Green Team San Joaquin Has Busy Month

OCTOBER 2007 - October was a very busy and exciting month for Green Team San Joaquin. On October 11, 2007, a Symposium on Air Quality was held at the Stockton Grand Hotel. Many of San Joaquin County’s businesses turned out to learn about the state of air quality here in San Joaquin County. News10’s Darla Givens spoke about the resources the media provides in ensuring timely notification on “Spare the Air days”.  Lesley Miller from Commute Connection informed the crowd about the services that are available to employees and employers to assist them in creating carpools and vanpools. Mike Martin, a Board Member for Valley Clean Air Now, educated the group on the grants that are available and the programs they have to assist in reducing our Air Pollution. Rick McVaigh from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District provided a very detailed summary of the major contributors to our Air Pollution Problems and the expected timeline of compliance with the EPA. There was a question and answer session following each speaker, which allowed all attendees to ask questions.

On October 4, the first ever Symposium on Solar (SOS) was held at the North Hall of the Civic Auditorium. This was an opportunity to listen to Sue Kateley from the California Solar Industry Association and David Rubin from Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Attendees were able to learn the financial benefits of using solar energy and had the opportunity to visit with the area’s finest solar installers.

Green Team San Joaquin is looking forward to another busy month for the month of November. November’s meeting will be held at the Greater Stockton Chamber of Conference on November 14 at 9 am. The topic for the month of November is alternative fuels. We will have speakers from Community Fuels and Pacific Ethanol. We look forward to seeing all of you at this meeting, as this topic impacts us all!