First Annual Green Dot Awards

The Green Dot Awards recognize businesses that have exceptionally high environmental standards and meet the needs of the present without compromising future generations.

Businesses with a Green Dot Award are given an ideal opportunity to market their organizations and products as environmentally responsible. As increasing numbers of consumers and stakeholders are requesting evidence of environmental good practises before selecting suppliers or services, the need for a eco-sustainability recognition system is now vital.

The First Annual Green Dot Awards
Wednesday, April 22, 2009. 7p – 9p
Held at the SmogShoppe
2651 South LaCienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034

Click thumbnail below to view the flyer in a larger format.

Thanks MiShawn

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The 2nd Annual Wilshire Center Earth Day / Car Free Day

The 2nd Annual Wilshire Center Earth Day / Car Free Day this Wednesday, April 22, 2009 from 11AM-2PM at 3700 Wilshire Blvd.

• FREE Electronic Waste Recycling
  Bring your old TV, computer, monitors and other electronics to be recycled for FREE!
• We will host a farmers market featuring organic and locally grown produce.
• The Mayor’s Million Trees Initiative along with KYCC will be giving out over 200 fruit trees.
• There will be NO street closures. Wilshire Blvd and all adjacent streets will remain open.
  The entire event will take place at 3700 Wilshie Blvd. on the grass lawn between Oxford and Serrano.
• To learn more go to: http://www.wilshirecenter.com/earthday

Earth Day Event: Fuel The Movie At The Fine Arts Center

In celebration of Earth Day, Fuel will be playing at the Fine Art Center in Beverly Hills. A must see documentary!

Description: Josh Tickell will be at the Fine Arts Theater of Beverly Hills showing FUEL and signing books. Josh will be participating in an open discussion with Rebecca Harell, producer of FUEL, and 10 year old UN Jr. Goodwill Ambassador Nikkos Hansen.

Director Josh Tickell takes us along for his 11 year journey around the world to find solutions to America’s addiction to oil. A shrinking economy, a failing auto industry, rampant unemployment, an out-of-control national debt, and an insatiable demand for energy weigh heavily on all of us. Fuel shows us the way out of the mess we’re in by explaining how to replace every drop of oil we now use, while creating green jobs and keeping our money here at home. The film never dwells on the negative, but instead shows us the easy solutions already within our reach.

When: Wednesday, April 22nd (Earth Day.) Book signing 6 P.M. Movie 7:30 P.M.

Where: Fine Arts Center. 8556 Wilshire Ave. Beverly Hills, CA 90221

Admission: $8. Buy your tickets online here.

Thanks Jenny!

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Coachella Ella Ella

Posts will be light until the beginning of next week. I’ve decided it’s going to be too difficult to drunk blog while basking under the sun at pool parties and going to see Public Enemy and The Cure. Party time! Excellent!

On a side note, please check out the Coachella website to read about the EnergyFACTory and TRASHed.

In an effort to cut back on plastic bottle waste, there will be 3 stations throughout the grounds offering the following:

• Free drinking fountains – 3 locations throughout the venue, please see map
• Bring your own container – it must be completely empty to enter the festival (from the main entrance or any camping areas). No glass, metal and no camel packs. You can fill up at the free drinking fountains or purchase cold filtered water for $1 per filling. 32oz maximum container allowed in.
• Purchase a $10 plastic 24oz water container and receive free cold filtered water all weekend.

Thanks Leilani!

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Lockheart Vintage Benefit

SATURDAY, APRIL 11
WHO: Lockheart Vintage Pop-Up at The Reformation
WHAT: Benefit celebration honoring memory of Monisa Moreno, featuring cocktails, DJ Rockwell, and shopping tons of vintage with proceeds going to the Monisa Moreno Memorial Fund
WHERE: 142 North La Brea Avenue, 323-203-1102, 7pm-10pm

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Propr

It’s nice to see that even despite these times we’re in, people are still moving forward and dropping eco-friendly lines. But these aren’t just any ol’ people. Nope, it’s David Arquette, Ben Harper and David Bedwell (former Penguin vice president,) debuting their new line, Propr, their mostly organic new line for women and men.

I saw two dresses I would rock so that’s a good thing.

