ROBERT A. EVANGELISTA

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

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My community outreach efforts fell into two general categories:

• provide alternative energy and environmental information to the general public through various media
• offer a public environmental service

 

Environmental Awareness Radio

Produced public affairs radio spots on KVMR FM to educate the public about environmental issues. Some radio pieces were:

• The Economic Effects of Logging
• Environmental Excellence
• A Hazardous Waste Primer
• The Decline of Water Quality in Lake Tahoe

Interviewed some of the leading environmental visionaries for radio, including:

• Amory Lovins founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute
• Ernest Callenbach author of Ecotopia, Mindfulness and Meaningful Work, Living Cheaply with Style, Bring Back the Buffalo, and Ecology: A Pocket Guide
• Michael Corbett designer and builder of Village Homes in Davis, CA
• Peter Berg of the Planet Drum Foundation
• Richard Mohar of the Worm Concern
• Dr. Bill Roley of the Permaculture Institute of Southern California
• Bob Walter author of Sustainable Cities
• Julia Russell founder of EcoHome
• Carol Ushigima, George Martin, and Dian Dosur of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
• Lois Arkin founder of EcoVillage
• Joseph Tooker, a European-trained biodynamic farmer
• Steven Wheeler and Nancy Brunning of Urban Ecology
• Eugene Tsui of Tsui Design and Research, Inc.
• Andy Lipkis of Tree People
• Roan Conrad of the US Dept. of Commerce, Office of Sustainable Development
• Ted Halstead of Redefining Progress
• Richard Register author of EcoCity Berkeley and EcoCities
• Sym Van der Ryn author of Sustainable Communities and designer of the Solar Living Center

 

Nevada County Hazardous Waste Task Force

As a voting member of the Nevada County Hazardous Waste Task Force (HWTF), I assisted in the development and implementation of environmental outreach programs, in addition to advising the County Board of Supervisors on environmental matters. The purpose of the outreach was to educate two target audiences---residents and small business generators---about hazardous materials, waste minimization, and pollution prevention.

HWTF outreach included:

• organizing and running household hazardous waste days
• creating a depot to accept waste batteries, oil, and paint (BOP)
• identify and award small businesses that made strides in waste minimization and/or pollution prevention
• developing and disseminating information on non toxic alternatives to hazardous materials in the form of: brochures and fliers, newspaper advertisements, and cable TV public service announcements
• evaluate outreach programs by surveying the public

 

Technical Assistance Team

A member of the Technical Assistance Team (TAT) created by the NJ State Police to assist certain high risk communities in generating a community emergency response plan in compliance with Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III.

 

Print Media

Wrote articles on environmental problems including the effects on air quality from burning wood and Sherman Antitrust Act violations in municipal waste hauling

 

Lecture Series Co-coordinator

Planned the lecture series of the Nevada County Earth Day Celebration, which required

• obtaining speakers
• setting up the lecture venue
• co-hosting the lectures
• working as a public liaison