Environmental Film Series: March 31

Burbank Green Alliance
Environmental Film Series
March 31 – 7pm

Economics of Happiness: a one-hour documentary film that explores local solutions to our pressing global problems

The Economics of Happiness demonstrates that millions of people are already engaged in building a better world. The film shows that countless small scale initiatives around the world are exploring potential solutions to the multiple crises we face—climate chaos, economic meltdown, and our own personal suffering such as stress, loneliness, and depression. These initiatives are united around a common cause: rebuilding more democratic, human scale, ecological and local economies – the foundation of an “economics of happiness”.

Woodbury University
Fletcher Jones Auditorium
7500 N. Glenoaks Blvd. Burbank, CA 91504

7:00pm Booth Exhibit
7:30pm Screening and Panel Discussion
$10 Suggested Donation (no-one turned away)
RSVP

Earth Hour: March 26

Earth Hour 2011
March 26 @ 8:30 pm
It's time to go beyond the hour

Earth Hour 2011: Beyond the Hour from WWF on Vimeo.

Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries/territories participating. Global landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, CN Tower in Toronto, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.

World Water Day: March 22

World Water Day: March 22

The Institute for Sustainability, CSUN is hosting Water Day on Tuesday, March 22 in the University Student Union, Northridge Center.

11:00am-12:15pm: screening of the documentary, “Tapped”
~ followed by a Q&A with Tony Machado, PhD, REHS, Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health

12:15pm Refreshments

12:30-1:45pm: Speakers
~ Don Kendall, Ph.D., P.E., Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA: “Water Supply, Distribution and Treatment in California”
~ Fred Barker, P.E., Waterworks Engineer, LADWP “Water Sanitation and Delivery in Developing Nations: A Peace Corps Experience
Please RSVP for this event.

This is the first time in human history that most of the world's population live in cities: 3.3 billion people ...and the urban landscape continues to grow.

38% of the growth is represented by expanding slums, while the city populations are increasing faster than city infrastructure can adapt.

The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.

This year theme, Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge, aims to spotlight and encourage governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to actively engage in addressing the challenges of urban water management.

Water and Cities - Facts and Figures (162Kb PDF)

California Watch: Green Leadership Awards

2011 Green California Leadership Awards
Deadline: March 25

In cooperation with the Advisory Board for the 2011 Green California Summit, the Green California Leadership Awards have been established as a forum to recognize outstanding environmental achievements in government. This is an opportunity to highlight and celebrate successful state and local government projects implemented in California during 2010. All nominated projects must be publicly financed and executed, and must have provided a measurable benefit to the natural or human environment.

Project Awards will be given in each of the following categories:
• Climate Change: Initiatives reducing human contribution to greenhouse gases
• Waste Management
• Energy Innovation
• Transportation
• Green Building
• Water Management: Significant savings in water conservation & efficiency
• Purchasing
• Green Culture: Systemic efforts promoting understanding & application of sustainability concepts

Smart Grid Meeting: March 23

Burbank's Smart Grid Program Meeting
March 23
5:30 pm – 7 pm
Buena Vista Library

Planning and engineering for the Smart Grid has been underway for several years. BWP staff will be on hand to share information about the City's smart grid program, and answer questions.

To address questions and concerns about what this project means to Burbank, BWP has compiled a list of FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SMART GRID.