A Green Living Workshop consists of ten - fifteen individuals who meet once a week for six weeks to learn about concepts of sustainability.

During the crew meetings our participants learn how to incorporate sustainable practices into their everyday lifestyles, improve their quality of life, and save money while saving resources.

Our Sustainable WorksBook is a comprehensive and up to date resource guide that provides valuable information and recommendations in six resource areas. Each chapter increases one's understanding of the local, regional, and global environmental impact of their daily choices.

Our program helps residents:

• divert solid waste through recycling
• become water efficient
• eliminate toxic chemicals
• minimize transportation impacts
• reduce energy use
• and learn to make better consumer choices

When and Where:

Workshops meet consecutively for 6 weeks at the same day, time, and location each week. Please plan to attend ALL meetings.

Starting August 26th
Tuesdays 7-8:30PM
Sustainable Works
1744 Pearl Street

Starting August 27th
Wednesdays 7-8:30
Santa Monica Main Library
601 Santa Monica Blvd.

Starting September 20th
Saturdays 1-2:30PM
Colorado Court
502 Colorado Ave.

Starting September 21st
Sundays 1-2:30PM
Global Green Annex
144 Pacific Street

Cost:
Only a $25 materials fee


More Information and online Sign-up:
Sustainable Works

More Info & Online Registration:
Earth Flow LA Course Page

Or Contact: permaculture@earthflow.com

The products commonly used for the maintenance of our homes can be hazardous to our health and require special attention when using, storing, handling, and disposing. Although, the safest alternative is to avoid the hazardous products altogether, hazardous products are everywhere and there is a special place to take them when they are no longer wanted - the Household Hazardous Waste Center.    

HHW Center Site

Locate Collection Site

 

What should buses look and ride like in 2050?

Big Blue Bus and Art Center College of Design Partner to Create High Concept "Bus of the Future." A key goal of the unique collaboration is to begin a thought-provoking and ongoing dialogue between the transit industry and the public regarding how to evolve transit design into creating vehicles that are more progressive, meaningful and pleasurable to use.

"We need bold new visions of where transit can ultimately go, so that we can engage the public and make transit a desirable and regular part of people's lives," said Stephanie Negriff, director of transit services for the Big Blue Bus. "We're hoping through this innovative partnership with Art Center College of Design that we can help inspire not only the public's imagination, but also provide fresh new ideas and solutions for the country's bus manufacturers to seriously consider."

An important interactive aspect of the project is the blog that the public can use to interact directly with the design team (www.BusOfTheFuture.com). The blog includes polling questions, progress reports written by the design students themselves, rough sketches of the concept vehicles, and an area where people can post messages and comments.

The project - announced at the Big Blue Bus' 80th anniversary celebration in April - is scheduled for completion at the end of August. The designers will create six conceptual versions of the "Bus of the Future," including three 3-D models, to demonstrate how people might travel in the future. Other project elements will include animation of a ride experience from a passenger's point of view and a video chronicling the lifespan of the project. The 3-D models will be judged by a prestigious panel of transportation and design experts at AltCar Expo in Santa Monica on September 26
   
For more information about the Bus of the Future project, contact Dan Dawson of the Big Blue Bus at 310-458-1975 x5831, dan.dawson@smgov.net, or Christine Hanson of Art Center College of Design at 626-396-2394, christine.hanson@artcenter.edu. For media inquiries, interview requests and hi-res images, please contact Francine Pares at 949-481-7559, fpares@intelibrand.com.

Bus of the Future