Canadian-born John Mariotti was the winning pitcher for Team Italy in their defeat of the Netherlands in the 2012 European Championship Final to repeat their EU Championship title.
Rarely do you get an opportunity to meet someone like John Mariotti. He is a genuinely nice guy who deserves another long look by MLB. A former farmhand in the Baltimore Orioles organization, the right-handed pitcher for Team Italy will have that opportunity as the MLB Network televises 2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D action (which features Italy, USA, Mexico and Canada). Starting against Team Mexico on Thursday, March 7th at Talking Stick/Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, the sinkerball specialist is ready to shine and put Team Italy in a strategic position to advance to the second round of WBC play next week in Miami. To learn more about pitcher John Mariotti in a recently written article, please click HERE.
Roberto: You have a knack of being a winner and landing on winning teams. Do you truly have a winning spirit and the Midas touch?
John Mariotti: A championship team is made up of a specific group of players. Each player brings something different to the table in order to fit the mold and make up what is to be a championship team. My hard work and dedication toward baseball, I believe, are the traits that Pat Scalabrini (manager of Québec Capitales) and Marco Mazzieri (manager of Team Italy) saw, which made me one significant piece of the puzzle for their team. I am the type of player that never wants to let my teammates down and always striving to be the best.
Under the guidance of Québec Capitales manager Pat Scalabrini, pitcher John Mariotti has led the team to two Can-Am League Championships.
Roberto: How did you end up on undefeated Team Italy in the European Championship?
John Mariotti: I got a call in October of 2011 by Team Italy in regards to playing in the European Championship and WBC. Immediately we began the citizenship process and in August I was on my way to Italy to prepare for the European Championship in Holland. Roberto: Did you have a choice to play for Team Canada instead of Team Italy?
John Mariotti: I did not have the option to play for Team Canada.
Roberto: Will it be difficult playing against some of the players you grew up with in Canada while pitching for Team Italy in the 2013 World Baseball Classic?
John Mariotti: I know a couple of players on Canada's team, John Axford, Chris Leroux and Jonathan Malo. When I was in college, I hit with Joey Votto for two years when I would come home for Christmas break. It will be an awesome experience to play on the same field as these guys, but I think that it's understood that when its game time, all feelings are set aside.
Italy pitcher John Mariotti will face his former Canadian baseball buddy Joey Votto in the WBC.
Roberto: Does Team Canada have an edge because they have seen you pitch before or do you have an advantage because you know their Achilles' heel?
John Mariotti: In baseball, I believe the biggest advantage is experience. Most of the players on Team Canada are or have played in the Big Leagues. Nonetheless, I believe in my talent and so do the Italians and I am going to work hard so that I am able to compete at my best in order to help us win.
Roberto: Who were some of the coaches that have inspired you?
John Mariotti: Murray Marshall (Team Ontario Baseball) was one of the coaches who gave me a shot to play elite baseball. His passion to coach and love for the game was an inspiration not only to me but to all of his players. In college it was both coach Darren Mazeroski (Gulf Coast Community College) and coach Gary Gilmore (Coastal Carolina University) that had a great effect on my career. Battling elbow injuries for two years, both coach "Maz" and "Gilly" believed in my ability and that I was going to perform." They were two coaches that saw and believed in my talent and gave me every opportunity to succeed.
Pitcher John Mariotti advanced as high as Double-A Bowie Baysox in the Baltimore Orioles organization.
Team Italy pitcher John Mariotti credits pitching guru Ron Wolforth's Baseball Ranch for giving him a new lease on life in his playing career after being injured and ultimately released by the Baltimore Orioles.
Roberto: You were injured and left for dead by MLB before heading to Texas.
John Mariotti: Ron Wolforth at Pitching Central in Houston, Texas, in a nutshell, gave me back what I have left of my baseball career. After suffering an injury that ultimately resulted in being released and what looked like the end of my career, I went to see coach Wolforth in Houston as a last hope. What I didn't know was that hope wasn't an option. He was going to get me back to playing, that's how good he is. He is the pitching guru. Working with coach Wolforth got me back into professional baseball: two Can-Am Championships, one European Championship with Team Italy, a Phillies Spring Training invite and now a chance play in the World Baseball Classic. He is a big reason for my success. Pat Scalabrini was another inspiration in my playing career. After being released by the Winnipeg Goldeyes, coach Scalabrini gave me a shot to prove myself.
I did not disappoint. The two years of winning two championships with Québec was the most fun I've had playing ball in a long time. It was the support and belief by coach Scalabrini that really helped me get to this point, and I can't thank him enough. These coaches were big inspirations for me.
Roberto: What are your best pitches that you have come to depend on?
John Mariotti: I throw a sinker, changeup and slider. My sinker and changeup are my two plus pitches. As a sinkerball pitcher, my job is to keep the ball on the ground and let the defense work. My changeup is a pitch that will keep hitters honest on the sinker and is one of my out pitches in certain situations.
Roberto: How good are the Italians? What are some of the strengths of the team?
John Mariotti: The Italians are very good; we have a lot of talent on our team and a great coaching staff. Aside from that, I believe it is the passion, teamwork and the will to win of the Italians that is going to help us achieve success.
Roberto: How has the coaching staff inspired the team? Do you care to comment on MLB Italian Academy Director and Team Italy pitching coach Bill Holmberg?
John Mariotti: Bill is one of the more knowledgeable coaches I've had the pleasure of playing for. Bill and I spent a lot of time together over in Europe, and he taught me a lot about pitching. He has totally changed my mentality as far as how I approach hitters. His knowledge and ability to scout teams and prepare the pitching staff with information about our opponent is impressive. He is very passionate about teaching and coaching players.
He is a key component to the coaching staff and the success of the Italians.
Roberto: How about a few words about Team Italy hitting coach and future Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza? How has he helped you and the pitching staff?
John Mariotti: Mike's is a very knowledgeable person. His experience and knowledge for the game will definitely be a big factor in helping us succeed. Aside from this, he brings a certain character to the team, one that keeps the atmosphere on the bench very light and pressure free. He is a very knowledgeable person, who's always thinking. I think Mike has helped us pitchers by preparing the catchers. Mike prepares our catchers for competition both mentally and physically and I think that by doing so, it only helps make the pitchers better.
Roberto: With the injection of more MLB-affiliated players participating in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, can Team Italy compete in Pool D and advance?
John Mariotti: No doubt. The Americans are the favorite in our pool, but as far as the rest of the teams go (Canada and Mexico) I think we have a really good shot at advancing to the second round.
Roberto: Who else would you have liked to see join Italy in the World Baseball Classic?
John Mariotti: One name that came to mind that I thought might be on the team was Mike Napoli. I'm pretty sure he is of Italian decent.
Hu is on the World Team in the ABL All-Star Game?
Former Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets shortstop Chin-lung Hu is now playing for the Adelaide Bite in the Australian Baseball League. Hu will be leading the Team World All-Stars in the inaugural ABL All-Star Game? Exactly, who else?
