Engineering Manager at Facebook gives keynote speech at Los Altos High School

David Fetterman (Engineering Manager at Facebook) gives keynote speech at Los Altos High School.

Guest Speakers also include two former Los Altos High School students:

Tammy Hwang, Engineer at Facebook

Julia Lam, Platform Product Marketing at Facebook

Whole Foods response about which charity receives the 5 cents

Currently, there are two: The Living Classroom program which is sponsored by GreenTown Los Altos. It’s a science based gardening program. And, the other group is Mountain View Trees.

Best,

Lisa Wilson

AAEA-NY Climate/Energy/Air Forum A Big Success

Frank Stewart, Amber Sisson Norris McDonald, Samara Swanston, Craig Wilson

The African American Environmentalist Association New York Office hosted a forum on "Air Quality and Electricity: Why It Matters To You," on Friday, October 30, 2009 at the City University of New York Graduate Center Segal Theatre. The theater was filled with students from the New York High School for Environmental Studies, members of the American Association of Blacks in Energy New York Chapter, representatives from the New York City Council and others.

Panelists included Amber Sisson-New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance (NYAREA), Samara Swanston-environmentalist, Frank Stewart-President, American Association of Blacks in Energy and Craig Wilson-Safe Healthy Affordable Reliable Energy (SHARE). The forum was moderated by AAEA President Norris McDonald.

The forum covered numerous topics that were discussed by panelists and audience members. The issues included energy and air pollution in New York, green jobs, the Waxman/Markey and Boxer/Kerry climate change bills, New York Governor David A. Paterson's New Preliminary State Energy Plan, technical aspects of energy production and more. An issues brief produced by AAEA and NYAREA, "New York State and the Waxman-Markey Bill," was distributed at the forum.

Excellent box lunches were also provided to the participants.

The forum was coordinated by Urbanomics Consulting Group (UCG).

Response from Whole Foods about their donations

I made a YouTube video about the new trend of retailers asking their customers for donations.

When I completed the video, my nephew suggested I tweet my video to #Safeway, and #WholeFoods.

The next workday I received the below response from WholeFoods.

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Hello Mr. Robinson,

I was forwarded your email about the Nickels donation. We collect 5 cents for each reusable bag customers bring in if they choose to donate. We give 100 percent of the collected money to the non-profits (the amount they receive is based on customer choice.) It turns out to be about $300 per month for the non-profits. If you have any further questions about donations or our community involvement, please let me know and I’ll be glad to help.

Sincerely,

Lisa Marie Wilson

Marketing Team Leader, Los Altos

(650) 559-0300 ext. 260

Lisa.Wilson2@wholefoods.com

Share Mac printer with Windows PC

1. Find the workgroup name on the Windows box (press Windows+Pause/Break)

Add the workgroup name to the Mac Wins settings.

Click "Network"

Click "Advanced"

Click "Wins" and type in the Workgroup name.

2. Make sure Bonjour is installed on the Windows box. Bonjour is included with iTunes.

3. Make sure Mac printer sharing is turned on.

Full instructions here from About.com

change Facebook live news feed setting back to the old

change the live news feed setting back to the old..like this: To restore FB to old look...Look to the top left HANDSIDE menu and click on MORE (in blue). Then drag STATUS UPDATES to the top. After dragging to the top, click on it. That becomes your default and it will become like before. Pass it on --David Garcia

Senate Environment & Public Works Climate Hearings

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by California Congresswoman Barbara Boxer, left, starts the debate over climate legislation this week with three hearings on legislation that would curb U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions:


10/27/09 Full Committee hearing entitled, “Legislative Hearing on S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

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10/28/09 Full Committee hearing entitled, “Legislative Hearing on S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

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10/29/09 Full Committee hearing entitled, “Legislative Hearing on S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.