Brianna Minniti didn’t have to think long about what project to create in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program – her love of the ocean made a cleanup of the beach in her home of Long Beach an easy choice. Minnitti, who married her husband on the beach near Belmont Pier eight years ago, is working with her husband to put on the event this Saturday, October 29, from 10am – 1pm, starting at the pier.
The project, named ‘Love the Beach’, is being supported by the California Coastal Commission’s Adopt-a-Beach program, which is providing gloves, trash receptacles and free parking for the event. For additional information, or to sign up as a sponsor, call Minniti at 276-3088, or email her at brianna2hot@gmail.com. Read more at The Long Beach Gazette.
The launch of the Global Solar Hotel Network took place on August 31st at the Hotel Frohsinn in Riga, Switzerland. The Global Solar Hotel Network is the creation of Julianna Priskin, a consultant and lecturer on sustainable tourism, who as her project in Landmark Education’s SELP programme, decided to create a network where people could find find hotel accommodations that derive most of their electricity from solar power. The network is taking suggestions of hotels worldwide – to find out more information or suggest a hotel, visit the Global Solar Hotel Network site.
An article for northjersey.com has recognized John Aversano for the project he is bringing forth in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leaedership Program – an effort to promote sustainability across New Jersey. According the article, Aversano is looking to work with high schools across the state this fall.
Aversano, who is working with Greenpeace on the project, is looking to bring this to individual families as well, getting a few families together this summer for a trial run of the project. Aversano is also working with Courtney Cross and Christina Julian to make the project a reality. He says the project is flexible in its methods, supporting a wide variety of approaches to sustainability, including moving to paperless bill paying, reusing cloth shopping bags and not using plastic bottles.
The town of Longford, Ireland, has a new gardening club, thanks to the efforts of Killashee resident Ciaran O’Hea. O’Hea created the club as his project in the self-expression and leadership programme of Landmark Education. According to the Longford Leader, the club is designed for amateur and professional gardeners of all levels of skill. The club looks to have monthly meetings where gardeners can come together, exchange ideas and listen to guest speakers.
Ciaran also sees an opportunity beyond meetings for collaborative projects among gardeners. To read the whole story, visit the Longford Leader. To get involved, contact Ciaran O’Hea at longfordgardenclub@gmail.com or 085-1355990.
In a Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme taking place in London, Christine Bennett has conceived a public awareness rally about the dangers of excessive use of plastics without proper disposal, to take place on November 6th.
The rally will begin at 10am at the Old Palace Yard next to parliament and participants will walk to Trafalgar Square, arriving at noon. Expert speakers will discuss plastic and the environment, and how use of plastic can be responsibly managed. There were also be information on hand about how to make a difference with this issue. Bennett also has a website looking at the environmental impact of plastic use – visit that site for more information.
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