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Emerald Empire Adventures has moved

We are now in our new location at 9001 North State St. in Redwood Valley on Hwy 101. We are in the big red and white quonset hut next to the Ukiah Antiques Mall on thh east side of Highway 101, the Redwood Highway. There's almost always someone here so stop by anytime. We are now renting bikes, rafts and inflatable kayaks for you self guided types, as well as providing a full range of guided Custom Adventure Experiences and many scheduled events.

Are YOU a Hidden Treasure of the Emerald Empire?

If you wish, we'll put up a profile of you on the appropriate Hidden Treasures page, our Partners Directory, where our Adventurers can add you or your venue to their Itineraries, as they customize their Adventure Experience. Our mission is to act as the string that ties together a unique necklace of all the Hidden Treasures concealed throughout our Emerald Empire, designed by and for each individual or group. By spreading the wealth we enrich ourselves and each other. This is the real hidden treasure of this Emarld Empire.
   

 

   

18th Annual A Taste of Redwood Valley, Father's Day Weekend June 19, 20 & 21

Hopland Passport Weekend

Friday night Vintner's Dinner

Saturday and Sunday all day

Private wine tasting at 9 local wineries and the world renowned Germain-Robin Craft Distillers.

Emerald Empire Adventures will provide safe comfortable transportation with a local docent/guide to let you in on the local culture, history and vintages. For details and booking information click here.
   

 

   

Emerald Empire Adventures has moved

We are now in our new location at 9001 North State St. in Redwood Valley on Hwy 101. We are in the big red and white quonset hut next to the Ukiah Antiques Mall on thh east side of Highway 101, the Redwood Highway. There's almost always someone here so stop by anytime. We are now renting bikes, rafts and inflatable kayaks for you self guided types, as well as providing a full range of guided Custom Adventure Experiences and many scheduled events.

Are YOU a Hidden Treasure of the Emerald Empire?

If you wish, we'll put up a profile of you on the appropriate Hidden Treasures page, our Partners Directory, where our Adventurers can add you or your venue to their Itineraries, as they customize their Adventure Experience. Our mission is to act as the string that ties together a unique necklace of all the Hidden Treasures concealed throughout our Emerald Empire, designed by and for each individual or group. By spreading the wealth we enrich ourselves and each other. This is the real hidden treasure of this Emarld Empire.
   

 

 

As an Adventurer, please browse our guide to the Green Life when considering where to get a new outlook on living at the end of a long day rafting, cycling or taking in the waters. Follow the links to their web sites to check them out in detail.

If you find yourself intrigued, enter a proposed date, the number in your party and click on "Create Itinerary". Each time you do, you'll have the option of removing items, proceeding to the Front Desk, or returning to browse for more Hidden Treasures to add to your list.

In any case, no charges will be applied at this time. We'll respond to the email you generate when you Checkout at the Front Desk, and you can tell us then how and when would be most convenient for you. We'll also co-ordinate with the Purveyors to assure the best reception possible, local style.

As a Partner, if you see any errors, omissions or changes you would like to make please let us know and we'll address the issue as soon as possible. If you would like see your business, service or personality presented here, please let us know as well. Being listed here implies no formal relationship with Emerald Empire Adventures.

 

Solar Living Institute, Hopland, Ca.

  

 

Established in 1998 as a spin-off from Real Goods Trading Company, the Solar Living Institute in Hopland, CA, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization whose mission is to promote sustainable living through inspirational environmental education. The Institute provides practical, education by example and hands-on workshops on renewable energy, green building, sustainable living, permaculture, organic gardening and alternative, environmental, construction methods.

The Institute is headquartered at the Solar Living Center, a gorgeous 12-acre renewable energy and sustainable living demonstration site visited by nearly 200,000 people annually in the heart of Northern California’s wine country in Hopland, California. Since its inception nearly two million visitors have experienced the Solar Living Center.

It was a vision of a permaculture oasis where the company could demonstrate the culture and technology of solar living.

The Center’s beautiful main showroom was designed by architect Sim Van der Ryn of Sausalito, California. His associate, David Arkin, served as project architect and Jeff Oldham of Real Goods managed the building of the project.

 

Ya wanna go see it? Let us know. The Hopland road is a great 30 mile mostly flat in and out through green vineyards and makes a nice warm-up ride for later more ambitions routes as well as many opportunities to sample the vintages along the way. That's we why bring follow vehicles.
Cost; $10.00 contact fee

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Paul Stamets, Fungi Perfecti, Bio-remediation, et. al.

 

Here's an article by Jay Babcock

describing the work that Paul Stamets is doing here in Mendocino, using fungal bioremidation practices to clean up otherwise intractable toxic wastes. Mr. Stamets is a leading light in the field of Mycology in the broadest sense and has proposed some compelling hypotheses regarding the way fungi may function as a kind of "neural network" for the larger web of life around them.

He is well regarded in the Emerald Empire, and his kudos is due here as a contributor to the overall well-being of the community. Moreover, there is a long history and tradition of harvesting wild mushrooms for food and medicine for thousands of years that continues to this day. A dwindling tradition, but still a living one.

If this topic is of interest to you on your Adventure, let us know by adding this item to your itinerary. We'll see what we can work out.
Cost; $10.00 contact fee

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Professor Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Wikipedia Article

This man is BRILLIANT!

" When he was a child Barack watched his parent committed to freeing the world from poverty..

The Nobel Yunus: “Obama is a son of microcredit”

The “banker to the poor” tells of the same engagement made by the Us president’s mother “I don’t know whether Obama will be able to live up to great expectations.But I know that Obama has already won the most important challenge”.Which is?« He has managed to create a new sense of trust that things can change: the world can be changed». When Muhammad Yunus says this, it carries a lot of weight considering that for him trust is the mainstay of “his” microcredit. The Bangladesh economist and Nobel peace prize winner dubbed the “banker to the poor” Yunus knows very well how this belief in change can spark revolutions and free up unexpected resources and potential."

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If this is of interest to you and your group, please add this item to your Adventure and we would be pleased to show you how these ideas are being implemented, on the ground, right here in the Emerald Empire.

Cost; $10.00 contact fee

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Willits Economic Localization, Willits, CA

 

WELL

 

WELL Overview;

Oil is a finite resource, and by some estimates, is declining rapidly. This will mean dramatic changes in the way we as individuals and as a society function. Oil provides not only fuel for our vehicles and power plants, but also plastics, pesticides, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, etc. Hydrogen, an often-touted replacement fuel, still has a myriad of problems to overcome, including energy efficient production, transportation and storage.

....... Visualizing local resources that can replace those imported from outside the community and * Implementing this transition towards a localized economy. At foremost issue is the coming decline of petroleum resources and the impact it will have on all of us. The goal is to find creative methods to sustain and empower the local community while moving away from global (imported) resources -- in essence, to 'localize' our community. Mission The mission of Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL) is to foster the creation of a sustainable, local economy based on the principles of sufficiency, responsibility, and life promoting actions. WELL is made up of a network of citizens and community organizations that meet regularly to create a common vision, foster education, plan work, and carry out projects. Why 'Economic Localization?'

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How does this relate to Adventure Travel? Well, if you've read this far you've been on a bit of an adventure already, exploring our site. Given that's your nature, then let's imagine a professional group whose convictions lean green, and who also need some lean, mean, green recreation, like hiking, rafting and some interaction with people making practical change on a local level. If that's your cup of tea, then add this item to YOUR Adventure and we'll know a lot more about how to make your experience special. Find out who we are here and another side of what makes this place so special.
Cost; $10.00 contact fee

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Willits Economic Localization
   

 

 
   
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