Waste to Wa
ves will be collecting EPS foam at the music concert\, WREX the Halls in San Diego Dec 10
-11.Waste to Wa
ves will be collecting EPS foam at the music concert\, WREX the Halls in San Diego Dec 10
-11.
Look for the collection bins on the west side of the building as you walk into parking lot.
\nThis collection is supported by rad io station 91X and Wa ste Management.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111211T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111211T183000 LOCATION:3500 Sports Arena Blvd\, San Diego\, CA 92110\, USA SUMMARY:WREX the Halls Foam Drive with 91X URL:http://wastetowaves.org/ai1ec_event/wrex-the-halls-foam-drive-with-91x/ ?instance_id=?instance_id= END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://wastetowaves.org/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=422&instance _id= DTSTAMP:20130519T070515Z CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
Come to the EPS Foam Driv
e at the City of Malibu on January 21st. Collection bins will be set up a
t Malibu City Hall.
Did you know that in 2005\, Malibu was one of the first cities to enact a ban on polystyrene food containers? You can re ad the city code here. This makes sense\, given that Malibu is synonymous with surfing and oceans. Now the Waste to Waves program will complement th is ban by providing a recycling pathway for other sources for polystyrene foam\, such as from packaging from fragile comsumers (televisions\, furnit ure\, etc…\;).
\nBe sure to watch the How The Program Works video before comi ng to the event\, which explains the types of foam that we can accept.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120121T140000 LOCATION:23825 Stuart Ranch Rd\, Malibu\, CA 90265\, USA SUMMARY:Malibu EPS Foam Drive on Jan 21st URL:http://wastetowaves.org/ai1ec_event/malibu-eps-foam-drive-on-jan-21st/? instance_id=?instance_id= END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://wastetowaves.org/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=409&instance _id= DTSTAMP:20130519T070515Z CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
WASTE TO WAVES HITS SANTA CRUZ
NOW\, DON’T MISS THIS EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO RECYCLE WASTE EP
S FOAM INTO SOMETHING REALLY USEFUL!
SURFRIDER CHAPTER MEETING\, JANUARY 1 0
\nPlease\, join our Chapter meeting on January 10 at Simp kins Swim Center on 17th Avenue in Live Oak to learn about a very cool pro gram: WASTE to WAVES! The meeting kicks off at 7:00 PM.
\nYes\, we’r e talking about something positive to do with all that EPS foam packaging that everyone gets in products they buy\, especially during the Holiday se ason. Listen up now\, OK?
\nFirst thing to do: Collect All o f Your Waste EPS Foam!
\nYou probably got it when you bough t a new TV\, computer\, or some furniture. Most cities don’t let you recyc le this\, and our coast is no different. It just feels wrong to throw it i nto the trash can. A much higher use for this foam is to turn it directly into a new surfboard blank. That’s right: A NEW SURFBOARD BLANK!
\nT he program only accepts clean\, white\, Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) foam. T his is exactly the same foam used inside EPS/epoxy surfboards\, and it can be recycled many times into new EPS.
\nPlease learn exactly what ty pes of foam can be donated\, and what types cannot. In essence\, it must b e hard white foam used in packaging. If the foam has been used to hold foo d\, or is soft or flexible\, we can’t make surfboards out of it..
\n
TURN YOUR TRASH INTO SLASH!
\nOur monthly chapter ge
neral meeting fill feature Sustainable Surf’s Waste to Waves p
rogram. The program collects EPS polystyrene and turns it in
to surf boards. VERY COOL!
Chapter Chair Dustin Macdonald welcomes guest speaker Sustainable Surf Co-Founder and former SF Chapter volunteer \, Kevin Whilden
\nwww.wastetowaves.org
\nAs many of you remem
ber our Santa Cruz Chapter has long been involved with the polystyrene iss
ue and\, like you\, we are deeply frustrated that no way to recycle this s
tuff exists in our county through normal channels.
\nIn fact\, we are
still working on strengthening polystyrene food container bans around the
area. Visit our meeting and sign a group letter to the Santa
Cruz County Board of Supervisors in support of upgrading the existing poly
styrene ordinance. Surfrider makes is EASY for you to get active!
While large scale recycling of polystyrene (“Styrofoam”) pro ducts is not available in Santa Cruz or nearby counties\, this limited pro gram is an excellent solution for the disposal problem in the mean time\, and we urge all of you to give it a go!
\nRemember: No food-stained items\; No “peanuts”\; only clean uncontaminated EPS blocks.
\nHear the drill at our everyone-invited meeting\, and learn where local drop-off spots are.
