Trash Fashion Contest

Trash Fashion Contest! Make a garment out of something you would throw away (non-textile).

Winner will win two tickets to Disneyland! There will be a 2nd and 3rd place prize as well. Come and check out other entries on Thursday, Dec. 8th at 5pm-6pm in SSC 212!

Dharma Trading Dye Sale

It's that time of year once again. Any minute now turkeys will start running for the hills! This year we have a special treat for you: Furoshiki! The art of gift wrapping with dyed fabric. Plus, all our acid dyes are on sale, so you can dye up some sultry silks and wrap your gifts in love!

The best dyes and paints for leather, now available right here! Customize your leather belts, jackets, shoes, whatever!
Dharma has acid dyes?! Yessir, we have worked with our suppliers to create our very own line of Uber Acid Dyes. And this month they are all on sale! Try them out, stock up, give them away, get them while they're hot!

Amanda's Pink Paper Dress!

Saddleback College fashion student Amanda Hunn did the pink paper dress you see here. There is a cute story behind it too. A couple wanted to wear something paper for their one year anniversary (the paper year) so they found Amanda through Instructor Lisa Elston.
Amanda went wild and used close to 200 paper plates, 2 bottles of black puffy paint and a bunch of jewels.
They went up to the Disney concert hall together in LA and did a little photo shoot.

Check out Amanda's blog, as well as the photographer who took the photos!

Amanda's blog: http://amandahunny.blogspot.com/
Carson's(photographer) blog: http://www.jamescarsonphotoblog.com/

Dress Drive for Marine Corp

The Environmental Awareness Club has teamed up with Operation Help a Hero, the 2/5 Marines of Camp Pendleton, and the Veterans Club of Saddleback College to organize a Dress Drive.

This is Saddleback College's first Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Campaign.

How do the 3 Rs come into play here you ask?? Well, this will help you reduce the space in your closet. By donating your old dresses, they will be reused by the 2/5 Marine Corps Wives for the annual Marine Corps Birthday Ball. And any leftover dresses will be made into recycled fashion by a local eco-designer.

This Event will be taking place October 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day You can bring your dresses to SSC 211 or e-mail us to come pick them up from you. saddlebackenvclub@live.com

Huntington Beach Green Expo

Saddleback fashion students are invited to participate in the 3^rd Annual Green Expo at the Huntington Beach Pier on September 18^th from 10a.m. – 4 p.m. Not only one of the highest traffic areas around South Orange County, but the whole event is centered around “green” and sustainable practices. This is the perfect opportunity for Saddleback Fashion Students to showcase their fashion forward/”green” and socially aware apparel talents. They would like more fashion/eco-art/organic food/active lifestyle related vendors this year and balance out the technical side. So far they have four live bands playing that day, live artists and fashion vendors such as Quiksilver. The event will also be offering a non-profit portion at the Expo.

Click on forms to enlarge. Deadline is Sept. 10th to register.

Patchwork Show

PaTcHwOrK SHOW

is coming to town!

Our Spring/Summer Craft fairs are gearing up for another successful series of shows. Join us, Harveys Seatbelt Bags, Memphis, YELP!, Grand Central Art Center, We Love Long Beach and many others in the best Independent Arts & Crafts Fair in Orange County. Shop from over 100 vendors, listen to music and eat from the county's favorite restaurants! *for more info, visit us HERE.

Santa Ana: JUNE 6th from 11-5

Long Beach: JUNE 27th from 11-5

*if you would like to volunteer for these events, we will be hosting a volunteer meeting at our store on MAY 10th from 7-9PM, please call our store.*

San Clemente Community Market

What: San Clemente Community Market Project Strategy Meeting

When: Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Where: San Clemente Art Supply

1531 N. El Camino Real San Clemente (Map)

Agenda:

6:30pm: Introductions

6:45pm: Presentation on Cooperative Development

7:00pm: Strategy Discussion

8:00pm: Q&A and Closing

We look forward to your attendance.

Please RSVP to Sam Olmstead at sam.sccoop@gmail.com

Earth Week at Saddleback

Earth Week Festivities Starting April 19th through the 24th, come celebrate Earth Week at Saddleback College!Come celebrate Earth Week at Saddleback College!

1. The week will start out on Monday April 19th with a free showing of a film by Ken Burns titled “National Parks: America’s Best Idea”. The film is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.

Showing starts at 6pm in SSC 212 Lot 5 will be reserved for free parking. Community members are welcome!

