Chapter 6: The L.A. Future Fair



LA Future Fair


April 10 - 12, 2012

Kenneth Hahn Recreation Area
Los Angeles, CA

Classes and Lectures

Backyard Composting
    Presenter: City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation (1)
Barter and Reuse
    Presenter: representative from LA Freecycle (2)
California Native Edibles
    Presenter: representative from the
    Theodore Paine Foundation (3)
City Chickens
    Presenter: (4)
Climate Change facts and myths
    Presenter: representative from the Union of
    Concerned Scientists
Edible Landscaping
    Presenter: Jana Damek
Education - Growing Sustainably-Minded Adults
    Facilitator: Lauren Tilford
Greywater Preferred Practices
    Presenter: representative from Oasis Design (5)
Mass-Transit: Plan for a Los Angeles Sustainable Environment.
    Facilitator: Benton Tremain
Recycling: New Options
    Presenter: Xavier Navarro
Sustainable Retrofitting
    Presenter: representatives from Treepeople
    and T.R.E.E.S. (6)


Discussion Forums

Natural Capitalism
    Facilitator: Carl Farren
Neighborhoods as Villages
    Facilitator: Esperanza Chavez
Sustainable Cities Forum
    Facilitator: Steve Vernados and representatives from
    the University of Southern California (7)


Partial List of Exhibits

Smart Car (8) (9)
CitiCat air-powered vehicle (10)
Sprinter H2 fuel cell delivery van (11)
FCX H2 fuel cell car, Honda Motor Co (12)
FCHV H2 fuel cell car, Toyota Motor Co (13)
Biodiesel (14)
Drylands Agriculture
LA River Restoration (15)
Greywater Filtration Systems
Electric/Hybrid Bus (16)
Swedish Separating Toilet (17)
Solar power for the home and business
Los Angeles Department of Water and
    Power's Green Power program(18)
Owens River Valley under Climate Change

The NonFiction Portions of
the LA Future Fair:


1) Low-cost recycling bins, together with free composting workshops are available from LA City. Free recycling publications are available online
2) http://www.freecycle.org/
3) California Native Plant conservatory in Sun Valley, CA http://www.theodorepayne.org/
4) The City Chicken website
5) Oasis Design's article “Common Greywater Errors and Preferred Practices”
6) The T.R.E.E.S. project has created a Planbook for sutainability-directed modifications to existing structures.
7) USC Center for Sustainable Cities
8) The Smart is built by DaimlerChrysler and distributed by San Francisco-based ZAP (Zero Air Pollution). Greg Schneider, “Tiny Car to Test U.S. Tastes”, Washington Post Dec. 28, 2004
9) For a list of the Greenest Vehicles list with mileage and ranking, see http://www.greenercars.com/12green.html
10) The CitiCat is a prototype vehicle that runs on compressed air. It is under development by Luxembourg-based Moteur Development International. Dan Weikel, “A Little Engine That Could Make Gasoline Obsolete”, LA Times Feb. 22, 2005
11) Sprinter delivery vans are being tested by UPS delivery service in Los Angeles, Sacramento and Ann Arbor. “UPS Sprints Ahead with H2 Delivery Vans” August 26, 2004 www.greencarcongress.com
12) Business Week Online, Dec. 23, 2002
13) Business Week Online, Dec. 23, 2002
14) http://www.biodiesel.org/
15) http://www.folar.org/
16) Electric/Hybrid Bus
17) Swedish Separating Toilet http://www.holon.se/folke/projects/vatpark/Septoa_en.shtml and http://www.holon.se/folke/kurs/Distans/Ekofys/Recirk/Eng/mifsla_en.shtml
18 The Los Angeles DWP has a goal of 20% of its energy sales to retail customers coming from renewable sources by 2017, with an interim goal of 13% by 2010. http://ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp005864.jsp The Los Angeles DWP offers an informative website Environmental Programs for Sustainable Living, Programs for a Green LA http://www.ladwp.com/library/statichtml/homepage_greenla.html accessed 9/11/05

Photo credit: Flag display by Michael Slonecker, Windermere, FL.