\nHELP GET THIS STUFF OFF OUR BEACHES\, OCEANS\, AND WAVES AND OUT OF THE LANDFILL\, TOO!
\n
http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/press-release/lose-the-foam-
opportunity-with-surfrider_64314/
Come to the EP
S foam collection event happening at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific\, on January
14th\, 2012. Do your part to keep polystyrene foam out of the environment
and the oceans we love. Also\, check out the exhibits at the world class
Aquarium of the Pacific.
Foam donors will get a 20% discount on an y purchases at the Aquarium Gift Store.
\nEPS foam is commonly known as “\;styrofoam”\; or “\;expanded polystyrene foam”\; \, and is hard white foam that comes in packaging for fragile consumer goo ds such as televisions\, furniture\, and computers. Please see How the Program Works for the kinds of foam that can be donated.
\nThis event is being sponso red by Waste Management\, who will haul away t he collected EPS foam to be made into new surfboard blanks.
\nThis e vent is also being covered in local newspapers\, such as the Long Beach Post.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120114T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120114T160000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Foam Drive at Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific URL:http://wastetowaves.org/ai1ec_event/foam-drive-at-long-beach-aquarium-o f-the-pacific-2/?instance_id=?instance_id= END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://wastetowaves.org/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=528&instance _id= DTSTAMP:20130519T070515Z CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
Sustainable Surf is p roud to announce that the new Waste to Waves documentary film\, “\;Tu rning Trash\, to Slash…\;”\; has been selected to premiere this Fri in San Francisco\, at the 9th Annual –\; San Francisco Ocean Film Festival\, as part of the “\;Surf Night”\; program: http://www. oceanfilmfest.org/film-program-2012/friday-march-9-2012/
\nThere are
a total of four really cool movies being featured for Surf Night (movies
are screened at the Aquarium of the
\nBay at Fisherman’\;s Wharf
\, so it’\;s a killer venue) and *tickets for”\;Surf Night”
\; are only $12 and can be purchased online here: http://www.oceanfilmfes
t.org/tickets
NOTE: We will also be pulling the lucky winning *num ber of the FREE Surfboard Raffle from the Waste to Waves program as part o f the film presentation (and maybe throwing out some great REEF swag too)\ , so sign up online while you still can here: http://wastetowaves.org/raff le/ and hope to see you there!
\n* We will select the winning numbe r in front of the LIVE movie audience (via our iPad random number generato r App)\, and will announce the winner online after the event.
\n&nbs p\;
\nComplete Movie Line Up:
\nEight Bit: (USA)\, Greg Brow
ning*\, 5 mins
\nA fun and edgy animated short\, where surfers become
characters in a
\nvideo game and enter a world of visual and musical
adventure. We’ve
\nall seen surfing video games\, but this is a game
when the surfing is
\nreal. It’s outside of the box and something th
at surfing has never
\nbeen part of. It takes surfing as the real thi
ng and makes it into a
\nvideo game.—PW
Lost and Found: (US
A)\, Doug Walker*\, 71 mins
\nA chance find of images from the 70s an
d 80s launches an epic journey
\nof discovery. The film spotlights th
e best pioneering surf
\nphotographers of Hawaii’s of Hawaii’s North
Shore and features such
\nsurfing legends as Gerry Lopez and Larry Be
rtelmann who were their
\ninspiration. The result is a visually stunn
ing time capsule of
\narguably the most innovative and exciting era i
n surfing history. —PW
Waste to Waves ~ Turning Trash\, into Slash
… (USA)\, Sustainable Surf / Russell Brownley and Noah Carlson\, 4 mins
\nCinematic documentary presented by REEF\, featuring the story of r
ecycling old styrofoam packaging
\nwaste into new “eco” surfboard bla
nks\, helping to divert styrofoam
\nwaste (EPS foam) away from our la
ndfills and off of our beaches and
\nwaves\, while also slashing the
CO2 footprint of the board. Featuring
\nlegendary SoCal surfboard sha
per Timmy Patterson &\; Pro Surfer Mike
\nLosness (Plus cameo appe
arance by Surfrider Foundation CEO Jim Moriarty )
The Still Point:
(France)\, Taki Bibelas\, 52 mins
\nJoin surfing pioneers and lumi
naries Rabbit Bartholomew\, Tom Morey\,
\nBrian Keaulana and other le
gends as they discuss the philosophy and
\nspirituality of surfing. A
backdrop of stunning vintage and
\ncontemporary surf footage\, and a
hypnotic soundtrack enrich this
\nthoughtful and provocative\, homag
e to these surf giants\, and give
\ninsights into the joy and healing
of wave riding. —PW
\;
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120309T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120309T213000 LOCATION:Aquarium of the Bay\, The Embarcadero\, San Francisco\, CA 94133\, USA SUMMARY:9th Annual –\; San Francisco Ocean Film Festival –\; Prem iere of the new Waste to Waves film URL:http://wastetowaves.org/ai1ec_event/9th-annual-san-francisco-ocean-film -festival-premiere-of-the-new-waste-to-waves-film/?instance_id=?instance_i d= END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://wastetowaves.org/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=578&instance _id= DTSTAMP:20130519T070515Z CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
I n addition to a Beach cleanup and surfboard demos\, Reef is inviting the l ocal community to bring any unwanted polystyrene foam (aka “\;Styrofo am) to the Buccaneer Beach Parking Lot that will be weighed\, collected an d eventually up-cycled into Marko Foam blank surfboards as part of the Was te to Waves Program\, powered by Sustainable Surf. The foam collected is t he white packaging foam from fragile consumer goods such as televisions or furniture. It is also the same material used in EPS surfboard blanks.
