[S-C] SF Department of the Environment Brown Bag 12.11.02

[Nelly Sun]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT BROWN BAG LUNCH
                       Department of the Environment
                     11 Grove Street, EcoCenter Office


SAVE THE DATE:  DECEMBER 11, 2002
12:00 pm, Department of the Environment EcoCenter Office

Cecile Andrew, Author:  Simplicity:  The Back door to Environmentalism

As people's lives grow increasingly frantic, the age old concept of
simplicity is once again emerging
and capturing people's attention=2E People are drawn to Simplicity for =
a
variety of reasons: many are
worried about debt; many are worried about stress and their health; som=
e
are worried about the decline
in community and civic life; all are looking for cures to our time fami=
ne=2E
When people begin to address
these issues, they discover that they're all related to the destruction=
 of
the environment=2E Our
consumerist life style of work and spend is not only draining people's
pocketbook and robbing them of
time and health, it is destroying the Earth=2E People discover that eac=
h
thing they buy consumes a piece
of the planet=2E They discover that every aspect of commerce, productio=
n,
shipping, advertisement, driving
their SUVs to the mall? uses oil=2E They begin to understand the cause =
and
severity of global warming and
climate disruption=2E

The simplicity movement can attract a whole new audience to the
environmental movement=2E  And it is
organizing people for involvement=2E Here in the Bay area we have a str=
ong
network of forums and study
circles that are bringing people together to learn about simplicity and=
 the
environment=2E The presenter is Cecile
Andrews, author of the Circle of Simplicity (HarperCollins 97)=2E She i=
s the
director of The Simplicity Circles
Project with the non-profit Seeds of Simplicity=2E Formerly a community=

college administrator and a visiting
scholar at Stanford, Cecile directs the Bay Area Simplicity Forums Proj=
ect=2E
www=2Ececileandrews=2Ecom


          "LIVE SIMPLY SO THAT OTHERS MAY SIMPLY LIVE " - Gandhi


The Department of the Environment Brown Bag events are informal session=
s
hosted by the department for its staff and invited guests=2E  Contact N=
elly
Sun at 415-355-3703 if you are interested in being the next Brown Bag
speaker=2E

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Nelly Sun
Department of the Environment
City and County of San Francisco
11 Grove Street, San Francisco,  CA  94102
w: 415=2E355=2E3703/f: 415=2E554=2E6393
Nelly=2ESun@sfgov=2Eorg


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