Friday, January 13, 2012
The VISION House Los Angeles, a project that is aimed at educating the public on green living, hosts an open house in Pacific Palisades.
A green construction project, called VISION House Los Angeles, welcomed Palisadians, builders, media and earth-conscious Angelenos to a lot at the corner of Via De La Paz and Bestor Avenue Thursday. The Pacific Palisades community was invited to take a peek inside the walls of the soon-to-be green home and talk to the builders about the technology that will make it "a vision of the future." As of Thursday, the house had its frame, some insulation and piping installed. So people could look inside the walls and view the home all the way up to the spray foam insulation on the roof! Vendors who provided the earth-friendly and energy-efficient technology were on hand to answer questions and provide demonstrations. Representatives from Keyline …
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Take small steps to turn new eco-friendly ideas into habits.
I always like to circle back to see how many Personal Green Promises (PGP) that I made at the beginning of the year did I actually keep. Even if I was successful, I hope to take even bigger steps along the green journey in 2012. How about you? Recycling and reusing some ideas from my last New Year’s article, I recommend making a new PGP each month. The more you work at it, the more likely you are to turn these promises into habits. From last year: Order reasonable amounts of food when I eat at local restaurants. With no leftovers to take home, there's no need for to-go Styrofoam containers. A clean plate means less food in the landfill. Done! And now for 2012: PGP No. 1: Meatless Mondays. We’re mostly meatless at my house, but making this…
Monday, November 7, 2011
Close to 50 people turned out to the newly formed coalition’s first Westside town hall meeting on Thursday night.
Approximately 50 people turned out last Thursday night to hear from the newly formed energy advocate coalition RePower LA about the current problems facing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and how the city can move towards a clean-energy future. RePower LA is a coalition comprised of Los Angeles community organizations, environmentalists, labor, small businesses and faith-based leaders. Among its members are Greenpeace, Sierra Club, North American School for Green Technology, the Coalition for Responsible Community Development and Venice Youth Build. After hearing from Evan Gillespie of the Sierra Club talk about the city’s dependence on dirty coal (39 percent, according to Gillespie), RePowerLA Director Jessica Goodheart …
Friday, September 2, 2011
The Green Living Workshop for the 11th Council District residents came about thanks to a grant secured by Councilman Bill Rosendahl from the LADWP.
As the song says, it's not easy being green. But a free six-week workshop currently being held for residents who live in LA's11th Council District is helping them make the transition. "Start with what you can do," workshop presenter Gina Garcia told attendees at the first session of Sustainable Works' Green Living Workshop at the Aldersgate Retreat Center in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday night. Sustainable Works is an environmental educational organization that grew out of a Santa Monica city project designed to educate its residents about green living options. However, as Garcia noted in her introduction, the organization is a private nonprofit, not connected to the city of Santa Monica. "Or else we couldn't come here," she told the …
Monday, January 3, 2011
Yes, Virginia, there is a Christmas tree recycling program offered by the city of Los Angeles.
Attention, Palisadians! The holidays are over. All the presents under the Christmas tree have been opened. (Hopefully all wrapping paper, cardboard boxes and plastic packaging have been put into the recycling bin.) You are enjoying all the leftover food in the fridge. You won't have to cook for days. The relatives have gone home (or maybe not). You are beginning to think about putting the Christmas decorations away. You probably won't do it for a while, but you're thinking about it. At least you're not as bad as the guy down Fiske Street who keeps his Christmas lights up all year, just unplugging them. Then again, maybe there is something to that idea as you mull over the work involved in taking them down. But you soon realize the biggest…
