We are finalizing the list of events for the 2012 festival. It will be posted shortly.

LIVING GREEN KRV FESTIVAL

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.

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

PROPOSED Living Green 2012 Events

2012 Run 4 Living Green - Saturday, March 17, 2012

ON-LINE REGISTRATION

CHECK-IN LOCATION MAP

100 Tuttle Rd., Tillie Creek Campground, Sequoia National Forest, Wofford Heights, CA 93285

We're working on the list of films to be shown as part of the March 2012 Festival.

We've shown 55 films since we began showing FREE GREEN FILMS -- List of Films Shown

2011 Living Green Film Festival:

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

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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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Kern Valley Greenstock Music Fest Flyer

13 Kids from the Kern River Valley win over $2,000 in prizes in 2 contests!

Living Green Opening Awards Dinner

Over $2,000 in cash and other prizes will be awarded for both art and writing contests to 13 Kern River Valley children at the Living Green Opening Awards Dinner, 5pm, Friday, March 18 in the Family Life Center Gym in Wofford Heights. State Senator Jean Fuller’s office is provided special commendations. Kern County Supervisor Jon McQuiston is scheduled to make the awards to the winning children.

Dinner is Corned-beef & cabbage, with carrots, onions & potatoes cooked by renowned local chef, Bob Burkhart. A vegetarian option is available by special arrangement. Dessert is carrot cake. DINNER TICKETS: $10 (includes a raffle ticket); Kids $6) Drink included. Contact: (760) 333-4561 or LivingGreen@mchsi.com. A number of free D.G. Flamand “Say No to Violence” T-shirts will be offered free to those attending, on a first come, first served basis.

Kids’ Recycled Art Contest Winners

PHOTOS: Kids recycled art exhibit March 2011

L to R: Joyce Zvenia, Shirley Davis, Sandie Sparks & Jaye Lyn Martin

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5:30 to 8pm, Friday, March 18, 2011

at the Family Life Center, Oak & Sycamore Streets, Wofford Heights

This dinner is scheduled celebrate the opening of our 3rd Annual Living Green Kern River Valley Festival and award the winning prizes to children for the Kids' Recycled Art Contest and D. G. Flamand Violence-Free Writing Contest at the Living Green Opening Awards Dinner on Friday, March 18.

DINNER: Corned-beef & Cabbage, with carrots, onions & potatoes (vegetarian option available). Dessert: Gooseberry & Granny Smith Apple Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream.

TICKETS: $10 (includes a raffle ticket); Kids $6) Drink included.

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