Sustainable Gardening 101

  • Posted on 30 June 2009
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By Jan Scow

The concept of sustainability has been brandished about in recent years as the mantra of a broad new collation of activists and citizens pushing to get traction on global environmental problems. Sustainable is the new buzzword for a public awakened to the pressing concerns of global warming and its attendant impacts on the environment. We've been convinced: global warming is real and we're eager to do something to help. We're ready to be sustainable.

But what does the term sustainable garden imply?

A Public Thank You Note

  • Posted on 30 June 2009
  • By The Editor

BY DONNA SPECHT

The Banquet & Awards Committees wish to sincerely thank the following reception hosts of the Chapter Awards Banquet which took place on May 3, 2009:

Thanks to ...
CRESCENTA VALLEY GROUP
ORANGE COUNTY GROUP
ORANGE COUNTY SIERRA SINGLES
PALOS VERDES SOUTH BAY GROUP
SIERRA SAGE GROUP
SIERRA SINGLES
WILDERNESS TRAINING COMMITTEE
VERDUGO HILLS GROUP
20s & 30s SINGLES SECTION

ANGELES CHAPTER AWARDS: CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF ACTIVISM

  • Posted on 30 June 2009
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RECEPTION
The pre-ceremony reception generously hosted by several entities acknowledged in thank-you note above.

Photos By: Silvia Darie

On May 3rd, 2009 290 guests gathered at the Brookside Country Club to honor the finest among them at the Annual Awards Banquet.

Update: L.A.'s Plan For Zero Waste

  • Posted on 30 June 2009
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BY MADDALENA SERRA
Conservation Coordinator

CONSERVATION COORDINATOR MADDALENA SERRA AND MEMBERS OF THE ANGELES CHATPER ZERO WASTE COMMITTEE ATTENDED THE CITY WIDE ZERO WASTE CONFERENCE

On May 30th the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works presented the draft of the Solid Waste Integrated Resource Plan, (SWIRP) Phase 2 at the 4th City Wide Zero Waste Conference at Our Lady of the Angeles Cathedral Conference Center. The planning phase of the SWIRP will last 6 years.

Angeles Chapter Awards Banquet

  • Posted on 30 June 2009
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Awards
From left, Sherry Ross, Jeff Wilson, Nadia Wilson and John LaJeuness

Photo Credit: Silvia Darie

Volunteer Corner

  • Posted on 30 June 2009
  • By The Editor

ATTENTION WEB-SAVVY AND/OR TECH-SAVVY MEMBERS!
The Orange County Group is in need of a webmaster! Duties includes updating hike, outing, program, conservation, and other information as necessary on our Orange County Group web pages. Join the team, and together we can help make O.C. more green! If you have a few hours per month to contribute to the cause, we'd like to hear from you! For more information, please contact Orange County Group Chairperson Patti Barnes: mezzohiker@msn.com.

Eco-Tips

  • Posted on 30 June 2009
  • By The Editor

Eat Your Lawn:
Replace water-wasting turf grass with edibles or natives. You'll conserve water AND cut down on carbon emissions when the only traveling your food has to do is get from your yard to your table.

Save the netting sacks that are used to bag potatoes and oranges and use them in the grocery store to bag the vegetables instead of the plastic bags in the rollers, you can reuse them many times, sometimes they even have drawstrings. You will feel good about recycling..

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