Dates

July Global Climate Change Café July 17th, 6 – 9:30 PM, at the Nevada City Methodist Church, 433 Broad Street, Nevada City, CA. August Global Climate Change Café August 19th, 1-5 PM, at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center, 325 Spring Street, Nevada City,...

About the Blog Host and Contributors

Nancy Margulies The World Café had been around for more than ten years when the issue of global warming caught the attention of people worldwide. The need for meaningful conversation, addressing the questions surrounding this threat was clear. World Café seemed...

Basics for Hosting a Global Warming Cafe

Hosting Global Climate Change Cafés means putting the basics of World Café to use for a specific purpose. The goal in most cases is to share ideas and motivate one another to take action such as lowering our own energy usage first, then encouraging others to do the...

Redwood City Global Warming Café

At a recent Global Warming Café we had hosted 80 plus citizens of Redwood City, which  just signed the Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement this week. The lobby of City Hall was turned into a giant café where dinner was served before the Café.  Our first...

Composting Simplified

Compost is garden soil made out of things that used to be alive. Plants love it. What is the easiest way to start a compost pile? Designate a space in your yard to be the compost pile, about three feet wide. Then add weeds, straw, leaves, dirt, water, and kitchen...