Search Results for ''

No posts found.

• Our Mission

  The Sustainability Committee is dedicated to empowering the downtown community to create a culture of sustainability.

  We will work with the community to increase accessibility to existing programs and services through outreach and public education. We will identify and create opportunities for new programming and partnerships to meet our goals for a more livable, affordable, and efficient urban center.

• Upcoming events

  July  2010

  M	T	W	T	F	S	S
  			1 Events on July 1, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - 7th/Fig Starts: 9:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 1, 2010 Location: S Figueroa Street and West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 More details Downtown Farmers Market - Arts District/Little Tokyo Starts: 10:00 am Ends: 2:00 pm July 1, 2010 Location: Los Angeles City Hall / South Lawn Description: The market is located in the park on First Street between Main and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, CA 90012 More details	2 Events on July 2, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - Bank of America Plaza Starts: 11:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 2, 2010 Location: 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 More details	3	4 Events on July 4, 2010 Sustainable Sundays - The Pursuit of Protection Starts: 12:30 pm Ends: 3:30 pm July 4, 2010 Location: Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Boulevard Description: 12:30pm Long-time inhabitants of the sea: Whales, dolphins, and porpoises 2:30pm China: Sacred lands and growing economy More details
  5 Events on July 5, 2010 Sustainability Committee Chair Office Hours Starts: 6:30 pm Ends: 8:30 pm July 5, 2010 Location: Neighborhood Council Office - 453 S. Spring Street, Suite 1020 Description: Sustainability Committee Chairs host office hours every Monday unless noted otherwise. Please emails us and visit! sustainability@dlanc.com More details	6 Events on July 6, 2010 Culver City Green Business Association Starts: 5:30 pm Ends: 6:30 pm July 6, 2010 Location: Living Green, 10000 Culver Blvd. Description: Tel: 310-838-8442 More details	7 Events on July 7, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - 5th Street Starts: 11:30 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 7, 2010 Location: Pershing Square More details Green Building Team - Discussion Starts: 3:00 pm Ends: 4:00 pm July 7, 2010 Location: City Hall Room 1050, 200 N. Spring Street Description: 1. Permeable Pavement (proposed standards) 2. Council motion update 3. River Improvement Overlay 4. Public building LEED Silver requirement 5. Public comment More details Green Pockets: Green Parking Lot Starts: 6:30 pm Ends: 8:30 pm July 7, 2010 Location: Downtown Los Angeles Youth & Cultural Center - 132 S. Beaudry Avenue More details	8 Events on July 8, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - 7th/Fig Starts: 9:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 8, 2010 Location: S Figueroa Street and West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 More details Downtown Farmers Market - Arts District/Little Tokyo Starts: 10:00 am Ends: 2:00 pm July 8, 2010 Location: Los Angeles City Hall / South Lawn Description: The market is located in the park on First Street between Main and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, CA 90012 More details Art Walk Starts: 12:00 pm Ends: 9:00 pm July 8, 2010 Location: Downtown Description: The Downtown Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of the many art exhibition venues in Downtown Los Angeles — commercial art galleries, museums, and non-profit arts venues. Public information and a printable pdf map of the Downtown Art Walk are available at http://www.downtownartwalk.com . Participants in the Downtown Art Walk are 7+FIG Art Space, The 626 Gallery of Fine Arts, 1927 Gallery at the Fine Arts Building, Art Slave, Arty, bank, Bert Green Fine Art, Coldsprings Fine Art, compact/ space, Crack Gallery, Crewest, Dalessio, Downtown Art Center Gallery, El Nopal Press, FIDM Museum & Galleries, Fifty/24LA Gallery, G727, Gary Leonard, The Hive Gallery, Infusion Gallery, The Japanese American National Museum, Julie Rico Gallery, Katalyst, LA Artcore Center, LAMP Community Art Project, The Last Laugh, The Latino Museum, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, The Los Angeles Central Library Galleries, M. J. Higgins, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Morono Kiang Gallery, Museum of Neon Art, Niche.LA Video Art, Phantom Galleries LA, Pharmaka Art, Phyllis Stein Art, PYO Gallery, Gallery at REDCAT, Second Street Cigars and Gallery, Spring Arts Collective Gallery, SWITCH, and USC Windows. Two Free Art Walk shuttles move visitors around the Downtown Art Walk after 6 pm. Pickups and stops are available on demand — just wave to the vehicle to stop or alert the driver to exit. The shuttle are vintage retrofitted 1940s school buses, and are hosted by Kim Cooper and Richard Schave of Esotouric, who curate them as moving performance venues. The north/south Gallery Row shuttle is called “The Hippodrome,” which runs 6-10 pm, and the east/west shuttle is called “Hazard’s Pavilion,” which runs 6-9:30 pm. Many thanks to