From fraedasch at hotmail.com  Tue Mar  3 19:15:52 2015
From: fraedasch at hotmail.com (Fraeda)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 01:15:52 +0000
Subject: [Permatopia] Car free can save you hundreds of thousands
Message-ID: <SNT151-W32416F2BF8AE5596E4BFA8A21E0@phx.gbl>

Calculate how much you could save not having a car. Pretty cool 

http://bicycleuniverse.info/

Being car free will net you more than almost anything you can do.
Will likely pay you more than Social Security in your life time.

-Fraeda
 		 	   		  
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From pamelacypress at yahoo.com  Tue Mar  3 20:17:59 2015
From: pamelacypress at yahoo.com (Pamela Driscoll)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 02:17:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Permatopia] Car free can save you hundreds of thousands
In-Reply-To: <SNT151-W32416F2BF8AE5596E4BFA8A21E0@phx.gbl>
References: <SNT151-W32416F2BF8AE5596E4BFA8A21E0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <528766977.901864.1425435479351.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>

I wish I could go car free, or at least carpool with others living out here, but my work schedule is too diverse.
I hyper mile- which means drive as efficiently as possible, getting 50 mph and also buy biodiesel.My dream is to have a Nissan Leaf with solar panels at home to charge the battery...but not enough $$ to lease it.Stay tuned,Pam
 

     On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 5:16 PM, Fraeda <fraedasch at hotmail.com> wrote:
   

 <!--#yiv6308540322 .yiv6308540322hmmessage P{margin:0px;padding:0px;}#yiv6308540322 body.yiv6308540322hmmessage{font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;}-->Calculate how much you could save not having a car. Pretty cool 

http://bicycleuniverse.info/

Being car free will net you more than almost anything you can do.
Will likely pay you more than Social Security in your life time.

-Fraeda
 
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From grondeau at efn.org  Tue Mar  3 23:19:18 2015
From: grondeau at efn.org (Gary Rondeau)
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:19:18 -0800
Subject: [Permatopia] Car free can save you hundreds of thousands
In-Reply-To: <SNT151-W32416F2BF8AE5596E4BFA8A21E0@phx.gbl>
References: <SNT151-W32416F2BF8AE5596E4BFA8A21E0@phx.gbl>
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Nice Fraeda, but they forgot to add in the cost of the gym membership 
you don't need if you are bicycling all of the time!

Gary

On 3/3/2015 5:15 PM, Fraeda wrote:
> Calculate how much you could save not having a car. Pretty cool
>
> http://bicycleuniverse.info/
>
> Being car free will net you more than almost anything you can do.
> Will likely pay you more than Social Security in your life time.
>
> -Fraeda
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From kathy at kathyging.com  Thu Mar 12 03:25:35 2015
From: kathy at kathyging.com (Kathy Ging)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 01:25:35 -0700
Subject: [Permatopia] Friday. 3.13: WiFi, Cell Towers,
	Smart Meters-Does Manmade MW Radiation Impact Human Health?
Message-ID: <24EA005A-00A8-4956-8739-B69CF60CE2F5@kathyging.com>

Wireless Communication: WiFi, Cell Towers and Smart Meters: Does Manmade Microwave Radiation Impact Human Health?

TIME AND PLACE:
12:05 -1:20 pm Friday, March 13, 2015  
Get there on time!  It may take a bit longer than you think to get there.
I anticipate that Dr. Dart will be the second of the two speakers, then questions and answers.
Downtown Athletic Club (DAC)  999 Willamette St., Eugene (you can use elevator near front door to go to the upstairs ballroom)

City Club welcomes Eugene native Paul Dart, M.D., and Davison Soper, PhD, a physicist, to debate whether proliferating microwave sources can impact health.  

Dr. Dart has made presentations to EWEB and legislative committees regarding dangers of increased microwave hazards. 
Dr. Soper published a Register-Guard op-ed citing a perceived lack of scientific bases for health concerns.  

Community members have expressed concern about increased microwaves. 
Debates are emerging concerning cell tower locations especially near schools and bedroom neighborhoods.  

Transmissions - from cell towers, phones, wireless digital water, gas and electric meters, 
WiFi in schools, homes and some new autos - fall into microwave electromagnetic spectrum bands between radio waves and infrared light. 