George Bush and Condoleezza Rice's spoof of the classic Abbott and Costello Who's on First skit, a hilarious chat between Costello–who plays a peanut vendor named Sebastion Dinwiddle, and Abbott–manager Dexter Broadhurt of the mythical St. Louis Wolves, has placed the former White House all-star comedy duo into the eternal Hall of Shame. In honor of the original Abbott and Costello's tribute to the great game of baseball, let's make sure everyone knows everyone else's name on Team World in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) All-Star Game, which will be televised live on Wednesday, December 21st at 4 pm (Perth, AU Time) by Fox Sports Australia as well as ESPN Star Asia and later replayed on MLB Network in the U.S.A. at 1 pm (EST).
The 42-year-old former New York Mets relief pitcher Dae-Sung Koo is still as strong as ever in the Sydney Blue Sox and the 2011 Team World All-Star bullpen.
Based on the number of players on Team World who have some sort of oddity attached to them, this squad of international all-stars should be called "Team Novelty". National heros in their respective homeland, Taiwan's Chin-lung Hu and Korea's Dae-Sung Koo are well-respected in Asia. Yet in MLB, they are extraterrestrial beings. Whether poking fun at his name Chin-lung Hu or playing on words in Hu's on First, Hu has received more notoriety for everything but his skills. As shortstop and leadoff hitter for the Adelaide Bite, his very serious .291 batting average is no laughing matter.
Former Cubs minor league pitcher Alex Maestri was the first Italian player ever signed to Major League Baseball and is now the premier European import to the 2011 ABL International All-Stars.
Koo's claim to MLB fame came in the May 2005 Subway Series matchup between the Mets and Yankees at Shea Stadium. The Korean lefty was called from the bullpen mid-game. In his first at bat against Randy Johnson, Koo was so nervous that he initially did not swing the bat. Everyone–including broadcaster Tim McCarver–discounted him as an easy out. Instead, the slugger Koo emerged when least expected and rocketed a shot over the outfielders' head to the wall for a stand up double. Jose Reyes layed down a sacrifice bunt to advance Koo to third, but seeing nobody covering home plate he continued to run for the score. Sliding head first and beating the tag, the crowd roared "KOO" and later the sold-out stadium gave him a standing ovation. He appeared in 33 games as a Mets middle reliever and posted a 3.93 ERA with 23 strike outs in 23 innings of work in 1995.
Being the first Italian born player signed by MLB in 2006, pitcher Alex Maestri is also considered by many as another one of baseball's novelties. As as starter and relief pitcher in the Chicago Cubs minor league system for five seasons, Maestri racked up a 24-17 record with a 3.75 ERA and 19 saves. A two-time minor league All-Star, the right hand throwing pitcher put away hitters with his evasive slider–which was once voted as the best slider thrown by anyone in the entire organization. Representing his native Italy in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC), Maestri dominated hitters. In the 2009 WBC, Maestri held opponents scoreless in his two plus innings–during which he got Miguel Cabrera to ground out on a fielder's choice and Magglio Ordonez to strike out. His moment of glory came on April 1, 2009, when he made his preseason MLB debut against the Oakland A's during Cubs Spring Training in Phoenix. Manager Lou Pinella summoned him out of the bullpen. Maestri struck out Orlando Cabrera and then he sized up against slugger Jason Giambi–who managed to squeak out a single through the hole. MLB All-Star Matt Holliday was caught looking at a third strike slider for the second out, and Eric Chavez went down swinging at his Italian slider in the dirt to end Maestri's almost perfect outing.
Despite the fact that Yohei Yanagawa has fast become a fan favorite Down Under, Aussies will have to bid him Sayonora after charting in the Top 7 pitchers of the Australian Baseball League with a 2.52 ERA in 35.2 innings. Second in the league in strike outs (43), the Japanese reliever turned ABL starter of seven games had great control as demonstrated by his 1.23 WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched). Stretching out to pitch seven innings this past week, the 25-year-old right-handed hurler struck out nine and issued no walks. After the ABL All-Star Game, Yohei Yanagawa will return to Japan.
Currently in his second ABL season, 23-year-old Rinku Singh has recorded one win and one save with a 1.59 ERA out of the Adelaide Bite bullpen in 11.1 innings–while allowing just seven hits, one walk and striking out ten. Now an international hero for winning the Million Dollar Arm competition, the first-Indian born pitcher to win an American professional baseball game posted a 2.45 ERA for the Pittsburgh Pirates as a minor leaguer in 2011. Now the subject of a upcoming movie produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Singh has gone Hollywood, and the world will soon know of his life story from the slums of India to the MLB diamonds.
The international all-stars will feature a strong artillery of former and future MLB players from the U.S.A. including Jason Hirsh (Houston Astros/Colorado Rockies), Mike McGuire (Philadelphia Phillies), Alex Burg (San Francisco Giants), Brian Burgamy (Philadelphia Phillies/San Diego Padres), Dominic Ramos (Boston Red Sox), Mychal Givens (Baltimore Orioles), Ty Morrison (Tampa Bay Rays), Tyler Collins (Detroit Tigers), Denny Almonte and James McOwen (Seattle Mariners).
While most believe the World Series marks the year end of professional baseball and the beginning of a long drought without America's favorite pastime, the true diehard fans get a weeklong reprieve as some of Major League Baseball's best players will go head-to-head against a very talented Chinese Taipei national team beginning November 1st. MLB Network has announced its plans to televise the highly-anticipated 2011 Taiwan All-Star Series, five contests between the MLB All-Stars and the Chinese Taipei national team. The games will be played in three different cities in the Republic of China–November 1 at XinZhuang Stadium in New Taipei City, November 3 & 4 at Intercontinental Stadium in Taichung, and November 5 & 6 at Cheng-Ching Lake Stadium in Kaohsiung. With the exception of a 2 pm(PST) start time on November 5th, first pitch is scheduled for 6 pm(PST) every night. MLB Network's Greg Amsinger and Larry Bowa will call the games.
"Major League Baseball is excited to take another important step in showcasing our great game to Taiwan, continuing our objective to bring baseball to fans throughout the world," said Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig. "We are pleased that many fine players will represent Major League Baseball when they meet the top talents of Taiwan." The series is made possible through a partnership between MLB and the Major League Players Association in an effort to promote the game of baseball internationally and showcase talent from around the world.
The Republic of China, better known as Taiwan, has a wealth of talented baseball players. Los Angeles Dodgers Hong-Chih Kuo was expected to pitch for the Chinese Taipei national team, but instead upon the recommendation of his Los Angeles-based team doctor skipped the series to undergo surgery on his left elbow. However, there is still Washington Nationals Chien-Ming Wang–the highly-touted Taiwanese-born pitcher once known for his dreaded sinkerball and near 100 mph velocity–who is slated to be among the Chinese Taipei national team's pitching rotation. Upon his arrival in Taipei last week, Wang commented that it had been a long time since he had played with Taiwanese players but expressed joy in being in his home country of Taiwan. His MLB comeback after two years of rehabilitation from injuries was described by Nationals manager Davey Johnson as "a remarkable season" for Wang, who posted a 4-3 record and a 4.04 ERA. In his final four starts of the season, Wang struck out 16 and walked none in 23 2/3 innings pitched. The Nationals have set a three inning or 60 pitch limit for Wang according to Taiwan national team manager Chen Wei-Cheng, who has yet to decide which game Wang will pitch. Part of the Chinese Taipei national team's secret arsenal includes Detroit Tigers lefty reliever Ni Fu-Te, the Taiwanese-born southpaw who posted an impressive 2.61 ERA as a rookie two years ago. Although Ni was confined to AAA ball this season, he did get the opportunity to shine at MLB Spring Training Camp, where he allowed only four hits and one earned run in his 10 innings of work.
