Monday, October 16, 2006

LA Green Drinks - Silver Lake October 19th!

LA Green Drinkers,

Wow what a great turnout for our 1 year anniversary!
We had nearly 70 people for a terrific night of Green Drinking.
Photos coming soon...
LA Green Drinks will continue to bring together the Los Angeles Green Community with the help of all of our wonderful volunteers!

Thanks to Anna Cummins for bringing Tim Harvey as our special guest, what an amazing journey, follow along at- www.vancouvertovancouver.com

Two thoughts regarding items in our ANNOUNCEMENTS section below-
1. We have a discounted ticket available to the 3 day Bioneers Conference this weekend. Normally $406, available for $225.
First offer taken.
Contact Barent Roth
310 428 7201
barent@grow-design.com

2. If anyone is interested in Car(or Van)pooling to the Green Festival in San Francisco November 10-12th, email us. LA Green Drinks will consider organizing a trip to this terrific festival.
lagreendrinks@gmail.com

The Silver Lake Greendrinks is held at the Mixville bar.
The Mixville bar is located in the back patio of the Edendale Grill 2838 Rowena Avenue in Silver Lake.
Nancy Whalen and Elizabeth Zampolli will be there as the Green Drinks organizers.

LA Green Drinks - Silverlake
Thursday, October 19th, 2006
7pm-???
Mixville Bar (back patio of the Edendale Grill)
2838 Rowena Avenue
Silver Lake
Los Angeles, CA
90039
www.edendalegrill.com
map
(323) 666-2000

Remember-
If anyone wants to bring literature to promote their green issue
please do so-
we will have an area for brochures, business cards, etc.
We will also take back any extra literature back and bring them to the next Green Drinks.
The main thing is just to relax and have a good time.

Bookmark this blog for future updates
www.lagreendrinks.org

LA Green Drinks - Culver City is 1st Thursday of every month.
LA Green Drinks - Silver Lake is 3rd Thursday of every month.

Next LA Green Drinks is in Culver City Thursday, November 2nd.


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Education
Sustainable Works Green Living Workshops
Sustainable Works will be starting another residential Green Living program next week. Learn how to live more sustainably through a 6 week evening series of meetings covering: Waste, Water, Chemicals, Transportation, Energy, Food and Shopping. The meetings go from 7-8:30pm on Mondays and Wednesdays starting October 23rd and 25th.
Santa Monica residents $25, all others $35.
Includes training, comprehensive textbook, and sustainable tools
(water saving aerators, compact fluorescent bulb, etc.)
Location to be determined.
Contact the Residential Greening Program to sign up-
310.458.8716 x1
www.sustainableworks.org

Event
Green Building Resource Center
October Panel Discussion
Green Remodeling: Kitchen & Baths
Join us for an interactive workshop discussion on Green Remodeling. Topics include lighting, materials, project managment and more...
Panelists include: Shellie Collier, Homage Design - Pam Pacht, Lighting Designer - Ellen Strickland, Livingreen - Jeff Warshauer, Kohler-Sterling-Kallista
Tuesday, October 17
Reception 6:30pm
Panel Discussion 7:00PM – 8:30PM
Santa Monica Main Library
601 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica
RSVP gbrc@globalgreen.org
www.globalgreen.org/gbrc

Conference
Bioneers Annual Conference
The Annual Bioneers Conference is a hub of practical solutions for restoring the Earth — and people. It’s a thriving network of visionary innovators who are working with nature to heal nature. The bioneers draw from four billion years of evolutionary intelligence and apply nature’s operating instructions in practical ways to serve human ends harmlessly. We herald a dawning age of interdependence founded in nature’s principles of diversity, kinship, community, cooperation and reciprocity. Take part in this fertile network, rich with inspiring ideas, models, tools, and resources — and powerful connections.
Marin Center
San Rafeal, CA
Octber 20 - 22
www.bioneers.org/conference

Event
Santa Monica Green Business Certification Program
Many businesses have taken steps to incorporate sustainable practices into their operations and have improved their performance, but until now, customers had no way of recognizing which businesses were going "green". The City of Santa Monica, Convention and Visitors Bureau, Chamber of Commerce and Sustainable Works have joined together to certify and recognize green business in our community.
Wednesday October 25th 8:30am
The Library Alehouse
2911 Main Street, Santa Monica 90405
Please RSVP to Holyhead_Susy@smc.edu by Monday October 23, 2006.
www.smgbc.org

