The Last Fire Season by Manjula Martin

H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman’s experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record. Held at Napa Bookmine. Told in luminous, perceptive prose, The Last Fire Season is a deeply incisive inquiry into what […]

Community Forum: Candidates for District 4: Amber Manfree & Peter Mott

Zoom

Join the League of Women Voters of Napa County for a District 4, Napa County Board of Supervisors Candidate Forum, on Thursday, February 1, 2024, from 6pm – 7pm Via Zoom. Attendees will hear directly from Candidates, Amber Manfree and Pete Mott, vying for the District 4 County Board of Supervisors seats in this spring’s […]

How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis

An inspiring event at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA. February 1, 2024! Doors open at 6:30. We are at a choice point for humanity. As social and ecological crises escalate globally, it is clear that the dominant cultural worldview, informed by colonization, patriarchy, capitalism, and racism is displaying a relationship with Nature and […]

Indisposable Live: Defining “Reuse” for Policymakers

An Upstream presentation. As the legislative season ramps up, it’s promising to see increased momentum behind policies involving reuse. Even as these policies are being developed, the definitions of “reuse” are scattered and often ill-conceived. Now is the time to properly define reusable packaging in the policy context.

Napa County Climate Action Committee – 9.30 a.m.

Help get the word out about this important notice: Draft Reusable Food Ware and Waste Reduction Ordinance (countyofnapa.org) The Napa County Climate Action Committee (CAC) is inviting public feedback on this draft ordinance aimed at phasing out the use of polystyrene food ware and single-use plastic food ware, and mandating the use of reusable or compostable alternatives […]