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, August 29, 2011
The six-week series, put on by Sustainable Works and funded by a DWP grant, will begin Tuesday night in Pacific Palisades.
Palisadians have been invited to a six-week series of free workshops on green living put on by Sustainable Works beginning Tuesday evening at the Aldersgate Retreat Center. "We want people to know about these workshops," said Lisa Harrison, development and marketing program director for Sustainable Works. According to the organization's website, Sustainable Works is a nonprofit environmental education organization based in Santa Monica and partly funded by that city. However, the group is presently expanding its reach into other communities, particularly Los Angeles. Sherri Akers, co-chair of the Mar Vista Community Council Green Committee, wrote in an email to Patch that Sustainable Works had put on the workshop for her community last …
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