Bee the Change for Vanishing Honeybees The term Colony Collapse Disorder first made its appearance a few years ago, but what keeps disappearing are bees, for probably a host of reasons. The Daily Green reports that last winter, approximately a…
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Green Your New Beginnings with Our Back to School (and Work) Lineup Waste not Reuse is always in style and the same goes this fall. First, dig out any BYO-equipment you may already have hiding in cupboards. For the rest,…
Our summer reading picks for kids Who doesn’t love a good kids’ book? The following list of green reads is for you to share with your own children, other people’s, or to delight in yourself. Picture Books We Planted a…
Rachel Pray’s Equine Services Provides a Place to Learn from Horses in Los Angeles The power of the human-animal bond is palpable. Just ask any proud puppy or cat or cockatoo owner how important that connection is. While 2,000 pound…
Take Your Trips Outside the Car I’m starting to think there really is no place like home. In his wonderful book, The Circumference of Home, Kurt Hoelting takes one year off planes, trains and automobiles in order to act on…
A plea and plan for a new planet After finishing Bill McKibben’s latest, Eaarth, I felt the way I often do after reading a book of his: scared, inspired and a little, I’m not afraid to admit, teary. He is…
DIY Projects For You and Dad this Father’s Day Attracting birds to backyards or balconies doesn’t just give us a glimpse of why birdwatchers love them. It also helps the birds. We can provide nourishment they need and a cool,…
Spring and summer mean green and, luckily for Angelenos, innovative garden projects in L.A. abound. Here are some of them right under our feet. EATLACMA. We’ve told you about Fallen Fruit before. These masters of bringing public fruit to the…
There is some confusion out there about what can actually go in the recycle bin on trash day. A former neighbor of mine and I once had a long conversation in front of our trash receptacles and went through a…
The goal: Plant 25,000 trees this spring in the San Bernardino National Forest devastated by the 2003 and 2007 wildfires that burned 185,000 acres (it’ll take 3,500 of us to do it). The purpose: Replanting trees means the forest can…
We love it when people are up to something interesting and even more when they share it with the world. So here are five women doing something green in Los Angeles, and blogging about it. Transportation: On Snob on a…
What is stormwater? The water that flows along the streets when it rains (or when we make it rain by running hoses), picking up pollutants that are delivered from our streets and grass to catch basins, through the storm drain…
The Skinny: “More than 7 million [American] families planted recession gardens for the first time” last summer. And our rockin’ First Lady put in a kitchen garden of her own at the White House. Call it a recession garden, a…
The Skinny: For many of us, the kitchen is the center of our home. It is where we gather, sip, gab and nibble. It is where we nourish ourselves with healthy, homecooked foods. So to look out for us and…
What if one way to make L.A. more people and less car friendly were to narrow the streets? What would tapered streets look like? How would a two lane road instead of a four lane one change the mood of…
If you’ve been following Candice’s series on green remodeling, then you know there are ways to up the eco ante in your current digs. But if you’re in the market for a new home, one that’s already been greened to…
The Skinny >> Money may not buy happiness, but community just might conjure it. In her book, Slow is Beautiful, Cecile Andrews examines the research about what makes us happy and answers the question with this: “It’s warm, caring relationships…
The Skinny >> Here’s one we’ve heard before: “The average American meal travels about 1500 miles to get from farm to plate” (CUESA). For a typical carrot it’s more like 1800 (Sustainable Table). I don’t feel good traveling that kind…
Mountaintop removal coal mining has been in the news lately. It’s even been on the The Colbert Report. What’s the scoop? It sounds like what it is. Blowing off the tops of mountains to get to the coal inside. According…
In Los Angeles, we get 80 degree days in February, but that doesn’t change that overall, winter still means more days indoors, protected from cold or rain. And everywhere, people spend more time inside than ever before, clocking in at…
As they say, when the times get tough, the tough get…sharing. That’s right. One positive side effect of this recession is more people are getting together and pooling what they have. So, for Valentine’s Day, maybe we can ditch romantic…
When a natural resource falls from the sky for free, it makes good sense to collect the bounty. That’s the story with rainwater harvesting. By getting a simple rain barrel designed for the task, you can collect rainfall to water…
The folks at the Livable Streets initiative are “taking back our cities, one street at a time.” They’ve set up a network of Streetsblogs in five major cities, and Los Angeles is one of them. So what makes a street livable?…
Hankies have been out of mainstream fashion for some time and while I applaud anyone saving tissues by using them, I for, one, don’t want to keep goobers in my pocket. There is, however, a new handkerchief-inspired product that makes…
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