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy will manage the MLB All-Stars. Bochy's coaching staff will be comprised of his current Giants bench coach Ron Wotus, Giants bullpen catcher Billy Hayes, Los Angeles Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt, Tampa Bay Rays hitting coach Derek Shelton along with Rays equipment and home clubhouse manager Chris Westmoreland. The MLB All-Stars include: pitchers Colin Balester, Trevor Bell, Bill Bray, Phil Coke, Ross Detwiler, Dillon Gee, Jeremy Guthrie, LaTroy Hawkins, Mark Melancon, Felipe Paulino, Ramon Ramirez, Rich Thompson and Jose Veras; catchers Drew Butera, Jeff Mathis, and Ronnie Paulino; infielders Erick Aybar, Robinson Cano, Michael Morse, Ryan Roberts, Pablo Sandoval, Danny Valencia and Ty Wigginton; outfielders Emilio Bonifacio, Curtis Granderson, Logan Morrison, Josh Reddick and Andres Torres.
Perhaps the biggest proponent of the upcoming Taiwan All-Star Series is the Washington Nationals Mascot, Screech. The furry white eagle was chosen as the mascot for the series and will accompany the MLB All-Stars to Taiwan. This week Screech was on the set of a short film shot in Washington, DC to promote the international baseball games. Screech dazzled the crowd–including the Ambassador of Taiwan, Jason Yuan–by speaking and whistling in Mandarin Chinese and eating with chopsticks. The short film of Taiwan culture, featuring Screech, can be viewed on the Washington Nationals official website (washingtonnationals.com) and the mascot's blog (screech.mlblogs.com).


A homeless man was kicked and punched in a "brutal and sustained" attack in Blackpool.
The 55-year-old man was in his tent on Middle Walk, Blackpool, behind the Grand Metropole Hotel when he was approached by three youths and kicked and punched at about 2am on Monday.
He suffered some significant facial injuries and was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital for treatment. He has since been discharged.
The offenders also ripped and discarded the victim's tent in what is being treated as an unprovoked and prolonged attack, police said.
Anyone with information should call police on 101 quoting log number 0635 of October 1, or independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


My appreciation of a quiet mind began decades ago when first reading The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. The book helped me eliminate what I called my "garbage thoughts," and to choose how I thought about people and situations. In that process, the constant mental noise I was accustomed to diminished, and in the ever widening spaces between my thoughts I discovered the power and tranquility of a quiet mind.
Though Peale's books may be considered outdated - it's been years since I've seen them in print - it was through their message that I first enjoyed psylence.


Rule #223: Please do not rack the guests with the dog toys.
Rule #221: No wiping chocolate all over your legs. It looks like poop, and the people in the store where I cleaned you up were not impressed.
Rule #219: As cute as I think your little bum is, you do not need to insist I take a picture of it every time I get the camera out.
Rule #218: Once you have peed in the little potty in your room, you may no longer use it to as a receptacle for your mega blocks.
Rule #217: Please so not shave a bald spot into your head with your dad's razor. Seriously, ouch!
Thanks to Abby G. who has also made a rule for her husband about how sharp objects need to be put in a higher place away from the toddler.


i have a jack russell and hes 10 years old house trained but he has just started to wee around the house, is there a reason?
It seems unusual for a 10 year old JRT to suddenly start urinating in the house. I would take him to the Vet immediately to see if there is any medical issue.


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Chapter 613: Great Sect Protecting Formation!
On the road out of the valley, Qin Lie and the Xing brothers were silent with dark expressions.
When they came here, they figured that Green Moon Valley might make things difficult for them. They thought that Green Moon Valley would fight for a bigger share of the territories of the Pan Family, Black Cloud Palace, and Heaven Sea Pavilion.
They had even prepared to allow Green Moon Valley to take the lion's share of the spoils and settle for a smaller portion.
Yet Green Moon Valley didn't care about any friendship. They wanted all the territory of the three fractions—all of the mines, the spirit plant and medicinal herb fields—for themselves.
Before they left, Miao Wenfan even threatened Qin Lie and the Xing brothers, saying that Gold Sun Island could in no way participate. If they did, they would be responsible for the consequences that befell them.
Just as they were about to leave the valley in the mountain, seeing that no one else was around, Xing Yuyuan couldn't help but curse in a low voice.
Xing Yumiao was silent, a dark expression on his face.
Qin Lie's brow was tightly furrowed. He didn't say anything, but turned back occasionally to look at the valley.
He was paying attention to the vast palaces of Green Moon Valley. They hadn't been constructed on a whim, but in a strange formation. He could feel faint power fluctuations come from the walls of those palaces.
"Then why do you not have a protective formation like the Shield of Cold Moon?' Qin Lie asked.
As soon as he said this, bitter expressions formed on the faces of the Xing brothers and they sighed.
"A formation like this… is hard to obtain?" Qin Lie asked in surprise.
"All of its current abundance was caused by the Shield of Cold Moon?' Qin Lie grew more and more surprised.
The Xing Brothers nodded in confirmation, their faces full of undisguised envy.
"The reason the Miao Family thinks that Green Moon Valley can become a Silver rank force within a hundred years is that, in a hundred years, the Shield of Cold Moon will be able to withstand an attack from an Imperishable Realm expert!" Xing Yumaio said seriously.
"Why didn't Blood Fiend Sect have one?" Qin Lie asked in shock.
"That was Li Xin, the first sect master of Blood Fiend Sect, and the uncontested strongest Land of Chaos martial practitioner of the era! In the past, Blood Fiend Sect prospered endlessly in his hands. He was always invading other sects and destroying their sect-protecting formations. No one dared to go within one hundred miles of Blood Cloud Mountain Range. There wasn't even a need to build sect-protecting formations because when Li Xin was alive, Blood Fiend Sect was never on the defensive and was always the one attacking." Xing Yuyuan said with an expression of reverence.
"It is a pity that there is only one Li Xin," Xing Yuyuan lamented.
Miao Meiyu had not accompanied them out of the valley, so they spoke without care of being overheard.
Soon, they once again came to the stone path that Miao Tai, Miao Kui and the others were standing. Many Miao Family youths stood there with cold expressions.
"You are Qin Lie?' Miao Tai suddenly shouted.
At this time Qin Lie was about to leave, standing at the entrance of the valley where they had fought previously.
