Green Living Workshop update week 7 2008

Sustainable Works Green Living Workshops,

There are 2 workshops currently running,
the Thursday Workshop is one week behind due to taking last Thursday off for the Valentine's Day Holiday.

The Life Style Survey should now be completed and brought to the Workshop for both the Wednesday and Thursday sessions.

The Workshop topics are listed separately below:

Wednesdays @ Santa Monica Public Library 7-8:30pm
Week 5 TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL 2/13
Final Week SHOPPING & FOOD 2/20
Completed LIFE STYLE SURVEY

TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL

SocalCommute.org
Commuters network

Bike Metro the site that helps you select routes for easy urban biking.

BIKEroWAVE.org
non profit bike workshop that helps you learn to repair your own bike

Better World Club the environmental alternative to the Car Domination strategy of AAA.

Plug In America Non Profit organization of activists that saved the Electric Vehicles and lists all of the automakers phone numbers so you can demand a environmentally superior plug in electric vehicle. Scroll down to the "What Can I Do?" section.

www.calcars.org
Group that retro fitted an existing Prius into a Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)

www.sherryboschert.com
Author of Plug In Hybrids, includes the most comprehensive analysis of Well to Wheels emissions Alternative Fuel comparisons

Thursdays @ REI 7-8:30pm
Week 4 CHEMICALS 2/7
Week 5 TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL 2/21
Completed LIFE STYLE SURVEY

CHEMICALS

Chemicals to Avoid Smart Chart

Alternative Household Product Recipes

Seafood Watch List Guides

Common chemicals are linked to breast cancer

Skin Deep
Take a look at the best resource available for finding out the safety of your daily hygiene products. The Environmental Working Group, who put together the Skin Deep website, is a terrific resource for information regarding environmental health.

www.ewg.org

PVC Poison Plastic