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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NOTE: Main festival will be held March 17 through 27, 2011, but there are events before/after too.

Kern County’s longest-running Green Festival

Escape to California’s Southern Sierra Nevada to see Wildflowers, experience Nature and share Living Green ideas around Lake Isabella, 3 hours N of L.A.

Most Events are FREE & family-friendly:
5K Run for Living Green, Arts & Crafts, Community Faire, Farmers Market, Food, Gardening talks, Green Fashion Show/High Tea, Green Films, Green Cars, Green EXPO, Keyesville Classic Mtn. Bike Race, Native Plant Sale, Solar & Wind tours...

Printable List of Proposed Events

Where to stay in the Kern River Valley

Kern County Attractions

More INFO below

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For more information and contest rules, click on:

Kids' Recycled Art Contest ENTRY FORM

Sponsored by Kern River Valley Revitalization (KRVR) & along with the Kern River Valley Art Association; supported by generous donors Vera Anderson, Elaine Forge, Jenny Hanley & Barbara Likens.  Winning prizes will be awarded to children for both the Kids' Recycled Art Contest and D. G. Flamand Violence-Free Writing Contest at the Living Green Opening Awards Dinner on Friday, March 18.

Kern River Valley students create an original artwork of up to 11” x 17” in size using materials that would have otherwise been recycled or thrown away to convey a Living Green theme like:

"How Do You Go Green at Home, Work or School?"

EXHIBIT: Hours TBA Kern County Library Kern River Valley Branch Library, 7054 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella (view map) (760) 549-2083

JUDGING: by members of the Kern River Valley Art Association

PRIZES: a 1^st, 2^nd & 2 3^rd Prizes in each of 3 categories (K-4, 5-8 & 9-12)
Preschool prize is a pizza party for the wining pre-school class.

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Jenny Hanley selling Living Green mugs & bottles at the Sept 13 Senior Health Faire

We had a great KICK OFF MEETING on Sept 14. We are off and running.
Watch the SLIDE SHOW (sorry we can't include the sound track or show the 'dance' we did).

A major part of our FUNDRAISING to pay for the Living Green KRV festival is selling our 2011 Mugs & Bottles. We'll have a table at many events from now till Living Green KRV in March 2011. We are also looking for potential volunteers & signing people up to our e-mail notification list.

Our next appearances:

• Saturday, November 27, 2010 11am to 12:30pm Kern River Valley Chamber's 33rd Annual Lake Isabella Christmas Parade, Lake Isabella.
  We'll have some of our mugs & bottles in the back of the Hanley's beautifully restored 1968 Red VW Van.

Richard & Jenny waving from inside her RESTORED 1968 Red VW Van

Woodsy & Jenny "Give a HOOT; Don't POLLUTE!"

• Friday, December 10th from 5-8pm The Kernville Chamber's 2nd annual Christmas Shop Hop is brought to you by Circle Park merchants.  There will be music, raffles, and refreshments to enjoy while you "shop local" in a beautiful Christmas atmosphere.
• Saturday, December 11th from 9-1 pm - Lakeshore Farmers Market Lakeshore Lodge, 7466 Wofford Heights Blvd (toward the lake, across from St. Jude’s), Wofford Heights MAP.

Author D. G. Flamand and some of his recent children's violence-free books.

Over $300 in prizes could be awarded for your kids’ story!
Generous author D.G. Flamand brings his Violence-Free writing contest for anyone 18 and under to Living Green Kern River Valley Festival for 2011. With the rash of teen suicides and bullying becoming a hot topic for the Kern River Valley and elsewhere, D.G. Flamand has created a special creative writing contest just for the Living Green KRV Festival that varies slightly from his standard theme of violence-free stories but also allows the children to vent some of their frustrations on the topic of bullying.

Prizes include: $75 to 1^st place, $50 for 2^nd place and $25 for 3^rd place winners in each of two age groups (age 12 & under, age 13 through 18), copies of his books to all winners (approximately $30 each book set), Violence-Free Tee Shirts ($12 value) and a pair of tickets to the Living Green Opening Awards Dinner! ($16 value per winner for winning child & 1 adult).

State Senator Jean Fuller is scheduled award the winning prizes to children at the Living Green Opening Awards Dinner on Friday, March 18.

To find out more about contest details, download an ENTRY FORM, or you may visit D.G. Flamand Books to have a look at his writings.

D. G. Flamand Violence-Free Writing Contest Rules & Entry Form

Deadline for entry is Friday, March 4.

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7th_Annual_Fire Wise, Water Wise & Native Plant_Sale_Flyer

ORDER FORM 7th Annual Desert Mountain RC&D California Native Plant Sale

• Pickup Date March 26, 2011, (9:00 AM to 1:30 PM)
• Pickup Orders at the Kern River Valley Living Green Expo at the Family Life Center Gym at 20 Panorama Street, Wofford Heights on the Corner of Oak St. & Sycamore Dr. (behind Charlie’s Market)
• ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 18, 2011 with PAYMENT (see form for details)

6pm, Tuesday, September 14 - Kernville Community Room
We held a  meeting to talk about our next Living Green KRV Festival

• 9-14-2010 Living Green Kick Off Meeting Slide Show

followed by a screening of  two short films:

• "For the Price of a Cup of Coffee" [trailer] a short(15 minutes) environmental documentary examining the life cycle of a paper cup and the repercussions of a society reliant on convenience. Why are less than 1% of coffeeshop patrons bringing their own cup? Why do we have so much garbage, and where does it go? What is the true cost of a disposable culture?

• "Ubuntu" a short (8 minutes) film from South Africa from the Global Oneness Project. Ubuntu, a traditional African philosophy, recognizes how we are inextricably bound in each other’s humanity. Translated as, “I am because you are,” Ubuntu describes a sense of unity between people through which we each discover our own strengths and virtues. Featuring healer Credo Mutwa, GreenHouse Project director Dorah Lebelo, and former Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, this glimpse of South Africa shows compassion as a way of life.

The main Living Green Kern River Valley Festival will be held from Thursday, March 17, 2011 through Sunday, March 27, 2011 here in California's Kern River Valley.

If you were not able to attend this meeting, but would like to be a volunteer for the 3rd Annual Living Green Kern River Valley Festival, e-mail us at LivingGreen@mchsi.com.
You can volunteer for just one 2-hour stint to our Treasurer (who would serve on our Steering Committee).

Living Green & Sustainably
Living green means living/working in a way that has less of an environmental impact & conserves nature, resources. Sustainability means “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

Living Green, Responsibly & Sustainably Links
Living green means living/working in a way that has less of an environmental impact & conserves nature, resources. Sustainability means “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The emphasis being on lifestyle practices and habits.

Energy-saving & Sustainable Building/Development Links
Energy saving technologies, sources of information for both new and retrofit construction & sustainable land development. The emphasis being on the built environment.

Water-wise, Fire-wise &/or Native Planting Resources Links
Websites providing plant & landscaping information for Kern River Valley residents. Fire-wise landscaping & plant information moved to the category: Fire Information for KRV. Residents.