<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Green Drinkers,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">This month Brandi Clark </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">of Enviromentality Inc. will be milling around to educate us on sustainable Intentional Communities.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">  </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">An ‘Intentional Community’ is a generally inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, and other projects where people with a common vision work towards the creation of a community that is in keeping with a defined set of goals.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">  </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">From a sustainable aspect, Intentional Communities present an innovative solution to dealing with today’s environmental and social challenges; presenting a viable alternative to sprawling suburban builder homes and increasingly gentrified urban neighborhoods.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia"></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Georgia;color:blue"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Join us for the fun part of being globally aware November 30th from 5:30-7:30ish at Opal Divines: 6th and Rio Grande at the upstairs bar adjacent to the terrace. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">About Green Drinks<SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> <SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><SPAN style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:Georgia;color:blue"><SPAN style="; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Times-Roman; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="; color: rgb(0, 37, 222); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; ">Green Drinks Happy Hours are informal events that happens about once</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">a month in Austin. They are open to those of us who work in the</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">environmental field and/or who are routinely finding innovative ways</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Georgia; color:#0025DE"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">to meet the challenges of a sustainable future.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17.3333px;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">About Brandi Clark<SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Georgia" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE" face="Georgia"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Georgia"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">For the past ten years, Brandi has directed strategic planning and marketing for local businesses, statewide agencies and national organizations. She has also served as a campaign manager, produced Austin's last two Earth Day Festivals, and multiple city-wide service projects. She has operated her own company, Environmentality, Inc., since 1996, and is the founder of the AustinEcoNetwork.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Brandi Clark has an outstanding reputation as someone who is extremely talented, positive and hard working. Her extensive marketing experience, excellent networking and communication skills, and a passion for improving the world make her the perfect sustainable marketer.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">  </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Brandi has a BA in Sociology from Yale University and won the President’s Award for Community Service. She is co-chair of the Austin Sustainable Business Council, past chair of the Urban Forestry Board, and founder of the AustinEcoNetwork.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">  </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Her goal is to create a focal point for environmental issues and information in Austin and raise the dialog about what it means to be a socially and environmentally responsible business.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0025DE"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia">If you know someone who would like to attend please forward this e-mail.</FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><BR></BODY></HTML>