It takes 5lbs of recycled polystyrene foam to create one surfboard blan k. The person that weighs in with the most foam will get a free sustainabl e EPS surfboard utilizing the foam collected through Waste to Waves. They will also receive a Reef Redemption prize pack including Reef’\;s col lection of sustainable products.
\nReef has invited all employees\, their local retail partners like Surf Ride\, Sun Diego\, K-5 and Hansens\, and the entire San Diego community to participate in the beach clean up a nd event.
\nAgenda for the Day (10:00am –\; 4:30pm)
\n10:0
0am –\; 4:00pm Waste to Waves Styrofoam Drop Off
\n10:30am- 12:3
0pm Beach Cleanup
\n12:30pm- 4:30pm Lunch\, Surf\, Sup and Sun
Aside from the beach clean up\, su rf demos and styrofoam collection\, The Reef Earth Day celebration is also an opportunity to share information about Reef’\;s own sustainabilit y program\, Reef Redemption\, which launched in 2007.
\n“\;Reef Redemption is a company-wide sustainability initiative that directs all o f our decision making\,”\; says Reef Director of Marketing Pj Connell . “\;From packaging and products\, to events like our Earth Day celeb ration and even declaring our own headquarters as a ‘\;plastic waterb ottle-free zone\,’\; we are striving as a brand to make more sustaina ble choices through all aspects of our business.”\;
\nFor more information about the event please visit to www.Reef.com
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120419T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120419T160000 LOCATION:1508 S Pacific St\, Oceanside\, CA 92054\, USA SUMMARY:Reef Earthday Celebration and W2W Foam Collection Competition URL:http://wastetowaves.org/ai1ec_event/reef-earthday-celebration-and-w2w-f oam-collection-competition/?instance_id=?instance_id= END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://wastetowaves.org/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=581&instance _id= DTSTAMP:20130519T070515Z CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Come to the EPS Foam Drive at the City of Malibu on April 21st. Col
lection bins will be set up at Malibu City Hall.
Did you know that in 2005\, Malibu was one of the first cities to enact a ban on polystyren e food containers? You can read the city code here. This makes sense\, giv en that Malibu is synonymous with surfing and oceans. Now the Waste to Wav es program will complement this ban by providing a recycling pathway for o ther sources for polystyrene foam\, such as from packaging from fragile co msumers (televisions\, furniture\, etc…\;).
\nBe sure to watch the How The Progra m Works video before coming to the event\, which explains the types of foam that we can accept.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120421T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120421T140000 LOCATION:23825 Stuart Ranch Rd\, Malibu\, CA 90265\, USA SUMMARY:Malibu EPS Foam Collection Event URL:http://wastetowaves.org/ai1ec_event/malibu-eps-foam-collection-event/?i nstance_id=?instance_id= END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://wastetowaves.org/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=652&instance _id= DTSTAMP:20130519T070515Z CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Come out to show support for Sustai nable Surf’\;s Waste to Wav es program efforts in SF\, and to just have a dang good time! And don’\;t forget that while you cant drop off your waste EPS packa ging foam (commonly called “\;styrofoam”\;) to us at the event\, you can go he re to see our official drop off spots in the SF Bay area\, including our newest partner\, the Patagonia store on North Point\, just up the hill from the Aquarium of the Bay!< /a>
\nEvent: An Evening of Surfing Films-hosted by
Maverick’\;s big wave pioneer –\; Grant Washburn
\n
Date and Time: Thursday\, May 24\, 2012\, 6 p.m.
