February 28, 2010 schoolpoolmarin.org
One of the great things about living a block from my son’s school is it is very easy (and healthy) to walk him to school everyday. As we walk our son to school, we see parents drive their kids to school. There is schoolpoolmarin.org, a new online service to help these parents get their kids [...]
Posted in Green Marin, Marin Traffic, Our 101, environment 
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February 27, 2010Maven loves getting mail. Especially, if it has to do with something I wrote and even if a person disagrees with me. So I got and email from Joe Nation. Here is what I wrote back.
Dear Joe,
Joe you always know where to find me and you are always welcome to share your thoughts as I [...]
Posted in Community Choice Energy, Joe Nation, Marin Energy Coalition, Marin Politicians, Marin Politics, PG&E, california politics, energy, environment, global warming Comments
February 14, 2010 pg&e risk
Maven checked her snail mail box yesterday and hubby got a flier from the “Common Sense Coalition” that claims that they are “Taking a Stand for Marin Consumers.” If we ever get a glossy mailer, I instinctively look around for the small print as to the source of the information.
It reads: “This information [...]
Posted in Green Marin, Marin Politics, Marin Utilities, PG&E, energy, environment, global warming Comments
June 19, 2009Thanks to rtlbeaton, for snapping a pic of a quintessential Marin county sign even though Marin County recently admitted that it violated its own rules in using pesticides in our parks — where our children play.
Marin Maven has joined the “Sea of Green” Twitter movement, turning the profile picture green and turning the Twitter time [...]
Posted in Green Marin, Marin Peace and Justice Coalition, PG&E, Pesticides, Twitter Operatives, environment Comments
May 30, 2009Maven is stalking the opening of Anokha Cuisine of India in Novato. They say perhaps Monday, but it will be next week before it opens.
Yesterday in history in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge let auto traffic through to Marin. Marinites start being annoyed.
Please download the Repeal Prop 8 Pledge and print out as many as [...]
Posted in Foodie Maven, LGBT Rights, Larkspur, Libation Maven, Marin Retail, May 19 Special Election, May 19th Special Election, NO ON PROP 8, No on 1A, No on 1B, No on 1C, No on 1D, No on 1E, No on 1F, Northgate Mall, Only on Craigslist, environment Comments
May 2, 2009 Gartenzwerg: you can’t spell “pandemic” without “panic.” Heeheehee, I feel so clever. :p “PANdemIC!”
Whether you call it H1N1, Mexican Influenza, or “Hamthrax” (a new moniker found on Twitter) this past week’s appeal to fear story was the Swine Flu that probably killed less people than [...]
Posted in Developments in Marin, Marin Politics, No on 1A, No on 1B, No on 1C, No on 1D, No on 1E, No on 1F, St.Vincents/Silviera, Supervisor Arnold, california politics, environment, global warming, holy crap Comments
April 11, 2009Marin Maven wishes everyone a happy Easter, Passover, or whatever celebration of Spring your belief system compels you to participate in. May your baskets be full, egg hunts be extra exciting, and your families be together in good health.
Posted in Compost Maven, Farmer's Market, Water Issues, environment, slow food Comments
April 2, 2009Yesterday, my Facebook Buddy, Barack Obama, confirmed me as a cousin yesterday. This meant I was also related to Dick Cheney, was Dick Cheney (!!!), or it was just inexplicably goofy April Fools Joke.
It is true, I have a black thumb, yet I want a victory garden of raised beds and a drip system. Getting [...]
Posted in Jared Huffman, Mark Leno, Our Polluted Bay, Pesticides, Stop the Spray, environment Comments
May 23, 2008 Posted in Contempo Marin, Marin Water, Mark Leno, california politics, elections, environment Comments
March 29, 2008Could your family do without lights, television, radio, computers, and all the electric devices you have plugged in for sixty minutes?
Tonight at 8pm local time, people in the Pacific Time will be turning off their lights in their businesses and homes. Will you join us?
Some people will make light of this effort, stating that it [...]
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March 20, 2008While attending the North Bay Sustainable Business Green Drinks mixer this past February, I met Carrie Bachelder from The Away Station. The Away Station would provide a central place in the North Bay where residents and contractors to send their unwanted items and construction and deconstruction waste. The materials can be sorted, rehabilitated. and reused [...]
Posted in Green Marin, environment, global warming Comments
February 29, 2008Ice Cream Can Save Our Planet
First of all, congratulations to our favorite ice cream store ever, Three Twins Ice Cream, for earning Assemblyman Huffman’s Sustainable 6 Award for their earth-friendly business practices in January. Besides making their own fabulously tasty certified organic ice cream at their Terra Linda and Napa stores, they use organic ingredients, [...]
Posted in AB1920, Jared Huffman, Marin Politics, california politics, environment, global warming Comments
February 28, 2008Light Brown Moth, Light Brown Moth
What Do You Hear?
I hear helicopters in the sky
Dumping unknown chemicals…
Apologies to Eric Carle.
If you haven’t heard already, there are plans to do an aerial spray against the Light Brown Moth in Marin this Summer. The first communities will be Tiburon, Belvedere, and San Francsico. Opponents, StoptheSpray, feel [...]
Posted in AB2892, Jared Huffman, Pesticides, california politics, environment, holy crap Comments
February 15, 2008With all due respect to his death metal minions, Metallica rocker, James Hetfield maybe slowly losing his rocker credentials after denying access to his open space due to finding too many beer bottles and cigarette butts.
Posted in Developments in Marin, environment Comments
February 1, 2008CNN just reported that 2.7 million gallons of sewage has been dumped into the Bay courtesy of our own Marin County waste treatment plant. Apparently, it happened last night and it is just being reported within the last 16 minutes. Nobody appears to know what happened and they don’t think there is any chlorine in [...]
Posted in Our Polluted Bay, environment Comments
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