Green Day Planner: Burbank

Lawn Alternative Workshop
January 27: 6:30 pm - 8:30pm

Transform your lawn into a colorful, fragrant California native
landscape.
FREE
Buena Vista Library, Community Meeting Room
300 North Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91505

Please call the Burbank Recycle Center toRSVP: 818 . 238 . 3900

E-waste Collection Event
January 30: 9am – 3pm
Luther Burbank Middle School
3700 W Jeffries

Imagine Green for the Community of Burbank

Electronic Waste can be properly disposed of in the eyes of 6th graders at Luther Burbank Middle School. Luther Burbank Middle School’s Imagine Green Eco Club and eWaste Center team up to do their part.

Consumers can help prevent toxic chemicals and hazardous materials from entering our landfills by bringing in their old televisions and outdated computers to have them properly disposed of.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Dana Hong at eWaste Center at 323 . 837 . 9950 or Imagine Green Eco Club advisor Jamie Wisehaupt at 818 . 558 . 4646.

Green Day Planner: Burbank Feb 3

Burbank Green
2010 Environmental Film Series
February 3: 7 pm- 9pm

"GARBAGE - THE REVOLUTION STARTS AT HOME"
COST: Suggested Donation of $10
(Donations and reservations are not necessary, but always welcome.)

A feature documentary about how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time. (Trailer)

Everyday life under a microscope has never been so revealing. By the end of this trashy odyssey, you are truly inspired to revolutionaize your lifestyle for the sake of future generations.

Also featuring: Episodes from EcoDivasTV and a post-film Q/A with the Burbank Recycle Center's Kreigh Hampel and Ferris Kawar about how you can reduce your household or office waste.

Green Day Planner: Go Green Expo

Go Green Expo
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 South Figueroa Street, South Hall J
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Business-to-Business Expo
Friday, January 22, 2010 • 10am - 5pm
This day is exclusively for retail & wholesale buyers, purchasing managers & agents, government / city procurement officers and decision makers who make corporate purchases on behalf of their organizations, agencies & companies.

11:00am - Alternative Energy
12:30pm - LA's Green Entrepreneurs hosted by Greg Wend
t2:00pm - Build Green, Grow Profits: Insights from Top LA Experts featuring John Picard
3:30pm - Saving Energy & Healthy Living Through Japanese Green Technology

Career Fair: (resumes are required, please bring a dozen)
Saturday, January 23, 2010 • 10am - 6pm
Sunday, January 24, 2010 • 10am - 5pm

Open to Public: Saturday & Sunday

Saturday, January 23
10:00am Sit Means Sit. with Luciano Aguilar (PET PAVILION)
11:00am - Children & The Environment, Early Education of our Future Generations
11:00am - Emotional Nutrition for Pets & People with Meg Harrison (PET PAVILION)
12:00pm - Dog Rescue with Linda Blair (PET PAVILION)
12:30pm - KEYNOTE Featuring Ed Begley Jr - Presented by LifeSource Water
2:00pm - Creating an Eco-logical Home hosted by Nancy Astrid Lindo
2:00pm - Certified Dog Training with Steve Applebaum (PET PAVILION)
3:30pm - Sustainable Investing
5:00pm - Green Jobs featuring Paul Pelosi Jr.

Sunday, January 24
10:00am Sit Means Sit. with Luciano Aguilar (PET PAVILION)
11:00am - Transforming Transportation with Electric Cars hosted by Plug In America
11:00am - Emotional Nutrition for Pets & People with Meg Harrison (PET PAVILION)
12:00pm - Dog Rescue with Linda Blair (PET PAVILION)
12:30pm - KEYNOTE Featuring Mariel Hemingway
2:00pm - Healthy Eating for You and the Planet
2:00pm - Certified Dog Training with Steve Applebaum (PET PAVILION)
3:30pm - Eco Fashion & Lifestyle hosted by Coco Eco Magazine

Eco-Film Schedule
Saturday, January 23, 2010
11:30 am - Tapped screening.
12:45 pm - Stephanie Soechtig, director and producer of Tapped hosts a 15-minute Q&A session
2:00 pm - Blue Planet Film Fest - Download Film Showcase Here

Sunday, January 24, 2010
11:00 am - Rob Holmes hosts the Green Living Project
12:00 pm - Q&A with Rob Holmes
1:00 pm - Blue Planet Film Fest - Download Film Showcase Here

Industry Watch: Refuse

Solar Powered Trash Cans
smart2begreen: January 13, 2010

Garbage is all around,
Full trash cans abound.
Want to help your town?
Solar cans will astound!