"Oh? It seems there is no possibility of another fight, unless…someone isn't afraid of dying!" Miao Tai said, the challenge clear in his tone.
Finished, he turned around and casually walked out of the valley.
The members of the Miao Family saw him off with cold gazes.
When the trio finally returned to the Flowing Gold Fiery Phoenix, Guo Yanzheng and Qi Wei clearly sighed in relief.
"First Island Master, Second Island Master, how did the discussion go?" Guo Yanzheng asked in concern.
"It failed," Xing Yuyuan said coolly.
"Miao Hui?" Xing Yuyuan frowned slightly.
Miao Hui was Miao Yangxu's youngest son. However, his talent was average, with a cultivation of just early Netherpassage realm. Miao Yangxu did not favor him highly, and he was one of the Miao Family's younger generation members without much potential.
The five valley masters of the Miao Family favored Miao Meiyu, Miao Tai and any younger generation that had outstanding talent that gradually proved themselves. They were more willing to invest in these younger members.
Even though he was Miao Yangxu's son, as someone with no talent, he was only a tool for a marriage alliance.
This time, Xing Yuyuan had personally come to Green Moon Valley. Traditionally, Miao Hui should have personally greeted them and showed them around.
—It had been like this in the past.
However,they had not seen Miao Hui at all Now, they were about to leave, and Miao Hui had sent a letter over. The Xing brothers realized that something was not right.
Xing Yumiao opened the letter. A glance later, light flashed from his hand, disintegrating the letter into powder.
Xing Yumiao's expression was black.
"Big Brother, what did that boy say?" Xing Yuyuan shouted.
"Miao Hui hopes to be released from his engagement to Yao'er!" Xing Yumiao gritted out one word at a time.
"First Island Master, what about Miao Hui and Yao'er's marriage?" Guo Yanzheng probed.
"I really hadn't expected the Miao Family to be so low and shameless!" Xing Yuyuan said.
Qin Lie wore an apathetic expression as he observed everything. After this trip to Emerald Island, he could see the Miao Family… didn't think much of Blood Fiend Sect and had never thought of Gold Sun Island as a true ally.
In the past, they had helped Gold Sun Island because they wanted them as a subordinate power of Green Moon Valley.
From start to finish, they hadn't treated the Xing brothers as practitioners of similar status or accorded them respect.
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How Citizens and Companies Can Support Antiracism in Chicago
"Not being racist" is simply no longer enough
Chicago offers plenty of opportunities to effect positive change
Racism is everywhere these days, figuratively and literally. Between a racist virus, a racist depression and several public murders of Black people, systemic oppression has been impossible to ignore.
Writing for the LA Times, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar described racism in America as dust in the air. "It seems invisible — even if you're choking on it — until you let the sun in. Then you see it's everywhere. As long as we keep shining that light, we have a chance of cleaning it wherever it lands. But we have to stay vigilant, because it's always still in the air."
Liz Dozier, Founder of Chicago Beyond, likens it to "when you pull a loose thread on a sweater and before you know it half the sweater is gone — that's the moment we are in right now," she says.
In Chicago, unmasking the breadth of systemic racism shouldn't come as a shock. When I talked to eight city business and thought leaders in January, it was cited as the top challenge facing the city over the next decade. Though they came from a variety of industries and backgrounds, seven of the eight specifically called out systemic racism and racial inequality as the biggest issues Chicago needs to address in the 2020s.
The good news? The city has a vast network of organizations already doing the work of dismantling our dangerously biased systems. The great news? While racism and systemic oppression is very complex, we've made it quite simple for you to take positive, immediate action.
Below is a long but not comprehensive list of what you can do personally, at your company and in your state at large to be antiracist.
First, a quick precursor on the term antiracism. In his best-selling book How to Be An Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi classifies racist as a descriptor, not a pejorative. Unlike the term bigot, saying someone or something is racist does not imply hatred; it simply means a policy, practice or ponderance supports the discrimination and marginalization of a minority group.
"The good news is that racist and antiracist are not fixed identities. We can be a racist one minute and an antiracist the next," he writes. "Those people who are striving to be antiracist are the people who are admitting their racism. What that means is what people should be looking for, and valuing, is the person who is no longer in denial about their addiction."
As Kendi explained to Dax Shephard on a recent episode of Armchair Expert, "when you are truly striving to become antiracist it's almost like you are trying to overcome an addiction, you're always taking it a day at a time. You never become an anti-racist. You know that every moment, every day, you have to think about your actions."
Ready to get to work?
What You Can Do as an Individual
Complete the internal work. Before you move into action mode, take time to acknowledge your privilege — your experiences with race and bias — and educate yourself. That's where the real change will come from. "People are trying to dismantle racism from the top down, but readers: you can dismantle it from the bottom up. Start with educating yourselves, your children and your family. It is critical work," Dozier says, adding "it looks different for white and non-white people, but believe me, [it's] everyone's problem." If you haven't already heard, do not go to the Black people in your life and ask them to educate you. Do the work and research yourself. Here's a selection of 20 books by Black writers that will help you better understand the structure and history that help perpetuate racism in America.
An example of the work of the Folded Map Project
Meet your neighbor. As Michelle Obama says, "I've learned that it's harder to hate up close." It's time to make a personal connection to the Black community in Chicago. Start by supporting a black-owned businesses: here's a list of 100 across the city, running the gamut from restaurants to apparel to home goods. Then, find your map neighbor. Tonika Johnson founded the Folded Map Project to connect residents who live at corresponding addresses on the North and South sides of Chicago. If you fold a map at the center, the mirroring addresses create "map twins"; for example: someone living at the 6900 block of North Ashland in Rogers Park is a map twin with the someone living at the 6900 block of South Ashland in West Englewood. It's a personal way to open dialogue and examine how segregation impacts our city. "I believe that it takes individual one-on-one interaction for us to begin to desegregate our city, because clearly the history of housing policy won't get us there," Johnson writes. By connecting map twins, she is facilitating interaction among communities that have traditionally seemed off limits to people on either side of the map. Reach out on her website if you're interested in participating in a map twin pairing.
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Volunteer your professional expertise. You don't need to pick up a new skill to help someone; give them the skills you already have. Instead of signing up for a mission trip or house-building experience, consider offering your specific professional skill set for free — which can make a huge difference for a not-for-profit organization (NFPO). "What are you passionate about and how can you lend that passion to others?" asks Jahmal Cole, founder of My Block, My Hood, My City. The community activist, whose catchphrase urges all Chicagoans to ask themselves, "What's something simple I can do that'll have a positive impact on my block?", offers some specific ideas for action: "If you work in IT, reach out to a social-justice organization and see if you can help them on their website. If you do consulting, deliver a three year strategic plan to a not-for-profit. If you're in construction, offer your services for free to one of the businesses that have been looted. When I say something simple, I don't mean it should be easy." Find an organization you like (maybe one you've already donated money to) and offer your specific services. If they are all set with what you can contribute, ask them for a recommendation of another NFPO that could use the help.
