Posts tagged Mar Vista
Check Out the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase on April 30th!
Apr 6th
The MVCC Green Committee wanted to host a community event to celebrate Earth Day 2009 that would inspire our neighbors to conserve water. Ideas were tossed around –eco block parties? An event with speakers on sustainability issues? What about a garden tour that featured sustainable and edible gardens? Could we even get enough gardens to show?
Three years later it has morphed into all of the above, featuring 80 gardens (36 new gardens this year!) and reaching over 2,000 people to provide inspiration across the LA basin and beyond.
What is the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase? It’s a garden tour that features gardens that are drought tolerant or edible. It is all about sustainability – homeowners have torn out their lawns to conserve water or put it to a better use by planting edible gardens. All of them are eager to share what they have learned in order to inspire others to make the same choice.
This is the third year for the tour and it has grown to feature even more aspects of sustainability. It’s also become a showcase of passions. Almost a third of the gardens have rain barrels, intricate water capture systems or infiltration pits. We feature new methods of More >
Stormwater Partner Earns Pioneer Woman of the Year!
Sep 16th
The City of Los Angeles Stormwater Program would not be successful if it weren’t for our gracious, committed partners. Our work’s outcome is enhanced due to the amount of talent and knowledge we are privileged to work with every single day.
That’s why we are pleased to announce that Sherri Akers, a community environmental advocate and supporter of the Stormwater Program who lives in Mar Vista, was recently awarded the 2010 Pioneer Woman of the Year in Council District 11 by Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl.
“I am truly honored to accept this award as it recognizes that each of us can make a difference. I feel very lucky to be part of a community that is dedicated to public service and shares my passion for conservation and environmental change,” said Akers after she received the award. “We have the perfect ingredients n strong civic support from Councilman Rosendahl, the Mar Vista Community Council and an engaged community with an environmental focus. It’s exciting to see our efforts seeding action in other communities.”
To read more about Sherri’s great work and the award she worked so hard to earn, please check out this great piece in The Argonaut.
The Stormwater Program congratulates you Sherri More >
Rainwater Harvesting Participant Shows Off Her Crafty Rain Barrel
Apr 28th
The LA Stormwater Program was on hand for this year’s Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase on April 25th in celebration of Earth Day (and groovy gardens!). The event was organized by Mar Vista Green Committee to give area residents a glance at the creative and inexpensive ways to conserve outdoor water use.
One thing we know for sure is that this is a model community at the forefront of Los Angeles’ most progressive water conservation measures. Over 80 residents allowed the public to see firsthand a variety of sustainable, drought-resistant landscapes.
Mar Vista was one of the communities in our area that was selected to participate in the LA Rainwater Harvesting Program. Below is a video of one of its participants, Patricia Karasick, who is happy to show off her really cool rain barrel. It is our hope that Patricia’s creativity inspires others to not only go green, but to do so in a creative way!
Mar Vista Rec Center Groundbreaking Ceremony and Open House
Jul 21st
Join us for a groundbreaking ceremony, celebrating the kickoff of the Mar Vista Rec Center construction.
Thursday, July 23, 2009 Open house – 10 a.m. Groundbreaking ceremony – 11 a.m.
East side of the Mar Vista Recreation Center on the 3400 block of Sawtelle Boulevard between Rose Avenue and Palms Boulevard.
This project will divert off‐site surface runoff from an existing storm drain in Sawtelle Boulevard to an underground hydrodynamic separator for removal of heavy sediments, oil, grease, and trash, then to a detention tank under the existing tennis courts for further treatment before being released back into the storm drain system.
Click here for the event flyer.
For more information, contact Michelle Vargas at michelle.vargas@lacity.org or visit http://www.lapropo.org/
