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 !

Green Business Training Series

Green Business Training Series
Burbank Green Alliance
May 26, June 2 and June 9
Wednesdays: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Burbank Green Alliance and Community Development have partnered to present a 3-part introduction to the basic principles of running a lean, green business.

Learn how to build your world-class green business
Attend this 3-part Workshop
Register ONLINE or Call: 818 . 238 . 5198

May 26: Zero Waste
Improve bottom line by reducing waste
Community Services Bldg – 150 N Third

June 2: Start It Out Right
Energy and water efficiency, reduce toxics, save money

June 9: Maximize Being Green
Build culture - engage customers - green contracts

Cost:
FREE: Burbank Chamber of Commerce Members
$10: Burbank Residents
$15: Non-Burbank Residents

COB: Community Demonstration Gardens

Going native: Burbank residents redesign front yard with eco-friendly plants in mind.
Burbank Leader: May 7, 2010 by Riley Hooper

In a neighborhood full of lawns, Jeena and Eric Schoenke’s front yard stands as an anomaly.

The Burbank residents tore out their front lawn and redesigned the space about a year ago. They poured a patio, created a path, brought in several large boulders and planted California native plants.

The yard features many native flowers — Baja snap dragons, tiger lilies and varieties of poppies, penstemon and sage — which are in full bloom. Every plant in the front yard aside from one tree is native, Jeena Schoenke said.

“If you stand at my house and look at my yard, you’ll see red and yellow and purple and orange flowers everywhere,” she said.

The Schoenkes decided to go with a native landscape out of a concern for the environment, she said.

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Burbank residents looking for lawn alternatives and examples of native or drought tolerant gardens can visit one of four community demonstration gardens sponsored by the city of Burbank Water and Power Department.

The department has given four out of eight possible grants to nonprofit organizations and local schools to develop gardens that demonstrate irrigation products, plant material and practices for cultivating a water-efficient garden. While these gardens also use drought tolerant plants from similar Mediterranean climates, the majority of the plants are native, department Conservation Manager Joe Flores said.

The four gardens are at Burbank Temple Emanu El, the Burbank Family YMCA, the Burbank Housing Corp., in front of Elmwood Achievement Center, and one is under construction at Burbank Adult School, Flores said.

These gardens are part of a larger effort by the department to cut down on water usage by 20% by 2020, as mandated by Senate Bill X7, which went into effect in November, Flores said.

Therefore, the department offers rebates through the Metropolitan Water District for water-saving products like low-flow irrigation systems and offers classes in conjunction with the Glendale Department of Water & Power on water efficient landscaping, which includes a component on California native plants.

It is estimated that more than 50% of drinking water in Burbank goes toward landscaping, Flores said.

The city’s water and power department is also looking to implement a program that gives rebates to Burbank residents for removing their lawns, Flores said. READ MORE !

Book Watch

New Green Books @ Burbank Public Library

Compost: the natural way to make food for your garden
Ken Thompson – DK, 2007
631.875
THOMP

Ecoholic: your guide to the most environmentally friendly information, products, and services
Adria Vasil – Norton, 2009
640.4
VASIL

Power hungry: the myths of "green" energy and the real fuels of the future
Robert Bryce – Public Affairs, 2010
~ contrarian assessment of America's energy situation--and the gulf between the goals of the green movement and our vast need for power--by the author of Gusher of Lies
333.79
2010
BRYCE