Participate in mentoring programs. Atlanta rapper and activist Killer Mike espoused the benefits of mentoring during a visit on The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert in 2016. He implored, "Find a child who is marginal or doing exceptional in school who's a minority, who doesn't look like you, not of the same religion, not of the same background — help that child matriculate into college … Teach them the path you were taught, to help them become a successful human being. What you're going to get out of that experience is another human being that's taking full advantage of an educational system that can help them within their community, but more than that, it grows you as a human being to have empathy … for someone who doesn't look like you and is culturally not from your background." Locally, OneGoal Chicago uses a three-year model to pair high-school students with mentors who support the students from secondary school through their first year of college.
Donate money to fund antiracism work. It is no accident this is last on the list of personal to-dos. Yes, you should absolutely give money to organizations fighting for social justice, but to be antiracist, you can't just give money. "It is my opinion that — especially as white people — we can't be lulled into thinking we can buy or donate our way out of systemic racism," says Christina Hachikian, Executive Director, Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. "Yes, we need to donate to organizations working on ending systemic racism and police brutality. And yes, we need [to take] our business to Black and Latinx accountants, lawyers and other professionals, among other actions. But what it will take to actually move the needle as a society on ending racial discrimination is internal work."
That said, Chicago has many effective NFPO fighting racism and systemic oppression:
Invisible Institute: Provides data transparency about incidents of police misconduct. Their Citizens Police Data Project is a tool that allows citizens to hold police accountable for their actions.
Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF): Pays bond for people charged with crimes in Cook County, releasing presumed innocent defendants until their trial.
Lawndale Christian Legal Center: Provides holistic social and legal services to youth through their North Lawndale restorative justice program.
Dovetail Project: Gives young Black fathers (ages 17 to 24) the skills and support they need to be better fathers for their children and better men in their communities through a 12-week parenting program.
Storycatcher Theater: Works with youth in the juvenile justice system to repair trauma via artistic expression, sharing their stories through musical theater.
Residents Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E): Founded by residents in the South side neighborhood often noted for its violence, R.A.G.E. collaborates on action-based solutions to highlight the resiliency and positivity of the community.
Rebuild Chicago: Artist-led organization revitalizing South side neighborhoods and rebuilding their cultural foundations.
And three national organizations that are equally commendable:
Know Your Rights Camp: Colin Kapernick's traveling education camps aim to advance liberation and well-being for Black and Brown communities through self-empowerment and education.
Data 4 Black Lives: A movement of activists, organizers and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people.
National Fund Bail Network: A combination of more than 60 bail and bond funds across the country. Check bail funds by state, or specific category like protest bail funds.
Sheldon Smith of the Dovetail Project was one of CNN's 2016 Heroes of the Year (photo courtesy of Getty Images)
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What Your Company Can Do
Use blind hiring practices. Equity statements have been coming from every large organization, but without action, it's just lip service. "I personally have just started deleting them, I don't even read them anymore," says Dozier. "I want to know what they are specifically doing and where their money goes." A clear and easy request you can make of your company is to employ blind hiring practices, especially during the early rounds of resume-culling. Research shows over and over that unconscious bias continually discriminates against minorities and women, with Black women suffering the most. Blind hiring techniques remove demographic information from a candidate — things like name, gender, age, school they attended and even education level — so the focus can be on the required skill set. Blind hiring helps with intersectionality (social categorizations that overlap: e.g., Black, disabled, gay, female) and promotes an actually diverse workplace, says Hachikian. If your HR department brushed you off citing the use of algorithms, Hachikian warns to push back on that. "Many companies have moved to algorithmic hiring and algorithms are designed by people who themselves have bias, so the algorithms get that same bias. We have to be careful about those processes," she says.
Require bias training and education for managers. Bias training is crucial, but training alone won't solve systemic racism. As Dozier points out, "our whole society is set up to affirm what we already have, it won't change in one training, it has to be ongoing." Dolly Chugh is an award-winning social psychologist at the New York University Stern School of Business, and her research-backed book, The Person You Mean To Be: How Good People Fight Bias, is full of tools about how to stand up for others and change your behavior every day.
Review promotion practices and how people move up. Hachikian points to two effective bias busters companies can start immediately. First, studies show if people have to justify their promotion decisions out loud to a colleague, they tend to do better with diversity and are more fair. Second, pinpoint where Black, LatinX and female employees drop off in your organization's corporate ladder. Hachikian says, "see what the system is doing and intervene at that specific point — be a little more surgical about it."
Update your background-check process. "There's a lot of bias that can prevent opportunities from people who really need them," says Carlton Mayers, II, Senior Policy Manager for Criminal Justice Reform at Heartland Alliance. His team is working on a bill for Illinois — Employee Background Fairness Act (HB4837 & SB3194) — that would create standards for private employers who consider criminal history information when hiring. Their recommendation for companies is twofold: First, disregard non-convictions (things like arrest records) when the defendant was not found guilty in court and juvenile records. Second, when reviewing an applicant who does have a criminal conviction on their record, apply an individualized assessment. "Things like rehabilitative work should be considered. Also, review if their crime should be preventative of the specific work," says Mayers. For instance, if someone had a fraud conviction but will be operating a forklift, that conviction shouldn't preclude them from the labor job. The goal is to increase employment opportunities for people who have been in the criminal legal system, but have paid their debt and can still offer a lot of value to companies and society at large.
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Hire people with criminal records. Chasda Martin, Director of Programs for READI Chicago points out, "being born into the wrong zip code can change your life forever." Her program works with five Chicago neighborhoods where residents are most at risk of gun-violence involvement and provides employment and healing opportunities as a way to break the cycle. This is a particularly at-risk group right now, as data shows 27 percent of formerly incarcerated people were unemployed, a rate higher than the national unemployment rate at its peak during the Great Depression. That was also before the COVID-19 pandemic. READI offers paid transitional jobs, cognitive behavioral therapy and support services to their participants. With their partner companies, READI creates viable opportunities for this population through paid work, and reassurance to companies nervous about hiring people with criminal records. "You heal through relationships," says Kimeco Roberson, Community Project Manager at READI Chicago. "If you want to hire people with barriers, or open your hiring practices to those who may have a barrier or a perceived background, you have to understand how to work with them." Companies that have worked with READI participants include the Greater Chicago Food Depository, City Colleges of Chicago and Revolution Workshop.
What Your Vote Can Do
"There were no criminal-justice reforms passed in Illinois this last session," says Mayers. However, it's not for a lack of trying. After the session was cut short due to COVID-19, social justice advocates are preparing their dockets for 20201. Here's a round up of some of the antiracist legislation you should be aware of. Pick one or all of them and start contacting your reps via phone and email.
End money bonds. In America's justice system, defendants are innocent until proven guilty, however, they have to pay bail to get out of jail ahead of their trial. Racial and wealth equity come to a head on this point. "Twenty-five percent of people in Cook County are Black, but 75 percent of people in Cook County jail are Black," says Sharlyn Grace, Executive Director of the Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF). Her organization pays bond for people charged with crimes in Cook County, and if you think that's a small group, think again. People in pretrial detention (aka unconvicted defendants) now make up more than two-thirds of America's jail population. (Watch the Netflix documentary 13th for critical context on this.) CCBF says the removal of pretrial money bails is a critical aspect of racial justice and their statewide network is pushing for a bill in 2021 to eliminate money bonds in the state.
