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LA's Earth Day Style at the Green Apple Festival
      by Hannah Davey

The Santa Monica Pier was the place to be this year in celebration of Earth Day! As the day warmed up we ended up talking to shirtless guys, ladies in bikinis, and flip-flopped folks of all persuasions. It was L.A.'s inaugural year of participation with The Green Apple Festival and we were there to help spread the green gospel with our updated LA guidebook. Live music played all day, with bands rocking out on a huge stage set up for the event. My colleague Joy and I arrived in the morning to set up our booth, and the pier was already abuzz with beach-goers, families on Sunday outings, tourists, and joggers. By noon, official event start time, the pier was packed.

Folks were excited to see that our long-awaited Greenopia Los Angeles 2nd edition was available. Our office is located in Santa Monica, so the community is our home base. Plenty of visitors to the booth knew who we were, already had a guide, and wanted to thank us for the work we've done and are continuing to do. Those who weren't familiar with Greenopia approached our concept enthusiastically. "This book lists ALL the places in L.A. that offer eco-friendly products and services?" is the shocked response. Yes, it really does!

From our booth, overlooking the Pacific Ocean on a beautiful Southern California day, I found it impossible not to relish the surrounding natural environment, impossible not to think about how lucky we are to live in such a lovely place. I know these thoughts weren't lost on the other pier visitors, a realization that served as the highlight of Green Apple Festival and Earth Day.
 




Attend Greenopia's Sustainability Workshop in SF on May 17th
Greenopia is excited to announce another Sustainability Workshop on May 17th, hosted with SF State University. The event is at SF State's downtown campus and you can register at this LINK. The purpose of this event is to teach students and green professionals about life cycle assessment, eco-labels, and prepare them to pass the Sustainable Management Certified Professional examination.

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--The Environmental Media Associaton Awards Show Proves That Green Is Right!
Source: The Green Living Guy© Pictures Source: Wire Images and Tamara Henry While I was in California on my The Green Living Guy book tour that some of you might had seen pictures on my facebook page, you might have seen pictures of my The Green Living Guy book tour. It was my first opportunity like that ever so rock out and get green answers. Many many thanks to my sponsors A Lot To Say, Inc. for helping me to get out to the West Coast for this book tour. The Environmental Media Association held their 20th Annual Awards Show on October 16, 2010 at the Warner Brothers studios in Los Angeles. The Green Living Guy© was there in attendance, at the Green Carpet, meeting amazing people and loving every second of it (even the constant light schvitz of rain). I sported my favorite new CHARGE t-shirt from A Lot To Say, Inc about electric cars and tux jacket (my calling card). Below is a picture of me at the Green Carpet with my buddy Tamara Henry from Tamara with Green T. One of the more enjoyable parts of the night was when a great singer, Kenny Loggins sang and the whole crowd (well mostly Table 63 and 60) sang along. Table 63, you know who you were!! Also got to sport my new CHARGE shirt from A Lot To Say, Inc. as well. Jeff Skoll (Philanthropist/Entrepreneur) who founded Take Part.com and Participant Media. I was interviewed for that website when I worked with my sponsors A Lot To Say, inc to go to the Sundance Film Festival.

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