2. On Tuesday the 20th at 5:30 pm, come join us for a workshop hosted by California Master Gardeners Association on composting and water conservation in SSC 212. Special guest speakers: Irmagaard Rahwyler Waltz and Jon Schara. Lot 5 will be reserved for free parking. Community members are welcome!

3. a)Earth Week Fair/Farmers Market and a Movie On Wednesday the 21st from 10-2, get ready for a great time with our Earth Week Fair/Farmers Market, featuring: green vendors, local farmers, a green fashion show, free food from Native Foods restaurant, free green giveaways, an opportunity drawing with great prizes, and many other exciting things to be announced. Keepers of the Sun, a local band, will also be performing live at noon. The event will be held in the Bowl, and Lot 9 will be reserved for free parking, so bring all of your friends and family.

b) At 4pm you are invited for a free showing of: Disney’s EARTH, An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in earth. Disneynature brings you a remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet—polar bears, elephants and humpback whales.Filmed with spectacular clarity and beauty, earth is both majestic and intimate as it captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals. The film will be shown in SSC 212. Complementary refreshments will be served. Lot 5 will be reserved for free parking. Community members are welcome!

4. On Thursday the 22nd, give back to Mother Earth and celebrate her day by participating in a Cigarette Butt Clean Up. Meet us in the SSC quad from 12 till 4pm. Supplies will be provided.

5. Green DayFriday April 23rd is the official do something green day, so do something green—ride a bike, don’t use Styrofoam or just simply drive less.

6. Beach Cleanup with Surfrider FoundationOn Saturday April 24th, we are participating in a beach clean-up at Doheny State Beach, sponsored by Surfrider Foundation. The clean-up is from 9 am-1pm, followed by a free BBQ hosted by Epicuren Discovery—skin care! Offset the devastation of “Trash Island” and catch some rays! This event is open to everyone, but carpooling will only be provided for actual Saddleback students that fill out the corresponding travel waiver in advance and have an ASB stamp; The Carpool Meet will be at 8 am sharp in Lot 5. www.surfrider.org/southorangecounty

The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves, and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education. These events are brought to you by ASG Green Committee and Environmental Awareness Club. For more info on Earth Week events go to Saddleback.edu and look under Campus Events, or email GoGreen.Saddleback@gmail.com

Green Workforce Coalition

The next meeting of California’s GREEN Workforce Coalition is scheduled for April 23rd 2010 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The meeting will be hosted by the Southern California Gas Company and held at its Energy Resource Center (ERC) in Downey, California. Lunch will be provided courtesy of the ERC. Join us for interesting green industry guest speakers, networking, and “open mike” updates from Coalition members. Please RSVP to the ERC directly at your earliest opportunity following the directions provided below.

Those with vegetarian or vegan lunch preferences should RSVP to Robert directly at rmejia@sbwib.org no later than April 16th. They look forward to seeing you on April 23rd in Downey.

Meeting Registration Instructions: To register for the GREEN Workforce Coalition Meeting (Meeting # 23092) to be held 4/23/2010 at the Southern California Gas Company's Energy Resource Center Internet: seminars@socalgas.com

Email: ERC@socalgas.com

Fax: 1-562-803-7551

Phone: 1-800-427-6584, select option one.

If Internet is being used to register, look for seminar# 23092. Once at the site click on California’s GREEN Workforce Coalition meeting to complete registration. If email or fax is being used to register, please indicate Meeting # 23092 in your correspondence along with your Name, Company, Address, Phone and email.

Southern California Gas Company

Energy Resource Center
9240 Firestone Blvd.

Downey, California 90241

BGreen Field Trip - Ecofriendly Fashion Class

Students of Eco-Friendly fashion class from Saddleback College

by bgreen apparel

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BGreen hosted the students of Eco-Friendly fashion class from Saddleback College and Instructor Ms Irma Salazar at their facility last week.
The students were shown the different stages of manufacturing process from Sample-making, Knitting, Cutting & Sewing, Printing, Packing and quality control followed by Q&A session.

Bgreen Apparel - See photos on their facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/bgreen-apparel/60054471579?ref=mf

Environmental Sustainability Conference

There is an Environmental Sustainability Conference held at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa Friday Jan. 29th. Eco-friendly fashion students went last year and they loved it, but the Eco-friendly fashion class begins after the date for this conference they won't be going this semester.

The charge for students is $5.00, but they will extend it for free if we get a list of students interested in attending.. Please e-mail malia.hill@gmail.com if you are interested in going. Here's the link:

http://greenconf.snappages.com/

Eco Friendly Fashion Tour Class - Spring 2010

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Sign up now before spots fill up!

Eco-friendly gifts - Recycle a Tee

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