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October 25, 2006

 

Green Living Workshops in Santa Monica

Sustainable Works, a non-profit environmental education organization sponsored by the City of Santa Monica, would like to introduce a workshop designed to help families learn about important environmental issues, save valuable resources, lower utility bills, and protect their health. Our next two workshop cycles begin Monday, October 23rd, and Wednesday, October 25th, 7:00 p.m

Topics: Water, Energy, Waste, Chemicals, Transportation, and Food & Shopping

Classes meet once a week, at either of the following times:

Mondays at 7:00: 1744 Pearl Street, Santa Monica 90404

 

(All Monday workshops: 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27)

-OR-

Wednesdays at 7:00: 1260 18th St Santa Monica, CA 90404

 

(All Wednesdays workshops:  10/25, 11/01, 11/08, 11/15, 11/22, 11/29)

Just a few examples of what you can expect to learn:

 

        Save up to $300 a year on your utility bills

 

        Halt 3/4 of your junk mail

 

        Reduce your garbage by 50%

 

        Learn 20 simple ways to conserve water

 

        Learn 20 more simple ways to conserve energy

 

        Reduce your air pollution by 250 lbs per year

 

        Increase your car's gas mileage

 

        Replace toxic cleaning chemicals with safer alternatives

 

        And much more

 

Free Energy saving light bulbs Showerheads Leak detectors Faucet aerators Garden hose nozzles Non-toxic cleaning supplies Organic food coupons Canvas shopping bags and much more  Over $100 value per household

 

This workshop consolidates everything you wanted to know about reducing your impact on the environment into 6 easy classes. Fee for Worksbook is a $25 suggested donation per household.

 

For more information call Anna Cummins at Sustainable Works 310.458-8716 x1 

 

September 1, 2006

 

Start off your three-day weekend with some good news! Friday's Los Angeles Times has a wonderful opinion piece by Friends of 415 PCH Chair Joel Brand on the fight over Santa Monica's public beach club.

The title, which the Times editors wrote, says most of it: "Beachfront NIMBYs -- A wealthy group of Santa Monica homeowners wants to stop a historic private beach club on public land from going, well, public."

It's even featured with a great historic photo on the front page of
www.latimes.com just below the first screen.

You can read the op-ed here:
www.latimes.com/news/opinion/

In other 415 PCH news, the city has now completed 100% of the design development drawings and the project continues on schedule. This fall the City Council will award the construction part of the contract.


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