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Created: Nov 10, 2007
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ConnieMadden
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Email: ConnieMadden [at] yahoo.com
 
Address: 215 Water Street
Petaluma, California 94952F
United States
 
I Speak: English, a bit of French
 
I Am: Activist
 
Member Since: November 10, 2007
 
Local Time: Sun Nov 8 12:39:03
 

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Arts Activism (2124 people)  |  Mycology (423 people)  |  Greenhouse Gases (1330 people)  |  Natural Capitalism (2453 people)  |  Renewable Energy (3900 people)  |  Energy Efficiency and Conservation (2426 people)  |  Film (1529 people)  |  Economic Development (1755 people)  |  Information and Communication Technology (1762 people)  |  Sustainable Livelihoods (2702 people)  |  Local Food Systems (2845 people)  |  Social Justice Education (1706 people)  |  EcoVillages (2782 people)  |  Democracy and Civil Society (1947 people)  |  Wildlife Management (821 people)  |  Globalization Impacts (2059 people)  |  Land Stewardship (1622 people)  |  Restorative Justice (513 people)  |  Social Entrepreneurship (3646 people)  |  Philanthropy (1370 people)  |  Community Enterprise (1844 people)  |  Alternative Medicine (2825 people)  |  Sustainability and Technology (2110 people)  |  Urban Communications (660 people)  |  Technology Transfer (753 people)  |  Green Hospital Movement (694 people)  |  Ecological Change and Emerging Diseases (669 people)  |  Global Governance (1125 people)  |  Cultural Diversity (2539 people)  |  Communication Training (1720 people)  |  Urban Revitalization (1180 people)  |  Coastal Ecology (978 people)  |  Conflict Resolution (1842 people)  |  Wetlands (912 people)  |  Watershed Management (1245 people)  |  Appropriate Technology (1547 people)  |  Sustainable Communities (4048 people)  |  Sustainability, Religious and Spiritual Issues (2656 people)  |  Democratic Participation (1432 people)  |  Hydrology and the Global Water Cycle (665 people)  |  Pollution Remediation (584 people)  |  Social Development (1962 people)  |  Peace and Peace Building (3147 people)  |  Fundraising (1577 people)  |  Biotechnology (597 people)  |  Climate Change (4691 people)  |  Conservation Area Protection (831 people)  |  Women's Health (1186 people)  |  Hunger and Food Security (1313 people)  |  Photography (1702 people)  |  Journalism and the Press (1493 people)  |  Asthma (328 people)  |  Media and Communication (2695 people)  |  Video (1193 people)  |  Internet (2547 people)  |  Radio and Audio (905 people)  |  Publishing (1033 people)  |  Television (819 people)  |  Living Wages (1211 people)  

About

Seeking more people with whom to share a sustainable future in Petaluma, CA, knowing this is impossible without global/local shift: cleaning up MY act is simply not enough. I want to consistenly do good work toward UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEMS and then OFFER BEST SOLUTIONS available as widely as possible.  Currently looking for information and leadership from Paul Hawken, Richard Heinberg, Jared Diamond, Wendell Barry, Mary Oliver...seeking beauty along with sustainable practices.  Taking ten minutes to walk along the Petaluma River and connect with the birds is healing; you must have your ways, too? Heal yourself first; then help me and all of us.

Want to elect more progressive Council members in Petaluma, start a lecture series, help form a food-coop, to help support our wonderful local economy and culture here along the Petaluma River that runs muddy and yet is full of fish and visited by an amazing array of birdlife. This is a wonderful place to live and our widening circle of friends continue to make it a model of sustainability.  Petaluma is considered the greenest Bay Area city per Greenbelt Alliance (2006).

Currently active with Sustainable Petaluma, Petaluma Tomorrow, Living Wage Coalition, Petaluma Community Coalition, Moose Lodge 475, Petaluma Independent Business Alliance and a close-knit group of musical, writer and artist friends- among other categories!  Seeking to tell the truth through fiction, blogging, I maintain a blog at Petaluma360.com, a NYT beta site, then cc to 6 or so other blogs including Bioneers.


Some highlights of my activism:
- Started leafletting for Adlai Stevenson at age 5
- Hold House Concerts and help produce events mostly in Petlauma, CA
- Founded Students for Democratic Society chapter with others at Northern Illinois University, and brought George Lincoln Rockwell, Pres., American Nazi Party, as a guest speaker vs. head of our Political Science Dept. Fascinating!  Seemed no one knew the Nazi's rant - and that logic had nothing to do with it.
- Moved to Berkeley and participated in all the anti-Vietnam protests starting in 1965. Active in SDS, helped start a Utopian Communities class as part of Free University resulting in several Oregon communes.
- Lived communally in wonderful old Berkeley house with a dozen folks, using Cheese Board for food, ourselves for entertainment. We would gather after dinner to paint, sing, share whatever.
- Moved to SF where I became involved with Star Alliance World Peace Radio and Television Network, producing  TV and radio shows. Metfolks at "The Gallery," later called 3220 Sacramento St., a reimagined car garage where visionaries met and helped each other for many years. As Gallery Manager, met and befriended Jerry Brown, Francis Moore Lappe', Frijof Capra, David Brower - and Paul Hawken when he presented his ideas to Threshold Foundation funders. Introduced US Education Dept. to the Waldorf School system as they were seeking models for charter schools. There are now 9 Waldorf-based charter schools in Northern CA and I continue to believe this is the best school system for young children - period.

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