2010 Sustainable Communities Seminar Was Completed on March 27, 2010

This 8-week series of educational classes was held on Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm at the Hospice by the Bay facility in Larkspur, California, beginning January 30, 2010.

The next seminar series will begin in January-February 2011. More information will be available this summer.

For more information,email the EFM Sustainable Communities Seminar Director, Nancy Bell

Overview

Environmental Forum of Marin’s 2010 Sustainable Communities Seminar was created for community leaders and their staff but offers the most current, useful and trustworthy environmental information needed for informed decision-making in the community as well at a personal level.

With environmentally progressive policies already instituted at our County level of government, as well as at the State, the imperative for our community leaders to fully understand what environmental sustainability means and encompasses has never been greater.

The concept of environmental sustainability presents us with this challenge:

to pass on to our grandchildren a world in which human use of natural resources is in balance with nature’s ability to replenish those resources.

How can business, nonprofit and government policy decisions incorporate the concepts of environmental sustainability? What personal lifestyle decisions can be made and what actions can be taken which will build a more healthful environment for all of us?

The Sustainable Communities Seminar students will learn these answers from  highly-respected, local environmental leaders and teachers who will explain the practical and scientific reasons for incorporating environmentally sustainable practices in our lives. Students will bring their questions and get first-hand answers. Our speakers include college and university instructors, politicians, business people and environmental activists—many of whom are experienced in creating, deciding or implementing environmentally sustainable policy.

This course is offered primarily to inform and to inspire. While there are no tests and no mandatory reading, extensive resources and recommended readings are provided for each day’s focus topic. Each class is devoted to one overarching subject, with ample time for questions, discussion and networking with fellow classmates.

The Environmental Forum of Marin (EFM)’s mission is to promote a sustainable world through environmental education. Inspiring leaders and advocates for the environment since 1972. EFM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and a United Way of the Bay Area Certified Agency.