Increase public housing access. Bill HB206 creates a standard screening process for public housing authorities that would be used statewide and provides more housing opportunities for people with criminal records. Currently, there are over 100 public housing agencies in Illinois, and each has their own requirements. The lack of a unified system causes problems for people that can only afford public housing and have a criminal record. For example, a person convicted of a misdemeanor (let's say shoplifting theft of property worth no more than $500) can get public housing from the Housing Authority of Cook County, but if they move to Richland County, the same misdemeanor can constitute a permanent ban from their public housing. "In general, 3.3 million adults alive today have been arrested or convicted of a crime in Illinois since the advent of mass incarceration in 1979." says Mayers.
End unnecessary background checks on college applications. Education and wealth inequity bars many Black students from attending elite colleges, and banning students with a criminal background further targets the number of Black collegiates. Illinois bill SB3517 removes the checkbox on college applications asking if applicants have a criminal history. Currently, background checks get triggered by that singular box on the application. This bill argues that background checks should only be completed after a student has been accepted and only if that individual wants to participate in campus activities and live in on-campus housing. Removing the box increases opportunities for people who have been involved in the criminal legal system to attend college.
Michael B. Jordan, Bryan Stevenson and Jamie Foxx at the premiere of Just Mercy (photo courtesy of Getty Images)
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End permanent punishments. The Equal Justice Initiative — dramatized by Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx in Just Mercy — categorizes incarceration as a permanent punishment for many Americans. "Loss of employment and housing, threatened immigration status, and disqualification from welfare benefits, student loans, and certain licenses often condemn formerly incarcerated people and their families to lifelong poverty." Heartland Alliance's criminal reform agenda is called Fully Free and aims to replace these laws with laws that encourage stability. "Permanent punishments are laws that restrict individuals from having access to opportunities to have a stable life, to get back on their feet, to have a fair chance," says Mayers.
Create antiracist COVID-19 relief. Due to systemic racism, Black institutions and businesses have historically been at a disadvantage to non-Black competitors; following COVID's impact on the economy, "the situation is even more dire," says Mahers. As the state begins to reopen and focuses on recovery, support relief initiatives that serve this population specifically. That's antiracism in its simplest form.
Vote YES on H.R. 7085. A federal bill was introduced to the United States Congress on May 30 that would repeal the Qualified Immunity Act. Applied to all government officials, qualified immunity has gained attention since police officers fit under its umbrella. Under qualified immunity, "government officials can't be sued for violating constitutional rights unless their actions transgress 'clearly established' law." Essentially, it's a way illegal police brutality has skirted legal retribution by languishing in the specifics of a case like exact location or day of the week. With qualified immunity gone, it'd be easier to prosecute cops who violate civil rights. Not local to Illinois, but still voted on by your congressperson, learn more about qualified immunity here, and call your congressperson or write an email showing support of this bill.
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Internet retailer Amazon started out as an online book retailer, but the company has grown into a much larger organization – a multi-billion dollar organization, in fact. Since its inception, it has slowly grown into the largest online marketplace in the world. Amazon's now more than just a marketplace; it is also a place where users can rate and share their thoughts on items that they purchase. Shoppers also develop lists of favorites to share with other members and rank other reviews and content. This social activity has helped to turn Amazon into a community space for people all over the world.
Amazon now appears keen to encourage more community activity and maintain its reputation with US shoppers. Its new charity initiative, Amazon Smile, was launched last month, and it appears to be an attempt to link Amazon back to grass roots and charities.
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Amazon Smile will allow shoppers in America to help out a charity of their choice every time they make an eligible purchase. Users who are interested in donating to charity through Amazon can browse through nearly a million different charities throughout America and select one they wish to support. Amazon will then donate 0.5% of every eligible purchase the user makes in the Amazon store to that charity.
Tens of millions of items in the store are eligible for Amazon Smile, but there are certain types of items which haven't yet been included. Items such as subscriptions, mp3s and kindle ebooks are not part of Smile, but this may change in the future. In the case of every other item, customers can choose to change the charity they support at any time and once their charity is set, the purchasing process is not affected in any way. People who purchase product in the usual way or those who pay for Amazon Prime will still order and receive their goods as normal. All donations are made in the background.
It's not just a gimmick, either. Managers at the company say Smile is here to stay; it's not just a Christmas holiday promotion. Whether this scheme will also expand beyond the American Amazon site remains to be seen.
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There is no obvious reason why Amazon has decided to adopt this approach to giving to charity. It is thought that it is part of the company's long term strategy to develop a strong relationship with its customer base, in a similar way that Apple has with its customers. This approach to giving money to charity almost makes it an automatic process. It takes the choice of which charity to support out of Amazon's hands and places it directly into the hands of the consumer.
Charities would do well to engage with the service and open themselves up to receiving funding in this way. Smaller, local charities have the potential to be the big winners with this new service. Those charities who can increase the awareness of what they do in a local area will go a long way towards encouraging more people to direct their donations through Amazon to the charity.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2023 – A 63-year-old woman in Kitengela identified as Nancy Magero died on the spot together with her daughter after they were hit by a speeding Prado outside Quickmart supermarket.
According to information shared by lawyer Wahome Thuku on social media, the unfortunate incident happened on 31st December at around 7 pm.
She was visiting her son who lives just across the mall with her daughter on New Year's Eve when they were hit by the vehicle.
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Check out the films that Sustainable Fairfax has screened:
Film & Speaker Night: Time to Choose
Sept 15 @ 7:00pm
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Speaker: Executive Producer, Jeff Horowitz And local groups will share actions you can take to move towards a healthier climate!
Climate change is the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced – and it is also our greatest opportunity. We have the solutions we need, but we are in a race against the clock to implement them in time. Oscar-winning documentary director Charles Ferguson captures the urgency and innovation of this critical moment in his new film, Time to Choose. The film looks at the climate threats and explores the remarkable stories of people changing our world for the better. It looks squarely at this unique moment on earth, with an eye to helping change the course of human history.
Film & Speaker Night: Fractured Land
July 21 @ 7:00pm
Speaker: Nick Tipon
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Award winning Canadian film that tells the story of a young indigenous leader and lawyer who builds a powerful movement to increase awareness of hydraulic fracking on First Nation lands.