Does this form of electromagnetic radiation harm biological tissue? 

Currently the Federal Communications Commission places limits on local restrictions on cell tower siting. 
Should FCC revise older exposure standards in light of new evidence?  

Will recent international studies establish groundwork for a more precautionary approach to wireless technology, especially for children and the electro-hyper sensitive?    
Is health being sacrificed for convenience? Should communities have more input into the process? 

Join us for an extraordinary discussion of the science and biology of human-made microwaves Friday, March 13. 

 - end -

<You do not have to be a City Club member to attend;  if not a member, cost is $5 and you get coffee and cookies. 
If you want lunch, order online by NOON tomorrow, Thurs.  http://www.cityclubofeugene.org/

(City Club membership is $75 for the first year if you want to join.)

City Club records attendance numbers and may then schedule more events like this. I am on the Program Committee. 
The program also gets played on KLCC radio the following Monday 6:30 pm 89.7 FM and archived and twice on CTV-29 community access TV. 

You can park in the Oak St. Parcade and use the walking bridge that goes in the back door of the DAC, down stairs and across to elevator to the venue.

You can pick up a PARKING VOUCHER outside the meeting room so that you do not have to pay for parking.
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From kathy at kathyging.com  Sun Mar 22 16:13:04 2015
From: kathy at kathyging.com (Kathy Ging)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 14:13:04 -0700
Subject: [Permatopia] Solar Energy Town Hall meeting Wed.,
	APRIL 1 at 6 pm at Lawrence Hall, U of O, 
Message-ID: <09C1AADE-EBE4-4215-A0B2-ACE45557D608@kathyging.com>

NO KIDDING, folks, solar energy in the early 80s could have provided FIFTY PERCENT of Oregon's domestic
water and space heating needs - 

but due to a leadership vacuum and IOUs (investor owned utilities) dominating Oregon and US energy policy - 
we dragged our feet.  NOW we have an opportunity to tap an unlimited power
source as more people learn about Distributed Generation - which utilities like to call disruptive energy -
but which we had called decentralized power, on-site, neighborhood and community energy!

Pls. learn about bills in front of the OREGON LEGISLATURE now that need your advocacy - and read below to sign the online note to Legislators!

(Did you know that solar radiation has increased in Oregon by 10-15% in the last 20 years? 
The snow pack is at almost historical lows - let us escalate the use of solar energy. I love my solar water heater
although now many consider solar electric rather than solar thermal to be a wiser use of solar!  
The snow pack is about 14% of average here, 12% in CA and 16% in WA. Yet we are wasting solar energy by NOT using it!)
~~~

A Solar Energy Town Hall meeting will be held in Eugene Wednesday, APRIL 1 at 6 pm at 
Lawrence Hall, U of O, Room 115 (across from the Erb Memorial Union) sponsored by Environment Oregon

The poster says:  Learn how you can help bring 10 times more solar energy to Oregon!

organized by Charlotte at EnvironmentOregon.org and by a student at UO 3PM Department, Caitlin.


Pls. attend the Solar Energy Town Hall Meeting - 

we in Eugene area own the largest publicly owned utility in Oregon, EWEB,

but we are NOT in the vanguard of solar energy incentives and programs. 


Also, The Energy Network Group, an ad hoc citizen group, is being revived and will meet with EWEB staff at the end of

March - many solar energy contractors and activists will attend. 

If you want to come or know someone who would like to be there, email me for details: kathy at kathyging.com  541-342-8461. 
 
(Energy Network Group organized the three Lane County Energy Round-Ups in 2007-08.)


The use of solar  and wind energy has tripled since 2008, and the price of Solar Electric cells aka PVs has been going down in recent years. 

We need to lobby Oregon Legislators to pass solar energy bills now in front of them!

SOLAR, unlike WIND - is decentralized. 

Utilities, especially PUBLICLY OWNED ones like EWEB, need to embrace and not feel threatened by the new paradigm.

WE, the ratepayer-owners, not out-of-state investors, OWN our utility!

~~~

Pls. sign the online message to your Oregon Legislators - afterwards, names of your reps show up after you put in zip code.

