Hey, GOOGLE has put up a
Green Summer map of LA! It needs a lot more detail...
The Santa Monica
Green Map is great!
is cooperating with us to promote this event - for a sustainable
Santa Monica
July 17, 2006:
Sustainable Business Networking Event at UCLA
New groups are are popping up all
over LA this year. Here is the
UCLA sustainable
biz networking invitation and thanks to the 40+ people who attended.
GreenLAGirl's blog has
pictures and comments. Thanks to
Prof. Charles Corbett of UCLA Anderson School of Management
for hosting us. UCLA has many
resources to
help organizations become more sustainable. And there are
brand new groups to help: The
Sustainable
Business Council,
SustainableLA.org,
Net
Impact,
LA Green Living and even
Green Drinks
for "those" days.
Publications about the
LA Green Sector
Jobs in LA's Green Technology Sector.
Patrick Burns and Daniel Flaming, Economic Roundtable.
2006. Detailed report and slide show.
Attracting "Green Industry": An Economic
Development Approach for the City of Los Angeles.
UCLA Master's Thesis, Laurie
Kaye 2006.
The Economic Development Potential of the Green
Sector.
Paul M. Ong and Rita
Varisa Patraporn, UCLA
Local Government
- Who Can Help You Today
-- I wonder how much
City and County of LA spend to promote "green" business, and how
effective is it? --
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
"Green LA"
programs
include Trees, Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Electric Vehicles, Green Power,
Recycling and Educational Services.
The Los Angeles
Environmental Affairs Department
maintains an environmental reference service via its Environmental Information
Center (EIC) that responds to environmentally-related inquiries.
It also has many programs and services.
Los Angeles County Dept of
Public Works Clean LA has
many online and direct services. They also maintain a
great list of
relevant links.
The
Los Angeles
County Online Materials Exchange is a free service designed
to help residents, businesses, and organizations in Los Angeles
County find markets for their industrial by-products, surplus
materials, and other would-be discards.
The California
Integrated Waste
Management Board Local
Assistance Contacts has a database for every town in
California it seems with the people you can call for local help. It's an
amazing resource - try it out.
Local
Recycling contacts for all LA region can help you find
resources
Cal EPA Science, Pollution Prevention and Technology Program
has experts working in a variety of areas to help business
reduce pollution.
Sustainable Works
is the City of Santa Monica's sustainable business program.
The Western Regional Pollution
Prevention Network is a strategic alliance involving local, state, federal
and tribal pollution prevention (P2) programs. It is a
member of the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange,
a national network of eight centers providing pollution prevention information,
networking opportunities and other services.
LA
Networking Organizations
-- If you
are just thinking about how to get started making your
organization more green and sustainable, attend some of the
networking events these groups present and meet lots of
like-minded and very interesting people --
LA Green Drinks
is a monthly networking and social event for anyone concerned
about environmental issues to get together over a drink.
Events are hosted by different organizations each month.
West Side Green Drinks is 1st Thursday of every month. East Side
Green Drinks is 3rd Thursday of every month. T
The
Sustainable
Business Council is a new non-profit organization founded by
a group of sustainable business executives.
They serve Los Angeles regional businesses and
individuals working with sustainable products, services and
processes.
The
Net
Impact Los Angeles Professional Chapter will bring together
local professionals seeking to network and take action to foster
a new generation of leaders who use the power of business to
create a better world. Net
Impact is a global organization of conscious business school
students and alumni. The
chapter of Net Impact at USC Marshall School of Business and
at
UCLA Anderson School of Business.
The
US Green Building Council Los
Angeles Chapter represents over 400 individuals
committed to making their communities better places to live
through smarter planning, better public policy, and greener
development.
The
California Association of
Environmental Professionals is a non-profit organization of
professionals working to improve skills as environmental
practitioners and natural resource managers. The
Los Angeles Chapter
holds regular events.
Fair Trade LA is
people who are working for proactive, ideal/realistic solutions
in a global movement for social and environmental justice.
Participants include students from all over the Los Angeles
area, individuals, members of Faith Based organizations, Oxfam
America, and others.
GreenLAGirl is a blog
covering things of interest to its author, a sustainability fan
and poet.
SustainableLA.org is
a new website / network.
LA Green Living is a new
website and business connecting the sustainability crowd in LA.
Prof. Charles
Corbett at the UCLA Anderson School of Management
is one of the best-qualified professors studying sustainable business in the
region, and he leads the UCLA "Green Lights" discussions about green practices
in the motion picture and TV industries.
J. Michael Huls at
Huls Environmental has been
working with many organizations in Southern Cal for years and maintains a good
list of links oriented around recycling.
Action Organizations
Founded in
1991, the
South Bay Business Environmental
Coalition has two main areas of focus: K-12 environmental
education and the stewardship of positive and innovative
environmental practices by Los Angeles area businesses.
Sea Change is a
non-profit advocacy firm working to promote environmentally
sustainable business on behalf of business and corporate
interests. Based in San Francisco but covering California
and beyond.
The
World Business Academy was founded in 1987
as a research and education
institution to help the global
business community understand and participate in the new
constructive role of business in society.
It has offices in Ojai and San Francisco.
The California Sustainable Business Council
is an evolving statewide coalition of organizations working to promote and
develop sustainable businesses.
Environment California
is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy
organization based in
Santa Monica.
Win-Win Partners are
companies and organizations achieving competitive advantage
through community investment. Win-Win Partners also include
national organizations that assist companies with successful
execution of these strategies by providing them with valuable
services such as research and market data, brokering, networking
opportunities with other executives, and years of professional
experience in this field. Win-Win Partners are an outgrowth of
the Ford Foundation Corporate Involvement Initiative
and is based in Los Angeles.
The
Environmental Media
Association (EMA) mobilizes the entertainment industry in a
global effort to educate people about environmental issues and
inspire them into action.
Earth Resource
Foundation offers business advisory services, events and campaigns for
environmental awareness.
Eco-Home is a community resource center of
information and guidance in the subject of ecological urban living for
individuals, businesses and government agencies.
UCLA
Sustainable Resource Center coordinates and promotes activities on campus.
UCLA’s Institute of the Environment
is home to five research centers, including The Coastal Center; the Center for
Tropical Research; the Urban Center for People and the Environment; the Southern
California Particle Center and Supersite; and the Center for Air Pollution and
Exposure. Since 1998, the IoE has sponsored an annual Southern California
Environmental Report Card. And
there is a new "Leadership
in Sustainability" interdisciplinary graduate program
established.
TreePeople promotes
urban forestry in LA region.
North of LA, the
Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council is the most
active organization for sustainable business in the county.
