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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…

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L.A. Stormwater 101

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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…

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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…

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Free to Be Green: A-C-T-I-O-N

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Sometimes it feels like in order to go green you have to spend green (even if, in the long run, you’ll end up saving it). Not so with one magic word: action. Regardless of whether you can shell out major…

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Guerilla Gardeners

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Do you feel the earth in your community screaming for help? Are you enraged by browning, deserted plots of land camouflaging your beautiful neighborhood? Do you have what it takes to be a guerilla warrior-fighting for our planet and the…

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Lights Off for Earth Hour

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What’s the easiest thing you can do this year to show your environmental support, no digging deep into soil or pockets required? Earth Hour. It’s simple: you simply turn off your lights for one hour. What: Earth Hour (sponsored by…

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