Start the holidays early this Thursday with "Celebration of Living Foods"
Kick off the holidays early this year with a night of "Celebration of Living Foods"!  Whether you're curious about Raw Foods or you're a seasoned connoisseur, Chef Rod Rotondi of Leaf Organics will sharing his knowledge and passion for raw foods as well as provide tasty raw food appetizers from Leaf.  He'll also be debu

The Importance of Battling Greenwashing - A Case in Point
“Who’s scrutinizing the scrutinizers?” Jay Westerveld asks rhetorically, as reported by John Sullivan in an article from the Times Herald Record. If you don’t know who Jay Westerveld is, Google the term “greenwash” and you’ll see article after article citing him as the coiner of this phrase over 20 years ago. The concept of greenwashing came about when Jay brought to light the hotel industry’s claim to be eco-friendly by asking guests to reuse their towels, when in fact their motive was not the good of the planet, but to save money on laundering. As defined

Recycled Jose Cuervo Bottles = Art?
The curtain of hanging clear glass circles and squares twinkled as you walked by them at the entrance of Environment Furniture on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles on Monday night.   "These glass squares are made from Jose Cuervo bottles," a woman standing nearby explained to a crowd of admirers.   Are we talking about the same glass squares? Indeed we were.  The woman was jewelry designer Kathleen Plate and this was the launch party for her new recycled glass home collection.   The collection includes recycled glass pillows, chandeliers, lamps, wall art, glass curta

350.org Event - Blogger Beach Clean Up 10/24/09
Yesterday afternoon a large group of concerned citizens set out to clean the Santa Monica beach between lifeguard station 26 and 27.  We collected 38 pounds of trash in just 20 minutes at the beach clean up event organized by Siel (Green La Girl) and Sara Bayes (The Daily Ocean) for 350.org as part of Day for

Choose Your Own Shade of Green
“Green” is definitely the buzzword of the moment. We are constantly inundated with information about how to go green in every aspect of our lives including our food, our cars, our homes, our kids, our vacations and even our pets. Green is all over the Internet, featured constantly on television shows and in every magazine. Global environmental issues are at the forefront of the news and we’re reminded constantly that temperatures are rising and the ice glaciers are melting. These facts among others have spurred a social movement towards greening our lifestyles. There are some who don’t believe an individual can really have an impact, positive or negative, on the envi