http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:15:13 -0700 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:03:17 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Ice-Shelf-Breaks-create-carbon-absorption-sinks-comparable-to-forests?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists indicate that newly exposed areas of ocean caused by the break offs of several Antartic ice shelves are soaking up more carbon gas than anticipated.The exposed ocean's phytoplankton is absorbing 3... Carbon Sinks Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:03:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Ice-Shelf-Breaks-create-carbon-absorption-sinks-comparable-to-forests?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Pasadena-gets-solar-powered-self-compacting-trash-bins-in-52-locations?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner Pasadena is making some trashy changes but we like them. Nicknamed the Green City, Pasadena recently installed 12 BigBelly Solar Trash Compactors designed to reduce trash collection trips from five times a week to once a week. The solar panel powe... Sustainable Living Green Environmental Protection Endangered Renewable Energy Solar Energy Solar Thermal Sustainable Politics City Solar Power Usage Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:05:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Pasadena-gets-solar-powered-self-compacting-trash-bins-in-52-locations?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Genetically-engineered-vaccines-show-up-in-use-on-household-pets-as-well-as-organic-livestock?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner Vaccines are allowed in organic livestock production. I can understand that.  However ,recently Ireceived an email from the Organic Consumers Organization indicating that genetically engineered (GE)vaccines are frequently used on organic livesto... Environmental Protection Environmental Watchdog Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:49:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Genetically-engineered-vaccines-show-up-in-use-on-household-pets-as-well-as-organic-livestock?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Alicia-Silverstone-launches-cookbook-The-Kind-Diet?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner Alicia Silverstone, the "It" girl of the 90's, thanks to several Aerosmith music videos and her starring role in "Clueless" has a new role. In addition to acting on Broadway, Silverstone is now   cookbook author with the... Eating Sustainably Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:05:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Alicia-Silverstone-launches-cookbook-The-Kind-Diet?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Kick-off-LA-Fashion-Week-with-the-designers-at-the-Standard-tonight?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner LA Fashion history begins tonight as the godfather of LA Fashion James Galanos, Deborah Lindquist, Sue Wong and almost 50 LA designers and their muses stroll arm in arm down the red carpet to celebrate the opening of LA Fashion Week 2009. Organized b... Sustainable Fashion Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:52:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Kick-off-LA-Fashion-Week-with-the-designers-at-the-Standard-tonight?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Is-President-Obama-Nobel-Peace-Prize-worthy?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner My recent Green Life Reporter hiatus came about as a result of my decision to learn as much about social media as possible since I spend a lot of my time doing it. I ordered around 10 books from Amazon and set to reading in order to lay a real founda... Environmental Watchdog Sustainable Politics Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:13:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Is-President-Obama-Nobel-Peace-Prize-worthy?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Green-up-your-community-at-Green-the-Block-in-honor-of-September-11?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner This Friday, September 11th, its a block party nationwide as Americans come together to strengthenand serve their communities in nearly 100 Green the Block events across the USA.Green The Block is the new brainchild of "Green For All" and t... Holiday party planning Eco tourism Eating Sustainably Sustainable Entertainment Information Events Sustainable Living Sustainable Fashion Sustainable hair care Holiday Eco Shopping Sustainable Communications Sustainable Networking Sustainable Business &a Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:25:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Green-up-your-community-at-Green-the-Block-in-honor-of-September-11?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Sustainable-Works-2009-Fundraiser-in-Santa-Monica-tomorrow-night?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner  Sustainable Works, a non-profit environmental education organization and Community Partners project will host their 2009 fundraiser tomorrow (Thursday) night from 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm in Santa Monica.  Sustainable Works mission is to fo... Sustainable Entertainment Information Events Sustainable Living Sustainable Communications Sustainable Networking Sustainable Business & Building Services Green Home Sustainable Energy Carbon Emission Reduction Green Jobs Renewable Energy Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:42:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Sustainable-Works-2009-Fundraiser-in-Santa-Monica-tomorrow-night?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Chevron-causes-Amazon-Chernobyl-environmental-crisis-before-cruising?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner On September 9th, an important documentary film called "CRUDE" opens in New York, then plays in select theaters across the country including Los Angeles and San Francisco."CRUDE" follows the  legal battle to hold San Ram... Eco tourism Conservation Environmental Protection Endangered Green Entertainment Environmental Watchdog Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:49:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Chevron-causes-Amazon-Chernobyl-environmental-crisis-before-cruising?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d31-Northrop-Grumman-to-spend-21-million-for-toxic-clean-up-of-San-Gabriel-Valley-groundwater?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corporation has settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the tune of $21 million dollars requiring Northrop Grumman to clean up their groundwater contamination at the San Gabriel Valley Super... Green Environmental Protection Environmental Watchdog Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:59:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d31-Northrop-Grumman-to-spend-21-million-for-toxic-clean-up-of-San-Gabriel-Valley-groundwater?