for residents of unincorporated Santa Cruz Co. and Scotts Valley. $50 charge for residents of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, and Watsonville. Call 427-3452 to register. Sponsored by S.C. Co. Board of Supervisors; produced by County Public Works Recycling and Solid Waste Services. Sunday, October 19, 1-3 p.m., Quail Hollow Ranch County Park, 800 Quail Hollow Road, Felton Saturdays Garland Ranch Hikes The Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District docents lead hikes at Garland Ranch every Saturday. An updated list of all hikes may be found on their website: www.mprpd.org. Monterey CNPS Habitat restoration Volunteer to restore native habitat in State Parks in Monterey Co. Wear layered work clothes. Bring water & snacks. Tools & gloves provided. Carpools meet at Rio Rd. Park and Ride. Rain or shine. Contact Jan Shriner, , 236-0905. Website: www.montereybaycnps.org. October 19, Garrapata State Park, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. October 24, Garrapata State Park, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; contact to participate required by October 22 November 1, Pt. Lobos, 1:00-4:00 p.m. November 16, Garrapata State Park, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. November 21, Garrapata State Park, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; contact to participate required by November 19 Santa Cruz CNPS Habitat restoration Volunteer to restore native habitat in State Parks in Santa Cruz Co. Wear layered work clothes. Bring water & gloves. Tools provided. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We work rain or shine, but if things get particularly unpleasant, we call it a day. Contact Linda Brodman, , 462-4041. Website: www.cruzcnps.org. October 4, Sunset Beach State Park October 25, Natural Bridges State Park [ top of page ]
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