Green Living Workshop update week 24 2008

Sustainable Works Green Living Workshops,

There are 4 workshops currently running.
Scroll down to find your Workshop topic.


1.
Mondays 6-7:30pm
John Muir/SMASH
Library
2526 6th St.

Week 5 TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL 6/16
LAST Week 6 SHOPPING & FOOD 6/23

Homework:
read SHOPPING & FOOD
3 TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL Solutions
Last Call for LIFE STYLE SURVEYS!!!

and

2.
Wednesdays 7-8:30pm
715 Navy St.
Residence

Week 5 TRANSPORTATION&TRAVEL 6/11
LAST Week 6 SHOPPING & FOOD 6/18

Homework:
read SHOPPING&FOOD
3 TRANSPORTATION&TRAVEL Solutions
Last Call for LIFE STYLE SURVEYS!!!

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


3.
Tuesdays 7-8:30pm
Sustainable Works
1744 Pearl St.

and

4.
Wednesdays 7-8:30pm
Santa Monica Public Library
601 Santa Monica Blvd.

Week 1 WATER 6/11
Next Week ENERGY 6/18

Homework:
read WATER & ENERGY
3 WATER Solutions
Life Style Survey before SW (Sustainable Works)


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

SMURRF Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility

Tankless Water Heaters

Takagi USA - top-of-the-line tankless water heater company that has models that can heat up to 5 gal per Tankless Water Heaters min.

GreenHomeGuide - great rundown of what to look for when buying a tankless water heater.

Native/Invasive Plants

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

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

Plant Right a voluntary, proactive program for the horticultural community to prevent invasive plant introductions through horticulture. PlantRight was designed by the steering committee of California Horticultural Invasives Prevention (Cal-HIP) partnership to communicate the need to transition away from invasive plants in the gardening and landscaping trade.

Weed Watch
Los Angeles Regional Invasive Ornamental Plant Guide
This Guide is produced and distributed by the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council for the primary purpose of educating landscape professionals and the general-public regarding the cultivation, selection, use and management of invasive plants in our local landscape.

California Invasive Plant Council
Across California, invasive plants damage wildlands. Invasive plants displace native plants and wildlife, increase wildfire and flood danger, consume valuable water, degrade recreational opportunities, and destroy productive range and timber lands. Cal-IPC works with land managers, researchers, concerned citizens, and policy makers to protect the state from invasive plants.

Waterless Car Wash Products
EcoTouch
Freedom
Lucky Earth
NoWET