Here’s an invite for a viewing of the spring collection, this Friday night at My House. Enjoy!

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YDT Launch Party

Helio House gas station on Robertson and Olympic.

The adorable Tracy Hepler of www.yourdailythread.com

The Tesla electric sports car. Vroom.

Event producer extraordinaire, Sarah Shewey of Pink Cloud Events.

Saturday evening I stopped by the YDT launch party/earth day event. The Veev was flowing, feet were shuffling to the music and good times were had by all.

If you haven’t checked out YDT, please do so now. It’s your one stop shop for all the haps in the Los Angeles “green” scene.

Congrats to Tracy & Lauren. Big things ahead!

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Around The World For Earth Hour

Lights on the Las Vegas Strip are viewed looking northbound from the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Bund on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

The skyline of downtown Toronto, Canada.

Go to www.Boston.com to see the rest of the amazing shots from around the world.

And to all the haters that criticized Earth Hour, please stick a recycled dildo in your piehole.

Of course Earth Hour itself is not going to solve all of our environmental problems. But, it’s not supposed to solve all the problems. It was not an effort to conserve power for one hour. It was meant to be a symbolic event- not only to raise awareness – but to show the “powers that be” that there are hundreds of millions of individuals, and tens of thousands of communities, towns, cities, governments on this Planet Earth that are aware and are demanding that changes start NOW!

Every action taken, large or small, is the opposite of doing nothing.

Source Ecorazzi

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We’re Off To Land Of Windmills

We’re headed out to the desert for a “Jen & Thuy’s Excellent Adventure” weekend. We’ll be missing out on the LA LIVE event for Earth Hour but we’ll definitely be doing our part from Palm Springs. Let’s just say we stocked up on a (reusable) bag of candles and lot’s of (local) wine.

Turn off your lights tonight from 8:30-9:30. C’mon, everybody’s doing it. Ok, well only like a billion people throughout 2,400 cities in 82 countries…

We’ll leave you with these musical gems ’til our return.

Straight up baby making music. Teddy Pendergrass “Turn out the lights.. light a candle..” The slideshow to this is kinda funny.

Bob Marley & Lauren Hill “Turn Your Lights Down Low”

Jay-Z & Mary J. Blige “Turn Off The Lights”

Santogold Santigold “Lights Out”

Britney Spears “Kill The Lights.” No video for this yet but it shows lots of clips of her before she got crazy in the brains.

Morrisey. “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” and it’s beaming out of my chocha and it will never die for you Moz!!

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Dine By Candle Light For Earth Hour

Tomorrow night, millions of people will be flipping off their lights in their homes and businesses.

What can you do for that hour? Well there’s the LA LIVE earth event going on downtown, or you can organize something for your family or friends to do at home. Or you can grab your honey and dine by candlelight at one of these participating restaraunts that have pledged to turn it off on Saturday evening from 8:30-9:30 p.m.

• AKASHA
• Chaya Brasserie Beverly Hills
• Chaya Downtown
• Ciudad
• Lawry’s The Prime Rib – Beverly Hills (For our meat eating friends)
• Napa Valley Grille – Westwood
• Simon LA

Soolip Wedding 10th Anniversery

Considered to be the wedding event of choice by LA’s most distinguished bridal resources, A Soolip Wedding elevates the “bridal show” to an extraordinary experience with its modern sensibility, trend-setting locations, and collection of products and services that convey style, artistry and quality. Showcasing the best that LA has to offer, A Soolip Wedding celebrates the art of getting married.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, A Soolip Wedding was conceived by Wanda Wen, founder of Soolip, the infamous paper and lifestyle boutique on Melrose Avenue, to extend its vision of living each day with beauty and inspiration. Soolip, Wanda’s Chinese middle name, means “one’s life destiny is to seek wisdom”

Anyone looking for a one stop shop to meet jewelers, photographers, gown designers, bakeries, event planners and more, this is the event to attend. AND, in addition to having a number of green exhibitors on hand for brides to meet with, the event itself is also making strides to stay truly green.

For more info and tickets go here.

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Groundlings Supports Earth Hour

Performance venues around Los Angeles, including the world famous Groundlings Theater are supporting Earth Hour by powering down their exterior lighting, going acoustic for music performances and presenting fun, eerie dark performances at top improv theaters! Support Earth Hour while enjoying eco-conscious entertainment and make a reservation for a Dark Performance!

