Last night, the guest speakers at our Environmental Change-Makers meeting were Liz and Shay from C.I.C.L.E. (Cyclists Inciting Change through Live Exchange).
We had bicycle visitors from around the area. Three people biked from Santa Monica.  Many different bike models were available for view, including a hybrid bike that had an electric motor.  We saw many […]

“The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed today to consider banning plastic foam food containers from restaurants and stores in unincorporated areas …
“At the urging of Supervisors Yvonne Burke and Gloria Molina, the board unanimously directed legal and sanitation officials to first study the impact of removing such containers from county facilities and then […]

“The fleet of yellow taxicabs in New York City will go entirely hybrid within five years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg says.
“Under Bloomberg’s plan, [the current 400 fuel-efficient hybrids] will increase to 1,000 by October 2008, then will grow by about 20 percent each year until 2012, when every yellow cab — currently numbering 13,000 — will […]

-or- How to ReBuild Community Connections

“Relocalization is not an If but a When.”
 – Aaron Nuline
 http://www.poweringdown.blogspot.com/ 9/11/06
ReLocalization is a really Cool concept in this age of global warming.  As we contemplate how to achieve lower carbon emissions, CFL bulbs and recycling are great starts.  But the real answers lie much deeper.  Reducing our carbon footprint will […]