Category: sustainability
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A love letter to my Buy Nothing Club
Several months into 2020, the boxes, plastic wrap, and product cases began to pile up, and so did my guilt. What’s the point of advocating for climate action when I’m part of the problem? Our online shopping habits contribute to greenhouse gas emissions by increasing airplane emissions as well as the need for gas burning,…
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If you live in California, you’re going to compost this year
As of January 1, 2022, California residents are required to separate food waste and throw it away in organic waste green bins, which will be composted or turned into bio-fuel due to a new law signed last year. Restaurants, hospitals and supermarkets are also required to reduce 20% of their food waste by donating un-spoiled…
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Planner Profile #007
In this PP, I’m honored to introduce the she grows cities community to Beatris Megerdichian, who is an all-around, bona-fide badass urban planner. See below for our full conversation about transportation planning in Southern California. Name: Beatris MegerdichianAge: 29Career: Transit Planner at Gold Coast Transit District Location: Los Angeles, CALinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmegerdi How did you decide to…
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Planner Profile #006
It’s been a while since the last PP- the bulk of my time has been spent in meetings, researching, and conducting site visits for my Urban Farmer’s Almanac project. So I’m excited to introduce you all to Isabel Qi, a coastal planner in Los Angeles who is making ~waves~ Name: Isabel QiAge: 25Location: Los AngelesCurrent…
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field trips #001: SOW
During one of the hottest weekends of the summer, I found myself driving up the 5 freeway to Arleta with my mask and thermos filled with ice water ready to go. I found myself in a residential community just a half mile away from the freeway exit. Nestled in the corner of the neighborhood, SOW…
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summer bummer
As hills burn in California, I’ve been thinking a lot about how the individual sacrifices we’ve all had to make this year. I think about my nail artist, my hair unnie, my favorite local restaurants, and of course, all my friends who were looking forward to finishing school, moving on from a toxic work place,…
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2021 Sustainability Almanac Project
Click here to take the COMMUNITY SURVEY! Good morning! I’m so excited to share this BIG ANNOUNCEMENT with you all. In partnership with Sustain Our World, I will be writing a Sustainability Almanac for the Los Angeles region and releasing it for FREE in 2021. Traditionally, an almanac is an annual publication that serves as…
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Community Garden Profile: Sustain Our World
Hi there! I recently had the privilege to (virtually) meet the brilliant, all-female team behind Sustain Our World, a community garden program in the Valley that has turned into so much more than just green urban space in the Covid Era. The lovely ladies of SOW took some time to chat with me about their…
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We must tend to our garden….
…or so the Voltaire quote goes. Kind of. I’m sure something may have been lost in translation. While this quote refers to tending to one’s “garden” in a philosophical sense in response to all the hardship and suffering that exists in the world, I don’t think the philosophy perfectly fits our world’s current pandemic. I…
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Winter Recap
2019- what a year! After returning from my solo trip to Old Quebec, a wonderful, historic city that mixes traditional architecture with state-of-the-art geothermal heating and rooftop gardens, I spent the remainder of the fall semester completing the toughest academic courses I have taken in my graduate program so far (while working full time) .…