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Van Jones Lecture --Green Jobs and Beyond: The Next American Economy
A new movement is rising all across America to reform our economy and improve the lives of middle class Americans and the planet. Van Jones calls this new wave of energy the "American Dream Movement." Van Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
6pm Lecture, 7pm Book Signing
Santa Monica Main Library, Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium
601 Santa Monica Blvd. MAP
FREE and Open to the Public. Seating is on a first arrival basis. Click HERE for more info.
Los Angeles Green Drinks -- eARTh Night 2012
Thursday, April 19th | 7-10pm
Jeanie Madsen Gallery
1431 Ocean Avenue, 90401 MAP
Click HERE for more details!
An evening of cocktails, art, and connecting.
Featured Guest: arts:earth partnership
4th Annual Sustainable Santa Monica Student Art Contest - Poster & Trash Sculptures Art
This year's theme is Zero Waste! Open to all K-12 aged students that live and/or attend school in Santa Monica. FREE Zero Waste Classroom Workshops and Poster Paper available to ANY Santa Monica Classroom!
ALL SUBMISSIONS DUE BY 5pm on MAY 1st
Contest culminates with many festivities at this year's Santa Monica Community Festival on Saturday, May 19th!
CLICK HERE for the full version of the flyer!
Sign up for a Green Living Workshop to learn about environmental problems and sustainable solutions which can have a positive impact on your life and the health of the planet! What You'll Learn The Green Living Workshop covers the following topics, one per week: Water | Energy | Waste | Chemicals | Transportation | Shopping & Food Workshop meets for 6 sessions at the same location and time. Learn about the problems related to each of the above topics on a global, national and local scale, then with the help of the WorksBook take action on ten related solutions. Click here to reserve your spot in a Green Living Workshop today! New 1 Day Demonstration Workshop- Shopping & Food Join Sustainable Works & Gourmandise chef & co-owner Clemence Gossett at the SM Farmer's Market as we shop for sustainably produced foods. Then head to the Gourmandise School to learn about the environmental problems related to Shopping & Food and receive impactful solutions to these problems. We will finish the morning with a wonderful dish prepared by Clemence. Click here to SIGN UP!
Contact Gina Garcia with any questions.
Santa Monica opens its Bicycle Campus on Earth Day, April 22, 2012. All are welcome. Opening festivities from 12:30-1:00pm. Bike training 1:00-3:00pm sponsored by Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District PTA Council, Santa Monica Bike Center and the City of Santa Monica. Come hone your bike skills, sign up for a training class, see examples of bike design features now deployed on City streets, enter a raffle for bike gear, or tour this unique new facility, located just west of Ocean Park Boulevard at the Santa Monica State Beach. Middle School students bring signed release forms and helmets: train up for Bike-It Day May 9th at Lincoln Middle School and May 11 at JAMS.
Looking for a volunteer opportunity over Earth Day weekend? Help Sustainable Works make the Tadasana Yoga and Music Festival a green event and be a ZERO WASTE AMBASSADOR!!
To find out more info and to sign up as a zero waste ambassador,
please go to the Tadasana Volunteer WEBSITE!
Santa Monica Library Earth Day Themed Youth Programs
Main Library - 601 Santa Monica Blvd. 310-458-8621
"Hooray for Earth Day" Puppet Show
Saturday, April 21 at 11:00 a.m. (60 min.)
Children's Activity Room
Enjoy a puppet show and stories, then decorate grocery bags to be donated to local stores. Ages 4 and up.
Sponsored by the Office of Sustainability and the Environment
Fairview Branch - 2101 Ocean Park Blvd. 310-458-8681
Earth Day & Spring Kids' Craft Workshop
Monday, April 23 at 4:00 p.m. (60 min.)
Make scarves, bags and more from t-shirts. No sewing required! Bring a t-shirt to use. Ages 6 and up.
Sponsored by the Resource Recovery & Recycling Division
Montana Branch - 1704 Montana Ave. 310-458-8682
Crafty Kids Club: Earth Day
Tuesday, April 17 at 3:45 p.m. (45 min.)
Make scarves, bags and more from t-shirts. No sewing required! Bring a t-shirt to use.
Ages 5 - 9. Sponsored by the Resource Recovery & Recycling Division
USGBC-LOS ANGELES, WESTSIDE BRANCH,
HOSTS GUIDED TOUR OF TWO SANTA MONICA "GREEN STREET" SITES
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meet at Ocean Park and 4th St. to tour a green street under construction and then walk to 100 block of Bicknell Ave to see a completed project.
$15 USGBC-LA Members/ $25 Non-Members
Registration in advance is encouraged; please sign-up at http://usgbc-la.org.
For additional information please contact Gabrielle Fladd, glfladd@gmail.com.
The Westside Branch of the U.S. Green Building Council-Los Angeles Chapter (USGBC-LA) is proud to present a guided tour of two Green Street sites as part of the City of Santa Monica Green Street Program. The tour includes two Green Street locations-one under construction and one completed-as well as a presentation by Neal Shapiro from the Office of Sustainability and the Environment at the City of Santa Monica. Mr. Shapiro will also explain the implementation of the City's Green Streets initiative, which aims for developing community and creating unique and sustainable places for people to live.
 Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Earth Weekend Enjoy special Earth Day Activities and Family Fun April 21st and 22nd 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. SANTA MONICA PIER AQUARIUM * 1600 Ocean Front Walk, Santa Monica, 90401 $3 admission/$5 suggested donation, children 12 & under free Nothin' But Sand Beach Cleanup SANTA MONICA BEACH April 21st, 10am - 12pm OCEAN PARK * 2600 Barnard Way at the end of Ocean Park, Tower 27 Santa Monica, 90401 RSVP 
Sustainable Business Coucil Industry Achievement Awards Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Lexus Santa Monica, 1501 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404 MAP
Complimentary valet parking at entrance located behind the building. $42 ticket price to coincide with the 42nd Anniversary of Earth Day For more information contact: info@sustainablebc.org.
IMPORTANT: Please be sure to RSVP by clicking HERE to purchase your ticket. The goal of these awards is to showcase Southern California's sustainable business community which is a vital part of the state's overall economy yet there is a perception that many of the individual achievements and contributions made by sustainable companies are not appropriately recognized. These awards will provide an opportunity to salute sustainable professionals' contributions to the marketplace and the community. The preeminent business leaders from around Southern California are slated to attend this inaugural event that is be held in the Lexus Santa Monica showroom on Wednesday, April 18th from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. to coincide with Earth Day. Emcee: Sarah Backhouse, Founder and Host, Future360
Recipient of SBC's Lifetime Achievement in Sustainability Award: Van Vlahakis, Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Earth Friendly Products
Jason McCaffrey, Director of Surf, Patagonia; Accepting SBC's Lifetime Business Achievement Award 
The Community Gardeners have been busy this month getting out into the community and assisting with gardens. We spent one Saturday clearing out six garden beds at the John Adams Middle School. Volunteer gardeners removed the old plant material, added soil, compost and mixed so they are now ready for spring planting. The Community Garden program assists the Science Magnet program providing assistance with planting, maintaining and harvesting the beds as well as assisting with monthly seminars with the teachers and students. We also have partnered with the SM Boys and Girls Club to get two large planters up and running. As with JAMS, volunteers spend an afternoon clearing the old plant material and adding compost to the soil to prepare for planting. The plan is to return in a couple of weeks to plant seeds and seedlings with the boys and girls of their program who will then maintain and harvest the food for their use. Click HERE to learn more about Community Gardens in Santa Monica! 
Please join us Tuesday, April 10th for the only pure networking event for owners and decision-makers of LA's green economy. Green Business Networking's 6th Anniversary celebration, in collaboration with Sustainable Works and Net Impact, will be hosted by CODA Automotive at its Century City showroom. CODA is also offering a limited number of test drives of its all electric car!
April 10, 2012
6:00pm - 9:00pm
CODA Automotive MAP
$15 at the door ($10 pre-pay online)
Wine, soft drinks, and snacks will be provided.
Environmental and Urban Issues Speakers Series at Santa Monica College
Tuesday, April 17: Perspectives on Environmental Psychology
HSS 263 Santa Monica College Main Campus
6:30pm
Join psychologist Alex Schwartz, PhD, to learn about psychological perspectives on our persistent environmental problems as we explore some paths to progress.
2012 EARTH WEEK at Santa Monica College
Monday, April 23rd - Documentary Film Screening
Your Environmental Road Trip
HSS 165, 3:45pm - 6pm
Tuesday, April 24th -- Keynote Speaker: Van Jones
SMC Main Stage
11:15am - 12:30pm
Thursday, April 26th -- Festival Bike to SMC Day
Sustainable Transportation Celebration
SMC Main Quad
11am - 1pm
Click here for a full listing of activities!
Click here for a campus map!
Green Garden Academy
PLANT PALETTE: MEDITERRANEAN PLANTS
Saturday, April 14, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Main Library, Multipurpose Room
601 Santa Monica Boulevard MAP
Green Garden Academy is a monthly sustainable gardening and landscape design class presented by Russell Ackerman of the Office of Sustainability and the Environment. This month's class will teach you how to choose sustainable, climate-appropriate plants from the Mediterranean plant palette that offer a variety of colors, textures, and fragrances.
Green Garden Academy topics change each month. Classes are free and no registration is required. Visit the Website for more information and a complete class schedule!
Stand-Up for Clean Water
Saturday, April 21st, 9am start time
Santa Monica Beach, Just North of the Santa Monica Pier
Click Here for a Full Listing of Activities!!
General Meeting of SLOLA: Seed Library of Los Angeles
www.slola.org
April 14, 2:30 to 4 pm
$10 lifetime membership
The Learning Garden at Venice High School, 13000 Venice Blvd., LA 90066 MAP
Enter first gate south of Venice on Walgrove Ave.
SLOLA Best Practices Committee member Megan Bomba will speak about growing and saving seed from cucurbits, and the seed library will be open for free check-outs to members following the meeting. All monthly SLOLA meetings are open to anyone in the general public with an interest in seed saving, we welcome you to join us!
 News You Can Use: "Check Your Number"
A new public service campaign that encourages people to look up the recommended oil change interval for their cars instead of defaulting to the old standard of 3,000 miles. Did you know that with today's new technologies, many car makers confirm automobiles can now maintain top performance with longer space between oil changes? So it makes economic and environmental sense to "check your number" and be sure you are not changing your oil too soon, creating unnecessary waste of money and resources. Check your owners' manual, or simply click on www.CheckYourNumber.org
to easily find out for free the recommended time to change the oil on most vehicles made from 2000-2012.
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