If unable to copy/paste the web site below - go to EnvironmentOregon.org
to the solar energy message.  Environment Oregon supports the preservation
of our natural resources and wonders and has been promoting renewable energy sources in recent years and
wants to repower Oregon with solar energy.


_Environment Oregon is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. 
Our professional staff combines independent research, practical ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the opposition of

powerful special interests and win real results for Oregon?s environment. 

Environment Oregon draws on 30 years of success in tackling our state's top environmental problems._
 
https://environmentoregon.webaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9613&__utma=1.770870747.1414961709.1420750402.1420759298.16&__utmb=1.12.10.1420759298&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1420657317.12.2.utmcsr%3Denvironmentmaine.org%7Cutmccn%3D%28referral%29%7Cutmcmd%3Dreferral%7Cutmcct%3D/node/31471/clone&__utmv=-&__utmk=52567208&__utma=1.613900326.1426093741.1426096677.1427056453.3&__utmb=1.8.10.1427056453&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1426093741.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=environment%20oregon&__utmv=-&__utmk=107219202


p.s. you can join Environment Oregon for $25 or less!

> 

__,_._,___
~-~   ~-~   ~-~   ~-~   ~-~   ~-  
Kathy Ging, M.A., G.R.I.
541-342-8461
Email: kathy at kathyging.com
WEB:  http://kathyging.com
http://LiberatedSalad.com

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From sbrenner at archetype.org  Sun Mar 22 16:15:38 2015
From: sbrenner at archetype.org (Stephen Brenner)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 14:15:38 -0700
Subject: [Permatopia] Solar Energy Town Hall meeting Wed.,
	APRIL 1 at 6 pm at Lawrence Hall, U of O, 
In-Reply-To: <09C1AADE-EBE4-4215-A0B2-ACE45557D608@kathyging.com>
References: <09C1AADE-EBE4-4215-A0B2-ACE45557D608@kathyging.com>
Message-ID: <6FBB6834-1ACC-4D49-942F-837AE4CDA648@archetype.org>

Hi Kathy,

The consolation prize for not doing early adoption is that the efficiency 
and cost/benefit of today?s solar cells has increased markedly from the 80?s.

Steve

On Mar 22, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Kathy Ging <kathy at kathyging.com> wrote:

