Green Streets

 In Hollywood’s 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her three pals walk along a yellow brick road on their way to the Emerald City to visit the mysterious wizard in her quest to get back home.  Similarly, the City of Los Angeles has embarked on a journey to transform our City streets and… READ MORE

Who among us hasn’t experienced the joy of planting a seed, nurturing the seedling and proudly watching it blossom into a young tree or flowering shrub. And so it goes with ideas. An idea is planted, nurtured and supported, and in time, that idea grows into a movement that positively changes lives and neighborhoods. The… READ MORE

All across America, the idea of “going green” has taken off. Everywhere people are beginning to understand that our day-to-day actions have had a cumulative impact on Earth. And, with that understanding comes the desire to reduce that effect with a greener lifestyle. “Green” has become the new gold standard for how we live our… READ MORE

Impervious surfaces, or areas that do not allow water to absorb into the ground, blanket a large portion of urban Los Angeles. Most of us only have to look as far as our driveways to find a concrete, asphalt or brick surface that is impervious. While surfaces of this sort are useful in controlling flooding,… READ MORE