Sunday, September 18: 2 to 4pm

LIVING GREEN FESTIVAL MEETING

The all-volunteer nonprofit organization Kern River Valley Revitalization has organized a Living Green Kern River Valley Festival LivingGreenKRV.org every March since 2009. KRVR VP Richard Rowe & Board Member Jenny Hanley have led a group of volunteers in organizing & putting on the festival.

The next one is planned for Tuesday, March 13 through Sunday, March 25, 2012.

KRVR needs help and ideas to continue the festival & make it ‘greener.’ We’ll discuss tentative ideas for 2012 & explain the use of our $8,000 Tourism Promotion Grant from Kern County’s Board of Trade.

LOCATION: Kernville Community Room (next to the Kernville Chamber office), off Sierra Way just W of Kernville Road, Kernville MAP http://goo.gl/FAeoW.

IDEA/INFO: Richard Rowe (760) 333-4561 livinggreen@mchsi.com or Jenny Hanley (760) 376-4384 jhanley999@msn.com.

The new Living Green Stainless sports bottle will be available for purchase.

PROPOSED Living Green 2012 Events

2011 Living Green Silent Auction & Raffle

Last year's Silent Auction at the Green Expo

Remaining Raffle Prize List

• There were more than 111 items in the Raffle before the drawings started.
• Some of the tickets were selected during the GREEN EXPO on Saturday, March 26.
  Prizes were selected as winners were notified (which is ongoing as people call us back).
• The majority of the raffle prizes will be selected at the Kern Valley Community Faire on Sunday, March 27 at the Senior Center in Lake Isabella.
• Raffle Tickets selected for early prizes go BACK in the bin for the drawing of the final 3 main raffle prizes to be drawn at 3pm, Sunday, March 27 at the Senior Center in Lake Isabella. 
• Raffle Winners need not be present to win (IF we can read the phone number on the ticket stub).
  We did have one ticket we couldn't read the name and there was no phone number to call (so it was discarded).
• Raffle tickets are $1 and available at the Kern Valley Community Faire right up until the final drawing at 3pm, Sunday, March 27.
• Be sure to bring us your Raffle ticket stub(s) with $1 for each by the time of the drawings.

2011 Silent Auction & Raffle Prize List

• 49 items in the Silent Auction were won at the GREEN EXPO on Saturday, March 26
  Payment can be made by cash, check or charge card.

This year, many individuals and businesses in the Kern River Valley donated over 190 prizes to our Silent Auction & Raffle to help pay for the festival.

• 49 items/packages/bundles in the Silent Auction, worth $8,156.59
• Approximately 111 Raffle Prizes, worth over $6,440. Some are added as extra prizes are presented to us.
  
• That's over $14,600 in prizes donated to this year's Silent Auction & Raffle

What is KRVR & where does the MONEY go?
This document explains what the organization that puts on the Living Green KRV Festival is about and WHERE does the money raised for the festival go?

5 green films for adults; 3 for children

Central & Southern California Premiere:

Green Fire: Aldo Leopold & a Land Ethic for Our Time 10am & 3pm, Saturday, March 26

Links to more information on the films we're planning on showing below

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Kern Valley Community Faire

Sunday, March 27 - Last event in this year's Living Green Festival

This page will be updated later this week,

but for now:

Sunday, March 27: 11am to 3m, Lake Isabella Sustainable Architecture Open House Presented by Nancy Shebesta Architect & Principal of Sustainable Architecture. 3700 Suhre Street, Lake Isabella. (760) 549-0075. FREE

Sunday, March 27: 10am, Lake Isabella GARDEN TALK: “Native Medicinal Plants & their Uses Garden” Methods of gathering & storing by Terri Gallion. 1^st of 5 casual gardening talks organized by the Kern River Valley Garden Group an informal group of California's Kern River Valley gardeners interested in promoting the use of low water, fire-safe & native plants. Propagation of plants that are native to the Kern River Valley & difficult to find commercially is a special interest of the group which meets 2^nd Tuesday each month & has special tours from time to time. Garden Group info: Shirley Real (760) 379-1129 Vets Room 2 (you can enter off the large parking lot behind the Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Copies of seed catalogs & special magazines FREE for the taking (till they run out). FREE