\nL
ocation: Bay Theater at Aquarium of the Bay\, Pier 39\, The Embar
cadero at Beach Street
Cost: $20 per ticket
\nJoin us for a
night of wipeouts\, waves and wetsuits! On Thursday\, May 24\, Aquarium of the Bay will be hosting
Four talented filmma kers will share their visions on the big screen. Hosting this surfing even t is Grant Washburn\, whose name is synonymous with big-w ave surfing as a Maverick’s test pilot\, ocean enthusiast\, documentarian and surfer extraordinaire. Before the films\, guests may mingle and enjoy a wine reception. A question and answer session with filmmakers and local Maverick’s surfers will follow the screening.
\nFilms will include:< /p>\n
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Sustainable S urf’\;s own Kevin Whilden will be in the spotlight at 10:am sharp on Weds\, June 20th on the ISD Web-a-Thon\, to talk about the Waste to Waves program!
\nBe Sure to tune in live here: http://isd.surfrider.org/we b-a-thon/webcast-test/
\nMore in Here: http://isd.surfrider.org/web- a-thon/
\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\nISD Web-a-Tho
n: AN EIGHT HOUR EXTRAVAGANZA OF SURFING AND SHENANIGANS
\nwith your
hosts Chris Cote &\; Susan Holes McKagan
COMING TO YOU LIVE
\nWEDNESDAY\, JUNE 20th
\nStarting 9:00 a.m. PST (Noon EST)
Please join Sustainable Surf’\;s Co-founder\, Michael Stewart\, and other local activists and artists this Thursday evening at the San Francis co Public Library\, as we participate in an engaging panel discussion abou t the ways that plastic affects our world – on land and sea – and how we c an break the plastic habit.
\nThe panel will be moderated by Daniella Dimitrova Russo\, co-founder and Executive Director of Plastic Pollution Coalition \, an alliance of businesses an d individuals working together to end plastic pollution and its toxic impa cts on people\, animals and the environment.
\nPanelists Include:
\nJudith Sel by Lang and Richard Lang –\; Since 1999 Judith Selby Lang an d Richard Lang have maintained Marin’s Kehoe Beach\, each weekend combing for plastic debris and removing over a ton of plastic trash over the last 10 years. This plastic is not left on the beach but washed to shore from the ocean. Back in their studios they clean\, sort and categorize the piec es according to color and kind. They use the plastic to make artworks incl uding large sculptures\, installations\, photo tableaus and jewelry.
Michael Stewart –\; Co-founder of Sustainable Surf \, a nonprofi t organization that has created a unique “\;styrofoam”\; recycli ng program called Waste to Wave s (W2W). The W2W program was developed to capture this (non-p oint source) potential plastic pollution from individuals\, before it can enter the marine environment\, and is designed to then turn that waste EPS / styrofoam packaging material into new\, recycled surfboard cores. Micha el leads the program efforts of the W2W program here in the Bay area\, who se current collection partners include local surfshops Aqua Surf (Ocean Be ach) &\; Proof Lab (Mill Valley)\, Patagonia store (Fisherman’\;s Wharf)\, Sports Basement and the Tides Center (Presidio)\, as well as a ne w collaboration the CA Academy of Sciences (Golden Gate Park)\, to recycle their internally generated EPS / styrofoam.
\nSusan Freinke l –\; Author\, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story. Freinkel’\;s book treks thr ough history\, science and the global economy to assess the real impact of plastic in our lives\, a substance that has become the defining medium—a nd metaphor—of our age.
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\nFor more details\, please see the event website here: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg= 1009898601
\nThis is a Green Stacks event\, a program of the Stegner Environmental Cent er.
\n\;
\nWhen: Thurs\, 9/27/2012\, 6:0 0 –\; 7:30
\nWhere: Koret Auditorium\, SF Public Library\, Main Library Branch \, 100 Larkin St. (Downtown San Francisco)
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\nSan Francisco Public Library
\n100 Larkin St.
\nSan Francisco\, 9 4102
\n(415) 557-4400
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120927T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120927T123000 LOCATION:100 Larkin St\, San Francisco\, CA 94102\, USA SUMMARY:Plastics…\; A Panel Discussion about Kicking the Plastic Habit @ San Francisco Public Library URL:http://wastetowaves.org/ai1ec_event/plastics-a-panel-discussion-about-k icking-the-plastic-habit-san-francisco-public-library/?instance_id=?instan ce_id= END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://wastetowaves.org/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=757&instance _id= DTSTAMP:20130519T070515Z CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
ECOBOARD Project –\; LAUNCH PARTY!