Sunny Days Keep Trash Trucks Away

Every day, millions of trash cans around the U.S. are filled, collected, and emptied. Garbage trucks running on fossil fuels make countless daily pick-ups of our refuse and transport it to overfilled dumpsites

• The Big Belly Solar Compactor is a revolutionary trash receptacle that uses solar power for 100% of its energy needs. It is safe, easy to use, keeps out pests, and is designed to withstand all weather conditions.
• The capacity of the Big Belly is 5 times greater than standard trash bins. This reduces the number of required collection trips and can cut fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80%.
• Depending on collection frequency, a standard trash bin costs between $7,300 and $30,000 over its lifetime. The lifetime operational costs of the Big Belly are between $6,000 and $12,000.

• Over 2,000 Big Belly systems have been sold across the U.S. and in 17 countries around the world. For example, the city of Philadelphia has reduced its trash collection trips by 75% by replaced 700 trashcans downtown with 500 Big Bellies.

Big Belly in California:
La Jolla, CA - KFMB TV News - May 2009
Using The Sun To Get Rid of Trash In La Jolla
Los Angeles, CA - LACCD BuildsGreen - Aug 2009
New Campaign Asks Students to Waste Not
Mission Viejo, CA - EnergyBoom.com - Dec 2009
Shedding New Light on Trash: BigBelly Solar Trash Compactors
Oceanside, CA - North County Times - Dec 2009
Oceanside: Here comes the sun. There goes the trash
Orange County, CA - The Orange County Register - Dec 2009
Solar trash-masher debuts in O.C.
Palm Springs, CA - The Desert Sun - Aug 2008
BigBelly Compactors Approved By Council
Pasadena, CA - Government Technology - Oct 2009
Solar-Powered Self-Compacting Trash Bins Save City Labor, Fuel
San Diego, CA - NBC San Diego - Nov 2007
Cardiff by the Sea brings in the BigBelly...
Santa Cruz, CA - Santa Cruz Sentinel - Jun 2007
Capitola tackles beach trash with solar bins...
Ventura, CA - KNBC (NBC) - Sep 2007
Ventura Brings in the BigBelly
Visalia, CA - The Fresno Bee - Oct 2007
Visalia will muscle up on sunshine

Burbank Recycle Center: Composting Workshops

Free Composting Workshops

Burbank Recycle Center announces 11 new free composting workshops to celebrate the City’s 20th anniversary of backyard composting. It's fun for the whole family and compost bins are free for residents.

Over the years more than 10,000 residents have taken this workshop to learn how to turn their leaves, grass and food scraps into rich chocolaty soil for their yards. Help Burbank become a truly sustainable city and achieve Zero Waste.

Choose from following dates - Call to RSVP: 818 . 238 . 3900

January 16, 10am Luther Middle School, 3700 W Jeffries
January 23, 10am Jefferson Elementary, 1900 N Sixth
January 30, 10am Stevenson Elementary, 3333 Oak
February 6, 10am T Roosevelt Elementary School, 850 N Cordova
February 20, 10am Muir Middle School, 1111 N Kenneth Road
February 27, 10am Brace Canyon Park, Picnic Area 2
~ 2901 Haven Way (above basketball court/parking lot)
March 13, 10am Burbank Adult School, 3811 W Allan
March 20, 10am McCambridge Park, Picnic Area 3
~ 1515 N Glenoaks (west of tennis courts)
April 17, 10am Community Services Building, 1st Floor, 150 N Third
April 17, 1pm Burbank Adult School, 3811 W Allan
May 1, 10am Location TBA

Workshops are 1 hour and 15 minutes
Dress warmly workshops are outside unless it rains - then moves indoors
Free delivery of bins offered for those who walk or bike (hint hint).
Please bring your own lawn chair if you can.
Zero Waste in effect: Please bring own mugs, warm refreshments will be served.

