GRI Trailblazing Through Southern California Next Week

Jan 20, 2012 No Comments by

Southern California businesses, NGOs and civil servants will have the opportunity to learn more about GRI next week at VerdeXchange and an NACD meeting.

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Collaborative Consumption: Why Sharing Is Caring for the Earth

Jan 12, 2012 No Comments by

My latest article on Guardian Sustainable Business covers the growing phenomenon often called “collaborative consumption,” featuring Neighborhoods.

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Southern California Winds Generate a Mess, and Mounds of Mulch

Dec 01, 2011 No Comments by

The most powerful Santa Ana winds in the past decade have caused the biggest mess in Los Angeles since the Occupy Wall Street (or Occupy LA) protestors.

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Daniela Mercury North American Tour a Success, Plans 2012 Return

Oct 25, 2011 No Comments by

For fans who did not have the chance to see Daniela Mercury’s amazing concerts in North America this year, they have a chance to see her very soon.

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Daniela Mercury Brings Bahia’s Passion to the Greek

Oct 14, 2011 2 Comments by

Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre hosted Daniela Mercury tonight and she, her band, and her dancers brought Carnaval and northeastern Brazil to Griffith Park.

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Clean Fuel Dimethyl Ether Comes to California

Sep 20, 2011 No Comments by

California is set to become the first viable commercial market for dimethyl ether (DME), with a research and development facility planned for Los Angeles.

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Biking in Echo Park Offers Sublime Views of Old LA

Sep 04, 2011 No Comments by

If you want a real workout in Los Angeles, skip the yoga class or health club and bike along the hills of Echo Park.

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Los Angeles Now Even More Bicycle Friendly

Sep 04, 2011 No Comments by

Biking in LA has its challenges and perils, the lack of bicycle lanes among them. But that is changing with new bike lanes that opened last week in downtown Los Angeles.

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Daniela Mercury Performs at LA’s Greek Theatre October 13

Aug 21, 2011 2 Comments by

Los Angeles will host Mercury Thursday, October 13 in Griffith Park’s Greek Theatre. The setting will be perfect: outdoors in Los Angeles’ largest park, bringing together nature and her passion for the music and arts.

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Parkman Triangle Thrives One Year After Opening

Aug 21, 2011 No Comments by

Parkman Triangle, an example of urban acupuncture in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, is thriving one year after LA City Council President Eric Garcetti anchored the ribbon cutting in August last year.

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Walmart’s Acres for America Program Goes Urban

Aug 17, 2011 1 Comment by

It is estimated that America loses 3 million acres of open space every year. That’s 3 million acres of forests, streams, grasslands, coast lines and other critical wildlife habitats disappearing annually. Walmart created Acres for America in 2005 to work on this issue.

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Target Commercial Shoots Go Eco-Friendly

Aug 07, 2011 1 Comment by

For two years, Target has engaged a local LA firm on their advertising shoots in Los Angeles–the results have been less waste, reduced energy usage, and helping out non-profits.

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