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Greener Buildings: High LEED Ratings Won by TreePeople, The Weather Channel, Michigan Town
ECORAZZI.COM: Environmental Media Awards: The Good, The Bad, And The WTF
Eco Child's Play: Eco Child’s Play Donation: TreePeople Plants Fruit Trees at Urban Schools
Your Daily Thread: Starting Point for Change: A Walk in the Park
Grist - the Latest from Grist: Andy Lipkis: Rebel with a cause
High LEED Ratings Won by TreePeople, The Weather Channel, Michigan Town
Greener Buildings —
High LEED Ratings Won by TreePeople, The Weather Channel, Michigan Town WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The TreePeople Conference Center in Los Angeles, ...
Environmental Media Awards: The Good, The Bad, And The WTF
ECORAZZI.COM —
... to the swag? Sure it’s always nice to get a goodie or two, but is that why people attended this event? To schlep around the party gathering loot, crap they don’t want or need, so it sits next to them in their office (yes, mine is right here) and eventually gets thrown out it out in a week or two? Wouldn’t it have sent a much stronger message if Toyota, Tiffany the LA Car Guy had a big slide during the slide show that said in lieu of crap you don’t want, we’re planting trees with Tree People? I know you’re with me, people. ...
Eco Child’s Play Donation: TreePeople Plants Fruit Trees at Urban Schools
Eco Child's Play —
Every so often, I like to make a philanthropic donation to an environmental group on behalf of the writers and readers of Eco Child’s Play. This month, I have selected TreePeople for our small donation.
TreePeople is a nonprofit organization that has been serving the Los Angeles area for over three decades. Simply put, our work is about helping nature heal our cities. We offer sustainable solutions to urban ecosystem problems, focusing on three areas:
1. Training and supporting communities to plant and care ...
Starting Point for Change: A Walk in the Park
Your Daily Thread —
... It opened in October, but it took a holiday vacation for me to make time to visit TreePeople’s long-awaited ...
Volunteer in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday!
Your Daily Thread —
... attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.”
826LA West (310) 305-8418
826LA East (213) 413-3388
http://www.826la.org
Tree People
“TreePeople is a nonprofit organization that has been serving the Los Angeles area for over three decades. Simply put, our work is about helping nature heal our cities.”
(818) 753-4600
http://www.treepeople.org
Andy Lipkis: Rebel with a cause
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... Andy Lipkis founded one of the largest independent nonprofit environmental groups in Southern California, TreePeople, which is famous in Los Angeles for helping battle the floods of 1978 and 1980, planting a million trees in the 1980s, helping teach the city to recycle in the 1990s, and, recently, working to green its schools. Lipkis just returned from a briefing trip to Washington, which he took because he and his team at TreePeople are concerned that President Obama's vaunted economic stimulus program will go mostly towards roads, bridges, and airports -- gray ...
Hands-Free Handbags: The Lunabag
Your Daily Thread —
... . Actually, don’t call the Lunabag a fanny pack - call it a hands-free “hip bag” - to be worn slung low on the hip or as a cross-body bag. Featured in both leather and eco-friendly hemp, proceeds from the Lunabag go toward The Heifer Foundation, which helps struggling families achieve self-reliance through gifts of agricultural livestock, and Tree People, a California-based organization dedicated to bringing nature to urban ecosystems. ...
L.A.’s water rates are likely to go up, or how to get free water
green LA girl —
The rains didn’t cure L.A.’s water shortage situation — so Mayor Villaraigosa’s proposed a more drastic water saving strategy: Allowing sprinklers only 2 days a week, and punishing water wasters by raising their water rate through a tiered pricing structure.
Good green LA girl readers already have water saving strategies and xeriscaped or edible lawns already — so the proposed rules should be easy for most of us to support. After all, if L.A. residents fail to conserve water, rates will go up rather drastically for everyone because the DWP will ...
Keeping Our Green Promises
Your Daily Thread —
... Coordinator at TreePeople. She has worked as a Secondary Education Program Coordniator for TreePeople’s Generation Earth program and as a youth program coordinator for the Earth Resource Fund in Costa Mesa. She serves on the South Bay Business Environmental Coalition Board, the Green Advisory Board of the California Conservation Corps and the Los Angeles Environmental Education Fair steering comittee. ...
