LA County Master Gardeners - November 24, 2019
LA County Master Gardeners
“Citrus greening,” AKA the Huang Long Bing (HLB) bacteria, is destroying citrus trees across the country. Florida lost half its commercial crop. The Asian Citrus Psyllid (ASP) is here in California and while nurseries have a good handle on keeping their trees safe, backyard trees are being infested all across Southern California.
Find out what you can do to help prevent the spread of this pest-borne disease that threatens our backyard citrus; information at https://ucanr.edu/sites/ACP/ (link) and https://ucanr.edu/sites/ACP/Homeowner_Options/ (link)
The Biggest Little Farm at the Wiltern Theater - Wed. December 4, 2019
Join us Wednesday evening, December 4, at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles for an unforgettable screening of the multi-award-winning film The Biggest Little Farm! Composer Jeff Beal will be conducting the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra to perform the film's score live at the event.
Be sure to stay after the movie for a panel discussion featuring Apricot Lane Farms' very own Molly and John Chester plus other special guests. Click here to purchase your tickets!
Westside Repair Cafe - November 17, 2019
Sunday, November 17 at the Green Tent
What do you do when you've got something you like but it no longer works? Throw it out and buy a new one? Stick it in the attic, the basement or under the stairs? Pay to get it fixed? Fix it yourself? Chances are you toss it out. Or maybe you store it away until that magical day when you can figure out what to do with it.... right.
There's another solution: bring it to one of the local Westside Repair Cafes. This Sunday at the Mar Vista Farmer's Market from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. volunteer fixers will be on hand to answer your questions about how it works and how you can participate. They will also be available to repair small appliances, electronics and computers. Need some easy mending done on a piece of clothing? Bring it to the Green Tent!
Audbon Society - November 10, 2019
Sunday, November 10 at the Green Tent:
The Los Angeles Audubon Society
Harlequin Beetle |
Approximately 3,500 school children every year, at the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve and Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, engage in hands-on activities that include using binoculars to view local birds and other wildlife, scientific illustration exercises where they take a close up view of local flowers and invertebrates and record their observations through drawing, and hiking through open spaces.
In addition, the Audobon Society hosts a monthly Open Wetlands at the Ballona Ecological Reserve to reach a broader audience, and allow access to a reserve that is usually closed to the public. Stop by the Green Tent this Sunday to find out how you can participate.
Green Burial November 3, 2019
Here is one unexpected way to benefit those you leave behind:
Transition Mar Vista and Bridging Transitions present:
Greening Your Death: Your Final Footprint.
Transition Mar Vista and Bridging Transitions invites you to join us Sunday November 3rd, at the Green Tent, in becoming more aware and creative in how we deal with death.
Honoring the human life cycle and honoring the earth can go hand in hand, so let's find ways to green our final footprint. While dedicated to sustainable living, the green movement has been slow to address how our dying impacts the environment. In the US we bury 20 million feet of wood for caskets, 1.6 million tons of concrete and 4.3 million gallons of embalming fluids containing formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, every year! And cremation, often thought of as a green alternative to burial, has a significant carbon footprint as well as lacing our air with other pollutants such as mercury.
There is a better way to go!
Come learn about Green Burial, at Sea burial, and new more earth friendly options coming online. Drop by for a chat, information and resources, and participate in creative ways to honor our dead and our own legacy to nature.
You may also want to explore the Green Burial Council website. Honoring the human life cycle and honoring the earth can go hand in hand, so let's green our final footprint.
Grey Water - December 15
Grey Water Conversion - December 15, 2019
GET THAT GREY WATER IN THE GROUND!
Don't let the winter rains fool you. We still need every drop of water back in the soil. Redirecting grey water is an easy way to prevent waste.
What is grey water? It's the "waste" water from your washing machine reused to water your fruit trees or perennial plants instead of being sent to the reclamation plant and then out to the ocean.With a greywater system, every time you do a load of laundry your plants get a good drink and you save money as well.
As everyone knows, California has experienced an extreme drought for many years and it will most likely continue. Water is probably the most important resource for every living species on our planet. Learn how to double the usage of your water!
Green Tent guest Art Lee holds workshops that cover all the information you need to install a grey water system at your house. He's bringing a mini greywater demo system so visitors can see how it works and will answer your questions. He'll also have a signup sheet for those interested in attending a future workshop.
CALPIRG Roundup Campaign 10-27-19
Ban Round-up !
Come to the Green Tent this Sunday, October 27, and learn about what you can do to eliminate this pervasive toxic chemical from our soils, our foods and our bodies.