\nA fundrai
ser for Sustainable Surf / Hosted by Saatchi &\; Saatchi S / In San Fra
ncisco’\;s Mission District
Come party with leaders of the su
rfing and green business worlds\, see the next-gen of high-performance
\nsustainable surfboards\, and discover how surfers and surfing are form
ing more positive futures…\;
• Get all the event info here: h ttp://sustainablesurf.org/2012/10/ecoboard-project-official-launch-party/< br />\n• Facebook Page for event: https://www.facebook.com/events/16512663 3625317/
\nTickets sold online via Brown Paper Tickets:
\nVIP $
100 / General $40 / Students / Feral Surfers $20
If you live in
Hawaii\, bring your waste styrofoam to the Reef Hawaiian Pro on the North
Shore of Oahu this weekend\, Nov 16-18.
Waste to Waves will be ope rating a styrofoam collection station at the Reef Hawaiian Pro\, to recycl e waste polystyrene foam (a.k.a. “styrofoam”) into new surfboard blanks. Y ou can literally “Turn your trash to slash” by bringing your waste foam to the contest site during hours of live competition.
\nSeveral pro su rfers at the contest are riding surfboards made from recycled EPS surfboar d blanks\, and they love how the recycled blanks surf.
\nSurfers and visitors to the contest site should bring their waste polystyrene foam\, also known as styrofoam or EPS. Reef is operating a special Waste to Wave s foam collection station\, and is giving away free gifts to people who br ing foam. Surfrider Hawaii is helping with logistics\, and Pacific Allied Products is processing the collected foam to be rec ycled.
\nOnly clean\, white polystyrene foam can be collected and re cycled. If the foam is food contaminated\, discolored\, or not white\, it cannot be recycled into new surfboard blanks. Packing peanuts also canno t be recycled\, as these are not polystyrene foam. A complete list of acc eptable materials is located at: htt p://wastetowaves.org/faq
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121116T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121118T160000 LOCATION:Haleiwa\, HI\, USA SUMMARY:Reef Hawaiian Pro Contest Foam Collection URL:http://wastetowaves.org/ai1ec_event/reef-hawaiian-pro-contest-foam-coll ection/?instance_id=?instance_id= END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://wastetowaves.org/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=782&instance _id= DTSTAMP:20130519T070515Z CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:
CITY OF IRVINE R
11\; WINTER CLEANING EVENT
Bring clean\, white\, expanded polystyr
ene (EPS) foam from packaging material. Do not bring food waste foam or fo
am from peanuts.
\nThe foam will be recycled to make surfboards!
The City of Malibu is holding a Waste to Waves polys
tyrene foam collection event. If you have waste polystyrene foam\, aka
220\;styrofoam”\;\, this is the best to get it recycled.
Duri ng the week before Earth Day\, you can bring your foam to City Hall betwee n 10am-2pm. Look for the Waste to Waves collection bin.
\nOnly clean \, white #6 polystyrene foam from packaging is acceptable. No food contami nated foam or construction foam can be recycled.
\nLast year\, Waste
to Waves rounded up a significant amount of foam from local residents. So
me people even drove a good distance because they were so stoked to have t
heir waste foam turned into new surfboards.
\n
We are partnering with the West LA Malibu chapter of Surfrid er:
\nJOIN US FOR A MONTHLY BEACH CLEANUP!! BRING YOUR FOAM FOR RECY CLING!!
\nBut this month\, we are hosting on the first Sunday (not S aturday as usually planned) to coincide with Big Sunday\, one of the large st volunteer days in Los Angeles!
\nSustainable Surf’s WASTE TO WAVE S program is partnering up with Surfrider\, where an EPS Foam recycling dr op off will be offered. We at Sustainable Surf will be ready to collect al l your old foam—you know the foam used for packaging and shipping. We actu ally turn it into surfboard blanks!!
\nSO START COLLECTING YOUR FOAM AND FRIENDS AND JOIN US FOR A FUN DAY OF BEACH CLEANING AND FUN!
\nBring your garden gloves\, reusable water bottle\, friends\, family\, and FOAM to help clean our beach!
\nIf you are coming with a group of mo re than 10 persons\, please email Surfrider at the address below to RSVP.< /p>\n
Trained speakers will be present to teach you about the trash we c ollect on the beaches and how we can prevent it in the future. Learn how t o Rise Above Plastics!!
\nQuestions please email events@surf riderwlam.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130505T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130505T120000 LOCATION:Venice Fishing Pier\, Los Angeles\, CA 90292\, USA SUMMARY:Foam drive and Surfrider Beach Cleanup in Venice URL:http://wastetowaves.org/ai1ec_event/foam-drive-and-surfrider-beach-clea nup-in-venice/?instance_id=?instance_id= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR