Monday, July 31, 2006

LA Green Drinks - Culver City, August 3rd

LA Green Drinkers,

Hope everyone found a way to stay cool this past few weeks,
in case you didn't know - Global Warming sucks.

We are getting so many Green events happening each month that we have added an ANNOUNCEMENTS section at the end of our email reminders.

Also to make it easier to spread the word about LA Green Drinks you can now click on
www.lagreendrinks.org
to get to our website.

Check out the pictures from the last Culver City Green Drinks-
LA Green Drinks - Culver City July 2006
Hope to see everyone again this week, and bring a new Green Drinks friend!

LA Green Drinks - Culver City
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
7pm-???
Duke's Hideaway at the Culver Hotel
9400 Culver Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
www.culverhotel.com
map

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 - Silver Lake is Thursday, August 17th.

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.


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Movie
"Who Killed the Electric Car?"
chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.
www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com

Movie
"An Inconvenient Truth "
Don't miss the best synopsis of man made Global Warming to date-
and bring a skeptic.
www.climatecrisis.net

Party
LA: Get thee to a Flexcar - August Shakespeare in the Park Party
Enjoy Shakespeare under the stars with your car-sharing community. Flexcar Los Angeles launches our first annual summer party! August 4th at 7:30pm is Flexcar night on the Great Lawn of Barnsdall Park in Hollywood with the Independent Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production of Hamlet. Join us for a great evening!
Margaret Kemp
213-272-0912
Flexcar Outreach Coordinator

Training
Sustainable Business Training at the UCLA Faculty Center
Communicating Sustainability – Mon Sept 18
Green Business Boot Camp – Tue-Thurs, Sept 19-21
Sustainable Banking and Green Building Finance – Fri Sept 22
www.cleanerproduction.com


Training
Green Empowerment International Sustainable Development Training/Community Connection Tour. September 15-23. travel to Nicaragua with Green Empowerment staff. Become a Leader in your community. Join us in the international sustainability movement. Contact Dexter Gauntlett Outreach Coordinator - 503 284 5774
www.greenempowerment.org

Request
Greenopia, the Urban Dweller's Guide to Green Living, is seeking information on L.A.-area festivals and events where we may promote our guide via tabling and sponsorship. We are specifically looking for larger festivals and events between now and October, but are open to information that falls outside of those parameters.
If your organization is hosting or participating in an event that would be a good fit for Greenopia, please contact Elektra Grant at elektra@conscious-adventures.com
www.greenopia.com

Bookmark this website for future updates
www.lagreendrinks.org

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

LA Green Drinks- Silverlake this Thursday!

LA Green Drinkers,

Great time in Culver City this month!
see the LA Green Drinks blog for photos-

www.lagreendrinks.blogspot.com

The new location for the Silverlake Green Drinks worked terrifically last month.
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, July 20th, 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
http://lagreendrinks.blogspot.com

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, August 3rd.

plus-
Green Business Networking is ready for its third meeting next Tuesday 7/25.
See invite details below-

You're invited to the next GREEN BUSINESS NETWORKING gathering on Tuesday July 25th from 6:00-9:00PM at Meditrina Café in Venice (same location as last time).
We organized this event to offer you, the members of our city's dynamic and growing green business community, a time and place for connecting, sharing, deal-making and networking.

We'll gather in the courtyard and garden at Meditrina Café at 1029 Abbott Kinney, Venice CA, 90291 http://www.meditrinacafe.com (Meditrina is located between Westminster and Broadway) We'll provide delicious organic snacks and drinks, and groovy tunes…The $10 cover charge will allow us to continue improving this event.

Please pass this announcement on to other business owners and professionals in the green business community!

