Burbank Library Green Pages
September 2011 Calendar
Calendar of Green Events for Burbank, Greater LA, California and the US. Check upcoming events on Green Calendar.
Burbank & SFV
Sep 6: Critical Mass Bike Ride 7pm @ Victory & Woodley – SFV
Sep 10: Generation Earth’s Waste Reduction Recycling on Campus 9am @ Burbank Recycling Center for public-private school educators-students
Sep 17: BUR – Household Hazardous Waste Roundup 9am @ Fire Dept Training Ctr
Sep 17: BUR – Compost Workshop 10am @ Jordan Middle School
Sep 19: BUR – Sustainable Task Force 4:30pm
Sep 20: BUR – Landscaping: California Natives Lili Singer 6:30pm @ Buena Vista Library
Sep 22: BUR – Compost Workshop 6:30pm @ Burbank Adult School
Southern California and California
Sep 3+: Mother Earth News Fair – Marin Co
Sep 10: Green Feast Fundraiser 4pm @ Ecology Center – S Juan Capistrano
Sep 15: LA as Capital of Low/No Emission Vehicles 9am – LA
Sep 17: Coastal Cleanup Day – California
Sep 23+: Art of Community – SF
Sep 24: Tree People-Evening Under Harvest Moon Fundraiser – Beverly Hills
Sep 25+: Waste To Fuels Conf – SD
Sep 25: Fight For Air Walk 8am – Santa Monica
Sep 26+: OLEDs World Summit – SF
Sep 27+: Clean Pacific – Long Beach
Sep28+: CA Clean Energy Roundtable – Laguna Beach
Sep 30: Creating a Bike Friendly Los Angeles County Summit –UCLA
National
Sep 13+: Modern Energy Forum – Denver CO
Sep 13+: Sustaining the Blue Planet – Bozeman MT
Sep 14+: Climate Reality Project – Global
Sep 18: World Water Monitoring Day – Global
Sep 23+: Solar Decathlon – Wash DC
Sep 24: Moving Planet Beyond Fossil Fuels – Global
Is It Really Green?
Contract Services Group, Inc. (CSG) created this infographic to help the average consumer avoid cleaning products that are guilty of “greenwashing.” The information graphic, gives an accurate display of how products greenwash, and how to choose cleaning products are truly green and environmentally friendly.
World Water Week 2011
“Water in an Urbanizing World”
Aug 21 – 27
Hosted and organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and takes place each year in Stockholm. World Water Week has been the annual focal point for the globe's water issues since 1991.
Some Water Websites:
Circle of Blue
Of all the Earth’s water, 97.5 percent is salt and 2.5 is fresh. Of that water, about 70 percent is locked in glacial ice and 30 percent in soil, leaving under 1 percent (.007 percent of the total water) readily accessible for human use.
An international network of leading journalists, scientists and communications design experts that reports and presents the information necessary to respond to the global freshwater crisis. It is a nonprofit affiliate of the internationally recognized water, climate and policy think tank, the Pacific Institute.
Poster Art to Spread the Clean-Water Word
Sierra: 8.19.2011
To raise awareness about the global water crisis, students from around the world submitted designs for the Water is Life poster-art contest. The winning designs are so inspiring that they're going to be part of a globe-trotting museum exhibit.
The posters are meant to spread the word about Stockholm’s annual World Water Week, a global summit that aims to focus the world's attention on the challenge of water management (as things are now, only one in eight people has access to clean water).This year, the summit happens next week: Aug. 21 to 27.
While the summit itself is primarily for environmental leaders, we all can get involved. How? Read a book, watch a movie, or learn more on the web. Or buy a “Water is Life” poster to spread inspiration. You can also watch live broadcasts from the Stockholm summit.
Water.Org: a U.S. nonprofit committed to providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. Has Lesson Plans and many links.
World Water Council: established in 1996, on the initiative of renowned water specialists and international organizations, in response to an increasing concern about world water issues from the global community.
AMERICA'S COOLEST SCHOOLS
Sierra Magazine
Sierra's 5th annual ranking of the greenest colleges in the United States is open to all four-year undergraduate colleges and universities in the United States.
In March 2011, Sierra sent a 12-page questionnaire to 940 schools, a list based on the widest collection of university contacts that the magazine's researchers could amass; schools that requested a survey were provided one and encouraged to participate.
Sierra received 118 complete responses from schools, which the magazine's researchers scored and ranked. READ MORE !
Top 10
1 University of Washington
2 Green Mountain College
3 University of California, San Diego
4 Warren Wilson College
5 Stanford University
6 University of California, Irvine
7 University of California, Santa Cruz
8 University of California, Davis
9 Evergreen State College
10 Middlebury College
Bottled lightning: superbatteries, electric cars, and the new lithium economy
The rise of lithium batteries and the implications of the new energy economy.
Seth Fletcher
Hill & Wang, 2011
621.31242 FLETC
Force of nature: the unlikely story of Wal-Mart's green revolution
A green business revolution @ Wal-Mart.
Edward Humes
Harper Business, 2011
338.927 HUMES
Let them eat shrimp: the tragic disappearance of the rainforests of the sea
Profound importance of mangrove forests to the ecological balance of the areas near the ocean where they are located.
K P Warne
Island Press, 2011
578.7698 WARNE
Mindfully green: a personal and spiritual guide to whole earth thinking
Finding a personal connection with green living.
Stephanie Kaza
Shambhala, 2008
333.72 KAZA
Burbank Library Green PagesAugust 2011 CalendarCalendar of Green Events in Burbank and Greater LA. Check out State and National events on the Green Day Planner.Burbank and LocalAug 15: BUR Sustainable Task Force @ 4:30pmAug 20: BUR Compost Workshop @ Muir Middle School @ 10amAug 31: BUR Compost Workshop @ Monterey HS 6:30pmAug 2: SFV Critical Mass Bike Ride – Victory & Woodley @ 7pmAug 28+: Taste of the World Festival – LA ColiseumAug 30+: Women in Green Forum – S MonicaSouthern California and CaliforniaJul 31 - Aug 3: CRRA Conf Zero Waste – S DiegoAug 12: Clean Business Investment Summit – S Barbara @ 7amNational and InternationalAug 18+: American Renewable Energy Day Summit – Aspen COAug 22+: EcoCity – Montreal Canada
If your electric car poops out on the road,AAA can save the dayexaminer.com Long Beach: 7.21.2011 by Jon LeSagePlug-in electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt, Mini E, Tesla Roadster, and do-it-yourself conversions, are slowly starting to become mainstream. There may not be any more infamous GM EV1s on the roads, but don’t be surprised to see an electric car getting charged at your workplace, shopping mall, or neighbor’s garage.6666666
But what happens if your electric car poops out on the highway, and you’re two hours from home? Call a tow truck? That’s where AAA has stepped in, announcing that its roadside assistance trucks are capable of fast charging stranded electric vehicles.During the Plug-in 2011 conference in Raleigh, NC, AAA said electric vehicle drivers can get a 15-minute jolt of either Level 2 (240-volt), or Level 3 (480-volt) fast charging to get them to the nearest charge point. And there’s good news for Californians – AAA says it will roll the trucks out initially in Los Angeles and San Francisco; beyond that, Portland, Ore.; Tampa Bay, Fla.; and Knoxville, Tenn. Other areas will follow later.For the fast chargers, the standards haven’t yet been finalized, like they have with Level 1 and 2 stations. So far, only the Nissan Leaf and the upcoming Mitsubishi i are the only electric cars that can use the fast chargers. READ MORE !
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