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Marin Green Home Tour Set for October 19-20

Marin’s buildings are responsible for as much as 34% of local greenhouse gas emissions, and both homeowners and renters are encouraged to explore opportunities to make their homes more energy-efficient and less reliant on fossil fuels. The Marin Green Home Tour shines a light on the proven strategies that residents can adopt for healthier, more comfortable homes, smaller energy bills, and improved indoor air quality.

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3 years ago

October 15, 2022

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Online event will showcase sustainable building practices

Courtesy of Marin County

Left and right, Marin County residents are working to reduce their carbon footprints. The Marin Green Home Tour, an online event set for Oct. 19-20, will be a prime opportunity to see what “green”-minded neighbors are doing to help the environment and address climate change.

Registration is open now for the virtual tour, which will include 8-minute video tours of 10 homes, plus short presentations by experts, links to relevant businesses, and useful resources. There will be plentiful ideas for new construction, remodels, retrofits, and low-cost, low-tech, DIY solutions for homeowners and renters. The tour will highlight energy features, water conservation strategies, and the use of recycled, repurposed, and sustainable building materials.

Organizers believe the tour is a fun and effective way to inspire neighbors and speed the transition to a more sustainable future. The format relies on neighbor-to-neighbor education and hyperlocal resources. Governments are involved as well; many cities and counties worldwide have set ambitious climate action goals, including the County of Marin.

The virtual tour is organized by a coalition of public agencies, community organizations and individuals, with promotional support from the Marin County Community Development Agency’s Sustainability Team. Other partners include Sustainable Marin, MCE, Bitsa Freeman (Realtor), MarinCAN, Ongaro & Sons, Red Horse Constructors, SunFirst Solar, Bellows Service, Sustainable Novato, Orange Charger, Lucinda Otto (Realtor), SolarCraft Services, Electrify My Home, Soroptomist International, Fairfax Lumber, Marin Realtors, Healthier Dwelling, Kelly Plumbing & Heating, The Switch is On, QuitCarbon, City of Novato, and the towns of Larkspur, Fairfax, and San Anselmo. Sponsorship and donation opportunities are still open.

Stay connected with the Sustainability Team via on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, the event webpage for workshops and community events and the quarterly newsletter. Contact the office via email with questions on our programs or to request more information.

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Remembering George Floyd

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied, and five years later, the president is currently dismissing “due process. “The Minnesota Atty General also says, “Trump is trying to attack constitutional rule, attacking congressional authority and judicial decision-making.” George Floyd was an African American man killed by police who knocked on his neck and on his back, preventing him from breathing.

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Mural showing the portrait of George Floyd in Mauerpark in Berlin. To the left of the portrait the lettering "I can't Breathe" was added, on the right side the three hashtags #GeorgeFloyd, #Icantbreathe and #Sayhisname. The mural was completed by Eme Street Art (facebook name) / Eme Free Thinker (signature) on 29 May 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)

By April Ryan
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“The president’s been very clear he has no intentions of pardoning Derek Chauvin, and it’s not a request that we’re looking at,” confirms a senior staffer at the Trump White House. That White House response results from public hope, including from a close Trump ally, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The timing of Greene’s hopes coincides with the Justice Department’s recent decision to end oversight of local police accused of abuse. It also falls on the fifth anniversary of the police-involved death of George Floyd on May 25th. The death sparked national and worldwide outrage and became a transitional moment politically and culturally, although the outcry for laws on police accountability failed.

The death forced then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to focus on deadly police force and accountability. His efforts while president to pass the George Floyd Justice in policing act failed. The death of George Floyd also put a spotlight on the Black community, forcing then-candidate Biden to choose a Black woman running mate. Kamala Harris ultimately became vice president of the United States alongside Joe Biden. Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison prosecuted the cases against the officers involved in the death of Floyd. He remembers,” Trump was in office when George Floyd was killed, and I would blame Trump for creating a negative environment for police-community relations. Remember, it was him who said when the looting starts, the shooting starts, it was him who got rid of all the consent decrees that were in place by the Obama administration.”

In 2025, Police-involved civilian deaths are up by “about 100 to about 11 hundred,” according to Ellison. Ellison acknowledges that the Floyd case five years ago involved a situation in which due process was denied, and five years later, the president is currently dismissing “due process. “The Minnesota Atty General also says, “Trump is trying to attack constitutional rule, attacking congressional authority and judicial decision-making.” George Floyd was an African-American man killed by police who knocked on his neck and on his back, preventing him from breathing. During those minutes on the ground, Floyd cried out for his late mother several times. Police subdued Floyd for an alleged counterfeit $20 bill.