Film & Panel Discussion: SEED- May 19
"Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our being." – Vandana Shiva Few things on earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds. Join Sustainable Fairfax for a screening of the award winning film, "SEED: The Untold Story," and a discussion with an engaging panel of experts including Mark Squire, Wendy Johnson and Claire Hope Cummings. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. SEED follows passionate seed keepers protecting…
Film & Discussion: "Tomorrow" at The Rafael, April 22
April 22 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth Street
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Sustainable Fairfax is thrilled to be the Community Partner for the showing of "Tomorrow" at the Smith Rafael Film Center on Saturday, April 22nd at 3:30pm followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. Mahatma Gandhi said, "You must be the change you want to see in the world," and in this film (which won the French César for Best Documentary), co-filmmakers Cyril Dion and actor-director Mélanie Laurent travel ten countries encountering individuals and communities who have taken environmental sustainability into…
Zero Waste Event- Film & Panel- Fri, Mar 24
March 24 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Join us for an evening to Talk Trash and enjoy a screening of an entertaining and inspiring film on one couple's journey to zero waste. Here's the schedule of the evening: 1) Zero Waste Marin presentation 2) Zero Waste Panel & Discussion- learn about the challenges and opportunities we face as a Town and a County in our efforts to reduce landfill waste. The expert panel includes: –Renee Goddard, Sustainable Fairfax –Kim Scheibly, Marin Sanitary Service –Steve Devine, Program Manager,…
Film & Speaker Night: This Changes Everything- Friday, January 13
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we'll ever get to build a better world? This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein's international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines.
Film & Speaker Night: Abundance on a Dry Land
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Speaker: Erik Ohlsen/Permaculture Artisans Featured in the film! Erik Ohlsen is a licensed contractor, founder, and owner of Permaculture Artisans, an ecological farm and landscape company. Erik is a renowned certified permaculture designer, and certified permaculture teacher and has been practicing permaculture and ecological design since 1998. __________________________ Some experts are predicting less than average rainfall this year…
Film & Speaker Series: Inhabit
October 23, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Humanity is more than ever threatened by its own actions; we hear a lot about the need to minimize footprints and to reduce our impact. But what if our footprints were beneficial? What if we could meet human needs while increasing the health and well-being of our planet? This is the premise behind permaculture: a design process based on the replication of patterns found in nature. INHABIT explores the many environmental issues facing us today and examines solutions that are…
Film & Speaker Series – Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds
Seeds are as essential to life as the air we breathe or the water we drink. In this film you learn about the diversity of seeds and the diverse individuals – seed savers, renegade farmers, artists and activists who are working to save this precious resource. SPEAKER: Rebecca Newburn, Co-Founder of Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library – a free seed library located in the Richmond Public Library. Rebecca is a leader in the National Save Seed Sharing Campaign that advocates…
Film & Speaker Series: A Place at the Table
May 15, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
When: Friday, May 15, 2015 Doors Open: 7:00pm Film: 7:30pm Where: Fairfax Women's Club, 46 Park Rd, Fairfax Cost: $5-15 Suggested Donation – no one turned away Speakers: Rev Katharine Harts of the Fairfax COMMUNITY Church & Fairfax Food Pantry; Marv Zauderer, Founder of ExtraFood Sustainable Fairfax is screening "A Place at the Table," a documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, and proposed solutions to the problem. About 50 million Americans are food insecure, with the proportion of children facing food insecurity…
Film & Speaker Series: Russian River: All Rivers
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6 School Street, Suite 150
Fairfax, CA 94930 United States
When: Friday, April 17, 2015 Doors Open: 5:45pm Film: 6:15 pm Where: Fairfax Women's Club, 46 Park Rd, Fairfax Cost: $5-15 Suggested Donation – no one turned away Special Guests: Filmmakers William Sorensen, Stella Kwiecinski & Nancy Econome; David Keller, Bay Area Director of Friends of the Eel River; and Huey Johnson of the Resource Renewal Institute. Questions & Answers follow the film. $5-$15 suggested donation We are pleased to present this timely film, especially relevant as the California drought…
Film & Speaker Series: BLUE GOLD
March 20, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
When: Friday, March 20, 2015 Doors Open: 7:00pm Film: 7:30 pm Where: Fairfax Women's Club, 46 Park Rd, Fairfax Cost: $5-10 Suggested Donation – no one turned away Speaker: Mai-Lan Ha, a Senior Research Associate for the Pacific Institute's Corporate Sustainability program focusing on its international standards and corporate water stewardship programs. Ms. Ha will provide comments and take questions after the film. BLUE GOLD sheds light on the world's rapidly approaching water crisis and suggests that wars of the…
Film & Speaker Series: The Future of Energy
January 30, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Future of Energy: Lateral Power to the People is a powerful documentary that captures the movement across the United States to transition to renewable energy and what everyday people can do to help foster the shift.
All around the world a powerful transition is taking place. Communities are building local movements to address economic instability and the worst effects of climate change. Energy lies at the heart of our global society, and how we consume it impacts everything from the air we breathe and the food we eat, to our jobs and the health of our families.
The Future of Energy is a positive, fun film that focuses on energy solutions and the people behind the renewable energy revolution. It's a love story about people re-imagining their relationship to the planet, and falling back in love with the Earth and each other.
Film & Speaker Series: The Story of Stuff
November 14, 2014 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
If you are not familiar with Story of Stuff, it all began about 7 years ago when Annie Leonard and Free Range Studios put together a 20-minute movie about the way we make, use, and throw away Stuff. It went viral on the internet, unleashing a torrent of pent-up demand for honest conversation about the impacts of our consumer-crazed culture on people and the planet. Since then It has been viewed more than 40 million times worldwide.
From this the Story of Stuff Project emerged, including, among other things, more films that address different topics brought up during the original film.
Film: 5 Story of Stuff films
Speaker: Louis Fox of Free Range Studios.
Film & Speaker Series: Living in the Future
September 12, 2014 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
How to Build an EcoVillage!
A poetic tale of nine families as they create beautiful natural homes and plentiful gardens from sheep-grazed soil in Wales. In the face of legal battles and local hostility, they live with an ongoing pressure meet their targets and show success for the UK's first planned ecoVillage, Lammas.
Post Film Talk and Discussion: Juliana Birnbaum and Louis Fox, authors of the book, Sustainable Revolution: Pernaculture in EcoVillages, Urban Farms and Communities Worldwide, will talk about their book and lead a discussion about the themes from the film.
This film is part of the Sustainable Fairfax film series and is co-sponsored by Fairfax Volunteers and Fairfax Parks and Recreation.
Film & Speaker Series: Toxic Hot Seat
May 2, 2014 @ 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
When: Friday, May 2, 2014 Post-Film Discussion: Directors James Redford and Kirby Walker TOXIC HOT SEAT tells the story of a growing tide of activists, journalists and citizen groups who are bringing an end to the era of manipulation and misinformation about hidden toxic chemicals. Sponsored by Sustainable Fairfax and Moms Advocating Sustainability (MOMAS) Click here for details about the movie.
