Garbage Dreams Tonight on PBS

Apr 27, 2010 No Comments by

This is tonight on PBS: thanks to a GGP reader who kindly passed it on! I saw Garbage Dreams, a documentary at Turning the Tide, a great conference put on by the Institute at Golden Gate, the think tank for the National Parks Conservancy. It is about the Zabaleen people of Cairo, they collect and [...]

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How We Live – Finding Dignity in Armenia

Apr 14, 2010 1 Comment by

How We Live, the searing portrait of how some of Armenia’s poorest are living on society’s margins, is open one more evening, Sunday, April 18, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Sara Anjargolian’s photos portray the searing, cruel struggles that several Armenian families confront daily.  The exhibit’s curator is Narineh Mirzaeian, a Los Angeles-based designer and [...]

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A Plastic Atlantic Sunrise

Mar 22, 2010 No Comments by

It’s been a month since our trip to Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, a trip that still has me exuding enthusiasm for that region of the country. Our second week was especially unique, as we spent it in Mangue Seco, a tiny remote peninsula a two hours’ drive and a boat ride away from Salvador. Because [...]

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Salvador’s Carnaval: 2 Nights With Daniela Mercury

Feb 27, 2010 2 Comments by

It’s been a couple weeks since our Carnaval experience in Salvador da Bahia, but the intensity and energy is still with us.   Carnaval brings just about every emotion in you.  There is the exhilaration and joy of being with an enthusiastic and ecstatic group; boredom and ennui as you wait for your bloco to [...]

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Heaven is Mangue Seco, Brazil

Feb 20, 2010 1 Comment by

Mangue Seco is about 200 km northeast of Salvador da Bahia. We’ll be here for 6 days total. It’s wonderful–not much to do but enjoy the mangroves, palms, endless white beaches, fresh fruit, fresh fish, and the best ice cream ever. We do not want to leave. I cannot wait to write more about it! [...]

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A Nutty Ban

Nov 27, 2009 No Comments by

It’s Black Friday, which we celebrated 5 years ago by visiting Rio de Janeiro for a couple weeks.  Rio is one of the world’s most unique and beautiful cities for countless reasons.  Incredible beaches lace the city; good food is abundant for all budgets; and the city seems stuck in 1960, with abundant mid-century and [...]

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Think Outside the Bin

Oct 28, 2009 No Comments by

I’ve been to most large North American cities, and I have to say Ottawa has one of the more impressive recycling programs.  The city of Ottawa is hard on its citizens:  according to its data, Ottawa residents are in the middle of the pack, behind Halifax and Edmonton but ahead of Calgary and Montreal.  Here’s [...]

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Sustainable Events: go green, save green

Oct 02, 2009 No Comments by

On Wednesday I attended the Best Events Los Angeles conference as a guest of Jaime Nack, President of Three Squares Inc.  The organization invited Jaime to speak about organizing “green” events at a time when companies and event planners don’t have the green to spend.  Jaime was the Director of Sustainability and Greening Operations for [...]

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The Recycling Mafia

Aug 15, 2009 No Comments by

It happened again Wednesday morning, infuriating me:  someone had gone through our garbage overnight, taking about our bottles and cans from the recycling bin . . . and putting all the paper and cardboard in our blue bin into the black trash bin.  Once again, I had to separate my garbage, and I was seething.  [...]

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Pay as you Trash?

Jun 19, 2009 2 Comments by

Every Tuesday night when I put out my trash cans, I’m clench my teeth when I see the amount of trash that’s going to end up either in the Inland Empire or South Central—or wherever LA’s garbage ends up. (more…)

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