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FREE L.A. LIVE Earth Hr Event At The Nokia Center Hosted by Mayor Villaragosa

The grand finale for Earth Hour 2009 happens at L.A. LIVE hosted by Mayor Antonio Villaragosa, MC’d by Billboard chart topper and Emmy-Award-winning DJ, Tony Okungbowa from the Ellen Degeneres Show, featuring elected champions of the environment and staring special musical guests the Agape Choir, the spectacular Gina Rene, singing her song, Be The Change, the official song of Earth Hour LA. And a special surprise guest to be announced shortly!

Come together with your fellow Angelinos, Dine By Candlelight at L.A. LIVE restaurants and enjoy great entertainment, all while you watch Los Angeles icons all over the city go dark on the L.A. LIVE jumbo-trons at the Nokia Center. Watch the Capital Records building, the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel, L.A. City Hall, the El Capitan Theater and The Getty Museum flip the switch!

The event is FREE and ALL are welcome!

Go to http://www.earthhourus.org/losangeles for more details and prove to the rest of the world that we really do have a community here by turning off the lights together for Earth Hour LA!

We look forward to joining all of our eco-minded friends — in the dark– for Earth Hour on the 28th!

We’ll be getting there by Metro. Holla if you want to roll together.

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Alanis Morissette: Earth Hour Is A Turn-Off

I hate it when people clip their nails in public! Nasty!

There’s another PSA from Janeane Garofalo. Watch it on Huffpo.

Earth Hour 2009. March 28th, 2009. 8:30 p.m., local time. Turn out. Take action.

To sign up, visit www.earthhourUS.org where you’ll learn more including ways you can spread the word about Earth Hour, plus creative things to do when the lights go out.

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Mixed Kids Photo Shoot This Saturday In Manhattan Bch.

Kip Fulbeck is a pioneering artist in identity politics. His mixed race ethnic background is Cantonese, English, Irish and Welsh. He is best known for his work addressing Hapa and multiracial identity, and as the creator of The Hapa Project. It features a foreword by Sean Lennon and an afterword by Paul Spickard.

Once a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for “half,” Hapa has since been embraced as a term of pride by many whose mixed racial heritage includes Asian or Pacific Island descent. Kip Fulbeck began The Hapa Project as a forum for Hapas to answer the question “What are you?” in their own words and be pictured in simple head-on portraits.

Traveling throughout the country, he photographed over 1200 people from all walks of life – from babies to adults, construction workers to rock stars, gangbangers to pro surfers, schoolteachers to porn stars, engineers to comic book artists. The project now manifests as a book, Part Asian/100% Hapa traveling photographic exhibition, and online community.

Kip Fulbeck has been featured on CNN, MTV, and PBS and has exhibited his photography and films in over 20 countries. You may have seen the PBS Newshour feature on his Hapa Project which aired nationally last month.

Fulbeck’s new book project is MIXED KIDS- a photo portrait book about multiracial/multiethnic kids. It will be published by Chronicle Books in 2010 and features an introduction by Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng, a nationally recognized educator, mixed race identity specialist, and sister of Barack Obama.

They are seeking ANY multiracial kids 12 years old and under for this groundbreaking book. Particularly needed are kids who are:- Part Central/South American- Part Middle Eastern- Part Pakistani/South Asian- Part Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan, Chamorro or other Islander- Part Laotian/Cambodian/Hmong/Vietnamese/Thai/Southeast Asian.

If you are interested in giving your child the chance to be featured in a major book, please contact Kip’s assistant, Kayla Coleman for details and location: kayla_coleman [at] umail [dot] ucsb.edu .

The shoot is this Saturday from 11 am to 2:30 pm. FOR MORE DETAILS, INSTRUCTIONS AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PLEASE VISIT:

http://www.janm.org/events/2008/10/#12
(click “Continue to janm.org” on the bottom right, then scroll down to October 12th if you don’t get directed straight to the FAQs)

Learn more about Kip and his works here.

Obama: “Our preference is to get a shelter dog, but most shelter dogs are mutts like me.”

