Green Living Workshop update week 14 2008

Sustainable Works Green Living Workshops,

There are 3 workshops currently running:

Saturdays 1-2:30pm
Virginia Avenue Park
2200 Virginia Avenue

Tuesdays 8-9:30pm
Patagonia
2936 Main Street

Wednesdays 7-8:30pm
Santa Monica Public Library
601 Santa Monica Blvd.

Week 5 TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL 3/29, 4/1, 4/2
LAST Week 6 SHOPPING & FOOD 4/5, 4/8, 4/9

Homework:
read SHOPPING & FOOD
3 TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL Solutions
LIFE STYLE SURVEYS!!! (The After SW Columns)

TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL

Walk Score
Calculate everything that's within reasonable walking distance of your home with this web based mapping tool.

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

Sustainable Transport Club
Local grassroots organization helping to keep the public informed about all of the various transportation issues in our area.

SocalCommute.org
Commuters network

ZipCar
Car sharing program that can save you money if you don't need a car every day.

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.

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