Regional Complementary Currency for the Bay Area

What: You are invited learn about a regional complementary currency for the Bay Area

When: Thursday, November 21^st  2013

Time:  9:30 to 11:00~  Refreshments will be served

Where: MarinLink offices at Northgate Mall, 5800 Northgate Mall Ste 250,  San Rafael  (Mezzanine)

Cost:  FREE~ Space is limited~ Please RSVP to Nancy Boyce nancy@marinlink.org   415-472-0211

Bay Bucks is a barter-trade exchange and a complementary currency for the SF Bay Area. We help local businesses cut costs and increase revenue while building local resilience.

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What is Bay Bucks?

Bay Bucks is a regional currency that aims to foster economic justice and resilience in the greater Bay Area. It solves the problem of the lack of cash in communities, which causes a downward poverty spiral. It also democratizes money as it enables participating members to create Bay Bucks as and when they need it. The money each member creates is backed by their own goods and services. Bay Bucks is not convertible to US dollars. This means 100% of Bay Bucks re-circulates in the region to build local prosperity.

We launched in Jan 2013 in San Francisco, and already have more than 100 local businesses in our network. They include: medical doctor, jeweler, bookkeeper, organic fair trade coffee, web developer, baker, marketing consultant, caterer, holiday rentals, business signs, architect, and many more. Most of our members are in San Francisco and Santa Cruz.

Bay Bucks and Marin

We would like to roll out Bay Bucks to local businesses in Marin. Marin is critical to the success of a regional currency because it is the agricultural powerhouse in the Bay Area. In turn, we will be able to connect Marin based businesses to businesses in the greater Bay Area and help create a regional collaborative network.

Eliminate negative emotion; learn Emotional Intelligence through Warrior Mind-THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION

A Warrior Mind is a book that gives advice on how to use the Mind-Body connection to get healthy. Learn about Emotional Health. Promoting health by eliminating negative emotions

Bill Hool, the writer of A Warrior Mind, is promoting good health through understanding the emotional component of illness. His belief is that only when negative emotions can be eliminated from an individuals mind-body can true health be realized. He says that although diet, exercise, and nutrition are important they are, as science is proving, all secondary to a positive mental attitude or BEING HAPPY.  In other words, the human body will always perform less effectively if one is emotionally drained by fear, shame, anger, or loneliness and no amount of physical activity or conditioning will truly compensate.

Bill is constantly searching the internet for the latest scientific studies that point up the importance of understanding how emotions impact our health and, when he finds them, he posts them under categories so that the reader can explore whichever negative emotion is pertinent to them. And, when he finds posts that give clues as to how to deal with those negative emotions, he posts those as well. He also lists the steps he has found helpful to him in eliminating negative emotions and he lists them under FOUR STEPS on the website.

THE BOOK: THE CASE FOR A WARRIOR MIND

Bill has written a book for his young son about all the things he wants his son to know that will probably not be gained from other sources – the things that schools and books may never provide – most especially about sex, drugs, addiction, old age, and being healthy.  He also presents his perspective on Alzheimer’s disease and why he believes it to be an emotionally caused disease that can, like all illnesses, be prevented by mindful awareness. The book can be downloaded free of charge from the website or ordered through Amazon.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bill says his interest in the mind-body began when, at twenty years of age, he faced a life-threatening illness and came to realize the importance of emotions on health. Since that time he has made it his goal to promote the importance of understanding and eliminating negative emotions through mindful awareness. Bill has been, among other things, a police sergeant for 17 years, a registered nurse for 28 years, a small business owner for 23 years, and an elementary school teacher. He is presently employed by the City of San Francisco, Dept. of Public Health as an RN within Jail Medical Services. He lives in San Rafael, California and spends as much time as possible at a home in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.

For more information on how to eliminate negative emotions and health promotion contact Bill Hool at 415 479 6079. Visithttp://www.awarriormind.com/

San Francisco Bay, Marin wetlands get international designation aimed at protection

The San Francisco Bay estuary and many associated wetlands in Marin have been added to a list of protected areas under a 1971 international treaty among 163 countries meant to limit damaging development along ecologically important waterways.

