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Jerome Ringo, Cheerleader for "Green" @ SDSU Earth Day 4/22/10
Jerome Ringo, Cheerleader for "Green" @ SDSU Earth Day 4/22/10
Date: 4/21/2010 10:30:23 PM ( 14 y ) ... viewed 2137 times
Jerome Ringo, a man with a destiny to
help our planet turn green again
will be the keynote speaker at SDSU's
Earth Day, 4/22/10.
He got an email from President Barack Obama
4/21 inviting him to celebrate Earth Day
at the White House. He replied that he
would be at San Diego State University,
the So Cal school where students
recently passed a referendum to commit
their funds toward a LEED state of the
art environmentally progressive building.
Ringo spoke 4/21 as well at the Scripps
Cottage, a delightful uplifting place on campus
surrounded by lovely trees,
a pond with large Koi fish, and chirping
birds. He spoke as part of GreenFest, a week long
celebration sponsored by the Associated
Students.
FOR THE FULL SCHEDULE OF GREEN FEST
ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK GO HERE
http://as.sdsu.edu/greenfest/schedule.html
In the room listening to Jerome Ringo,
whose far reaching projects go from
greening ports around the world
to growing algae to provide
biofuels, was the GreenLove campus
faculty advisor Glenn. As a student on
campus many years ago, the faculty
wanted to have a parking lot where
the lovely koi and trees now grow.
It was student right action, including
Glenn's actions back then, in a sense
a student protest, that determined
the outcome today.
Jerome Ringo, a man who sees
the vital role that education a new
generation of students to connect
what is on their plate with environmental issues,
will address an even bigger group
at the SDSU Earth Day.
Noteworthy, on Saturday and Sunday hosts
the 2010 Cultivating Food Justice Conference
a cutting edge event destined to reshape
the way San Diego and the nation views.
The conference aims to teach that "All people
deserve good food."
Many, because of the recent visit of First Lady
Michelle Obama to the nearby International
Rescue Committee IRC Community Farm April 15
has been in the national limelight.
Michelle commented,
"the world is watching what is going on
on this plot of land. You are truly doing phenomenal work".
She also said that the refugee farmers are making a healthier life
for their children.
Ringo, who said he often felt depleted
when after many visits to the Hill, was energizes
and excited to be among some of the nation's
most creative environmentalists who stage
a highly successful Farmers' Market each Thursday
on campus.
"When will you have a bike path on campus?"
He asked. The students, many of them from the
highly active e3 Enviro-Business-Ethics group,
let him know their bike path was coming very soon
due to student action.
Ringo said he intended to meet with Daniel Weber,
President of SDSU on Earth Day.
I planted a seed in his ear at the end of his talk:
Support the SDSU students to be
one of the greatest green schools
in the nation. Ringo said that
in my words, I had expressed half
of what he had in mind to say
to Weber.
Ringo is highly inspired.
Anyone near SDSU April 22 ought
to pay the price of parking in the lot next to the
SDSU underground trolly and hear the man who
has had been an advisor to a number of U.S. Presidents.
and sits on the board of Washington's top green advisory groups.
Ringo, who told the students that he
entered the environmental movement to make
up for previous incarnations in this life
when he worked for a petro-chemical company
that had inadvertently harmed many poor people
with its waste, is destined to meet Keep The Beet
Media Star, The World's First Talking Beet Plant,
a project of the Beet Keepers that aims to
create a moment of awakening across our
nation as we each learn that through repotting
a locally grown beet in a pot, and growing
and eating the greens as they grow,growing
we can regain our beat with nature.
Ringo said he came from the state of
Louisana where he saw first hand the
aftermath of Katrina and many other
hurricanes. He said the rising temperatures
in the golf waters were responsible for
their increased velocity.
He pointed out that the people of
Lousiana deeply needed coaching on
how to eat better.
"In my state, we eat anything that
has a face on it."
Keep The Beet hearing this, said
that she planned to work with
Ringo to add some balance.
I taped almost all of Ringo's message.
He had me jumping in my seat.
With little sleep in recent days,
I could hardly contain my
excitement. Jerome Ringo
evokes passion.
He also had great things to
say about Barack Obama.
