Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council Earth Day Town Hall Tonight
If you’re looking for some last minute plans for Earth Day, the Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council is hosting a town hall tonight with a guest speaker from Heal the Bay. I will also be celebrating our oceans as I down some oysters at Morton’s tonight.
They write on Facebook:
Join Us for an Earth Day Town Hall – The Conditions of Our Oceans
Please Join us on Thursday, April 22nd at 7pm
EARTH DAY 2010 – Town Hall Meeting
The Conditions of Our Oceans
How San Fernando Valley Residents Can Help Protect our Rivers, Oceans and WatershedsFeaturing Guest Speaker Dave Weeshoff from Heal the Bay, a local environmental organization dedicated to improving water quality off the California coast. (http://www.healthebay.org/)
Presented by the Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council
*Light refreshments will be served*
Special thanks to the Woodland Hills-Tarzana Chamber of Commerce
LOCATION: Woodland Hills Academy Multi-Purpose Room
20800 Burbank Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
* Overflow parking (if needed) is available across the street in the Kaiser parking lot.
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Ady Gil Cashes In On Three Minutes Of Fame, Holds Saturday Fundraiser To Help Replace Boat
LA Times Image: Ady Gil basks in the warm glow of media attention.
As you might remember, Ady Gil is a Woodland Hills resident who donated money to an environmental organization named Sea Shepherd, who used it to build a boat, the eponymous Ady Gil. Said boat was seriously damaged last week in a collision with a Japanese whaling vessel.
Gil has some new found notoriety as hundreds of media outlets covered the incident and the video went mega-viral on YouTube.
With the snap of his fingers, entertainment industry executive Ady Gil can summon the artisans and technology to build stage facilities for Hollywood television productions and movie premieres.
On Saturday, they helped him again with an unusual and hastily called assignment: a fundraiser at his spacious Woodland Hills home to raise the $3 million to $5 million needed to replace a sleek anti-whaling trimaran that collided with a Japanese whaling ship last week.
Gil financed the purchase of the now-sunken vessel, later renamed after him, by the militant environmental group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for its campaign to interfere with whaling, a saga at the center of Animal Planet’s “Whale Wars” reality series.
Will there be an Ady Gil II? That remains to be seen.
Steve Roest, chief executive officer of Sea Shepherd, said he welcomed Gil’s financial assistance, but “for legal and tax reasons, we have to leave our options open.”
Those options, he said, could include acquiring a vessel and naming it the Ady Gil II.
Please visit the LA Times site to read the article in its entirety. I’d like to note that while I believe that whaling is wrong, it should be duly noted that Sea Shepherd puts human lives at risk to save the lives of Whales. You be the judge on if you feel that is right. To each his own.
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Save Money And The Planet! Black Friday Is Green Friday At All Green Things!
Green Friday - November 27th @ All Green Things
I’ve been in local businesswoman & green living advocate Tanya Peel’s local shop All Green Things a few times now, and I really love the place. [See the little CurrentTV segment featuring All Green Things] The way I feel about the store is that it has a bunch of stuff that you already need to live your life, but the greener, sustainable, environmentally friendly versions.
One of the best things about the store too is that Tanya knows the story behind literally every single product. She has hand selected this stuff, tried it out herself, and stands behind it. Go there, and ask her a question about a product, and you’ll see what I mean!
She is having a promotion at the store this Friday – Black Friday, or in her case Green Friday – where you can get just about 25% off anything in the store and online. She blogs:
Black Friday is going GREEN! All Green Things wants to remind you about our 1 Day Event on November 27th, 2009.
