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Green Schools Retrofit Forum
A one-day event to improve the efficiency and performance of California’s K – 12 facilities September 5, 2013 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. UC Davis Conference Center One Shields Avenue, Davis (Map) Registration: COMING SOON $25 ($35 after June 30) Lunch included Financing & retrofit options With the passage of Proposition 39, schools may [...]
Green school retrofit provides real-world lab for students at Grant Union High School
AP Environmental Science students are exploring the gym at Grant Union High School–and they’re shooting lasers at the ceiling. Handheld laser distance meters are just one of a few specialty tools Pacific Gas & Electric energy specialist Keith Smith is teaching the students to use. The lasers allow them to measure distance from each lighting [...]
Greenwise partnerships with Mayor Johnson and Fuse Corps lead to Edible Sac High
By Liz Salmi, community engagement manager Have you ever wondered why Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson partnered with Greenwise Joint Venture, to execute the “edible schoolyard” model at Sacramento Charter High School, through the leadership of Erika Dimmler, a fellow from Fuse Corps? Maybe you haven’t wondered that. But Edible Sac High is a perfect example [...]
Now is the time for food education (Huffington Post)
By Erika Dimmler, fellow, Fuse Corps Project manager, Greenwise Joint Venture This story originally appeared on HuffingtonPost.com. In late 2011, I found myself at a career standstill. The company that had given me some of the most amazing experiences of my life seemed unmoored, and I was unmoored with it. Cable news had changed, and, [...]
Edible Sac High fundraiser at Sacramento-area Chipotle restaurants on May 1
Cause an effect, one responsibly raised burrito at a time Make lunch or dinner a selfless act by joining any Sacramento-area Chipotle Mexican Grill for a fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Bring in this flier and 50 percent of the proceeds will benefit Edible Sac High—the school garden [...]
North America’s largest environmental film festival comes to Sacramento
–Food, Water, Wildlife and Fun– Join Save Our Sandhill Cranes for its fourth annual hosting of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour, Saturday, May 10, at the Crest Theatre. Proceeds from the festival benefit the California Heartland Project, the regional conservation vision of Habitat2020 through the Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS). Festival tickets [...]
PG&E grant creates brighter future for Grant Union High School
The gym at Grant Union High School will be dramatically brighter next year thanks to a $10,000 grant to the Twin Rivers Unified School District from the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. Greenwise Joint Venture and the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) at U.C. Davis pledged in-kind support for the project. The CLTC will help [...]
Sacramento Tree Foundation and Greenwise Joint Venture celebrate California Arbor Week with Mayor Kevin Johnson
In celebration of the finale of the 30k Trees campaign–an effort to plant 30,000 trees in one year throughout the Sacramento region–the Sacramento Tree Foundation and Greenwise Joint Venture were joined by Mayor Kevin Johnson to kick off California Arbor Week with a ceremonial tree planting at Pacific Elementary School today. The “30k Trees” campaign [...]
Mayor Johnson sets green economy as a top priority for 2013 in ‘State of the City’ address
In his fifth State of the City speech, Mayor Kevin Johnson highlighted unique opportunities the Sacramento region must seize if it hopes to continue to grow its economy. “What defines us as a city is our resolve, our determination, our collaboration and our dedication. No other city and region has fought as hard to do [...]
State of Greenwise Joint Venture
By Julia Burrows, president and executive director Greenwise launched as a nonprofit organization in February 2012 to help the Sacramento region become the greenest in the country and a hub for clean technology. One year later, Greenwise is: Larger: staff grew from two to four Greener: partnered with the Sacramento Tree Foundation and the Pacific [...]