To paraphrase,
for the first five minutes you are
with him, you know you are
with the president. After that,
you are with a real genuine person,
who loosens his tie and likes to
sit backward on a chair with legs apart.
As noted in the press,
Obama hates beets. They are
one of the vegetables not initially grown
in Michelle's organic white House garden.
Keep The Beet says she is happy
that the president does not eat beets,
but wants to advise him to
Keep The Beet and eat the greens.
"Eat Greens. Go Green." is the noted
beet's motto that she will address in
her next column in the international
Space of Love Magazine.
FOR MORE ON JEROME RINGO
and HIS EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP
With KEEP THE BEET,
OUR NATION's Czarina of Foods,
go here:
See you at SDSU tomorrow
on Earth Day?
See you at the 2010 Food Justice Conference
Saturday and Sunday?
We all hope so.
RELATED
BIO NOTE
http://as.sdsu.edu/greenlove/JeromeRingo.html
Ebony Magazine named Jerome Ringo one of the most influential African Americans for 2006 in its April issue. Jerome Ringo was also highlighted in the May issue of Urban Influence Magazine as one of the Top Ten African American Influences in the country. Ringo is a member of the Green Group, a member of Newsweek’s Environment and Leadership Council, and serves as an official advisor to the Sundance Channel’s The Green. In 2007, Ringo was invited to serve on the National Parks and Conservation Association board. He is the co-author of Diversity and the Future of the U.S. Environmental Movement (published in 2007) and The Green Festival Reader (2008). He also appeared in the Oscar-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.
Boards he sits on include: Al Gore's Climate Advisory Panel/National Wildlife Federation/National Parks and Conservation Association/Florida A & M University School of the Environment/Sundance Channel The Green/Newsweek Magazine Advisory Panel on Climate Change.
Jerome Ringo has recently been hired as the Senior Executive for Global Strategies by Green Port / Biofuels, a company based in Geneva, that has embarked on an $80 billion plan to green over 300 ports worldwide.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Ringo
SCHEDULE FOR SDSU EARTH DAY
Thursday, April 22nd
GREEN THURSDAY
Show your pride for SDSU and sustainability by wearing green!
Beer Garden – “Save the Ales”
12:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. @ Aztec Center Outdoor Patio
Save the Ales: A Garden, Compost and Cultural Event, which will incorporate various educational aspects concerning water resources and agriculture’s impact on the environment. Our goal is to incorporate social equity into this event while raising awareness about how to green your everyday life through composting, offering students the chance to plant their own victory garden, and providing tips to "green up your gathering."
Business Fair
9:00 A.M. – 4 P.M. @ Campanile Walkway, Open Air Theater Walkway
Sustainable businesses and organizations available for networking and professional opportunities.
Eco-Action Center
9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. @ Aztec Center Outdoor Patio
Stop by an art and picture station to help out a local farm and take eco-action on regional issues.
Farmers' Market
9:00 A.M. – 4 P.M. @ Campanile Walkway & Open Air Theatre Walkway
Local farmers and businesses selling produce foods, seasonal items and goods.
Jerome Ringo
11:00 A.M.—5:00 P.M. @ TBA Locations around SDSU
Jerome Ringo, an advocate for environmental justice and clean energy, will give presentations on environmental awareness and sustainability. Find out more about Jerome Ringo.
Nooner Concert
12:00 P.M.—1:00 P.M. @ Aztec Center Outdoor Patio
Local artists will be performing to kick off the afternoon. Aztec Center 12-1 p.m. featuring Justin James and local musicians
Tree Planting
10:00 A.M.—12:00 P.M. at the College of Arts and Letters
We will be planting a tree in front of the College of Arts and Letters.
Recycled Art Competition
10:00 A.M.—12:00 P.M. @ Aztec Center Outdoor Patio
Come view various art pieces created by GreenFest Competition participants out of sustainable and environmentally friendly materials.
Root Beer Garden
12:00 Noon – 1:00 P.M. @ Aztec Center Outdoor Patio
Enjoy local root beer floats made with organic ice cream.
DAILY AZTEC ON GREENFEST
http://www.thedailyaztec.com/sustainability/going-green-sdsu-style-1.2224830
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