Green Day Planner: July 2010

Burbank Library Green Pages
Event List: July 2010

Calendar of Green Events in Burbank and Greater LA. Check out State and National events on the Green Day Planner.

Jul 4 4pm-7pm
LA: Independence from Oil and Coal
Independence Rally @ Hollywood Bowl
LA Beyond Coal.org

Jul 5-9
UCLA: Green Strategies
Institute of the Environment Sustainability and Corporate Leadership: Informed Green Strategies for Your Firm

Jul 10
Venice: Eco Fest
3rd Annual Green Festival

Jul 10 9:30am-11am
BUR: Compost Workshop
@ Zpizza 116 E Palm Ave
(818) 238–3900
receive a free compost bin to help you get started (for Burbank residents only). Workshops are free and fun for the whole family.

Jul 14 7pm-9pm
BUR: Film - End of the Line
Burbank Green Alliance
@ Woodbury University
"Learn how responsible choices will save our oceans and seafood industry!”

Jul 17 10am-11:30am
BUR: Compost Workshop
@ Burbank Recycle Center, 500 S Flower St.
(818) 238–3900
receive a free compost bin to help you get started (for Burbank residents only). Workshops are free and fun for the whole family.

Jul 19 4:30pm
BUR: Sustainable Task Force Committee

Jul 23 10am-6pm
Rose Bowl Green Expo

Jul 22-24 8am-5pm
Pas: National Children & Youth Garden Symposium
American Horticultural Society @ multiple venues

Jul 28 6:30pm-8:30pm
BUR: Take Out Your Lawn Workshop
Buena Vista Library
Swap that water-guzzling lawn

Burbank Green Business Series: Summer 2010

GREEN BUSINESS LECTURE SERIES: Summer 2010
Burbank Green Alliance

Link to PowerPoint Presentations & Handouts from the Summer Lecture Series:


May 26: Zero Waste: Improve Your Bottom Line by Reducing Waste
PowerPoints from Susy Borlido and Spencer T Brown

June 2: Start It Out Right! Energy & Water Efficiency, Reduce Toxins, and Save Money!
Toxins Handout from Mario Quezada
PowerPoint from Jose Flores

June 9: Maximize Being Green
PowerPoints from Brad Cracchiola, Randy Lewis and Leslie VanKeuren
PowerPoint from Matthew Fladell coming soon

PowerPoint 2007 graphics & animation made easy
S E Slack – McGraw Hill, 2009
1 copy available at Central Library in Nonfiction
005.58 2009 SLACK 2009

Book Watch

New Green Books @ Burbank Public Library

The blue economy:

10 years, 100 innovations, 100 million jobs: report to the Club of Rome
Gunter A Pauli – Paradigm Publications, 2010
333.7 PAULI

Choosing green:
the homebuyer's guide to good green homes
Jerry Yudelson – New Society, 2008
-what to look for, what questions to ask a builder, which green home rating systems to trust
643.1204 2008 YUDEL

Energy independence:

your everyday guide to reducing fuel consumption
Christine Woodside – Lyons Press, 2009
-intro to accessible alternative energy sources
333.79 2009 WOODS

Investing in a sustainable world:
why GREEN is the new color of money on Wall Street
Matthew J Kiernan – Amacom, 2009
-guide for investors who want to explore “green” markets
332.6042 2009 KIERN

Industry Watch: Electric Vehicles

Coulomb Technologies to install 4,600 electric vehicle charging stations
LA Times: June 7, 2010 by Tiffany Hsu

California will receive about a third of the 4,600 electric vehicle charging stations that Coulomb Technologies plans to install for free around the country.

The company, based in Campbell, Calif., will immediately start setting up public and private stations in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Jose and San Francisco Bay Area. The stations will also go up in Austin, Texas; Detroit; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Redmond, Wash.; and Washington, D.C.

Once installation launches in the coming weeks, more than 1,000 stations are scheduled to be put in by December, with the rest to be in place by September 2011.

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The installations are part of a $37-million project called ChargePoint America, funded partly by a $15-million stimulus grant administered by the Department of Energy through the Transportation Electrification Initiative. Once the stations are in place, Purdue University and Idaho National Labs will analyze data about vehicle use and charging patterns.

Coulomb already has 700 stations operating around the country, with 130 customers. READ MORE !