LA Green Living - Winter 2007

Video: Greening the Green Festival
Is it possible for thousands of people to come together and celebrate a green economy without creating a damaging environmental footprint? We'll take you behind the scenes at the 2006 San Francisco Green Festival to reveal how the event stays truly green, focusing on their impressive program of waste management that diverts over 90% of garbage from landfills.
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Video: The zero emissions traveler
Think it's hard to get around LA without spewing CO₂? Try circling the globe. We caught up with Tim Harvey, "the zero emissions traveler", towards the end of his human-powered trek 'round the world.
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Greening the desert - permaculture in Jordan
Can dry, salted, desert land be transformed into a forest of fruit? The Dead Sea Valley Permaculture Project did just that.

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Experts from the Permaculture Research Institute worked with local farmers to take a 10-acre parcel in Jordan and turn it into a sustainable agricultural site, with fig, pomegranate and guava trees and date palms. Winter barley and organic onions were also added.

Their strategy involved the construction of water-harvesting swales (to catch every single drop of wa...
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Eco-fashion: behind the scenes, II
Well, I managed to turn in a fairly good performance at the EcoPetal Fashion Show, not as a model on the runway, but as a coordinator of the model lineup! -- Making sure everyone was in the correct outfits, in order, and getting on the runway in time. It doesn't seem too complicated, but in the rush of a show, it gets a little stressful.

It all went smoothly though, and my reward was getting some organic wine, vegan cookies and fun networking time with some LA greenies.

Like Greg Wend...
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Eco-fashion: behind the scenes
I'll admit feeling a little intimidated by the offer to help out at LA's first eco-fashion week.

I'm not very fashionable. Generally speaking, I look fairly well-groomed most of the time, but the fact is, I grew up in Jersey in the 80s. You just can't escape that kind of fashion conditioning. And now I basically shop at Kohl's and Goodwill. (The Goodwill shopping is at least *green*, but it's not trendy, retro, thrift shop green. ;)

But, you know what? Helping ou...
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