Event
Sustainable Business Council
Fall Event focusing on Green Building and Design, including topics such as green architecture, pre-fab building, retail and interior design. As always, we will be featuring exciting speakers from local area entrepreneurial green and sustainable ventures...more details to follow.
Wednesday, November 1
7:00 to 10:00 pm
Knoll Showroom
214 Wilshire Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Self Parking Available
Please note: Event fee is $20 CASH ONLY at the door
www.sustainablebc.org

Education
Sustainable LA
Permaculture Design Certification Course with Larry Santoyo
For More Information or to RSVP for any of the Courses or Events, Please Contact:
TraciSpencer@SustainableLA.org
www.sustainablela.org

Conference
Co-op America's Green Business Conference
You can build the marketplace for green businesses.
You'll connect with like-minded business visionaries.
You'll learn how green businesses succeed.
Starving for a green connection?
Roll up your sleeves and get ready to bite into the green business revolution at this hands-on conference. Learn from your peers in this value-packed three-day event as you discuss the many ways to build your business and a prosperous sustainable economy ...
This may be the best part. Registration includes all keynote speakers, workshop sessions, entertainment, and organic meals for the entire conference.
Last year was a sold-out event! Register now!
November 7-10, San Francisco
(Prior to the Green Festival November 10-12)
Ramada Plaza Hotel International
1231 Market St.
San Francisco 94103
Market at 8th St. Civic Center
Register by phone at 202-872-5340
register for Green Business Conference

Festival
Green Festival San Francisco
Green Festival is a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-Op America.
At the Green Festivals, we're celebrating what's working in our communities, for people, for businesses and for the environment. Here, green means safe, healthy communities and strong, local economies. Green is the color of hope, of social and economic justice, of ecological balance.
Join us for these huge parties with a purpose. You'll enjoy more than 200 visionary speakers and 400 green businesses in each city, great how-to workshops, green films, yoga and movement classes, green careers sessions, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine and live music.
November 10-12
San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center
635 8th St (at Brannan St)
San Francisco, CA 94123
Day of Ticket Prices
Adults $15 each day
Students/Seniors $10
Kids 12 & Under Free
Ride Your Bike $5 off admission
Green Festival San Francisco

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www.lagreendrinks.org

Thursday, October 05, 2006

LA Green Drinks welcomes Tim Harvey - Zero Emissions world traveller!

LA Green Drinkers,

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
LA Green Drinks is proud to welcome Tim Harvey, the Zero Emissions world traveller!
Tim has spent the last two years circling the globe by bicycle, canoe, foot, ski and sail and is going to be at our 1 year anniversary in Culver City tonight. Tim set off on this adventure to raise awareness for a greener future where all of us burn fewer fossil fuels.

Follow his adventures on his blog
www.vancouvertovancouver.com


Hope to see you all tonight!

Monday, October 02, 2006

LA Green Drinks - 1 year anniversary! Culver City, October 5th

LA Green Drinkers,

Come celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Green Drinks in Los Angeles!
Over the past year we have become one of the largest Green Drinks chapters with still plenty of room to grow. Thanks to all of the LA Green Drinks volunteers who have helped make it such a success!

We expect to continue to improve our events next year while making our get togethers even more fun and informative.

For those of you who missed last months Green Business Training at the UCLA Faculty Center, it was a terrific session.
www.cleanerproduction.com

The instructor, Burton Hamner, has extensive knowledge and experience in both business and improving environmental performance. He will be offering the course again but if you can't wait there is an incredible CD he has put together that contains over 500 PDF documents covering all topics related to Green Business.
It is available from his company website for $45, I highly recomend it.
Cleaner Production Green Business CD Resources

USC is also offering the first of its series of four sessions on Green Business this month, for all the details check the Announcements section below-

LA Green Drinks - Culver City
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
7pm-???
Duke's Hideaway at the Culver Hotel
9400 Culver Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
www.culverhotel.com
map

Remember-
If anyone wants to bring literature to promote their green issue
please do so-
we will have an area for brochures, business cards, etc.
We will also take back any extra literature back and bring them to the next Green Drinks.
The main thing is just to relax and have a good time.

Bookmark this blog for future updates
www.lagreendrinks.org

LA Green Drinks - Culver City is 1st Thursday of every month.
LA Green Drinks - Silver Lake is 3rd Thursday of every month.

