I just got wind of an interesting project being organized by Peter Black of the Environmental Defense Fund. It is called the “Climate Atlas Project,” and it appears to be a project developed to visualize the growth of the green/clean tech sector. The maps are great, be sure to check them out. Here it is [...]
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How Solar is your Zip?
Posted in Climate Change, Green Buildings, tagged Climate Atlas Project, Environmental Defense Fund, Peter Black, Solar Map on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UCLA Extensions Public Policy Programs
Posted in Climate Change, Events, Federal Regulations, Green Buildings, Water, tagged CEQA and Climate Change, Public Policy Programs, UCLA Extensions, Winter 2009 on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
UCLA Extensions is hosting some great Public Policy seminars over the next few months. I’m defenitly going to try and make a one of two of them (note, they aren’t free, but they do have some scholarships for recent graduates). Click here for more information or to register. Here are the seminars:
Successful CEQA Compliance: A [...]
2008 Environmental Youth Conference!
Posted in Events, Green Buildings, Green Business, tagged Climate Change, Conference, Environment, youth on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the 2008 Environmental Youth Conference! A conference for the youth by the youth, the 2008 Environmental Youth Conference will be held this Saturday, December 13 from 8am-3pm at the Los Angeles Convention Center-South Hall. Learn about how you can do your part to slow climate change and interact with celebrity environmentalists as conference [...]
Solar Announcement Today!!
Posted in Climate Change, Green Buildings, Green Business, tagged 2020, Garcetti, Nahai, Nation's largest solarn energy plan, Perry, Rosendahl, Solar LA, Villaraigosa on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MAYOR ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA
City of Los Angeles
MEDIA ADVISORY
November 24, 2008
MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA TO UNVEIL NATION’S LARGEST SOLAR ENERGY PLAN
Solar LA will deliver 10% of City’s energy needs by 2020 through solar
and jumpstart LA’s green economy
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City leaders will unveil
Solar LA – the largest solar energy plan in the country at [...]
The Hollywood Freeway Park-Overpass Concept
Posted in Green Buildings, tagged Asthma, Commuters, green space, Hollywood Central Park, Hollywood Freeway Central Park, Pocket park on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Very interesting project concept covered yesterday in the LA Times: Hollywood Freeway Central Park. The concept of the project is essentially a one mile long park-covered overpass over the 101 freeway in hollywood. Here is a rendering of the project:
You know, i think it’s an innovative idea and at times I’ve been stuck in traffic and [...]
Competition: OFS/Metropolis The Hotseat 3 Design Competition
Posted in Green Buildings, tagged Design Competition, Green Furniture, Metropolis on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Attention Designers! Design a chair out of wood in an environmentally conscious manner, and you might be able to win… um. a trip to Santa Monica? Well, maybe this isn’t the best competition for LA based designers. Nonetheless, it would bring some attention to your revolutionary designs. Check out the competition at: http://www.ofsthehotseat.com/hs3/
In the News | 9/10/2008
Posted in Climate Change, Federal Regulations, Green Buildings, Green Business, tagged Clean Trucks Injunction, Energy Politics, EPA, Indicator Species, Thomas Friedman, White Roofs on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
White Roof Technology, We Knew it Was Good, But not THIS GOOD - LA Times
From the article: “Globally, roofs account for 25% of the surface of most cities, and pavement accounts for about 35%. If all were switched to reflective material in 100 major urban areas, it would offset 44 metric gigatons of greenhouse gases, which have been [...]
‘Water Features’ Need To Be Jettisoned Now
Posted in Green Buildings, Waste Management, Water on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[Originally published by the Los Angeles Daily News. http://www.dailynews.com/editorial/ci_9812232]
By Ruth Galanter
Who can explain why Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the Department of Water and Power keep telling us to use less water and electricity, but the city continues to permit “water features” in new development?
Check out trendy shopping centers, new hotels and office developments, and even [...]
Toilet-to-Tap Back in the News!
Posted in Green Buildings, Water, tagged Efficiency, Los Angeles, Reclamation, Toilet-to-tap, Water Conservation, Water efficiency on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So you know the news must be big if Drudge links to it! Check out this article in the LA times on LA City’s plan to provide for the expected 15% increase in water consumption between now and 2030: LINK.
I’m not sure what reports the city staff looked out to create its proposal, but I [...]
LA Adopts New Green Building Standards!
Posted in Green Buildings, tagged Green Buildings on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the LA Times: LINK
“Los Angeles embarked on one of its most ambitious projects to combat global warming on Monday, becoming the biggest city in the nation to impose “green” building rules that would potentially cut millions of tons of pollution over the next decade.
In a unanimous vote, the City Council passed an ordinance requiring [...]