Posted by thuy. Part-Vietnamese and part-French, 100 % Hapa

Ho’omaika’i ‘Ana To Sally & Gregory!!

The reason we were in Hawaii a few weeks back: Mr. and Mrs. McKnight.

This is what we were greeted with shortly after we landed in Maui. Mother nature at her finest.

It was a hike to get to this red sand beach but once we made it, we were in awe. Not without some LA whining along the way…how much farther? are we almost there yet? shit, I should have worn different shoes…

The crew with “Sally That Girl,” soon after she tied the knot. One down, the rest of us to go- who’s next???

Shout out to our hotel for using recycled toilet paper, recycled paper towels and for supplying our bathroom with natural products. Oh and for mahalo for our lovely beachfront view of heaven on earth.

Thanks to Sally and Gregory for giving the option of donating to their favorite charity, the California Shar-pei rescuse, in lieu of wedding gifts. Learning that several dogs were able to get medical attention and supplies, thanks to the couple and their loved ones, sure does beat receiving a new set of pots or a shiny gift from Tiffany’s in our book.

Congratulations Sally, we love you! Gregory, welcome to the fam. Thank you for having one of the most memorable and beautiful weddings ever.

xx

Jen & Thuy

Happy Birthday Jennifer!!

Happy -we thank your parents for slappin’ skin and creating you- day. Jen has been one of my most trustworthy, loyal, caring, LOL bringing, loving friends and I’m am so grateful to have her in my life. Even when we bicker like an old married couple. I’m sure the same can be said from those of you that know her. Minus the bickering part.

Best wishes to you G-money..you deserve everything your heart desires!

BTW Jen, I didn’t get you a birthday card. This is it..ya know..trying to do that whole ‘saving the environment’ thang and not waste paper.

Love you from the bottom of my green, sometimes black and always red heart.

BFF’s fo’ life!!

xx

thuy

Fairfax District Electronic Waste Recycling

Once again, I love my hood!! There will be a free electronic waste disposal at Fairfax highschool on the corner of Melrose and Fairfax this Saturday. If you can’t make it this weekend, you have two weekends per month during the month of March and April to start gathering up any broken or outdated ipods, cameras, shredders, tv’s, vcr’s and whatever other things you have sitting around collecting dust.

The processing of e-waste in developing countries causes serious health and pollution problems due to lack of containment, as do unprotected landfilling (due to leaching) and incineration. Reuse and recycling are promoted as alternatives to disposal as trash.

And feel free to stop by my place after doing your good deed. I’ll reward you with some organic moonshine and yummy vegan cookies.

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Shepard Fairey For Earth Hour

Once again Shepard is lending his hand for another good cause. This time it’s for Earth Hour.

Earth Hour is an annual international event created by WWF (The World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. It was pioneered by WWF Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, and achieved worldwide participation in 2008.

Earth Hour will next take place on Saturday, March 28 2009 at 8:30pm, local time.

One hour, no lights, no electronics… let’s do it.

source Good

Check out the Earth Hour website for deets.

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Were You There?

If so, I highly suggest you go to this site and find yourself in the crowd. And even if you weren’t, still go check it out.

This is a very detailed shot of the Inauguration during Obama’s speech and it’s pretty freakin’ rad. It’s 220 images put together (1474 mega pixels.)

It’s like Where’s Waldo In Washington. Click the link. Do it!

Buzzfeed via Gigapan Viewer

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Happy New Year- Again!

Many people have heard of Chinese New Year but not Vietnamese Tet (Traditional New Year.) Tet falls sometime between the last ten days of January and the middle part of February. The year 2009 is the Chinese/Vietnamese Year of the Ox.

Tet is a time for family reunions, exchanging gifts, best wishes, forgiving others, paying debts; in short, to start the new year with a clean slate, or else a bad luck curse will remain with you for the coming year. One traditional practice during Tet is the distribution of red envelopes filled with “lucky”

money, with the red envelopes symbolizing wealth and fortune. Children pay respects to their elders by wishing them good luck with crossed arms in exchange for li xi (red envelopes.)

Literally, Tet Nguyen Dan means the first morning of the first day of the new period. Officially, it marks the beginning of a new year on the lunar calendar. In reality, it is a friendly, festive, family holiday. Painstaking care is given to starting the year out right, since it is believed the first day and the first week of the new year will determine the fortunes or misfortunes for the rest of the year.

