Green Living Workshop update week 24 2007

Sustainable Works Green Living Workshops,

Thanks to the great workshop just completed at the Culver Palms United Methodist Church!
Great Workshop!

The Wednesday workshop is one week ahead so I will post between the Tuesday and Wednesday classes so the material is synchronizied.

Sundays @ CPUM COMPLETED
Tuesdays @ Santa Monica Public Library
Wednesdays @ Sustainable Works


Tuesday and Wednesday Workshops

Week 1 Introduction + WATER
Wednesday 6/6
Tuesday 6/12


Week 2 ENERGY
Wednesday 6/13
Tuesday 6/19

Next Workshop
Week 3 WASTE
Wednesday 6/20
Tuesday 6/26


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

Theodore Payne Foundation
promotes the understanding and preservation of California native flora

ENERGY

An Inconvenient Truth

How Fluorescent Lights Work (same principle as CFLs)

CFLs Responsible for Less Mercury than Incandescent Light Bulbs
Ironically, CFLs present an opportunity to prevent mercury from entering our air, where it most affects our health. The highest source of mercury in our air comes from burning fossil fuels such as coal, the most common fuel used in the U.S. to produce electricity. A CFL uses 75% less energy
than an incandescent light bulb and lasts at least 6 times longer. A power plant will emit 10mg of mercury to produce the electricity to run an incandescent bulb compared to only 2.4mg of mercury to run a CFL for the same time.
Entire EPA Fact Sheet on CFLs and Mercury

Smoke, Mirrors and Hot Air
The Union of Concerned Scientists article on the connection between the "Global Warming skeptics", their funding by Exxon Mobile, and the skeptics history of performing the same disception for the Tobacco industry.

HeatisOnline.org
Excellent web resource for tracking the real information about Global Warming.
Written by Ross Gelbspan, author of the two ground breaking books on Global Warming we mentioned, The Heat is On and
Boiling Point.

Misinformation regarding Global Warming provided by Exxon

How to sign up for LADWP Green Power

CO2 offset price comparisons
link to the ever growing and changing list of organizations to offset your CO2 based on price

CO2 recommendations from Tufts University

Carbon Offset Consumer Handout from Tufts University

CFL Calculator

NPR's new excellent series on Climate Change


Sunday Workshop
Last Class week 6 SHOPPING & FOOD
If you haven't turned in your Life Style Survery, please complete it and sent it to
Sustainable Works
Green Living Workshop
1744 Pearl St.
Santa Monica, CA
90405

Thanks again for a great workshop!!!

SHOPPING&FOOD

GreenerChoices.org the very informative environmental section of Consumer Reports.

SustainLane.com the new online environmental portal where you can review green products and will eventually be able to read others reviews.

ResponsibleShopper.org CoOp America's excellent online resource that alerts the public about the social and environmental impact of major corporations while providing opportunities for consumers and investors to vote with their dollars for change.

BetterWorldShopper.org terrific new resource created by the author of the Better World Shoppping Guide.

Greenopia.com LA's green guide for all things green in our area.

TheGreenOffice.com the environmental office supply store with the ability to sort by "Greenness" and offsets all of its shipping with REC's.

VegPledge.com the resource for those of you looking to dramatically lower your ecological footprint by reducing your consumption of animal products.

Food Revolution the bestselling book I read from whenever we discussed the environmental impacts of food. I highly recommend it for learning more about how food effects the health of both us and the planet.

Vegetarian is the New Prius
great article summarizing the the environmental benefits of eating plant based meals