It Just Takes a Minute!

Earlier this year the MVCC sent a letter to the City Council supporting the City's Low Impact Development (LID) ordinance. Our work isn’t done! The LID ordinance is now scheduled to be heard before the City’s Energy and Environment Committee on December 7th at City Hall at 9:00 AM.

Please email Committee Chair Jan Perry at Jan.Perry@lacity.org to express your support of this ordinance! If you are available, we urge you to attend the hearing on December 7th and testify in support of LID.

We need to get it passed through this committee and one additional committee before it can be heard before the full City Council. Our continued support is needed! If you can't attend, you can email the Councilmembers on the committee! You can also post about it on their facebook pages to drive awareness in the community. Let them know that this matters to us!

The December 7th meeting is an important step in the adoption of the LID Ordinance. Agendas are posted within 48 hours of the committee meetings. Please check the City Council calendar website on Monday December 6th for an update on the time, location and agenda for the meeting.

For ongoing updates regarding the proposed LID Ordinance, please visit the City’s L.A. Stormwater blog.

Be our Guest?

You are invited to be our guest at the MVCC Green Booth in 2011!

We launched the MVCC Green Booth at the Mar Vista Farmers Market on July 19th of 2009. Our plan was to  invite a different guest each Sunday to present eco solutions and information and provide a forum to connect our community with local green resources. In less than two years, we have hosted 58 guests including the LA County Master Gardeners who present at the booth every 4th Sunday. 

As we look ahead to 2011, we are grateful for the many community members that have joined us in hosting the booth. Sarah Auerswald of Mar Vista Mom and Annie Barnes of Inspire the Change will host the booth again in 2011 on topics that are specific to greening what we do with our kids. Melissa Stoller will return with her drive to collect shoes for Soles4Souls. Nancy Knapp of WeedsBloom will be hosting guests on sustainable garden issues.

 

Do you have a business or talent that focuses on an aspect of sustainability? Is there an organization or resource that you support that you can share to broaden our eco knowledge and efforts in the community? Please join us! We invite you to contact Jeanne@Marvista.org or Sherri@Marvista.org.