the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council for their generous sponsorship of the Hippodrome shuttle service, and Brookfield Properties for their generous sponsorship of Hazard's Pavilion. The Downtown Art Walk is generously sponsored by the The Los Angeles Downtown News, Patina Restaurant Group, The Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council and the Historic Downtown Business Improvement District. Sponsoring area restaurants, bars, stores and services are also listed on the Art Walk map. Visitors are encouraged to arrive by the abundant public transit network in Los Angeles, as the Art Walk is easily accessible by the Metro Red, Gold, and Blue line trains until midnight, scores of local buses, the Broadway 740 & 745 Rapids, the Pico 730 Rapid, and the Wilshire 720 Rapid buses, some of which run until at least midnight. Parking is plentiful in the area, at meters on the street until 4 pm, and free after 6 pm on most streets. There is a sponsoring, indoor parking garage which offers a $5 flat rate and is open 24 hours (details on map). Once here, local LA City DASH buses are an easy way to get around for only 25¢ until 6 pm, and there is free, special evening shuttle service on Art Walk nights from 6–10 pm — the exact routes are shown on the Art Walk map. Additional information is available on the Art Walk website. The public may subscribe to the Downtown Art Walk announcement list at: DowntownLAArtWalk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com More details	9 Events on July 9, 2010 Compost Bin Sales Event - City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Starts: 9:00 am Ends: 1:00 pm July 9, 2010 Location: Griffith Park Composting Education Facility, 5400 Griffith Park Drive, Los Angeles CA 90027 Description: http://www.lacitysan.org More details Downtown Farmers Market - Bank of America Plaza Starts: 11:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 9, 2010 Location: 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 More details	10	11 Events on July 11, 2010 Sustainable Sundays - The Pursuit of Protection Starts: 12:30 pm Ends: 3:30 pm July 11, 2010 Location: Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Boulevard Description: 12:30pm Long-time inhabitants of the sea: Whales, dolphins, and porpoises 2:30pm China: Sacred lands and growing economy More details
  12 Events on July 12, 2010 Parks, Recreation and Open Space - Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Starts: 6:30 pm Ends: 8:00 pm July 12, 2010 Location: 261 S. Figueroa, Classroom 104 - UCLA Extension Facility More details Sustainability Committee Chair Office Hours Starts: 6:30 pm Ends: 8:30 pm July 12, 2010 Location: Neighborhood Council Office - 453 S. Spring Street, Suite 1020 Description: Sustainability Committee Chairs host office hours every Monday unless noted otherwise. Please emails us and visit! sustainability@dlanc.com More details	13 Events on July 13, 2010 Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Board of Directors Meeting Starts: 6:30 pm Ends: 8:30 pm July 13, 2010 Location: Los Angeles Theater (6th and Broadway) Description: Monthly Board of Directors meeting to review and approve items per the agenda. For more information, go to http://www.dlanc.com More details	14 Events on July 14, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - 5th Street Starts: 11:30 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 14, 2010 Location: Pershing Square More details	15 Events on July 15, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - 7th/Fig Starts: 9:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 15, 2010 Location: S Figueroa Street and West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 More details Downtown Farmers Market - Arts District/Little Tokyo Starts: 10:00 am Ends: 2:00 pm July 15, 2010 Location: Los Angeles City Hall / South Lawn Description: The market is located in the park on First Street between Main and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, CA 90012 More details	16 Events on July 16, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - Bank of America Plaza Starts: 11:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 16, 2010 Location: 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 More details	17 Events on July 17, 2010 Sustainable Habitats Starts: 10:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 17, 2010 Location: Audobon Center at Debs Park, 4700 Griffin Ave, LA 90031 Description: http://www.sustainablehabitats.org Special: Two Part Lecture and presentation: Part1 Starts at 10:00AM: Urban Permaculture Design Course Introduction Part2 Starts at 2:00PM: "LITTLE HOUSE ON A SMALL PLANET" Talk and Slide Show with author Shay Salomon & Photographer Nigel Valdez Live in a small space but have more room to enjoy it! More details	18 Events on July 18, 2010 Sustainable Sundays - The Pursuit of Protection Starts: 12:30 pm Ends: 3:30 pm July 18, 2010 Location: Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Boulevard Description: 12:30pm Long-time inhabitants of the sea: Whales, dolphins, and porpoises 2:30pm China: Sacred lands and growing economy More details
