The OPEN Daily : Expert Advice
Venice Modern Home Tour
February 3, 2012 at 11:06 pm
www.openmarvista.net
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While maintaining the clean lines, simple shapes and lightness associated with the Modern architecture movement, discover how homes are pushing the boundaries of design on the Venice Modern Home Tour. From a “hovering” home on the canals to a series of modernist boxes anchoring an expansive outdoor garden, these homes are sure to amaze and [...]
Ask Gardenerd: When is it Organic?
February 3, 2012 at 6:23 pm
blog.gardenerd.com
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A very thoughtful question came into Ask Gardenerd this week: "I'm new here. So far my big challenge is getting started. I do have a question. I do want to eat organic. Let's say I get a small plant, like an herb, from Home Depot or a similar store, I plant
it and grow it organically with no man-made chemicals are pesticides. Does that make the plant organic? Is it kind of organic?"
10 Tips for Creating a Zero Waste Home
January 29, 2012 at 8:22 pm
www.care2.com
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I do my part to recycle and bring my own bags for purchases, but I am far from producing zero waste. While lugging multiple recycling bins to the curbside every week it has occurred to me that I am only one person and there are a lot of bins! I never connected the dots that [...]
Sustainable Works FREE Green Living Workshop at G2 Gallery
January 25, 2012 at 10:29 pm
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If one of your New Year's resolutions was to learn how to live more sustainably, to be more earth friendly or to go a deeper shade of green, Sustainable Works is here to help!read more
Cirque du Soleil’s Ovo: How to make costumes that look like bugs
January 24, 2012 at 3:00 pm
laweekly.com
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Are we insects or are we dancers?
"I was always fascinated by insects since I was a child. I would go into my backyard and look under rocks, to see what the insects were doing," says costumer Liz Vandal, whose first assignment for Cirque du Soleil is Ovo, a show about the insect u...
Save Money And Go Green With Energy Efficient Lighting!
January 20, 2012 at 12:43 pm
losangeles.cbslocal.com
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STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Kathryn Gallagher visited the KCAL 9 studios Friday to talk about Home Depot’s clinics every Saturday at 10 a.m. throughout January at Southland stores.
The clinics are in light of the incandescent phase out.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, there are 4 billion light bulb sockets in the country and more [...]
Building Green in the Palisades
January 19, 2012 at 1:34 pm
www.environment.ucla.edu
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IoES Corporate Partner Program company Structure Home and Green Builder Media teamed up to develop VISION House Los Angeles—a project aimed at educating the public on green living.
Palisadian’s Money-Saving Website For Kids Featured on KABC
January 9, 2012 at 9:43 pm
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Palisadian Rudy DeFelice is the founder of a company called "Kidworth," an online resource aimed at teaching kids how to be smart with their money.
According to the site, it's all about teaching a child how to use their income (money from birthdays and allowances) in a productive way. The site helps kids set goals and [...]
Eat, and Learn to Make, Couscous and Tagines at Cafe Livre
January 9, 2012 at 5:30 pm
blogs.laweekly.com
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Now you taste it, now you don't. That's what happens to the tagines that come with couscous at Café Livre in Culver City.
The seasonings change as often as executive chef Farid Zadi gets a new...
Continue reading "Eat, and Learn to Make, Couscous and Tagines [...]
Santa Monica Symphony Present Free Flamenco Guitar And Dance Workshop This Sunday
January 6, 2012 at 7:32 pm
www.smmirror.com
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The Santa Monica Symphony will present a free flamenco guitar and dance workshop this Sunday, Jan. 8, at Virginia Avenue Park's Thelma Terry Performance Space.
The event starts at 4 p.m. and will feature demonstrations and discussion by Los Angeles-based guitarist/composer Adam del Monte and dancer Vanessa Acosta.
The event is supported by grants from the James [...]
The Green Garden Academy – Introduction to Sustainable Landscape Design
January 4, 2012 at 9:15 pm
santamonica.patch.com
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The City of Santa Monica’s sustainable landscape-design program, Green Garden Academy is offering a three-hour class covering the principles of sustainable landscaping; local landscape; irrigation requirements, rebates, and grant programs. 10:30 am on January 21, 2012. Santa Monica Public Library Main Branch, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Free.
Low mortgage rates likely to continue through 2012, experts say
January 4, 2012 at 8:25 am
www.latimes.com
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But with high unemployment and home prices still falling in many areas, analysts say there is little chance for a housing recovery.The mortgage market told a sad story throughout 2011: record low rates, but few people taking advantage of them to buy homes.