*** If you’d like to be added to the email list for future events – please send an email greenbusinessnetworking@gmail.com

**Parking**
There is $5 valet parking right in front of the cafe. There is also street parking on the cross streets of Westminister, Broadway, and behind the building on Electric Avenue. Parking is tight in the evenings, so come early!!


and lastly a request from Greenopia-

Greenopia, the Urban Dweller's Guide to Green Living (http://www.greenopia.com), is seeking information on L.A.-area festivals and events where we may promote our guide via tabling and sponsorship. We are specifically looking for larger festivals and events between now and October, but are open to information that falls outside of those parameters.

If your organization is hosting or participating in an event that would be a good fit for Greenopia, please contact Elektra Grant at elektra@conscious-adventures.com Thanks!

LA Green Drinks - Culver City pix July 6th, 2006

Four of LAs Greenest Girls - Summer Bowen founder of BTC Elements, Siel the Green LA Girl, Traci Spencer founder of Sustainable LA, and Anna Cummins founder of Bring Your Own.



Jenn Beggans who helped create the Philly Green Drinks, Deana Bracken of Deana Bracken Design and Sarah Utley share Green summer reading lists.




Summer Bowen, Ryan Flegal, Nancy Whalen, Greg Rietz, Traci Spencer, and Paul Scott gather round at Duke's Hideaway.





Elizabeth Zampolli and Nancy Whalen, co-organizers of the Silverlake Green Drinks, share ideas with Green Real Estate developer Ryan Flegal of Portnoy Properties.





Alex Thompson imitates Gene Simmons while Casey Carruth-Hinchey wonders why.






Melanie St. James founder of Empowerment Works poses on Russel Sydney's Electric Scooter from the Sustainable Transportation Club.





Ryan Flegal and Michael Clive chat with Plug In America's Chelsea Sexton, star of the terrific documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?"

Thursday, July 06, 2006

LA Green Drinks discount on Sustainable LA course

LA Green Drinkers,

*Special Announcement*
Sustainable LA is offering a new five day intensive course over weekends covering Sustainable Living & Design-
and LA Green Drinkers get a discount!
www.sustainablela.org
Interdisciplinary Course on Sustainability
$195 instead of $240
The first class is next Saturday, July 15th so sign up now, space is limited.
(full disclosure: the Ecological Footprint class will be taught by yours truly)

LA Green Drinks would like to take this opportunity to also try to clean up our email list.
The following emails were returned for delivery failures.
If you know these people please inform them their email is rejecting and have them email me their new address if they want to remain on the list-
Joshua Fields
Joanne Forster
Elektra Grant
Alistar Harris
Chris Johnson
Matt Pegler
Monique Raymond
Mary Romo
Jim Sanderson
Annie Sartor
Avo Shavarshyan
Sara Townsend
Dede (no last name) from William Green CPA
Elana (no last name) from Heal the Bay
Ronan (no last name)

Looking forward to seeing everyone again tonight-

LA Green Drinks - Culver City
Thursday, July 6th, 2006
7pm-???
Duke's Hideaway at the Culver Hotel
9400 Culver Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
www.culverhotel.com
map

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 - Silver Lake is Thursday, July 20th.

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
http://lagreendrinks.blogspot.com

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

LA Green Drinks - Culver City this Thursday

LA Green Drinkers,

Hope you all had a great independence day!
Come discuss ways we can become energy independent at this weeks Green Drinks!

LA Green Drinks - Silver Lake (for the east siders) had a great inaugural turnout in its new location at the Edendale Grill. Over 20 folks came into the reserved back patio space from all over the East side. Great work by Nancy Whalen and Elizabeth Zampolli for organizing the new Green Drinks.

2 summer movies this time -

1. "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.
www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com


2. "An Inconvenient Truth "
Don't miss the best synopsis of man made Global Warming to date-
and bring a skeptic.
www.climatecrisis.net


Looking forward to seeing everyone again tomorrow night-

LA Green Drinks - Culver City
Thursday, July 6th, 2006
7pm-???
Duke's Hideaway at the Culver Hotel
9400 Culver Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
www.culverhotel.com
map

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 - Silver Lake is Thursday, July 20th.

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
http://lagreendrinks.blogspot.com