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Put a LID on urban runoff: Speak up for Low Impact Development
Pretty much every time it rains in L.A., local eco-nonprofit TreePeople sends out a press release — not only about how much good clean rainwater we wasted by dumping into our gutters, but also about how much gross, motor oil-tainted, cigarette butt-infested urban runoff we spewed onto our beaches. Now, the city of Los Angeles is working on a

Clicklist: Inspiration for locavoring
>> Thanksgiving Dinner at the White House featured local produce from the White House garden. Yes, Obama now can eat home-grown arugula without worrying about Whole Foods prices! Earlier: Michelle Obama’s made good on her organic garden promis

Why we’re still waiting for green jobs in California
California’s gotten quite a bit of Stimulus Bill money to create green jobs — but jobs in renewable energy and clean tech have been slow in coming. Why? Alana Semuels explains in L.A. Times: Some of that delay was to be expected. The stimulus package gave priority to so-called shovel-ready proj

Film review: What Would Jesus Buy? — Prepare for the shopocalypse!
How do you save people from crappy gifts and eternal debt? By caroling with the Church of No Shopping Gospel Choir, of course, joyfully belting out lyrics like these: “Squeeze our fat in gap apparel / Fa la la la la la la la la!” That’s just one way performance activist Rev. Billy, a.k.a. Billy Talen, draws attention to holiday overconsumption in What Would Jesus Buy? — with the help of his danc

Clicklist: Survival post-Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! And an even happier Buy Nothing Day tomorrow! If my post with inspirations to spend less this season without feeling deprived hasn’t convinced you to not get trampled down while reaching for a cheap gizmo