You can wish Chúc Mừng Năm Mới (Greet New Year to You) to the Vietnamese, or Phat Tai (Wealth) to the Chinese.

Wishing you all good fortune for the new year. Lawd knows we all need it!

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130 Tons Of Inauguration Litter

Damn! I guess that’s expected for the turnout of the inauguration. Unfortunately most of it ended up on the ground because many trash cans were removed for security reasons.

I can understand the usual suspects..fliers, drink/food containers and trash in general but what’s up with the blankets, sleeping bags, foldout chairs, pillows, coolers, gloves, and personal items that were left behind? Lazy ass mother #@*%*’s. You got the shit there, you couldn’t take it back with you? And this is the meaning of a “throw-away society.” Short-lived and disposable. I’m sure there are a lot of shelters or homeless people that could have used that stuff.

Other litter that was left behind came from vendors hawking Obama souvenirs including chairs, tables and bags full of unsold merchandise.

At least some people listened to what Obama said that day and stayed behind to pick up after others.

Just came across this blog called Litter Free Inauguration. Check them out on CBS News.

Watch CBS Videos Online

Source Washington Post

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Happy Birthday To Me

Over the past few years, I haven’t really been into going all out for my birthday, but this year..it’s a celebration bitches!

Today is my actual special day, but the real happy happy joy joy starts tomorrow, January 20th, 2009. The best fucking day EVER because the PILF becomes the new boss man of the United States of America! Thanks to all of you for voting and giving me the best birthday/skeetday/bornday gift a girl could ask for.

In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the inauguration of President Elect Obama, I will be volunteering my time by writing several letters to injured and disabled vets that have served for our country. Go to the MLK or Renew America sites to find out how and where you can give back to your community in honor of this holiday.

Thanks to Melissa and my other Capricorn sisters for throwing & sharing the fabulous Studio 54 bday party and to everyone that came, dj’d and sauced me up. I had a blast. Mad love to all my friends & fam for the calls, texts & emails.

I also want to thank my parents for bumpin’ skin many moons ago and creating me. I guess good things did come from the Vietnam war.

Green love and organic kisses. xx

Thuy

Inauguration Get Down In LA

Just because we’re not in DC doesn’t mean we can’t get our party shoes on for the BEST DAY EVER! After having your eyes glued to the TV all day watching the festivities go down in Washington, head over to Blue Velvet and celebrate with the homies Jeremy Sole, J-Logic, Loslito and DJ Jedi (it’s also his birfday.)

CHANGE is finally here. Let’s all lift our cups of jesus juice in unison and get our groove on. Oh and guess what? It’s FREE!! Can I get an AMEN?

RSVP: thankuparty [at] walktalkin [dot] com

Provided by the good folks at Fusicology and MoveOn.org.

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Serve In Honor Of MLK Day

Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican who endorsed President-elect Barack Obama before the November election, has together with the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced the “Renew America Together” initiative, which will kick off on Jan. 19th, the day before Mr. Obama is sworn in as president.

The initiative, which will begin on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, is a call to “all Americans to make an ongoing commitment to serve their communities and their country,” according to a release.

“At this moment of great purpose and great promise, President-elect Obama is calling on all Americans to make an ongoing commitment to serve their communities and their country,” said Powell, an honorary co-chair of the inauguration. “We’re not just asking the American people for one day of service. We are asking you to make an ongoing commitment of your time – an hour, a weekend, whatever you can spare. Because that’s how we’re going to rebuild this country and meet our great challenges –

together.”

To kick off the initiative on the 19th, Mr. Obama, Vice President-elect Joe Biden and their families will participate in community service projects in the D.C. area.

As times are tough right now and many are out of work, this would be the perfect time for us all to give back to our communities. It could be for one day, one week or ongoing.

To find more info on how you can get involved, visit Obamas’ official page Renew America Together-USA Service or The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Of Service page.

Source CBS News

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Inaugural Balls Go Green

There will be no shortage of parties this weekend in DC . Two balls that are making quite a buzz will also be raising awareness for the environment. Below is a brief description of the two but visit our friends over at Ecorazzi and read their post. “Battle Of The Green Inaugural Balls,” to get the detailed breakdown of both events.