Ramsar Convention officials on Friday announced the U.S. government had added the bay as the nation's 35th "wetland of importance" under the treaty. The designation takes effect Saturday, World Wetlands Day.
While the designation will not result in new legally-binding protections for wildlife and habitat in the bay, it does focus international pressure on agencies to step up conservation efforts and may lead to additional funding for wetland restoration. The designation also means the country is committed to not promoting projects that alter designated ecosystems.

"This designation should be a point of pride for anyone living in the larger San Francisco Bay Area," said Beth Huning, coordinator of the Marin-based San Francisco Bay Joint Venture. "Despite intense urban pressures, San Francisco Bay nonetheless endures as one of our country's great natural treasures."

There are a number of waterways and wetlands in Marin that are part of the designation: Richardson Bay, Corte Madera Marsh Ecological Reserve, Marin Islands, Petaluma Marsh (which includes Bahia), Angel Island, China Camp, parts of Olampali, Bel Marin Keys, Simmons Slough, Tiscornia Marsh, Triangle Marsh, San Rafael tidelands, Beach Park, Gallinas Marsh, Pickleweed Park and a number of other smaller sites.

San Francisco Bay is the largest estuary — about 400,000 acres — on the Pacific Coast and it is widely recognized as one of North America's most ecologically important estuaries. It accounts for 77 percent of California's remaining wetlands, providing key habitat for a broad suite of flora and fauna — over 1,000 species of animals, including native and conservation status species, including wintering shorebirds.

It also provides a range of ecological services such as flood protection, water quality maintenance, nutrient filtration and cycling, and carbon sequestration.

Melissa Pitkin, spokeswoman for PRBO Conservation Science — the former Point Reyes Bird Observatory — said decades of research led to this designation.

In 1998 the Bolinas Lagoon was given a similar designation. That body of water is home to 23 rare, threatened and endangered species and 50,000 migratory birds that come though every year.

"It is a great day for the bay and a gesture of promise for its future protection," Hunning said of the designation of San Francisco Bay. "We have entered an era of restoration, a renaissance of the bay."

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For Mental Game Coaching for Athletes, Sports Teams, Coaches, Families and Sporting Organizations come to Protex Sports.

What is Sport Psychology?

 

The study of behavior factors that influence and are influenced by active participation in sport, exercise, and physical activity is called sports psychology.

 

Psychology in sport works with the mental aspects of sport performance such as improving mental toughness, regaining composure, increasing confidence or refining focus. Coaches focus on the strategic and physical components of competition and technical skills, however, sports psychology professionals strive to enhance the minds of athletes to help identify triggers that negatively impact performance. As a result athletes are more equipped to handle the pressures of competition, overcome negative thoughts or beliefs, enter the zone more easily and remain focused for longer periods of time. All of these skills lead to improved performance and a stronger, champion mindset!

 

What services are provided by a sport psychology professional?

Mental Game professionals work with individuals, groups and organizations on the psychological factors which performance such as:

•              Confidence Development
•              Focus/Concentration Skills
•              Composure in Competitive Environments
•              Goal Setting
•              Pre-Game Routine Development
•              Positive Self Talk
•              Distraction Control
•              Tool for Relaxation
•              Solutions to Burnout
•              Parent Education

 

Mission:

 

The mission of the Protex Sports Psychology Programs is to promote the student and professional athlete’s mental game learning and development. Consistent with Protex Sports mission to “educate the whole person”, our sport psychology program promotes the academic, social, emotional, spiritual, athletic and personal development of all athletes using applied sport psychology principles in a sport performance setting. Through a process of identifying the fears, mental barriers and other mental skills challenges, we are able to develop strategies to find and build on success. We believe that a healthy, mentally tough mindset is the key element to improving performance and creating confidence. This unique approach is the very core of our mental skills training program and is used to assist athletes to achieve new heights in their athletic performance, and personal lives.

