Green Living Workshop update week 17 2007

Sustainable Works Green Living Workshops,

We have two workshops running concurrently so we will combine the updates for the Tuesday and Wednesday groups.

Tuesdays @ Santa Monica Public Library
Wednesdays @ Sustainable Works

Tuesday & Wednesday Workshops
Previous Class week 1 Introduction + WATER 4/24 & 4/25
Next Class week 2 ENERGY 5/1 & 5/2
for Next Week:
Life Style Survey week 1 (before picture)
Ecological Footprint Quiz www.ecofoot.org
read WATER & ENERGY Chapters
3 or more WATER Solutions


Introduction

Santa Monica Sustainable City Plan
Santa Monica Ecological Footprint description
Santa Monica Ecological Footprint graphic

Green Community Groups
Sustainable Business Council
Net Impact Los Angeles
Green Business Networking
LA Green Drinks

WATER

Garden Garden
Santa Monica's Environmental Programs Division demonstration garden comparison

SMURRF
Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility


Lastly to address the paper recycling issue discussed in Tuesday's class,
below are some facts from www.earth911.org

-Recycled paper saves 60% energy vs. virgin paper (Center for Ecological Technology)
-Recycled paper generates 95% less air pollution: each ton saves 60 lbs. of air pollution (Center for Ecological Technology)
-Recycling of each ton of paper saves 17 trees and 7000 gallons of water (EPA)
-Every year enough paper is thrown away to make a 12' wall from New York to California