[TLC News & Alerts] Livable city events: Marshall Foster reception * activist training * Peak oil events * Brisbane Placemaking workshop

[Tom Radulovich]

LIVABLE CITY SOIREE FOR MARSHALL FOSTER, DIRECTOR OF URBAN GREENING
Wednesday, September 27
6:00 to 9:00 PM; remarks at 7 PM
TLC offices, 995 Market Street @ 6th Street, 15th Floor

Transportation for a Livable City hosts another in its series of  
evening gatherings on urban living September 27. The featured guest  
speaker is the Mayor's newly appointed Director of City Greening,  
Marshall Foster.  Mr. Foster's new job is to envision and help  
implement a coordinated effort to create more complete streets,  
delightful for pedestrians, vital with plants and trees and flowers,  
and comfortable and safe for all users. Come enjoy wine, cheese, and  
great conversation about what it will take to make a more livable San  
Francisco, and how Marshall Foster of the Office of Mayor Newsom can  
help! Tuesday, Sept. 27, 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Remarks at 7:00 p.m. Free  
for TLC Members. Others will be asked make a sliding-scale donation  
to TLC, although nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.


TRAINING FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVOCATES
Friday-Sunday, October 21-23
San Francisco

If you dream of winning a campaign -- whether for a bike lane on your  
daily ride or any other project that supports the goals of the SFBC  
-- while helping to build a powerful long-lasting force for advocacy  
in the course of your campaigning, you should attend the Thunderhead  
Campaign Training in San Francisco on October 21-23. The Thunderhead  
Alliance provides the only professional training series for leaders  
of bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations. The training is for  
representatives of organizations only.

The curriculum we'll be using in San Francisco is based on tried-and- 
true campaign strategies modified for bicycle and pedestrian advocacy  
in the 21st century. Trainer Dave Snyder says, "Having attended  
campaign trainings as a participant (once, years ago, from a related  
organization) and trainer (twice this year, through Thunderhead) I  
can personally speak to the value of gaining -- and sharing -- the  
leadership tools that you'll pick up." You'll be able to expand the  
effect of your work substantially when you return from the training.  
And hanging out with fellow bicycle and pedestrian advocates in San  
Francisco in October is a whole lot of fun!

For details, click here: http://www.thunderheadalliance.org/ 
trainings05sf.htm.


PEAK OIL EXPERT RICHARD HEINBERG AT NEW COLLEGE
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
7:00 PM
New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street, between 18th & 19th streets

Peak Oil Expert Richard Heinberg, author of “The Party’s Over” and  
“Powerdown”, will give a power-point presentation and speak about  
Peak Oil and How to Avoid Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse.  
Sponsored by New College Center for Education and Social Action,  
Global Exchange and others. $10 donation requested.  No one turned  
away for lack of funds. For more information call 415-255-7296 ext. 253.


FREE SCREENING OF "THE END OF SUBURBIA"
Thursday, September 22
6:30pm (doors open at 6:00pm)
The Red Victorian Bed and Breakfast
1665 Haight St., San Francisco & Belvedere (One Block from the Movie  
Theater)

This groundbreaking documentary explores energy consumption and its  
effect on the American way of life. Its a study of peak of oil  
production on a global level and impact on the local level. The free  
screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Ross  
Mirkarimi, District Five supervisor and longtime advocate for public  
power in San Francisco, Leah Shahum, Executive Director of SF Bike  
Coalition, Dave Room, Director of North American Operations for The  
Post Carbon Institute. Sponsored by the San Francisco Green Party  
Transportation Working Group. For more information, contact Sue  
Vaughn (susan_e_vaughan at juno.com).


BRISBANE PLACEMAKING WORKSHOP WITH PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Saturday, September 24
9 AM - 2 PM
Brisbane Community Center
250 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane

Project for Public Spaces is one of TLC's favorite organizations,  
having worked for decades on defining what makes a great place, and  
how to create and sustain them. PPS will be presenting a public  
workshop  on placemaking in Brisbane (San Francisco's neighbor to the  
south) as part of Brisbane's general plan update. The workshop is  
free and open to the public.