Claremont Insider: Earth Day
Showing posts with label Earth Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earth Day. Show all posts

Monday, April 27, 2009

Called Out (Or Let's Settle It in the Parking Lot)

We received an email responding to Saturday's post about the Claremont Earth Day speakers:

DATE: Sunday, April 26, 2009 12:41PM
SUBJECT: See You There!
TO: Claremont Buzz

I recently read your comments on the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy and wonder what kind of JACKASS speaks so harshly about senior citizens who are working voluntarily, without desire for profit, to secure Claremont's water future and improve our ecological resources? Your ridiculous and disrespectful 'insights' on the motivation of these very good, intelligent, and giving people, who are working very hard for our community, is nothing short of offensive. To describe a public presentation given on Earth Day (precisely to generate public interest, involvement, and to inform on the proposed endeavor) a 'Dog and Pony Show' is nothing but a disrespectful and dishonest slur.


It's a good thing you remain anonymous! If I ever heard anyone speak publicly of a senior citizen the way you have, or treat ANY retired volunteer in such a way, I would sock them square in the face! Have some respect. Perhaps your lowest common denominator readers appreciate your slanderous low brow humor, half truths, and misinformed viewpoints ... but if you truly want to make a positive difference in our community perhaps we should all remember and espouse some basic principles: don't slander people just because you disagree with them; arguments should be based on fact, sincere philosophy and values and not your brand of name calling low brow rhetoric; and most important of all in this instance ... RESPECT YOUR ELDERS.


See you there JACKASS!

Friday, April 24, 2009

Earth Weekend

Claremont's Earth Week observance culminates this Sunday with an Earth Day celebration. The city has an online invitation:

Join us for Claremont's first community-wide Earth Day celebration on Sunday, April 26, 2009, from 12 to 5 p.m. in the Village.

Activities will include:

  • Speakers and presentations on the environment, alternative transportation and sustainability
  • Tips on how to "Green" your home or business and save money
  • Music and entertainment
  • Fun and educational activities for kids
  • A bicycle "rodeo" and safety training
  • Educational workshops and displays
  • Exhibits by "Green" organizations
  • Additional lectures and workshops will be held throughout the community during Earth Week (April 19-26).

Event co-sponsors include the City of Claremont, Claremont Toyota, Pitzer College, Pomona Valley Medical Health Center, Claremont Smile Design, Hartman Baldwin, Le Pain Quotidien, Pomona College, Coates Cyclery, Friends of the Bernard Field Station, Maria J. Andrade, Mountain View Republican Club and Suntrek Solar.

Organized by Sustainable Claremont, the Claremont Interfaith Committee on Sustainability and the Claremont Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee.

For more information, call Chris Veirs, Senior planner/Sustainability Coordinator at (909) 399-5486.


In addition to Sunday's events, on Saturday there's a free tour of what the city's Earth Week flyer says is a newly-rebuilt sustainable home at 4326 Via Padova near the Padua Theatre. The house, replacing one that burned in the 2003 Padua/Grand Prix Fire, was featured in a Los Angeles Times article a few years ago.

The home tour goes from 1pm to 4pm tomorrow, April 25.