Last week I attended "Under One Sky: Climate Change and Your Back Yard." It was a climate change discussion sponsored by the Environmental Forum of Marin and Transition Mill Valley at the Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley. As I walked in the door, I was handed a flyer for "Norman Solomon for congress" by a grizzle-bearded gentleman that told me the candidate isn't accepting any corporate campaign contributions. "Sounds good to me," I thought as I took the flyer, "and also impressive he has dedicated volunteers that aren't dressed and groomed like Jehovah's Witnesses." I looked at the flyer while waiting for the event to start, and liked what I saw. Before sitting down, I spoke to a woman about what "Transition Mill Valley" was, and she told me about some of their upcoming events.
After some preliminaries and inspiring music (this youtube video isn't what they played but you'll get the idea), John Wick of the Nicasio Native Grass Ranch and the Marin Carbon Project gave a very enjoyable and detailed presentation of his work on ranching, carbon sequestration, and