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Old Mash (television Series) location set, Malibu Creek State Park, Santa Monica Mountains, California, USA





Rachelle Carson -Begley and Raphael Sbarge, executive producer of ""On Begley Street"". Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over...
Rachelle Carson -Begley and Raphael Sbarge, executive producer of ""On Begley Street"". Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction. Studio City, California, USA





Railroad tracks. Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, wa...
Railroad tracks. Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, warehouses and other industries that are serviced by the many railroads that run through and near to it.





Urban Garden in front yard of home in upscale Hancock Park. Judy Kirshner started the garden 10 years ago. At the time, her n...
Urban Garden in front yard of home in upscale Hancock Park. Judy Kirshner started the garden 10 years ago. At the time, her neighbors did not approve, but the garden has become a popular spot over the years and attracts many visitors. The plot contains about 50 varieties of vegetables, 12 winter herbs, 9 kinds of flowers and 12 fruit trees. Los Angeles, California, USA





Fire Restrictions sign in with Devastation from Station fire in background, Sept 5 2009. Big Tunjunga Canyon Road, San Gabrie...
Fire Restrictions sign in with Devastation from Station fire in background, Sept 5 2009. Big Tunjunga Canyon Road, San Gabriel Mountains, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles, California ,USA





Trash and assorted garbage collected form the North Pacific Gyre. The ORV Alguita returns to Long beach after four months at ...
Trash and assorted garbage collected form the North Pacific Gyre. The ORV Alguita returns to Long beach after four months at sea sampling the waters of the “great Pacific garbage patch"" in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG). The Algalita Marine Research Foundation has been studying and educating the public about the effects of oceanic micro-plastic pollution on the ocean's ecosystem and marine life for over ten years. Long Beach, California, USA.





Stacks of High-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles, recycliing symbol #2. Recycling Center, Los Angeles, California, USA





82 Kilowatt Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA





A climate change rally was held in Los Angeles on February 17, 2013 and drew hundreds of people to City Hall steps to hear sp...
A climate change rally was held in Los Angeles on February 17, 2013 and drew hundreds of people to City Hall steps to hear speakers and organizers and their message for President Obama to take the nation ""Forward on Climate"", and say no to the Keystone XL pipeline.





Aquarium in the Island Zone at the Ecosystems Exhibit at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. Los Angeles, Calif...
Aquarium in the Island Zone at the Ecosystems Exhibit at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. Los Angeles, California, USA





Hidden Springs Fire Station was protected by efforts of firefighters, but surrounding area was completely burned. April, 2010...
Hidden Springs Fire Station was protected by efforts of firefighters, but surrounding area was completely burned. April, 2010, about six months after the Station Fire. The Station fire, the tenth largest wildfire in California History burned over 160,000 acres from late August to mid October 2009. Angeles Forest Highway, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California, USA





20-kWh lithium ion battery in cutaway of 2013 Chevy Spark. New 2013 Electric and Hybrid Green cars are featured at the Los An...
20-kWh lithium ion battery in cutaway of 2013 Chevy Spark. New 2013 Electric and Hybrid Green cars are featured at the Los Angeles Auto show on November 29, 2012. Los Angeles Convention Center, California, USA





Beets at the Culver City Farmer's Market Tuesday afternoons, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA





Standing dead trees, known as ""snags"" stand amidst small pockets of new brush. In April, 2010, about six months after the S...
Standing dead trees, known as ""snags"" stand amidst small pockets of new brush. In April, 2010, about six months after the Station Fire, re-growth is starting to appear in some of the burn areas of the in Angeles National Forest. The Station fire, the tenth largest wildfire in California History burned over 160,000 acres from late August to mid October 2009. Big Tujunga Canyon Road, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California, USA





Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held May 9, 20...
Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.





Brooklyn Grange is a 40 thousand square Foot Rooftop Farm in Long Island City that opened in Spring of 2010. The nearly one a...
Brooklyn Grange is a 40 thousand square Foot Rooftop Farm in Long Island City that opened in Spring of 2010. The nearly one acre farm grows seaonable vegatables such as Okra, Spinach, Kale, Tomatos, Eggplant, Jalapeno Peppers and lettuce and has a beehive as well. Queens. New York, USA





In April, 2010, about six months after the Station Fire, re-growth has yet to appear in some of the burn areas of the in Ange...
In April, 2010, about six months after the Station Fire, re-growth has yet to appear in some of the burn areas of the in Angeles National Forest.