01/17/09: The Green Inaugural Ball: Maximum Celebration, Minimal Impact, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium celebrates grassroots efforts to protect and improve the environment. The carbon-neutral event is open to the public. Tickets for the black-tie gala are $500 apiece and five percent of ticket prices will go to nonprofit groups that have partnered with event planner Event Emissary.

01/19/09: The Green Ball: Inauguration of a New Green Economy. Al Gore and more than two dozen ecological and environmental coalitions are mentioned on the invitation, which encourages attendees to “bring together a diverse coalition of environmentally-forward organizations, entrepreneurs, scientists and advocates, celebrating a commitment to growing the New Green Economy.” BTW, this event is sold out.

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Inaugural URB Partay

If you’re one of the lucky people that are going to be in DC for the next few days, be sure to get your party on with the good peeps of URB.

Buy tix at Going.

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Lovemade x MOB x Missbehave x Hellz Bellz At ECCO

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Legs And Fran Boogie Says Yes You Can Do Good

Hearing about parties like this one makes me miss the Bay Area. My homies Fran, Legs (Rock Steady Crew NYC) and Apollo (Triple Threat DJ’s) are doing the damn thang by providing a night with slammin’ music and HELLA fun in exchange for 5 bones and 2 cans of food that will be donated to the San Francisco Food Bank, which works towards ending hunger in SF by distributing food and advocating for improvement in government food programs and policies.

I know we’re all watching our dollars nowadays but this is one event that you better not even think about asking to guest list love for.

Nice work fellas. I got 5 on it. 4-1-Fever represent!!

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Best Wishes For Two Thousand-Shine

Happy New Year to all our dear friends, readers and fellow bloggers. Be safe and think of that mug up above every time you do a toast tonight. 21 days and counting..

Please accept our apologies now for the lack of posts after today. We’ll be too busy popping aspirins, shoving our faces with greasy hangover food and downing Bloody Mary’s. Be back soon. xx

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Ring In 09 At Ecco

Still scrambling to figure out your NYE plans? If you want to stay local and toast the night away with organic jesus juice, check out Ecco’s website for deets about their NYE soiree. Not down with The Hills but gotta rep for LA’s first and only “green” club.

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Party With A Purpose: Family Affair #6

Tonight, Family Affair will be having their 6th installment of Party With A Purpose. They are partnering with Deithsh Advertiseing, The Alfaalita Marine Research Foundation, Glass, Surfrider Foundation West LA, and Access Energy to support the Rise Above Plastics Campaign. The campaign is dedicated to eliminating single-use plastic water bottles in the adverstiseing and commercial production industries along with all the other single use plastic such as utensils and bags.

Go here for more info.

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GOOD Magazine Office Launch

One of my favorite reads, GOOD Magazine, has just opened their new office space and not just for their employees, but for us, the GOOD peeps of LA. Friday night was their first out of a series of 19 events for the month of December.

Check their calendar for their upcoming day and night events. Also, the boys of Dublab.com will be broadcasting live from the spot this upcoming Tuesday. Tune in.

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Eco Gift Festival

What: Get your eco-friendly holiday shopping on. There will also be several performances and speakers throughout all three days. Check out our favorite lady, Arianna Huffington, who will be a keynote speaker on Saturday at 2:00 pm.

Where: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. 1855 Main Street. Santa Monica, CA 90401

When: December 12 & 13 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. December 14: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm

Cost: $ 10 per day

Website: Ecogift

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NextAid World Aids Day

NextAid is a humanitarian organization, based in the electronic music community, dedicated to creating sustainable solutions for African children orphaned by AIDS. Proceeds from all participating events are going toward the ongoing construction of the NextAid/Youth With A Vision Community center and Children’s Residential Village in Dennilton, South Africa. Read more below or visit the website. www.nextaid.org.

Check out the thumbnails below for flyers from some of the venues/dj’s participating. There are more venues participating in several different cities. Click here to find one near you.

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Gobble Give Give Give

Gobble Gobble Give started with one person and a group of friends that have been getting together for the past 10 years to help cook and deliver meals. The first year, 28 homeless were fed. The next year more people showed up to help and over fifty meals went out. The following year, they reached the 100 mark and last year they were able to feed almost 950 homeless as well as donate clothing, grooming kits and other basic neccessities.