Sunday, March 27: 11 to 4pm, Lake Isabella Kids Friendly "Kern Valley Community Faire" the 2^nd Annual celebration of local clubs, groups, fraternal organizations, services, government agencies & their volunteers. The South Fork Women’s Club will provide a healthy LUNCH $6 (including dessert & drink). Face-painting by Denise Bedford Peters as well as "Kids Re-Use, Too" children’s clothing/toy/book exchange on hand as well. Drop items off at Miss Michelle's Schoolhouse, 409 Sirretta Street, Kernville Monday through Friday 7:30-4:30. For more information call Linda Block (310) 871-8795. Cerro Coso Phi Theta Kappa honors student club will give away cotton denim clothing & extol the use of clothes-lines for drying clothes; contact person Terri Jo Kumar (760) 378-3728 terrijokumar@yahoo.com. 2010 KV Community Faire Application. The 2010 Living Green Raffle prizes will be selected at the end of the day. Chair: Nancy Puckett (760) 379-2556 napucke@zeus.kern.org. Each KRV family attending with an elementary school child can pick up a free copy of the book “The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth” (while supplies last). Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd.,
Lake Isabella. FREE

Participating organizations:

• AGLOW Christian Women's Organization
• Altzheimers Society
• Associated Student Body of Cerro Coso
• Burger King ~ Lake Isabella
  
• Cerro Coso Phi Theta Kappa
• Clan Diggers
• Clinica Sierra Vista
• Clinica Sierra Vista WIC Progam
• College Community Services
• D.G. Flamand Children's Books
• Douglas El Segundo Rod & Gun Club
• ECHO Health Academy ~ Kern Valley High School
• Ecosense Green shopping club
• Face Painting by Denise Bedford Peters
• Family Preservation Community Services
• Fish & Game Habitat Club
• Friends of the Hatchery
  
• Future Homemakers of America ~ Kern Valley High School
• Havilah Centennial Goup
• Hearts Connection F.R.C.
• High Sierra Wild Horse Sanctuary
• Karen Hartfield Fiber Artist Jewelry Maker
• Kern River Ranger District, US Forest Service
• Kern River Valley Fire Safe Council
• Kern River Valley LBGTQ group
• Kern Valley Gays & Straights Against Bullying
• Kern Valley Sun
  
• KRV Family Resource Center
• Lakeshore Farmers Market
• Optimal Hospice Care
• Owens Valley Career Development Center
• Pet Project
• REVA Responsible Ethical Volunteers for Animals
  
• Salvation Army, Lake Isabella Unit
  
• Sequoia ForestKeeper
• Sienna Wellness Institute
  
• South Fork Woman’s Club
• Southern California Edison Mobile Education Unit
• Tea Party of the Kern River Valley
  

Sunday, March 27: 11 to 4pm, Lake Isabella Kids Friendly "Kids Re-Use, Too" Children’s clothing/toy/book exchange Co-chairs: Linda Block linda_block@hotmail.com & Michelle Maring Mmm4peace@aol.com. Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Drop items off at Miss Michelle's Schoolhouse, 409 Sirretta Street, Kernville Monday through Friday 7:30-4:30. For more information call
(310) 871-8795. FREE

Sunday, March 27: 11 to 4pm, Lake Isabella Kids Friendly
"Kids Re-Use, Rock & Roll" Creating instruments & then music from common re-useable (formerly disposable) items. Co-chairs: Jack Nadler Jnadlermd@pol.net & Linda Block linda_block@hotmail.com Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. FREE

Sunday, March 27: 11 to 4pm, Lake Isabella Kids Friendly Kids’ Green Films “Sesame Street: Love the Earth” (USA, 2008, 45 min) Elmo, Zoe, & Baby Bear venture into Bear National Park with Papa Bear in search of the elusive Blue-Feathered Swallowing Swallow so they can earn their Bird-Watching Badges. While looking for the swallow, they have fun discovering beautiful things in nature! They also learn that there are some simple things they can do to keep nature beautiful & clean: putting trash where it belongs, recycling, reusing things & saving water. Shown on the hour: 11am, Noon, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. FREE