CALPIRG is a consumer group that stands up to powerful interests whenever they threaten our health and safety, our financial security, or our right to fully participate in our democratic society. For decades, we’ve stood up for consumers, countering the influence of big banks, insurers, chemical manufacturers and other powerful special interests.
Solar - 10-13-19
Solar Power
Solution #10 to Reverse Global Warming
Wild Birds in Your Backyard - October 6, 2019
Wild Birds in Your Backyard!
For fun, kids can stop by and make a pine cone feeder to take home. The local birds will delight in finding your backyard offering of a nutritious treat and the whole family will enjoy seeing who stops by for a visit.
Come and learn how you can enjoy the numerous wild birds living in your own backyard by putting out the feeders, food, and water that the birds love.
Learn how you can support and protect the birds and their nests in the neighborhood's trees and bushes.
CCL September 29, 2019
Citizens’ Climate Lobby
master gardeners - September 22, 2019
IT'S "MASTER GARDENERS" SUNDAY!
Click here for a handy monthly list of things to do in the garden in LA County.
Have a Gardening Question? Email mglosangeleshelpline@ucdavis.edu with a description of your concern or question; attaching photos helps the Master Gardener diagnose the problem. OR, you can phone in your concern or question by leaving a detailed message at (626) 586-1988.
Reversing Global Warming - September 15, 2019
Can Global Warming Unify Humanity ?
REDUCE FOOD WASTE |
Prepare meals and eat them at home. You will burn about 250 calories for each meal you prepare. If you have young children, you will teach them a valuable skill which is empowering and a money saver.
SAVE ENERGY |
Turn off electronics when not needed In addition to turning off lights and unplugging personal electronics when they are done charging, why not put on a sweater when you are cold and only use the AC when you are really feeling the heat. Use stairs instead of pressing that elevator button...a nice little treat for your heart and and muscles, too!
PLANT TREES |
Walk or bike instead of driving whenever possible. Dirty fossil fuels are killing us as they contribute to global warming. Skip the car when you can. Carpool when you can't. You may end up shopping closer to home which is good for the small businesses in your neighborhood and fosters a sense of community, a stress-reducing bonus. (see below)
CONSERVE WATER |
Get to know your neighbors. A recent Los Angeles Times article cited research that indicates people who have good relationships with their neighbors live happier, healthier lives. And when you are preparing those home-cooked meals, it’s so much easier to borrow a cup of sugar or a lemon from a neighbor than to drive your car to the market and back. A real stress-reducer!
Choose exercise options that have the lowest environmental impact while bringing you the greatest joy. Example: Instead of getting in your car and driving to the gym for an hour, and then driving back again, why not put on some of your favorite music and dance around the house?
Take time to just sit and be...even if it's only 5 minutes a day.
Stop by the Green Tent for tips on how to experiment with these ideas and incorporate the best into your life. Mar Vista resident and Green Tent Manager Jeanne Kuntz is a certified wellness coach; learn more at her Teaching Wellness website.
Check out Talk Nerdy to Me. An awesome group for local folks who want to meet up, socialize and learn!
Check out Talk Nerdy to Me. An awesome group for local folks who want to meet up, socialize and learn!
Mar Vista Art Walk
MAR VISTA ART & MUSIC WALK
Mona Lisa" by artist Zebi |
All along the 1-mile stretch of Venice Blvd between Inglewood Blvd and Lyceum Street, the sidewalks and parking lots will be transformed by this walk's theme: SPECTRUM: A Celebration of LGBTQ+.
"Marina" photo by Marina Andrade, |
Jeanne Kuntz - Kids and Global Warming
MEET THE PLANET SAVERS!
I believe the children are our are future
Teach them well and let them lead the way...
(The Greatest Love)
Teach About Climate Change
Is Like Teaching About Sex
According to the well-researched Drawdown Project data, if we can shift our habits to reduce food waste and eat lower on the food chain, we will significantly reduce the release of greenhouse gasses, the cause of global warming.
No processing to degrade food value, no packaging to deplete the environment.
Food is right outside your door. What could be more convenient? Don't have space for your own garden? Help a friend or neighbor with their crops and share the bounty.
Buy and prepare only what you need.
Learn how experts such as Kitchen Karate help you determine the right quantities of food to purchase and prepare for your meals.
Save Water Eat Lower on the Food Chain |
Replace beef with other forms of protein to save water, money and lives. And when you do consume animal protein, look into how it was raised. Choose farmers who use more humane practices at all stages of meat production.