The formula= show up to the Echo with food to contribute (potatoes, beans, pie, etc.) Choose to either be a food server/preparer or choose to be a driver with a team to head out into the streets looking for homeless to hand food to.

I arrived with my caravan (Tammie, Ken & Kobe) a bit past 10 am. We couldn’t believe the line up of cars in idle just waiting to load up with food to deliver. The line to help prep the food was incredible too.

Inside the Echo, the energy was amazing. It didn’t hurt that there was a DJ dropping beats as everyone hustled to to put the individual meals together. They had to do shifts of an hour or so, so that the people in line outside could also participate. There were hundreds of people that helped throughout the day and it was truly inspiring to witness it all.

They say you will be done by 1pm but by noon they had run out of food and clothing donations. It took us forever to find the last 10 people to hand the food out to because everyone we pulled up to already had one. We decided to head back over to our hood (Weho) where we were finally able to find some thankful people who had not been given meals yet.

Seriously, next year, if you don’t have to cook your own Thanksgiving meal or be a guest at one before 1 p.m., I highly suggest you participate in this. Go to their website and check out the video and pics.

Thanks to Amy and Claudio for giving me the heads up on this gratifying event.

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Night Of The Sirens

We were honored to be asked by our friend Brian to come and participate in a night for the ladies by the ladies. There will be music, art, spoken word and other performances, so please stop by if you’re free.

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Ladies Lotto. Gotta Be In It To Win It

Tonight @ Canvas. Get more info here: Ladies Lotto.

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Today Is National Recycle Day

It’s pretty convieneint that it falls on a Saturday. Take an hour out of your day to go through your garage, a drunk (typo and I’m keeping it) drawer or closets and find some stuff to recycle. Go here and here to see what events are going on in your area.

xx lexie

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Laughs For Obama

Thuy and I were honored to be a part of the Comedy Store benefit to raise money for Obama’s campaign. It took us awhile to get around to posting the pics but better late than never!!

We had a great time with our friends Carl (Her) and Eddie (G1) and met some great people from the Good Life.

Pauly Shore and a whole gang of other comedians had us cracking up. A great time for a great cause!!

P.S- Thanks for the drinks guys!!

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One Week Ago Today

The goosebumps are still a daily occurance, even though it’s been one week, but my hairs literally raised today after receiving these pictures in my email. Thanks to Rich Kim of Blinkofaniproductions for capturing the evening in all it’s glory. And thanks to Declare Yourself for all the great work they contributed to this election.

See more here.

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Pink Cloud Does It Again With Opportunity Green

Sarah (Pink Cloud Events) and GG&S locking down the Olan Mills prom pose.

Party people.

Organic beats provided by Dublab.

Opportunity Green held it’s two day conference at UCLA over the weekend and on Saturday night we got to be a part of the after party thrown by, none other than the event queen herself, Sarah Shewey of Pink Cloud Events.

There were yummy treats provided by some of our favorite eateries such as Leaf Cuisine, Tender Greens and Ciudad. Bevearges full of goodness were served by my friends new company, Barbelles. Hot chicks serving up canned heat is always a nice addition to any soiree. We loved the various stations that were set up for recycling and composting. No forks, plates, cups, or food bits went to waste. This was a party for the conscious.

Afterwards, a handful of peeps headed to Ecco in Hollywood, where they had a special table reserved for Ms. Shewey and her entourage. Environmentally friendly 360 vodka makes dirty dancing and innocent debauchery a lot more fun.

If you watch Planet Green’s Alter Eco show, keep your eye out for Sarah, she’s appeared in a few recent episodes.

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Opportunity Green Conference

Shout out to Rob Reed, the founder of Max Gladwell and a guest speaker today at the Opportunity Green conference. Go here to see the video.

Watch the panel speak about Shepard Fairey’s tshirt/poster campaign for Obama.

via max gladwell

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GG&S x Pure/Roker Election Night

The boy we ♥. What now Raymond?

Michael Abbott and Timothy Linh Bui. Michael produced the Declare Yourself with Jessica Alba PSA campaign/spot, which prompted over 500,000 people to register to vote. Nice job! www.unitedfrontfilms.com

The most memorable shot of the evening. Raymond and his mom Darlene, watching Obama’s speech on the big screen.

