No More Rain Barrel Envy for me!

November 3, 2009

When Annie received her free rain barrel from the city of Los Angeles, I tried not to be green with envy. As a Santa Monica resident, I did not qualify for the give-away. But now it’s my turn.
On Sunday, November 8,  from  10 a.m. - 2 p.m.  at the Santa Monica Airport (3050 Airport Avenue, [...]

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Main Street Mainstay: The Green Life

October 30, 2009

One-stop Eco Shopping in Santa Monica

Jessica has been raving about The Green Life ever since it opened in July 2008, and I had some time to check it out this week.  This super eco-friendly shop - located north of Ocean Park on Santa Monica’s Main Street - is great.  As I walked in, shop owner [...]

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Can a Tee Shirt Save the World?

October 20, 2009

We’re hoping so!
Jessica and I had wanted to do a tee shirt for some time.  Ours came together this summer after finding the three key rights:  the right message, the right shirt and the right printer.  Here’s the story of our journey:
We knew clothes can carry a message, and we wanted ours to be a [...]

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Join the Zero Waste lunch movement

October 17, 2009

Talk trash with Annie

On Sunday October 18th, from 9am – 2pm, our very own  Annie Barnes of InspireTheChange.com and Sarah Auerswald of MarVistaMom.com , will be on hand to present options and start a dialogue with the community about the idea of reducing the waste that comes from sending our kids’ lunches to school.
Also on [...]

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EarthCapades and TreePeople to the rescue!!!

October 13, 2009

I am on the Green Team at Samara’s  elementary school  and this year we were very excited when the Principal agreed to let us  kick off  the school’s assembly program  with EarthCapades’ “H20 show”- an entertaining combination of vaudeville and environmental education.
It was a family affair on stage. Hearty, the program’s director was joined by [...]

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