Prepare and eat meals at home. You will burn about 250 calories for each meal you prepare. If you have young children, include them in all phases of the process, from menu planning to cleaning up. You will teach them a valuable skill which is empowering and a money saver.
Mar Vista resident and Green Committee Chair Jeanne Kuntz is a certified wellness coach. Stop by the Green Tent and get a free consultation on habit change. Learn more at her website, Teaching Wellness .
Master Gardeners - August 25, 2019
IT'S "MASTER GARDENERS" SUNDAY!
Join us on Sunday, August 25 at the Green Tent for another wonderful day with the UC/CE LA County Master Gardeners from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. They’ll be handing out free plants and free seed packets. Stop by and start your fall planting now. And they’re giving these seedlings away:
Sunflowers are everyone’s favorite, so come and get one. Here’s one grown by someone who stopped by and picked up a seedling at the booth months ago:
Email mglosangeleshelpline@ucdavis.edu with a description of your concern or question. Attaching photos will help the Master Gardener diagnose the problem. OR, you can phone in your concern or question by leaving a detailed message at (626) 586-1988.
Ballona Wetlands - August 18, 2019
BALLONA WETLANDS
...an environmental treasure in our own back yard
White-tailed Kite*
You may have heard about the 600+ acres of the Ballona Wetlandsjust to the south and west of Mar Vista. But have you visited this wild habitat where so many wildlife species and rare plant populations still thrive? One imperiled bird species that our former neighbor and beloved Councilmember Bill Rosendahl loved, is the beautiful White Tailed Kite, which needs the upland areas where small mammals live just beneath the surface and provide great meals for the Kite, as well as for Great Blue Herons and several raptors.
Image Courtesy of Craig Butler
Drop by the
Green Tent
on Sunday, January 20, to learn about the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, which is a fragile mosaic of different habitats: seasonal ponds, wet meadows, salt pannes, sand dunes and prairie grasslands.
AND - learn about the imminent threat to these special lands - there is a plan to bulldoze and excavate the life-rich soils at Ballona, destroy habitat for many thousands of animals and move things
around, as if they are decorating the place.
In the Yerba Mansa Meadow*
One of the historical sloughs at
Ballona Wetlands, photo by Marcia Hanscom
Great Egrets*
Audubon Cottontail Rabbits*
Biologist Roy Van de Hoek
(perhaps you know him from the Feathers & Foliage walks in Mar Vista or have seen his Blue Bird houses in our trees
) and Marcia Hanscom, Executive Director of the
,will be on hand to talk with you. Ballona Institute is known as "The Voice for Nature on the Los Angeles Coast."
Image Courtesy of Craig Butler
to learn more about the treasures at Ballona. A
nd watch
to see just some of the miracles at the water's edge.
According to the
data, Coastal wetland ecosystems are one of the top 100 solutions for
reversing Global Warming.
Wetlands
sequester huge amounts of carbon in plants above ground and in roots and soils below.
Coastal wetlands can store five times as much carbon as tropical forests over the long term, mostly in deep wetland soils. There are also hundreds of trees on the ecological reserve - as well as grasslands, which have also been discovered to be strong in terms of helping with carbon sequestration - which could minimize impacts of predicted climate change.
Additionally
, a methane gas storage field sits beneath the wetlands on our coast - the Playa del Rey Gas Storage Field. SoCalGas wants to install new fossil fuel infrastructure as part of the ill-conceived plans for the Ballona Wetlands. So Ballona Institute has joined with Food & Water Watch, Indivisible and other groups like Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project to - instead - close this gas plant down and to do everything they can to protect the sensitive lands at Ballona on the Los
Angeles coast.
Learn about Ballona Institute's latest campaigns, including the most important one of all - the threat that bulldozers we once chased from the Ballona Wetlands are threatening to return! Stop by to learn what YOU can do to help save the Ballona Wetlands again!
*
Photos by
Jonathan Coffin
**Photo by Marcia Hanscom
Additional images by Craig Butler
Seed Library of Los Angeles - Sunday, August 2019
SAVING SEEDS - SAVING THE PLANET
David King, SLOLA Chair, is waiting to teach you about seed saving! |
This Sunday, August 11 at the Green Tent, representing the Seed Library of Los Angeles, David King, founding chair, will have seed samples and information on upcoming SLOLA events!
SLOLA recently launched their very own blog, so click here for updates and info that you won't want to miss!
SLOLA is our local organization protecting the diversity of our food supply – come and talk to David about saving some of the remaining seeds from summer or to gear up for the coming winter harvest. You can see the seed inventory awaiting checkout at SLOLA.
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