  19 Events on July 19, 2010 Sustainability Committee Chair Office Hours Starts: 6:30 pm Ends: 8:30 pm July 19, 2010 Location: Neighborhood Council Office - 453 S. Spring Street, Suite 1020 Description: Sustainability Committee Chairs host office hours every Monday unless noted otherwise. Please emails us and visit! sustainability@dlanc.com More details	20	21 Events on July 21, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - 5th Street Starts: 11:30 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 21, 2010 Location: Pershing Square More details	22 Events on July 22, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - 7th/Fig Starts: 9:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 22, 2010 Location: S Figueroa Street and West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 More details Downtown Farmers Market - Arts District/Little Tokyo Starts: 10:00 am Ends: 2:00 pm July 22, 2010 Location: Los Angeles City Hall / South Lawn Description: The market is located in the park on First Street between Main and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, CA 90012 More details Green pockets: Parking Lot Pilot with the Downtown Los Angeles Youth & Cultural Center Starts: 7:00 pm Ends: 9:00 pm July 22, 2010 Location: DTLAYCC 132 S. Beaudry Avenue, Los Angeles CA Description: Join us as we continue to work with the Youth Center as they plan their new "green" parking lot which will help the generate the income they need to maintain their operations Downtown. More details	23 Events on July 23, 2010 Car-Free Friday Starts: 12:00 am Ends: 12:00 am July 24, 2010 Location: Los Angeles Call-to-Action! Description: THE LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH IS "CAR-FREE FRIDAY!" More bikes on LA streets for a healthier and cleaner Los Angeles! Car-Free Friday encourages more people to ride a bike at least one day a month. Experience the greater Los Angeles area by bike and stay healthy, save money, reduce green house gas emissions and have fun! Get a friend who does not ride yet, to join you on the last Friday of the month to ride to work, to party, to shop, to eat, to hang, TO BIKE IT!! More information can be found at http://www.la-bike.org More details Downtown Farmers Market - Bank of America Plaza Starts: 11:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 23, 2010 Location: 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 More details	24 Events on July 24, 2010 Compost Bin Workshop & Bin Sales Event - City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Starts: 10:00 am Ends: 12:00 pm July 24, 2010 Location: Griffith Park Composting Education Facility, 5400 Griffith Park Drive, Los Angeles CA 90027 Description: http://www.lacitysan.org More details	25 Events on July 25, 2010 Sustainable Sundays - The Pursuit of Protection Starts: 12:30 pm Ends: 3:30 pm July 25, 2010 Location: Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Boulevard Description: 12:30pm Long-time inhabitants of the sea: Whales, dolphins, and porpoises 2:30pm China: Sacred lands and growing economy More details
  26 Events on July 26, 2010 Sustainability Committee Chair Office Hours Starts: 6:30 pm Ends: 8:30 pm July 26, 2010 Location: Neighborhood Council Office - 453 S. Spring Street, Suite 1020 Description: Sustainability Committee Chairs host office hours every Monday unless noted otherwise. Please emails us and visit! sustainability@dlanc.com More details	27	28 Events on July 28, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - 5th Street Starts: 11:30 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 28, 2010 Location: Pershing Square More details Green Drinks Starts: 7:00 pm Ends: 9:00 pm July 28, 2010 Location: Pharmaka (5th & Main) Description: http://www.greendrinks.org http://www.lagreendrinks.org More details	29 Events on July 29, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - 7th/Fig Starts: 9:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 29, 2010 Location: S Figueroa Street and West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 More details Downtown Farmers Market - Arts District/Little Tokyo Starts: 10:00 am Ends: 2:00 pm July 29, 2010 Location: Los Angeles City Hall / South Lawn Description: The market is located in the park on First Street between Main and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, CA 90012 More details railLA Exhibition: LA Beyond Cars Starts: 10:00 am Ends: 7:00 pm August 28, 2010 Location: City National Plaza Jewel Box - 525 S. Flower Street Description: Check out this multimedia experience on high-speed rail and its potential impact on our city. Union Station will be hub of a state-wide system of fast trains. How can this transform our city? For more information, check out the website http://www.railLA.org More details	30 Events on July 30, 2010 Downtown Farmers Market - Bank of America Plaza Starts: 11:00 am Ends: 3:00 pm July 30, 2010 Location: 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 More details	31

• Neighbors say…

  • Green Pockets Project – Parking Lot Pilot | DLANC Sustainability Committee on Green Pockets

• 

• Archives

  • July 2010
  • May 2010

• Find out more…

  blog Community Project Gardens Green Pockets online toolkit Parking / Parking Lot Urban Agriculture

• Community Partners

  • AIA SDAT
  • Council District 1
  • Council District 14
  • Council District 9
  • Los Angeles Conservation Corps