About John Ellsworth

 

John Ellsworth holds a Master’s Degree in counseling psychology with a specialization in sports psychology and is presently a doctoral candidate in the field. John brings a multifaceted approach to the mental aspects of sports and health. Combined with his expertise in clinical and applied sports psychology, John has extensive experience coaching, teaching, and consulting with professional, elite, college, high school, and middle school athletes. In addition, John’s personal success in professional and amateur sports is testament to his ability to apply the concepts he teaches: goal setting, perseverance, life balance, belief in self, and mastery of the mental game.  John is available to consult and counsel with athletes at all levels, sports teams, coaches, families, and organizations. John is also available for workshops and seminars. 

 

COACHING SERVICES

 

Sports Psychology for Individuals, Teams, Coaches, Kids, and Sports Parents

 

                One-On-One Mental Game Coaching

                Team Mental Game Coaching

                Coaching Consultation/Educational Services

                One-One Coaching for Sports Parents/Parents & Athletes Coaching

                Sports Specific Mental Game Coaching

                Sports Mechanics for Baseball and Golf

                Triathlon and Multi Sport Training

 

For sports psychology and mental game consulting and coaching services call ProtexSports at (800) 608-1120 or visit http://protexsports.com 

 

 

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Kamman Hydrology & Engineering Inc. of San Rafael, CA offers Engineering, Hydrologic and Earth Science services for restoration, enhancement, protection of watershed, river, wetland and coast.

Did you know Kamman Hydrology & Engineering, Inc. (KHE) is a natural resources consulting firm specializing in watershed, wetlands, estuarine and coastal protection, restoration and enhancement?  

Since 1997, KHE has been providing clients with innovative solutions and sustainable designs that maximize ecological values in every land use context from National Park to the urban corridor.

Integrating hydrology, engineering, geology, water quality and geomorphic sciences, KHE provides clients with an understanding the physical systems and biological linkages critical for sustainable water and ecological resource restoration and management. It is the unique nature, challenge and opportunity at each site that inspires our work.

Make KHE your resource for:

Wetland, Stream and Floodplain Restoration Design: concept plans to final plans and specifications

Water Resources, Estuarine and Coastal Lagoon Management

Watershed, Geomorphic and Sediment Transport Assessment

Flood Hazard Reduction Assessment

Surface and Ground Water Supply, Management and Impact Assessment

Hydrologic/Geomorphic/Water Quality Field Investigations

Water Supply and Water Supply Impact Assessment

Numerical modeling of seasonal and tidal wetland and watershed processes

Hydrologic Water Balance, Base flow and Unimpaired Flow Analysis

Salmonid habitat restoration


KHE is a woman-owned business and registered small business in the state of California.

Mission

KHE’s mission is to design and implement sustainable natural resources management protection, enhancement and restoration in watershed, river, wetland and coastal systems utilizing engineering, hydrology, geomorphology and applied earth sciences.

KHE provides every client with:

science based, ecological resource oriented solutions;

innovative, technically sound and defensible analysis;

continuity between field studies, technical analysis and documentation; and,

accurate, timely and cost efficient assistance throughout the life of every project.

Services

KHE provides SERVICES grounded in understanding the linkages between hydrology, geomorphic processes and ecological function in support of natural resources enhancement and protection.  Our projects address sensitive plant, wildlife and fish habitat, and require an understanding and balance of scientific, regulatory, and economic issues and objectives. KHE services are typically undertaken on public lands in the context of local, state (CEQA) and federal statutes (NEPA), and other regulatory frameworks.

Coastal and Estuarine Analysis

Ecological Restoration Planning and Design

Education and Public Outreach

Engineering Design

Fluvial Geomorphology and Sediment Transport Assessment

Hydrologic & Hydraulic Modeling

River and Watershed Assessment

Stream Flow, Tidal Influence Sediment and Groundwater Monitoring

Water Supply and Water Quality Assessment


For water resources engineering and earth science consulting services call Kamman Hydrology & Engineering at 415-491-9600. Visit the http://kammanhydrology.com/ .