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DIY Greywater Recycling in Los Angeles
We have seen great examples of safe, legal greywater systems, and we've also seen the more covert greywater guerrilla approach. Now a Los Angeles company is planning on taking greywater recycling firmly into the
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Turn a Phone Booth into a Library in Four Easy Steps
Turning a disused pay-phone booth into a community library has been done before. But Los Angeles-based artist Amy Inouye may be the first to break the process
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Can Excess Fruit Fight Urban Hunger?
Fresh fruit isn't the first thing that comes to mind when I think about LA. Nevertheless, we've already heard about Fallen Fruit—an art project turned activist movement which aims to liberate unused 'public' fruit. (The
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Los Angeles, Without the Cars (Video)
Screen grab from Running on Empty video by Ross Chin. You can watch the video below. The best kind of art makes us see the world differently. Ross Ching created a video of something almost impossible to conceive: Los Angeles without cars. He used
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Untapped: Is Water Underpriced?
Best known for chase scenes in movies, the concrete embankments of the LA River destroyed wetlands and disrupted migratory birds' flights
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Seed Bomb Vending Machine Dispenses Guerrilla Gardening Fun
Don't let the moniker "seed bomb" throw you off: beloved by guerrilla gardeners everywhere, these little balls made from clay, compost and seeds are the secret weapons to transforming barren and neglected urban corners into
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Unusual Boat Cruise Tours L.A.'s Urban Waterways
Though lucky participants might catch a glimpse of a bottlenose dolphin or two, smokestacks, sewage pipes, and shipping containers are the main attractions on the
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Los Angeles Loses Streetcars, Cairo Wins
Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG shows a photograph of Los Angeles streetcars being loaded onto ships and sent to Cairo. In fact, the classic PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar was one of the most popular and
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Twirl Into Summer with The Battalion's Ballerina-Inspired Collection, Spring 2010 Photos
The Battalion spring 2010. Credit: The Battalion The Battalion's Linda Wong designs with maximum wear-ability in mind, a concept that manifests in modern silhouettes and classic color palettes. The California-based "purveyor of green luxury"
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Sharks, Maggots, and Bats, Oh My: California Science Center Opens Environmental Exhibit
Guide the bobcat home on a tilt game. See maggots recycle rot. Compare insulation of feathers vs. blubber. Be a barnacle and find food. These are
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L.A. Street Summit 2010: Biking, Walking & Beyond (Video)
The West Coast Counterpart of the Bike Summit We recently posted about the National Bike Summit in Washington DC (and transportation secretary Ray LaHood's tabletop speech there), a great event that is helping those who are working in the trenches to
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Get Set For Earth Hour With Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady
It's shouldn't take a gorgeous super model and her rather handsome NFL husband to convince you to participate in this year's Earth Hour on Saturday, March 27 at 8:30 pm, but it certainly doesn't hurt. From time zone to time zone, the world's citizens
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Oscar Swag Reaches all-Time High at £61,000, FEED Haiti Goody bags Worth $200
FEED Haiti Oscar swag bag. Credit: B3 Oscar nominees, presenters, and performers took their pick of goody bags last night at the Academy Awards; attendees were offered gifts ranging from a Tiffany crystal-studded cat collar to tickets on an African
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Mercedes Unveils Tree of Innovation at Oscars
This Sunday nestled among the tributes to Hollywood's brightest stars during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Mercedes-Benz USA will unveil a new ad campaign called "Tree of Innovation" which stars the S400 HYBRID and
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Eco-art to Save the Surf
"Titan's Rorschach" by environmental artist Felicity Nove. Some eco-artists are dumpster divers and practice reuse because found materials are cheaper than purchasing new canvases, paints and supplies. That's a good enough reason to upcycle. But
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Los Angeles as a Bike-Centric City
Los Angeles is famous for its traffic and its unaccommodating attitude towards pedestrians. Good asks if a bike freeway could change that.The write:
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Los Angeles May Get Mandatory Rainwater Harvesting Law
A new proposed law to go into effect in 2011 could have Los Angeles residents changing their habits when it comes to rainfall. Rather than just complaining that there's some strange wet substance falling from the sky,
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Reverb Bands Together: Green Music Group Launch
It's an eco-SWAT team: members of Dave Matthews Band, Maroon 5, The Roots, and Guster mingled with music biz denizens, environmental nonprofits, and
