Category Archives: Environmental
Palisades Garden Club Will Offer Virtual Tour on June 27
The Pacific Palisades Garden Club will have a Virtual Spring Garden Tour, “June Bloom, on Sunday, June 27, at 10 a.m. on Zoom –perfect for those who enjoy “armchair” gardening. Tickets are $15. Every spring, the Club invites residents to view...
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Ceremony Honors Carol Leacock and the Los Leones “Glamazons”
Leacock Moves to Santa Fe after Decades of Activism By SUE PASCOE and BILL BRUNS Friends gathered Friday morning at Los Leones Gateway Park to bid goodbye to Carol Leacock, a treasured environmental leader in Pacific Palisades and a former...
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Student Task Force Hosts “Human Rights and the Climate Crisis” Town Hall
By BRENNIE DALE and JOSIAH EDWARDS Celebrating Earth Day, the Human Rights Watch Student Task Force (STF) hosted over 150 high school students, teachers, administrators and community members for a “Human Rights and the Climate Crisis” Virtual Town Hall on...
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Don’t Take Your Bird Feeders Down Just Yet
Yesterday, Circling the News wrote in Musings: “After hearing Julie Hansen, owner of the Santa Monica Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop, speak at a Palisades Rotary meeting, my husband and I hung two bird feeders, complete with plastic curved...
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Never Underestimate the Power of One: Carol Leacock, Who Departs Soon for New Mexico
One of the town’s leading environmentalists, Carol Leacock, will move to Santa Fe, New Mexico at the end of this month, with her dog Lucy, to be closer to her daughter. Leacock, a long-time resident who lives on Bienveneda, is...
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Children and Adults Can Take Sewing Lessons at LaLonde’s Shop on Via de la Paz
The Sew Chateau moved from 855 to 833 Via de la Paz in 2018. Owner Shane LaLonde had initially rented office space on the street in 2015 to start a children’s accessory clothing line. The space had room for designing and...
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Student Town Hall to Focus on “Green Schools Campaign” This Thursday; Public Invited
The Human Rights Watch Student Task Force will hold a virtual town hall — “Human Rights and the Climate Crisis: Green Schools Campaign” — from 7 to 8 p.m. on Earth Day this Thursday, April 22. All residents are invited...
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What Are You Doing to Celebrate Earth Day?
Since 1970, the United States has celebrated Earth Day on April 22. The day marks the anniversary of the birth of the environmental movement. This movement led to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean...
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Free Tomato and Pumpkin Plants for Kids and Adults Alike
TOMATOES AT THE VILLAGE GREEN: Village Green Board President Marge Gold said that on Sunday, April 25, organic tomato plants will be given away free, starting at 10 a.m. on the Green (Sunset at Swarthmore). “These plants, grown from...
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Tired of Rising DWP Electrical Bills? Want to Go Green? Fill Out This Survey from Resilient Palisades
Resilient Palisades is asking all residents, including those with and without solar panels, to take a survey so that TP can better understand if a microgrid would be feasible here. Take the survey: (Survey) A microgrid is distributed energy resources within...
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