Everything in our Store and On-Line is 25% Off!!!!! Spend less on more meaningful, green gifts. Stock is limited so shop early!On-Line Coupon Code to be entered at checkout: GRNFRI09
Just about everything in the store is on sale, see her blog for a few exceptions. We all have someone on our shopping list that would love an environmental friendly gift, even ourselves! Some categories of items Tanya has in her store include reusable bags, bottles, & containers, baby supplies & gifts (some cool stuff), personal care, pet supplies, home decor and cleaning, and some neat stationary items (including pencils made out of paper that you can feel free to buy for me). Oh, and don’t forget eco-friendly handbags for the ladies! There is actually more cool stuff in the store than even online, you just gotta go in and check the place out.
Some of my favorite items:
- Water Powered Clock (a great gift idea!)
- Klean Kanteen Reusable Bottle (environment & human rights friendly)
- Bike Chain Bottle Openers (these things are so cool)
- Scrappy Puppy (this is the coolest looking stuffed doggy, I really want one!)
- And so much more!
Extended Green Friday hours and location info:
Extended In-Store Hours on Nov. 27th 8AM-8PM
Store Location:
5321 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Man, I really do love that place, so stop in, check it out, and pick up a gift or two, and save some money!! Oh yeah, and the planet.
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Tanya Peel’s 350.org Event on Saturday Went Splendidly!
Picture from Saturday's Event
There were close to 70 wonderful people who came to this event. Women, men, children and babies and of course some of our furry pals participated. Why leave them out! It was hot yesterday and I will be relaxing today basking in the joy of what we all showed up for. All of you who were there will be in my thoughts forever!
Thanks Tanya for being a bright light in the Woodland Hills community! Check out Tanya’s blog for a more detailed recap of the event! Picture above is by Jim Brammer of State of the Art Images.
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Tanya Peel’s 350.org Event is Tomorrow!
You can be involved in something like this!
I’m sure there is still time to RSVP, you’ll be needed from 3pm to 5pm tomorrow in Warner Ranch Park. I have a project I’m working on tomorrow so I won’t be there, plus I’m still holding out that we’ll discover a planet that is made half of oil and half of landfill and that we can avoid this whole ’saving the environment’ thing. Ok, maybe I’m being facetious. See Tanya’s blog for more details. The above photo was shamelessly pulled from Tanya’s All Green Things Blog. Please don’t sick any lawyers on me.
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Tanya Peel Organizing Aerial Photo Event for 350.org “International Day of Climate Action” Event
Tanya Peel of All Green Things writes in an e-mail:
I am not sure if you know about my event this weekend in Warner Center Park. I am doing an aerial photo of a human formation in the shape of 350 to participate in the International Day of Climate Action. I need more support in getting the word out. I hope you can participate as well. I just realized that I have not mentioned this to you. Here is the link to my page on 350.org:
Tanya has a very good description of who 350.org is and what they are trying to accomplish on her blog. Essentially they will be spelling out the number 350 in a human formation on Saturday October 24th at Warner Center/Warner Ranch Park here in Woodland Hills, and people are requested to be on hand from 3pm to 5pm. Visit Tanya’s blog and the 350.org site for full details, as Tanya’s words can explain everything better than mine.
This is a great chance to get involved in an important environmental cause at the local level. Good luck with the event Tanya, and please keep me posted with info, links, and pictures when available.
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Local Businesswoman Tanya Peel & All Green Things Featured on Episode of “Dan About Town” on Current TV
From Tanya’s Blog:
Well it was several months ago that a young man, Dan Magro, was phoning me to participate in a green episode for his new show Dan About Town – Current TV. I was thrilled and asked, “When do we shoot?”. In my former life I worked in the motion picture business and was excited that I did not have to worry about the unknown because I had 12 years under my belt working around cameras. The difference this time was being in front of the camera. A much different situation I have now learned!
Actually Tanya, you did a great job and seem extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the products you sell. It’s definitely a great and informative segment. This Dan Magro fellow takes a second to get used to at first, but I found myself watching other segments on the Current TV site and was quite amused. Tanya has been a supporter of this blog since the very beginning, so show her some love folks! Congrats Tanya, you are a publicity magnet!
You can follow Tanya & All Green Things on Twitter, too, folks!
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