Bikes Win Race Over JetBlue Airplane in Carmageddon

Bikes Win Race Over JetBlue Airplane in Carmageddon

A team of cyclists, a guy on a subway, and a Rollerblader beat a JetBlue flight from Burbank to the city of Long Beach. In light of Carmageddon this past weekend, JetBlue decided to run a promotion offering $4 dollar fares to fly from the Long Beach Airport

Read More >

Advertisement

Los Angeles: A City Without Cars

Los Angeles: A City Without Cars

Traffic is supposed to be at a standstill today in LA due to the inevitable Carmegedon, so we only thought it appropriate to take into consideration Ross Ching’s video, Running on Empty. The video answers the question, “What if, tomorrow, (in the city

Read More >

Advertisement

Los Angeles Braces for Carmegedon

Los Angeles Braces for Carmegedon

Leave it to a city dedicated to its reliance on four-wheeled (primarily) gasoline powered transportation to create a noun for the historic closing of its already infamously slow 405 freeway – CARMEGEDON. Los Angelinos have been prepping for this weekend’s

Read More >

California State University’s Fullerton Arboretum is an Oasis for Scholars and the Community

California State University’s Fullerton Arboretum is an Oasis for Scholars and the Community

California State University is known for having one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. They owe this great honor in part to the Fullerton Arboretum, a botanical garden on campus rich with both beauty and community history. Established in 1979, the Fullerton Arboretum was created from the abandoned grounds of a diseased orange grove. Instead of destroying the land, students, faculty and community members banded together to create organic gardening plots from the old soil. Now spreading 26 acres and containing 4,000 plant species from around the world, it is the largest botanical garden in Orange County.

Read More >

John Lautner Turns 100

John Lautner Turns 100

John Lautner’s architecture has become an iconic backdrop to the mid-century architecture movement in the City of Los Angeles. His homes have played starring roles in movies such as Charlie’s Angeles, Diamonds Are Forever, The Big Lebowski, and was more

Read More >

Hollywood Rolls Out the Green Carpet for the W Hollywood Hotel and Residences

Hollywood Rolls Out the Green Carpet for the W Hollywood Hotel and Residences

Hollywood became sustainably glamorous following the opening of the LEED Silver W Hollywood Hotel and Residences. The new hotel offers guests and LA dwellers alike the opportunity to live a more sustainable lifestyle in the middle of Hollywood. In 2010,

Read More >

LABC Takes Home Global Green’s Environmental Leadership Award

LABC Takes Home Global Green’s Environmental Leadership Award

The Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) is doing a lot these days to raise awareness and create policy around solar energy, taking advantage of all the sunny days available in Southern California. Their efforts recently earned them Global Green USA’s prestigious

Read More >

Advertisement

California’s First LEED Certified Children’s Hospital

California’s First LEED Certified Children’s Hospital

Rady Children’s Hospital’s new Acute Care Pavilion is California’s first children’s hospital in California to achieve LEED certification by combining sustainability and evidence-based medicine into its design. The hospital’s architects, Stantec,

Read More >

Little Tokyo Design Week Kicks-Off

Little Tokyo Design Week Kicks-Off

Little Tokyo Design Week (LTDW) kicks off this Thursday by taking a four-day look at the “Future City.” Filled to the brim with a number of workshops, home tours, and curated exhibitions, the festival is designed to celebrate the power and energy of cutting

Read More >

Cucamonga Valley Water District’s Frontier Project Demonstrates Green Building Best Practices

Cucamonga Valley Water District’s Frontier Project Demonstrates Green Building Best Practices

The Cucamonga Valley Water District established the non-profit Frontier Foundation in 2005 as a way to help Southern California deal with environmental challenges. Their mission is to show residents, builders and companies that sustainable design can be economical, efficient, and inviting. In order to demonstrate these ideals, the foundation built the Frontier Project building in Rancho Cucamonga. Designed by HMC Architects, the 14,000 sq ft building shows off a slew of sustainable technologies and strategies like a green roof, photovoltaics, green interiors, a native garden, energy efficient HVAC, daylighting, passive solar design and much more. The Frontier Project also received its LEED Platinum certification in May of 2010.

Read More >

Advertisement