We welcome anyone interested in issues of
sustainability, green choices, ecojustice, and related themes.

Our books are chosen based on topics of interest to participants and written by authors we wish we could invite in person. We start with the book and go from there.

WHEN: 1st and 3rd (and occasional 5th) Mondays at 6:30 pm
WHERE: Java Joe’s coffee shop, Ste 125
2950 Johnson Drive, Ventura, CA 93003-7249
(805) 642-4332

Java Joe’s offers comfortable seating,
a friendly atmosphere and delicious, affordable coffee, tea and desserts.
Green Conversations offers inquiring minds and friendly conversation.

 
For March we are reading Blessed Unrest:  How the Largest Social Movement in History is Restoring Grace, Justice and Beauty to the World  by Paul Hawken

This is a genuinely whole-Earth catalog of environmental and social activism.  It hits the reader first as a revelation -- because of the form, scale, and consequence of the phenomenon reported -- and then as a tool.  The world is busy saving itself.  With this book you learn where and how to plug into the process.
                                                --Stewart Brand, creator of The Whole Earth Catalog

     March 15 – Sections 1-5 (p. 1-85)
     March 29  - Sections 6-9 (p. 86-190) + skimming of appendix recommended

The book for April/May is Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner

April 5 – Chapters 1-2 (pages 1-103)            May 3 -- Chapters 7-8 (pages 214-305)
April 19  - Chapters 3-6 (pages 104-213)      May 17 -- Chapters 9-10 (pages 306-378)

May 31 -- Chapters 11-12 + Epilogue & Afterword (pages 379-378)

FAQ: Do I have to read the book?” Well…… it is great if you do read the book. On the other hand, if the topic interests you, please come, even if you don’t always have time to do all the reading.  There's an hour and a half long interview with Paul Hawken at http://fora.tv/2007/05/29/Paul_Hawken_Blessed_Unrest#fullprogram