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SUSTAINABILITY TIPS SOME IDEAS FOR GREENING YOUR LIFESTYLE
April 30, 2009
BY SUSTAINABLEWORKS.ORG Spring is here, Southern Californians! Whether you're planning on a summer of outdoor fun and activities or just kicking up your heels in the cool of your own home, hop on the sustainability bandwagon with your fellow...
Join the Fight to Preserve Banning Ranch
April 30, 2009
BY TERRY WELSH Chairperson, Banning Ranch Park and Preserve Task Force President, Banning Ranch Conservancy Image of Banning Ranch Credit: Terry Welsh Banning Ranch is the largest parcel of privately owned coastal open space...
THE ECOLOGY OF LOVING AND LEAVING YOUR CELL PHONE
April 30, 2009
BY SARAH MOSKO, PHD. It's not much of a stretch to liken America's relationship with cell phones to a once sizzling romance that ends in good bye. Fated love affairs typically begin with blind infatuation and fiery passion before reality sets in,...
MCLEAN CD GIVES YOU FLOWER POWER AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
April 30, 2009
BY MICHAEL GOSNELL As an avid hiker in the San Gabriels, I always had a nagging urge to learn about the plants that I saw and smelled. Finally, a few years back, I decided to learn more about my surroundings in these beloved mountains. Surprisingly...
Sustainable From The Cradle: An Environmental Journalist Offers Tips for a Greener Nursery
April 30, 2009
Green kids are happy kids. PHOTO BY: Elizabeth Saas So you're having a baby. Congratulations-and yikes! your environmental footprint has grown several sizes. Plus, you're now worried about hazards that never even occurred to you before...
Vern and Debbie Jahnke's Green Dream Home
April 30, 2009
Every element of the redesign reflects the Janhkes' goal of reducing the production of waste. Photo Credit: Vern Jahnke Vern and Debbie Jahnke lost their Claremont home in the Grand Prix fire that destroyed 194 houses in the San...
THE CHAIR'S CORNER
March 31, 2009
BY DARRELL CLARKE Chair, Angeles Chapter Executive Committee Welcome to my first column since being elected Angeles Chapter Chair by the Executive Committee in January, fittingly in the Earth Day issue! I remember the first Earth Day in 1970. I...
CHANNEL ISLANDS: CHOOSE MAY, JULY, AUGUST, OR SEPTEMBER
March 31, 2009
BY JOAN JONES HOLTZ Hiker on Santa Rosa PHOTO BY MARLEN MERTZ Island hop in Channel Islands National Park. Fundraising Cruises in 2009 run May 1-4, July 17-20, August 7-10, and September 11-14. Come and explore the wild, windswept...
COUGAR P-12 EVIDENCE THAT WILDLIFE CORRIDORS WORK
March 31, 2009
Liberty Canyon Interchange on the eight-lane Ventura (101) Freeway. Four-lane underpass is visible in center left. Hill on right is national Park Service Land. Critical choke point is to the left of the underpass. PHOTO BY DAVE BROWN...
NEIGHBORS' PLANS FOR EXPANSION MAY SPELL TROUBLE FOR GRIFFITH PARK
March 31, 2009
BY CAROL HENNING Griffith Park sits at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountain range, and the land surrounding the Park has become developed to the point where Griffith Park is virtually an island in an urban sea, its rugged interior...