Spread the word to your Burbank neighbors, friends, family, places of worship, clubs, etc . . .

Finally, a recycled rubber tire rake will be given to one participant at each workshop so wear your warm lucky socks if you want to be the only one on your block to own such a unique, locally made tool.

Burbank deserves more. Compost !

Industry Watch: Building

Top Ten Green Building Trends to Watch in 2010
earthadvantage.org by Sean Penrith

While we know the building industry had a rough year in 2009, green building has been a bright spot. So what can we expect to see in the coming year in green building? Here are our picks for emerging trends of 2010, in no particular order. READ MORE !

1. The smart grid and connected home.
2. Energy labeling for homes and office buildings.
3. Building information modeling (BIM) software.
4. Buy-in to green building by the financial community.
5. “Rightsizing” of homes.
6. Eco-districts.
7. Water conservation.
8. Carbon Calculation.
9. Net Zero Buildings.
10. Sustainable building education.

California Watch: Green Building Code

Environmental Groups Try to Block Parts of California's Green Building Code. The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council are among six groups waging a last-minute campaign to derail some of the rules, saying they aren't tough enough.
LA Times: January 11, 2010 by Margot Roosevelt

Environmental groups are mounting a last-ditch effort to derail key elements of the state's first-in-the-nation green building code -- a major initiative of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration.

The proposed code, likely to be adopted Tuesday, would slash water use, mandate the recycling of construction waste, cut back on polluting materials and step up enforcement of energy efficiency in new homes, schools, hospitals and commercial buildings statewide.

"It is going to change the whole fabric of how buildings are built by integrating green practices into our everyday building code," said David Walls, executive director of the California Building Standards Commission. "The rest of the nation will be looking at what we have done."

But critics say the rules fall short of rigorous standards adopted by Los Angeles, San Francisco and more than 50 California jurisdictions in league with the U.S. Green Building Council, a national nonprofit group of architects, engineers and construction companies. READ MORE !

Green Day Planner: Native Landscape - Jan 13

NATIVE NIGHTS: HELP BRING BACK BURBANK’S NATIVE LANDSCAPE
January 13: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- change of location -
Buena Vista Branch Library

300 North Buena Vista St

Learn how to plant a heritage garden filled with native and California friendly plants. These plants are low maintenance, use little water, don’t need soil preparation or fertilizing and even attract butterflies.

Event Speaker: Lili Singer
Recognized garden writer, Southern California plant expert, horticulture consultant and educator.

Reservations Required for Class: 818 . 238 . 3730
Originally scheduled @ Burbank Recycle Center

California Watch: 244 Renewable Energy Projects

Office of the Governor

Governor Schwarzenegger Announces 244 Proposed Renewable Energy Projects Throughout StateState-Federal Partnership Expediting Hundreds of Projects Proposed to meet Governor’s 2020 Renewable Energy Goal.

Press Release: December 29, 2009

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the first comprehensive list of 244 proposed renewable energy projects that could produce up to almost 70,000 megawatts (MW) of clean energy annually, building on California’s aggressive renewable energy goals. These proposed projects throughout the state include solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and small hydro facilities and will help move California towards achieving the Governor’s renewable energy goal of 33 percent by 2020. Currently California facilities produce just over 8,000 MW of renewable energy annually.

A list of the 244 proposed projects that are currently in review or have been approved is available at California Energy Commission. The projects are separated by those seeking Recovery Act funding. The project list is subject to change since some may lack financing, fail to meet strict environmental standards, or adequately address land use issues as part of the project approval process. READ MORE !