Film & Speaker Series: Watershed
February 28, 2014 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
When: Friday, February 28 Doors: 7:00 Film: 7:30 Executive Produced and Narrated by Robert Redford and Directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mark Decena, WATERSHED tells the story of the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River and offers solutions for the future of the American West. "The watershed issue is something that's happening all over the world, where the need for water is greater than the amount of water to provide for it," Robert Redford told Reuters."I think we're picking the Colorado…
Film & Speaker Series: PLAY AGAIN
SPEAKER: Mia Andler – Nature Educator This moving and humorous award winning documentary follows six teenagers who, like the "average American child," spend five to fifteen hours a day behind screens. PLAY AGAIN unplugs these teens and takes them on their first wilderness adventure – no electricity, no cell phone coverage, no virtual reality. Through the voices of children and leading experts including journalist Richard Louv, sociologist Juliet Schor, environmental writer Bill McKibben, educators Diane Levin and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, neuroscientist Gary…
GREEN FIRE – Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time
When: Friday, Oct 25, 2013
The Emmy Award winning film,Green Fire, the first full-length documentary film ever made about legendary environmentalist Aldo Leopold. Green Fire highlights Leopold's extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental movement. Leopold remains relevant today, inspiring projects all over the country that connect people and land.
Watch Trailer Here
When: Friday, Sept 20 , 2013
Food, Inc. is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Kenner. The film examines corporate farming in the United States, concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy, in a way that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees. The film is narrated by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser.
GASLAND II
When:September 13, 2013 Doors 6:30, film 7:00 p.m.
In this explosive follow-up to his Oscar®-nominated film GASLAND, filmmaker Josh Fox uses his trademark dark humor to take a deeper, broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil, now occurring on a global level (in 32 countries worldwide).
Sponsored byFairfax Tomorrow, The Town of Fairfax, Food & Water Watch, Sierra Club Marin Group, 350Marin, 10th AD Democratic Club, and North Coast Rivers Alliance. Wheelchair accessible
When: Friday, August 16 , 2013
Co-Director Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee will appear in person and answer questions after the film. With a fresh approach Elemental tells the story of three individuals united by their deep connection with nature and driven to confront some of the most pressing ecological challenges of our time. Separated by continents yet sharing an unwavering commitment to protecting nature, the characters in this story are complex, flawed, postmodern heroes for whom stemming the tide of environmental destruction fades in and out of view – part mirage, part miracle.
QUEEN OF THE SUN
When: Friday, July 19 , 2013
Speaker:Sara Knight- Pesticide Action Network
QUEEN OF THE SUN is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis. Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this alarming and ultimately uplifting film weaves together a dramatic story of the heart-felt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers around the world.Watch trailer here.This spellbinding film explores the long-term causes that have led to one of our most urgent global food crises, illuminating the deep link between humans and bees. The story unveils 10,000 years of beekeeping, highlighting how that historic and sacred relationship has been lost. Inspiring and entertaining, QUEEN OF THE SUN uncovers the problems and solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
MISS REPRESENTATION
When: Friday, June 28, 2013
Speaker: Marilyn DeLaure from USF
Click here to view the trailer
Sustainable Fairfax and Fairfax Moms are pleased to provide a screening of MISS REPRESENTATION, a Sundance Film Festival winner, written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. This trend can prevent women from reaching their full potential, thereby presenting a roadblock to attaining a thriving and sustainable community and culture.
CHASING ICE
When Friday, May 17, 2013
Post Film Comments:Dr. Peter Joseph, Climate Reality Project
CHASING ICE, winner of best cinematography at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, is the story of one man's mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet,See Preview Here!With a band of young adventurers in tow, National Geographic photographer James Balog deployed revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Chasing Ice depicts a photographer trying to deliver evidence and hope to our carbon-powered planet. The images are stunning. This movie should not be missed.
When: Friday, April 19, 2013
TRASHED is a provocative investigation of the fastest growing industry in North America – the garbage business. Is there a better model? Actor Jeremy Irons guides us through both the problems and solutions.to pressing environmental problems.
SYMPHONY OF THE SOIL
When: Friday, Feb 22, 2013
Filmed on four continents, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers, Symphony of the Soil is an intriguing presentation that highlights the role of healthy soil in creating healthy planets that nurture healthy humans living on a healthy planet.
When: Friday, Jan 18th, 2013; Doors Open: 6:30; Film: 7:00
Communities in California are now fighting chemical hydraulic fracking, a destructive natural gas drilling process which causes earthquakes and contaminates our water. Gasland is an award winning documentary film chronicling how communities across the US are negatively impacted by fracking operations, Join Sustainable Fairfax for this entertaining and engrossing film and learn what you can do to fight back!
The film is sponsored by 'Fairfax Tomorrow' and the Fairfax Town Council. Sustainable Fairfax is cosponsoring the event along with Pesticide Free Zone, The Marin Grange, and GMO Free Marin.


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Bacardi Reduces its Carbon Footprint with Green Bottles
With eco-friendly efforts becoming increasingly popular, many companies are striving to find new and innovative ways to reduce their carbon footprint.
Online PR News – 23-March-2010 – – With eco-friendly efforts becoming increasingly popular, many companies are striving to find new and innovative ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Most recently, the Bacardi Limited company has reportedly found a clever technique for reducing their harmful wastes.
How Bacardi Limited is "Going Green"
A popular spirits-based company for nearly 150 years, Bacardi Limited is an international distributor of a variety of alcohol beverages and cocktails. With award winning flavors of rum, whiskey, vodka, and an array of other refreshments, the Bacardi Limited company is the largest privately owned alcohol-based manufacturer of products in the world.
The team has implemented the Bacardi environment commitment through a "greener" approach to business, switching from glass to plastic bottles. Specifically, Bacardi Canada will now be using a polyethylene terephthalate form of plastic when bottling their line of carbonated "Breezer" beverages. Although the company has historically used glass bottles for over 20 years, since 1988 in fact, the new a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic material will provide consumers with an eco-friendly benefit as they enjoy one of the company's most favored products.
The PET Bacardi Breezer Benefits
Leaders of this new eco-friendly shift in packaging have voiced numerous benefits and perks to this change. Foremost, the PET plastic bottles are lighter, and with lighter packaging, transporting shipments of the product becomes even more energy efficient. Furthermore, the lighter bottles allow for general distribution to be conducted with greater convenience and ease.
Adding to this, Dale Harrison, the materials sourcing leader, asserts that the plastic bottles allow for greater convenience for individuals opting to enjoy their Breezers outdoors, as the previously used glass bottles are generally banned in outdoor facilities.
Notably, as Harrison further proclaims, Bacardi Canada is the premier company in its country and line of business that has dedicated itself to switching an entire line of products to this more eco-friendly adjustment.
The Benefits of the Bacardi Breezer Packaging Shift
According to projections, by switching Bacardi Breezers to the PET plastic packaging, the Liquor Control Board of Canada, also known as the LCBC, projects that the company will be able to significantly reduce its waste. Specifically, the LCBC estimates that PET plastic materials and containers result in a reduction of waste by more than 90 percent!
Best of all, the popular company will allow consumers to continue to enjoy the same taste and appearance of the previously bottled Breezer products. With a traditional shape to its bottle, often described as a "champagne" form, the PET bottles will evoke a similar look to its predecessor. Overall, this seemingly tiny change will allow the Bacardi environment commitment to benefit from a total reduction in carbon waste by approximately 22 percent! Leaders of the Bacardi Limited company are confident and optimistic that larger and more extensive changes can gradually be made to further these incredible Earth-friendly developments.
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