Sunday, March 27: 11am, Lake Isabella GARDEN TALK: Terri Gallion. Continues with “Recipes & How to Create Potions & Salves from Native Medicinal Plants” 2^nd of 5 casual gardening talks organized by the Kern River Valley Garden Group an informal group of California's Kern River Valley gardeners interested in promoting the use of low water, fire-safe & native plants. Propagation of plants that are native to the Kern River Valley & difficult to find commercially is a special interest of the group which meets 2^nd Tuesday each month & has special tours from time to time. Garden Group info: Shirley Real (760) 379-1129 Vets Room 2 (you can enter off the large parking lot behind the Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Copies of seed catalogs & special magazines FREE for the taking (till they run out). FREE

Sunday, March 27: Noon, Lake Isabella GARDEN TALK: “Handy & Unusual Propagation Methods” by Shirley Real. 3^rd of 5 casual gardening talks organized by the Kern River Valley Garden Group an informal group of California's Kern River Valley gardeners interested in promoting the use of low water, fire-safe & native plants. Propagation of plants that are native to the Kern River Valley & difficult to find commercially is a special interest of the group which meets 2^nd Tuesday each month & has special tours from time to time. Garden Group info: Shirley Real (760) 379-1129 Vets Room 2 (you can enter off the large parking lot behind the Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Copies of seed catalogs & special magazines FREE for the taking (till they run out). FREE

Sunday, March 27: 1pm, Lake Isabella GARDEN TALK: “Rare, Endangered & At Risk Wild Flowers” by Kernville Forest Service employee Steve Anderson., presenting a silde show & PowerPoint presentation created by Sequoia National Forest Botanist Fletcher Linton 4^th of 5 casual gardening talks organized by the Kern River Valley Garden Group An informal group of California's Kern River Valley gardeners interested in promoting the use of low water, fire-safe & native plants. Propagation of plants that are native to the Kern River Valley & difficult to find commercially is a special interest of the group which meets 2^nd Tuesday each month & has special tours from time to time. Garden Group info: Shirley Real (760) 379-1129 Vets Room 2 (you can enter off the large parking lot behind the Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Copies of seed catalogs & special magazines FREE for the taking (till they run out). FREE

Sunday, March 27: 2pm, Lake Isabella GARDEN TALK: “Tips on Growing Prize-winning Patio & Container Plants” by Shirley Real. 3^rd of 5 casual gardening talks organized by the Kern River Valley Garden Group An informal group of California's Kern River Valley gardeners interested in promoting the use of low water, fire-safe & native plants. Propagation of plants that are native to the Kern River Valley & difficult to find commercially is a special interest of the group which meets 2^nd Tuesday each month & has special tours from time to time. Garden Group info: Shirley Real (760) 379-1129 Vets Room 2 (you can enter off the large parking lot behind the Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Copies of seed catalogs & special magazines FREE for the taking (till they run out). FREE

INFORMATION FOR GROUPS DISPLAYING BELOW

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2011 Living Green Kern River Valley Festival

Remaining Events

From Thursday, March 24 through Sunday, March 27 there are 17 remaining events
All but one (the 1k/4k/10k Run on April 2) are FREE. 10 are Kids Friendly & FREE

Schedule of Events

42 events; 33 are FREE; 27 are Family Friendly events.

2011 Living Green Kern River Valley Festival

Family Friendly Events

Of the 42 events in the whole Festival; 29 are Family Friendly events (24 of which are FREE!)

http://www.50simplekids.com/

Together with the Rotary Club of Kern River Valley, we raised the money to buy a copy of this book for almost every family in the Kern River Valley with elementary school children.