The night that we had all been waiting for was finally upon us. We decided to have our own pre-election party at Raymond’s before heading out to the after party. The guests were arriving, the food was lined up, the drinks were flowing, and of course CNN was in the background. Just as it was about to get really good… snap-crackle-pop! The electricity went out. WTF? Apparently a transformer blew from the windy weather.

We rallied over to the Declare Yourself party at Zune Space. Words cannot explain the energy we felt the second we walked in the door or all the emotional outpour that came after hearing those words. “He did it. He’s the President.”

The end. But thankfully, it’s really a new beginning.

*Let the record show that Raymond is eating a 100% veggie hot dog in the picture below.

We now re-direct you to our normal broadcast system…green business as usual, but with a dose of political flavor.

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He Smelled Weed On Election Night? No Way.

Which one of you was it?

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Source Dlisted

Want A Free Obama Tattoo?

Tuesday Nov. 4th (Election Day)

THE Magazine along with Edgar Varela Fine Arts, GHETTOGLOSS and Shana Nys Dambrot present:

“YOU NEVER GO BACK”: November issue launch party and election results viewing

Featuring art from Grace Oh, Dan Van Clapp, Steven J. Brooks and Suzie Moon
Music by Imiuswi, with victory celebration music provided by the Killsonic Marching Gang

JASON SCHRODER OF INCOGNITO TATTOO WILL BE THERE AND GIVING FREE OBAMA TATTOOS TO ANYONE WHO HAS THE TRUE SENSE OF HOPE IN THIER BLOOD!! HE WILL ONLY BE DOING OBAMA TATTOOS AND THEY ARE REAL TATTOOS. GET READY TO BLEED FOR OBAMA COURTESY OF GHETTOGLOSS.

Free admission and HOSTED BAR. Gates open when the polls close.

www.ghettogloss.com

Edgar Varela Fine Arts (EVFA)
542 S. Alameda Street, 2nd Flr.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 494.7608

Election Party On The Westside

OBAMA VICTORY PARTY

The night starts at 6. The bar has cable and will project the end of the election on two big screens. happy hour bites will be served throughout the night. and when the polls close, the music starts. the screens will remain on until the final verdict comes in… my god, is anyone getting excited???

Tuesday, November 4th
6 P.M. – 2 A.M.

DJ SETS BY:

Jeremy Sole (Musaics – KCRW – LA)
Scott K (Box Music – LA)
Mr.Caparro (16Bit&Beyond / Family Affair – LA)
Jesse Brooks (Yoshitoshi / Fresh Produce – LA)
Eduardo Castillo (Custom Sundaze – LA)
Joplin (Pork and Beats / Joplins House – LA)
Yosaku (Tighten Up – LA)

$FREE with your “I VOTED” sticker / $1000 without
21+ (must show ID)

Air Conditioned Supper Club
625 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

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Where We’ll Be On Election Night

This is going to be nuts! 7,000 rsvps so far 13,000 rsvp’s right now. Be sure to carpool.

Tuesday can’t come soon enough.

RSVP here

SPECIAL SETS BY

Z-TRIP (http://www.djztrip.com/obama) Click for the mix
JASON BENTLEY
SHEPARD FAIREY
JEREMY SOLE

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Freebies For Voting

Free silver bullet vibrator or Maverick sleeve @ Babeland. Seattle & NY only

Free donut @ Krispy Kreme

Free scoop of ice cream @ Ben & Jerry’s

Free tall, regular coffee @ Starbucks

After waiting hours in line to vote on Tuesday, be sure to save your “I Voted” sticker and stop by one or all of the above establishments and get yourself a treat.

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Alva Is Totally Bitchin’ Costume Party

Alva Los Angles is haunted by the dead . . . and the 1980s.

Saturday, November 1st, 2008 6pm to 11pm
Opening reception for artist VOTAN
Music by DJ Tony Alva and Jackson Howard
Live music by “El Mariachi Sexorcisto”
Tony Alva costume contest!
Winner will receive a custom painted deck by Tony Alva.
Via-T.M.D

Source Daily Dose

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