> NO KIDDING, folks, solar energy in the early 80s could have provided FIFTY PERCENT of Oregon's domestic
> water and space heating needs - 
> 
> but due to a leadership vacuum and IOUs (investor owned utilities) dominating Oregon and US energy policy - 
> we dragged our feet.  NOW we have an opportunity to tap an unlimited power
> source as more people learn about Distributed Generation - which utilities like to call disruptive energy -
> but which we had called decentralized power, on-site, neighborhood and community energy!
> 
> Pls. learn about bills in front of the OREGON LEGISLATURE now that need your advocacy - and read below to sign the online note to Legislators!
> 
> (Did you know that solar radiation has increased in Oregon by 10-15% in the last 20 years? 
> The snow pack is at almost historical lows - let us escalate the use of solar energy. I love my solar water heater
> although now many consider solar electric rather than solar thermal to be a wiser use of solar!  
> The snow pack is about 14% of average here, 12% in CA and 16% in WA. Yet we are wasting solar energy by NOT using it!)
> ~~~
> 
> A Solar Energy Town Hall meeting will be held in Eugene Wednesday, APRIL 1 at 6 pm at 
> Lawrence Hall, U of O, Room 115 (across from the Erb Memorial Union) sponsored by Environment Oregon
> 
> The poster says:  Learn how you can help bring 10 times more solar energy to Oregon!
> 
> organized by Charlotte at EnvironmentOregon.org and by a student at UO 3PM Department, Caitlin.
> 
> 
> Pls. attend the Solar Energy Town Hall Meeting - 
> 
> we in Eugene area own the largest publicly owned utility in Oregon, EWEB,
> 
> but we are NOT in the vanguard of solar energy incentives and programs. 
> 
> 
> Also, The Energy Network Group, an ad hoc citizen group, is being revived and will meet with EWEB staff at the end of
> 
> March - many solar energy contractors and activists will attend. 
> 
> If you want to come or know someone who would like to be there, email me for details: kathy at kathyging.com  541-342-8461. 
>  
> (Energy Network Group organized the three Lane County Energy Round-Ups in 2007-08.)
> 
> 
> The use of solar  and wind energy has tripled since 2008, and the price of Solar Electric cells aka PVs has been going down in recent years. 
> 
> We need to lobby Oregon Legislators to pass solar energy bills now in front of them!
> 
> SOLAR, unlike WIND - is decentralized. 
> 
> Utilities, especially PUBLICLY OWNED ones like EWEB, need to embrace and not feel threatened by the new paradigm.
> 
> WE, the ratepayer-owners, not out-of-state investors, OWN our utility!
> 
> ~~~
> 
> Pls. sign the online message to your Oregon Legislators - afterwards, names of your reps show up after you put in zip code.
> 
> If unable to copy/paste the web site below - go to EnvironmentOregon.org
> to the solar energy message.  Environment Oregon supports the preservation
> of our natural resources and wonders and has been promoting renewable energy sources in recent years and
> wants to repower Oregon with solar energy.
> 
> 
> _Environment Oregon is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. 
> Our professional staff combines independent research, practical ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the opposition of
> 
> powerful special interests and win real results for Oregon?s environment. 
> 
> Environment Oregon draws on 30 years of success in tackling our state's top environmental problems._
>  
> https://environmentoregon.webaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9613&__utma=1.770870747.1414961709.1420750402.1420759298.16&__utmb=1.12.10.1420759298&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1420657317.12.2.utmcsr%3Denvironmentmaine.org%7Cutmccn%3D%28referral%29%7Cutmcmd%3Dreferral%7Cutmcct%3D/node/31471/clone&__utmv=-&__utmk=52567208&__utma=1.613900326.1426093741.1426096677.1427056453.3&__utmb=1.8.10.1427056453&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1426093741.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=environment%20oregon&__utmv=-&__utmk=107219202
> 
> 
> p.s. you can join Environment Oregon for $25 or less!
> 
>> 
> 
> __,_._,___
> ~-~   ~-~   ~-~   ~-~   ~-~   ~-  
> Kathy Ging, M.A., G.R.I.
> 541-342-8461
> Email: kathy at kathyging.com
> WEB:  http://kathyging.com
> http://LiberatedSalad.com
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From kathy at kathyging.com  Tue Mar 31 01:06:34 2015
From: kathy at kathyging.com (Kathy Ging)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 23:06:34 -0700
Subject: [Permatopia] Wed. April 1,
	6-8 pm: Community Town Hall Meeting Highlights Solar Issues in
	Oregon
Message-ID: <2C608A9F-621C-42EA-801A-3D61B924267A@kathyging.com>

Folks - this is one of 11 SOLAR ENERGY TOWN HALL MEETINGS being sponsored by Environment Oregon - 
pls. attend and participate in helping to increase solar utilization in Oregon ten-fold in the near future!  

 
Community Meeting Will Highlight Solar Issues in Oregon
Environmental advocates, businesses, nonprofits join together for the event
 
As a part of our campaign to bring 10 times more solar power to Oregon, Environment Oregon Is organizing 11 town hall meetings to educate and engage the public on solar issues in Oregon. 
We will bring together local elected officials, community members, small business owners, solar experts and environmental advocates to provide well-rounded expertise on solar power in the state.
                      
WHEN: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015, 6:00-8:00 PM
 
WHO: Mayor Kitty Piercy, Eugene, OR
            Justin Daily, Advanced Energy Systems
            Casey Scofield, OSPIRG Students
Charlie Fisher, Environment Oregon
           
WHERE: University of Oregon, Lawrence Hall, Room 115 (across from EMU)
 
###

Environment Oregon is a citizen-funded environmental advocacy organization representing 30,000 Oregonians. Our mission is to protect clean air, clean water, and open space. Our professional staff combines independent research, practical ideas and tough-minded advocacy to win real results for Oregon?s environment. Environment Oregon draws on 30 years of success in tackling our state's top environmental problems.


 
~-~   ~-~   ~-~   ~-~   ~-~   ~-  
Kathy Ging, M.A., G.R.I.
541-342-8461
Email: kathy at kathyging.com
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