Green Parties 101: Celebrate The Earth
Your Daily Thread —
... for one lucky guest that used one of these forms of alternative transportation. We also partnered with TreePeople to donate the funds from our “Green Date” auction (stay tunned for more on how to Green Date in L.A. soon.) ...
Full Moon Hikes With TreePeople
Your Daily Thread —
... On a clear day from the top of the Hollywood Hills you can see from the valley all the way to the sea (well, the ocean really.) At night, the view is not as clear but a new world comes alive that you don’t normally see. Once a month on the full moon, TreePeople open their doors and lead you into the park to experience how “everything changes after dark.” You’ll experience breathtaking views of the valley as the moon shines over the black walnut and coast live oak trees, see ...
Celebrities Come Out To Help Support TreePeople In LA
ECORAZZI.COM —
... Last week, several celebrity tweens and adults gathered to help Leeza Gibbons plant over 100 trees at TreePeople’s headquarters in Coldwater Canyon Park. The event was the fulfillment of a promise by Gibbons to offset the carbon footprint of guests at her annual Oscar dinner and viewing party “ ...
Opportunity Green’s cocktail party brings out L.A.’s eco-preneurs
green LA girl —
Most annual conferences happen, you know, annually — but Opportunity Green likes to sprinkle green parties throughout the year. Last night, the eco-business conference organizers invited L.A.’s green thinkers to an “eco evening celebrating style with a conscience” at the ...
“Dirt”-y movie tells how we’ve sold our soils
The Ethicurean —
... , and Andy Lipkis of Tree People. “Dirt!” attempts to explain humanity’s connection to dirt: how we are mistreating it, how we can restore it, and how it can restore us. This last point is illustrated by a visit to a church in Chimayo, New Mexico, where the dirt is believed to have healing powers, and to a prison in New York, where a small garden provides a place for some inmates to learn landscaping skills while also learning about self-control and gaining self-esteem. ...
Los Angeles Sparks’ Go Green Night 8/27
green LA girl —
Ever been to the Staples Center — to see the Los Angeles Sparks? I haven’t — but will be at the Sparks game this Thursday to support women’s sports and the Sparks’ first “Go Green Night.”
In case you’d really gotten your hopes up, Go Green Night won’t actually mean the game or the stadium itself’s going green. Rather, the night will have both green nonprofits and businesses present to educate Sparks fans — who’ll get wildflower see packets at the doors — about the environment — so they can go green.
Heal ...
New Balance 070: Greener kicks for active environmentalists
green LA girl —
... — and now want to try taking a light hike in them. And I plan to wear them when TreePeople starts putting together new volunteer events as part of the California Wildfire Restoration Initiative, to help SoCal heal after the latest fires. ...
Can Our Actions Save Humankind? 5 Crucial Environmental Tipping Points That We Can Directly Impact
Planet Green Articles Feed —
... absorb carbon. Without them we're in real trouble. So participate in tree planting efforts in your community whenever possible. Also demonstrate support for organizations like Tree People and the ...
Free to Be Green: A-C-T-I-O-N
Your Daily Thread —
... and energy to a good, green cause.
Here are some eco-actions that have little to do with money and everything to do with movement:
*Pick up trash in your neighborhood, on the sidewalk, or where you work.
*Ride your bike or walk instead of slipping into the car bubble.
*Volunteer with an organization you believe in. Around here, that could be Heal the Bay , TreePeople, North East Trees, ...
Pimp your sneakers: Artist turns old shoes into works of art
green LA girl —
What most see as grungy shoes, one artist sees a challenging canvas and is offering an eco-design service to pimp your sneaks. Johnny Marra — the artist behind artsy-bag company Green Eyed Monster’s whimsical drawings — is teaming up with the company to turn pre-loved, plain jane shoes into one-of-a-kind footwear.
If you’ve ever wanted custom-designed shoes, here’s your chance to get them — without buying more stuff. Send in the old kicks you have to Johnny, and the two of you will start discussing design vision for make what’s old new and daring. ...
LA Green Scene from North, South, East to West
Your Daily Thread —
... own free LA roots (aka tree) to nurture and cultivate. If your not a member you can still attend and think about signing up to support the work that TreePeople does to help nature heal our city.
For more information or to RSVP contact Sara Laubacker, (818) 753-4631. Event Location: 12601 Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Email: membership@treepeople.org For more information on Tree People check out www.treepeople.org ...
