Give Back This Summer: volunteer to help people in need, animals, or our environment.

If you go to the beach or go on a hike: don't leave any trash and pick up any that you see. Always remember your reusable water bottle and reusable bag!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Greening the Palisades
Ways Palisadians Can Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle in Town

Reuse
- Reusable dry cleaning bags are available at most dry cleaners (avoid the plastic bags)
- All grocery stores offer reusable bags; Gelson's enters customers with reusable bags in a  weekly contest for $25 gift certificate and Ralph's gives a 5 cent credit per bag.
- Use reusable coffee mugs; Coffee Bean and Starbucks will give you a credit if you bring your own mug.

 Water Wise Gardening

Some key things to do:
- choose natives, Mediterranean plants, or other plants that don't use a lot of water, eg. salvias, sages;
- group plants by water need, water established plants deeply but infrequently, new natives need regular water the first year;
- natives don't need soil amendments; vegetables and non-natives may need amendments such as compost;
- replace your grass with low water needing plants;
- cover area with 2" of mulch to retain water and reduce weeds;
- use rainbarrels or rain chains to keep water from going into the storm drains.

Recommendations:
Mulch: Xerimulch available at Yamaguchi Bonsai on Sawtelle and Sperling's in SF Valley.

Compost: from LA City Recycling-get last Friday of the month in Griffith Park, Whole Foods and Vons, or make your own.

Rainbarrels: Rainbud, located in Mar Vista, www.rainbud.com.
 
Resources for drought tolerant gardening include: bewaterwise.com, ladwp.com, lastormwater.org, oceanfriendlygardens.org., sunset.com and theodorepayne.org.

Photos of drought tolerant gardens from the Mar Vista Green Garden Tour:
www.marvistagreengardenshowcase.blogspot.com

Green Gardens Group LA, G3LA, and the West Los Angeles Chapter of Surfrider give classes on ocean friendly gardening to homeowners and landscape professionals. 

    

 

 

 

 

   

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Drought Tolerant Gardening

 Resources for drought tolerant gardening include: bewaterwise.com, ladwp.com, lastormwater.org, oceanfriendlygardens.org., and theodorepayne.org.

Green Gardens Group LA, G3LA, gives classes on ocean friendly gardening to homeowners and landscape professionals. 

    

 

 

 

 

   

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Resources for Businesses


Recycling
-Businesses can get free recycling containers for bottles and cans from the California Department of Conservation at www.bottlesandcans.com;

Food Waste Recycling
- restaurants can compost more than 76% of food waste and save money on trash pickups;
- this program is available from LA City Dept of Sanitation;
- California Recycles consults with restaurants on how to implement this program
- Riviera Country Club participates in LA's food waste recycling program

E-waste Recycling
- California Recycles, www.californiarecycles.com, will pick up from businesses and sells eco-friendly products;
- items can also be dropped off at their facility in West Los Angeles







 

 

 

 

 

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