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SCHOOL NUTRITION & WELLNESS
EECOM/Marin Food Systems Project: wwweecom.net/mfsp
The Marin Food Systems Project of EECOM aims to rebuild healthy
and mutually supportive relationships between Marin County schools,
their parent communities and local farms; to reintegrate an understanding
that human health and is directly linked to the environment; and to
create opportunities for students in schools to have hands-on, real
world environmental education experiences.
Center of Ecoliteracy: www.ecoliteracy.org
The Center for Ecoliteracy is located in Berkeley California
and is dedicated to providing educational resources and funding for
sustainable living, which includes school kitchens and gardens. Their
programs include "Rethinking School Lunch" www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl,
the "School Lunch Initiative" www.schoollunchinitiative.org produced
in collaboration with Alice Water's Chez Panisse Foundation. The
whole system approach includes gardens and the environment.
Laptop Lunches: www.laptoplunches.com
Laptop Lunches are American-style bento boxes designed to help
families pack nutritious, environment-friendly lunches for
school, work, and travel. Their sustainable lunch containers--which
come with a book of healthy lunch ideas and lunchmaking recipes--are
reusable, recyclable, and dishwasher safe. And all of their
lunchboxes are lead-free. Sign-up to get their monthly newsletters
with great inspirational lunch ideas, tips and earth-friendly
resources.
Marin County Health & Human Services-Nutrition Wellness Program:
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/HH/Main/nwp/nutritionwellness/index.cfm
Marin County 's Nutrition
Wellness Program is doing more than just imagining this healthy community.
Their purpose is to make this dream a reality in Marin County. Their
mission is to promote healthy eating and physical activity in a community
where the environment and policies promote life-long health, reaching
out to schools, agencies and organizations serving the entire community,
regardless of income, with technical support, nutrition and fitness
resources, policy development, nutrition education and physical activity
trainings.
FOOD &
FARMS
Marin Farmers Markets:
www.marinfarmersmarket.org
Marin
Farmers Markets operates seven markets in the Bay area, four in Marin
County (Sunday and Thursday Civic Center, Novato and Fairfax) and
three in Alameda County (Grand Lake-Oakland, Newark and Hayward).
Five of our markets operate year-round (Sunday and Thursday Civic
Center, Grand Lake-Oakland, Newark and Hayward) and two of our markets
operate seasonally (Novato and Fairfax). See this website for market
updates, days, times, hours of operation and directions.
Marin Organic: www.MarinOrganic.org
In addition to promoting local organic agriculture, Marin Organic
has many projects that address environmental issues, such as Salmon
Safe certification and a popular farmer education workshop series,
as well as a variety of programs which focus on community health,
such as its Organic School Lunch Program and a CSA box program in
an under served community in Marin. Marin Organic is an association
of organic producers in Marin County whose livelihood is based on
a respect for nature and a sense of place. As the primary link between
farmers and eaters, Marin Organic is committed to creating the first
all-organic county in the nation; a county in which growers and the
people who rely on them recognize their mutual interdependence.
Marin Agricultural Land Trust
(MALT) www.MALT.org
MALT was the first land trust in the United States to focus on farmland
preservation. Founded in 1980 by a coalition of ranchers and environmentalists
to preserve farmland in Marin County, California, MALT acquires agricultural
conservation easements on farmland in voluntary transactions with landowners.
MALT also encourages public policies that support and enhance agriculture.
GARDENS & WATER WAYS:
Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention
Program (MCSTOPPP)
www.mcstoppp.org: MCSTOPPP is
a joint effort of Marin's cities, towns and unincorporated areas
to: prevent stormwater pollution, protect and enhance water quality
in creeks and wetlands, preserve beneficial uses of local waterways,
comply with State and Federal regulations.
Our Water Our World: www.OurWaterOurWorld.org
This website has been developed to assist consumers in managing home
and garden pests in a way that helps protect our water ways and our
world. The Website has a wealth of information and resources, facts
and information on alternative uses to pesticides.
Pesticide Free Zone: www.PesticideFreeZone.org
Marin Beyond Pesticides Coalition is the coming together of 44 Marin organizations
and businesses working to change the way people view and use pesticides. Formed
in 1997 by Marin Breast Cancer Watch and the Health Council of Marin
under the guidance of Pesticide Watch, our first objective was to get
the County of Marin to reduce the use of pesticides in public spaces
and implement an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy. That
goal was realized in December 1998 when the Marin County Board of Supervisors
passed the IPM Ordinance.
Marin Master Gardeners: cemarin.ucdavis.edu/Master_Gardener
The
Marin Master Gardeners are a
dedicated, trained group of volunteers with a shared love of gardening
and horticulture. Through community service and educational outreach,
they provide home gardeners and community organizations the knowledge
and skills to create a healthy environment for Marin County. Since
1986, Marin Master Gardeners have worked as non-paid staff members
of the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE), answering
public inquiries and providing information on all areas of plant
health and gardening practices.
UC Berkeley Cooperative
Extension Marin County: www.cemarin.ucdavis.edu/
Mission Statement: “Our mission is to sustain a
vital agriculture, environment, and community in Marin County by
providing University of California research-based information in
agriculture, natural resource management, nutrition, and youth development.
University of California Cooperative Extension programs operate through
a unique partnership of Marin County Government, the University of California,
the Federal Government, and private funds. Backed by the resources
of the UC campuses, our educational programs use practically-applied
research to solve community problems. We consult with individuals
and organizations, publish newsletters, produce information for mass
media, and conduct seminars and workshops.”
See our "Gardens" page
for additional resources.
SUSTAINABILITY
Environmental Education Council
of Marin (EECOM): www.eecom.net
EECoM is a coalition of more than 130 businesses, schools, and non-profit organizations
devoted to implementing sound ecological practices and promoting environmental
education in Marin. Members meet regularly to exchange information, share skills
and develop new projects that can be addressed collaboratively.
Sustainable Novato: www.SustainableNovato.org
Sustainable Novato's Goals are: (1) To educate, inspire and empower
the community in the practical application of sustainable principles,
and the actions required to affect public policy. (2) To establish
more grassroots support for sustainability advocacy at the local
level. (3) To ensure that long-term city planning is done within
the context of sustainability. (4) To educate and empower our friends
and neighbors to act in the interests of a Sustainable Novato
Sustainable Marin www.SustainableMarin.org
Sustainable Marin produces educational events and community forums
that inspire sustainability in Marin County and its environs. Working
with allied groups, their grassroots agenda includes: rapid reduction
of global warming pollutants and toxics, support of green business
programs, new green building codes, energy efficiency measures, clean-reliable-renewable
power, local power and community choice electricity aggregation, affordable
housing, and healthful, locally grown, organic foods
"PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE" DEFINITIONS:
As stated in Article 15 of
the Rio declaration of 1992:
“In
order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall
be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where
there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full
scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing
cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.”
As stated at Wingspread,
headquarters of the Johnson Foundation, in January 1998, at a meeting
of lawyers, scientists, policy makers and environmentalists:
“When an activity raises threats of harm to the environment
or human health, precautionary measures should be taken even if
some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically.”
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