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d27-Organically-rich-Holly-Beth-Natural-Luxury-offers-luxury-skin-care-at-a-sweet-price?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner   Holly Beth Anderson whips up organic skin care in her kitchen.Every so often, I try an eco product or service that I want to to tell readers about, Holly Beth Natural Luxury is that eco-product line. Located in the heart of the South... Sustainable Living sustainable skin care Green Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:49:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m11d25-Organically-rich-Holly-Beth-Natural-Luxury-offers-luxury-skin-care-at-a-sweet-price?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d21-PepsiCola-denies-polluting-water-in-Beijing?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner  Both Coca-cola and Pepsi-cola have issued statements replying to a report by the Beijing Development and Reform Commission which listed the two among the 12 top water polluters in Beijing.  Aong with 15 other companies who were the top ene... Green Sustainable Business & Building Services Sustainable Energy Carbon Emission Reduction Conservation Environmental Protection Environmental Watchdog Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:24:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d21-PepsiCola-denies-polluting-water-in-Beijing?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d19-PepsiCola-earns-recognition-in-China-in-top-12-water-polluters-and-in-the-US-as-2009-energy-star?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner  The Beijing bottling plants of soft drink mega-corporations, Pepsi-cola and Coco-cola  have been named by the Beijing Development and Reform Commission, the city's economic planning agency in a recently released report listing the top 12 p... Green Environmental Protection Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:43:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d19-PepsiCola-earns-recognition-in-China-in-top-12-water-polluters-and-in-the-US-as-2009-energy-star?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d10-EPA-ruling-drives-sustainability-in-car-industry?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner Mazda's new Aqua-tech painting technology.A June EPA ruling is driving car manufacturers to move in an environmentally sustainable direction. According to the June EPA ruling, 13,000 heavy carbon emission producing industrial facilities across the na... Green Sustainable Business & Building Services Carbon Emission Reduction Environmental Protection Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:21:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d10-EPA-ruling-drives-sustainability-in-car-industry?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Worlds-Largest-Tissue-Company-Agrees-to-Stop-Using-Products-from-Ancient-Forests?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner  North America's ancient Boreal ForestToday the world's largest tissue company, Kimberly-Clark, maker of Kleenex, Scott and Cottonelle tissues, has agreed, by 2011, to cease using any pulp from the ancient North American Boreal Forest unless it'... Green Sustainable Business & Building Services Conservation Environmental Protection Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:16:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Worlds-Largest-Tissue-Company-Agrees-to-Stop-Using-Products-from-Ancient-Forests?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m6d26-LOHAS-rocks-Boulder-Colorado?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner  The annual Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) that took place in Boulder Colorado this past week was definitely the stomping grounds for anyone into the eco lifestyle. LOHAS'  Director Ted Ning had this to say, "Consideri... Eco tourism Eating Sustainably Sustainable Entertainment Information Events Sustainable Living Sustainable Communications Sustainable Networking Green Sustainable Business & Building Services Environmental Protection Green Jobs Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:13:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m6d26-LOHAS-rocks-Boulder-Colorado?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Solar-Living-Institute-Keeps-Its-Eye-on-the-Prize?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner  Solar Living Institute grounds in Hopland, California.In June, the Solar Living Institute (SLI) hosted a Green Career Conference at UCLA. As renewable energy struggles for equilibrium, businesses continue to emerge in solar, weatherization, bio... Sustainable Energy Renewable Energy Solar Energy Solar Thermal Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:19:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Solar-Living-Institute-Keeps-Its-Eye-on-the-Prize?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m6d10-American-Academy-Of-Environmental-Medicine-Calls-For-Moratorium-Now-On-Genetically-Modified-Foods?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner We all know the ongoing controversy about genetically modified (GM) foods. Its' been on the table almost since GM foods were introduced to the US public, and for good reason. The only governmental requirement for approval of genetically engineer... Eating Sustainably Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:07:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m6d10-American-Academy-Of-Environmental-Medicine-Calls-For-Moratorium-Now-On-Genetically-Modified-Foods?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m5d28-California-Beaches-Get-Fried-on-Heal-the-Bays-Annual-Beach-Report-Card?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner  Hey beach lovers! Heal the Bay released its annual beach report card for California beaches.  Unfortunately Santa Monica Municipal Pier was named one of “The Top 10 Beach Bummers.” Santa Monica Beach rated a failing grade of F ... Holiday party planning Natural Hair Care Eco tourism Holiday Eco Shopping Green Recycling Green Home Raw Restaurants Environmental Protection Endangered Green Entertainment Green Jobs Clean Beaches Thu, 28 May 2009 14:29:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m5d28-California-Beaches-Get-Fried-on-Heal-the-Bays-Annual-Beach-Report-Card?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m5d26-Tonights-Eco-Tuesday--is-at-Santa-Monicas-Wokano-at-7-pm?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner  Tonight is the fourth Tuesday of the month and that means Eco Tuesday held tonight from 7:00 - 10:00 pm at Wokano 1413 5th Street off Santa Monica Boulevard in Santa Monica. Los Angeles Eco-ambassador Jennifer Gooding works freelance for compan... Sustainable Entertainment Information Events Sustainable Communications Tue, 26 May 2009 16:42:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1440-LA-Green-Life-Examiner~y2009m5d26-Tonights-Eco-Tuesday--is-at-Santa-Monicas-Wokano-at-7-pm?cid=exrss-LA-Green-Life-Examiner