Living Green Festival co-chair Jenny Hanley recommended the book The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth based on her experience as a school teacher and parent with the earlier edition. Packed with facts, experiments, and exciting projects to do at home and at school plus, now it has hundreds of eco-web sites just for kids!

We went out on a campaign to raise the money to buy one copy for every Kern Valley family with elementary school kids; perhaps as many as 396 families. The Rotary Club of Kern River Valley stepped up with $600 to start the fund-raising drive in a good way. With the help of donations from $3 to $600, local people have come forward so we bought books for almost EVERY Family in the Kern Valley with an Elementary School child FREE!

How will the books be distributed to Kern Valley Families?

First come; first served, one book per family (till we run out). To get their book, Kern Valley families will be asked to fill out a FORM indicating the grade levels and schools their kids attend so we can keep track. Attend the following events to get your copy of the free green book:

• 9am to Noon, Saturday, April 30 – Rotarians at Work Day -  Lakeshore Farmers Market, Wofford Heights MAP
• 1 to 4pm, Saturday, April 30 – Rotarians at Work Day,  Vons Grocery Store, Lake Isabella MAP

The Publisher, Andrews McMeel Publishing, generously donated a case of 48 more books to our effort.
Therefore:

• All branches of the Kern County Library system will get a copy
• as will EVERY elementary school teacher in the Kern River Valley.

Remaining copies (if any), will be distributed through the Kern Valley School Districts.

You can also buy the book through our Amazon.com Store. We get a small percentage; you pay the same regular price.

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Responding to input, we've added a 16 ounce insulated coffee mug with stainless interior and a BPA-free 'good plastic' heavy duty 32 ounce water bottle this year.

Thanks to our Living Green Festival Official Photographer Frances Bowman for the excellent photos.

Which plastic water bottles don't leach chemicals?

Because of 17 local sponsors, we can sell the Coffee Mug for $7 & bottle for $5 (both for $10) and still make a little money to pay for the expenses of putting on the all-volunteer Living Green Kern River Valley Festival. We'll have them at many local events & all of our events (till we run out).

This year's sponsors (thank them when you shop or use their services - Think Local First!)

Archie's Hardware
Barnes Bargains
Beyond Juice
KV411.com
CampKernville.com
Cerro Coso Community College
Cheryl's Diner
Edward Jones
Golden State Surplus
Kern River Outfitters
Kern Valley Healthcare District
KRVR.org
Lore's Loft
Mountain & River Adventures
PrecisionAutomotive.us
RiverToyz.com
Riverview Lodge
Run-4-A-Way
Whitewater Voyages

Last year's Green Expo

Saturday, March 26, 2011, 10am to 4pm

At the Family Life Center Gym at the corner of Sycamore Drive & Oak Street (1 block N of the main drag), Wofford Heights

Green Expo Exhibit booths feature complementary ‘green,’ ‘living green,’ &/or energy saving topics such as:
Recycling, Reuse, Alternative Energy, Energy saving, Sustainable building, Low-Water/Native Plant Gardening, Conserving Resources, Eating Healthy, Green investing among other Living Green & Simple Living topics. 2 local car dealers

A used car may be the greenest car you can buy.

Our Living Green mantra of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink might help us shake the urge to have a new car every couple years. Let someone else (like a rental car fleet or car leasing outfit) pay the huge initial $ depreciation a new car has. It used to be a sign that you were doing well to have a new car every couple years; now your car choice can show that you are a money-wise & environmentally sensitive driver. Grist Magazine’s Umbra Fisk’s On Hybrid Myths points out “A used car, however, requires no new manufacturing impact. A used Prius would be the best of all worlds.” Isabella Motors from Wofford Heights & Lake Isabella's Kern River Motors both will be at the Green Expo with high MPG used cars and a motorcycle (even better mileage).

LIST OF GREEN EXPO VENDORS
with links & contact info

LIST OF VENDORS & LOCATION MAP below

At the Family Life Center Gym at the corner of Sycamore Drive & Oak Street (1 block N of the main drag), Wofford Heights

Map to Family Life Center

Kern Valley Greenstock Music Fest Flyer