Next LA Green Drinks is in Silver Lake Thursday, October 19th.


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Networking
Green Business Networking
Tuesday, October 10th from 6:00-9:00PM
The courtyard and garden at Meditrina Café in Venice (same location as last time).
This gathering serves our city's dynamic and growing green business community
by providing a time and place for connecting, sharing, deal-making and networking for business owners and professionals who are "environmentally oriented" in their businesses.
1029 Abbott Kinney, Venice CA, 90291
(Meditrina is located between Westminster and Broadway)
Organic snacks, wine and drinks, and groovy tunes…
The $10 cover charge is to continue improving this event.

Panel Discussion
Sustainable Communities through Sustainable Living:
Living Sustainability and Your Eco-footprint
Saturday, October 7, 2:00-3:30 pm. Free To Attend.
Santa Monica Public Library Main Library Multipurpose Room
601 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
contact Nancy Bender 310 458-8922
Inspired by the green architecture of the new Main Library and community interest in sustainable issues, this four-part series concludes with a look at sustainable living and how to determine your ecological footprint. Local experts will discuss ways in which you can impact the earth positively.
Colette Brooks - Chief Imagination Officer, Big Imagination Group
Anna Cummins - Founder, BringYourOwn.org
Shannon Clements Parry - Sustainable City Coordinator, City of Santa Monica
Barent Roth - Principal, grow-design Sustainable to Restorative Solutions

Training
Sustainable LA
Permaculture Certificate Course for Students, Homeowners & Design Professionals
Introduction to Permaculture and Natural Pattern Understanding. The first two weekend sessions will cover an in-depth introduction to Permaculture Design & Ethics of Earth Care with a special presentation on reading the patterns of the landscape. New Ecology, Geometry of Nature and BioMimicry provides a simple foundation for
understanding Indicators of Sustainability and other patterns of the natural world.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Additional courses covering:
Biomimicry Design
Simple Living
For More Information or to RSVP for any of the Courses or Events, Please Contact:
TraciSpencer@SustainableLA.org
www.sustainablela.org

Training
The Sustainable Organization Series
The Marshall School of Business and the USC Center for Sustainable Cities have teamed up to provide The Sustainable Organization Series. These programs are designed to help companies understand how to build sustainable organizations, address systemic issues, align greening efforts with business strategies, and improve your bottom line. Sign up today for one program or all four in The Sustainable Organization Series starting October.
I. Building a Sustainable Organization
Learn strategies to take your organization to the next level of sustainability. This program will help you define a sustainability vision, understand the latest sustainability approaches, evaluate green-value networks, metrics and more.
II. Sustainability Strategies for Investors and Firms
Pressure to become more environmentally and socially responsible is becoming more financially relevant to firms and investors. In this program learn how to tackle these issues head-on for larger profits, happier employees, reduced costs and more.
III. Greening the Supply Network
Ever expanding global supply networks coupled with climate change present significant sustainability challenges. This challenge demands radical innovation in the reduction of materials and energy used throughout the product lifecycle and value chain. This program will help you to align greening efforts with business strategies when supply chains are global.
IV. Greening Buildings, Facilities and Infrastructure
Green building strategies require a marriage of environmentally sound and high performance design to create facilities that give increased productivity, sales, and highly efficient life-cycle cost performance. In this program you will learn about the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system, how to change existing facilities to boost productivity and lower costs, and more.
To register for The Sustainable Organization Series, visit:
www.USCExecutiveEducation.com

For more information about the USC Center for Sustainable Cities visit:
www.usc.edu/sustainablecities


Event
Santa Monica Green Business Certification Program
Many businesses have taken steps to incorporate sustainable practices into their operations and have improved their performance, but until now, customers had no way of recognizing which businesses were going "green". The City of Santa Monica, Convention and Visitors Bureau, Chamber of Commerce and Sustainable Works have joined together to certify and recognize green business in our community.
Wednesday October 25th 8:30am
The Library Alehouse
2911 Main Street, Santa Monica 90405
Please RSVP to Holyhead_Susy@smc.edu by Monday October 23, 2006.
www.smgbc.org

Education
A "Cleaning Festival" hosted by Ed Begley, Jr.
Learn about "green" dry cleaners, car washes, house cleaners, carpet cleaners, household and office cleaning advice and much more. Free To Attend.
LivinGreen 1000 Culver Blvd, Culver City
Saturday, October 14, 2006
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
www.livingreen.com

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