Plastic bags and other trash get caught and accumulate in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River at the Glendale Narrow...
Plastic bags and other trash get caught and accumulate in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River at the Glendale Narrows. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean at Long Beach. Los Angeles, California, USA





Installing the Inverter which changes Direct Current (DC) electricity into Alternating Current (AC) electricity. Installation...
Installing the Inverter which changes Direct Current (DC) electricity into Alternating Current (AC) electricity. Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show ""This New House"". Bob Hayes of Prevailing Winds and his crew install a Dyocore SolAir 800 I wind turbine which integrates two small solar panels into its design and is capable of producing up to 800 Watts at 12 mph. The two solar panels produce up to 45watts. Redondo Beach, Ca, USA





82 Kilowatt Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA





Turbines and Valves. Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant, Camarillo, Ventura County, California, USA





Pruning a Pea plant. Urban garden encircles house in Rancho Palos Verdes. Judy Frankel’s three year old garden has a variety ...
Pruning a Pea plant. Urban garden encircles house in Rancho Palos Verdes. Judy Frankel’s three year old garden has a variety of citrus, Nectarine, Peach, Apple and Cherry trees as well as seasonal vegetables in planting beds in the back yard. Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA





Black Turtle Bean seeds from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. The Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) is located at the Learn...
Black Turtle Bean seeds from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. The Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) is located at the Learning Garden at Venice High School.





Mulch basin in Rain Garden at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Westchester. The garden catches runoff from the roofs of the ...
Mulch basin in Rain Garden at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Westchester. The garden catches runoff from the roofs of the two church structures and using a series of depressions and mulch basins allows the water to soak back into the ground instead of flowing into storm basins.





Broad Windsor Fava Beans seeds, French Breakfast Radish seeds (Raphanus sativus), Jack O' Lantern Pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pe...
Broad Windsor Fava Beans seeds, French Breakfast Radish seeds (Raphanus sativus), Jack O' Lantern Pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pero), Bush Bean Contender seeds (Phaseolus vulgarus) and Black Turtle Bean seeds from the Seed Library of Los Angeles.





Cork flooring, Environmentally friendly flooring at Contempo Floor Coverings in West Los Angeles, California, USA





Many cities are banning plastic shopping bags or passings laws forcing stores to charge for the bags. Plastic bags are a majo...
Many cities are banning plastic shopping bags or passings laws forcing stores to charge for the bags. Plastic bags are a major contributor to the plastic marine debris situation in the oceans, the bags are washed to sea by rivers and runoff after rains. Los Angeles, California, USA





Edendale Farm is a model of permaculture and urban farming, a closed system of organic gardening, water and energy conservati...
Edendale Farm is a model of permaculture and urban farming, a closed system of organic gardening, water and energy conservation and sustainable design. Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA





Woolly Pocket vertical garden hangers at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles and is part of t...
Woolly Pocket vertical garden hangers at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles and is part of their Woolly School Garden program. The Woolly Pocket hangers are created from 100% recycled materials. The school uses gardens to teach students gardening and also has a flower and produce garden that goes around the school grounds, a small greenhouse and a worm compost bin that students collect for after each meal. Los Angeles, California, USA





On 3/14/2013 the steel framing continues to be assembled over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a com...
On 3/14/2013 the steel framing continues to be assembled over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction.





Environmentally friendly paints such as Yolo and Benjamin Moore’s Natura contain no VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds) on she...
Environmentally friendly paints such as Yolo and Benjamin Moore’s Natura contain no VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds) on shelf at Cox Paints in Culver City, California, USA





Woolly Pocket vertical garden hangers at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles and is part of t...
Woolly Pocket vertical garden hangers at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles and is part of their Woolly School Garden program. The Woolly Pocket hangers are created from 100% recycled materials. The school uses gardens to teach students gardening and also has a flower and produce garden that goes around the school grounds, a small greenhouse and a worm compost bin that students collect for after each meal. Los Angeles, California, USA





Los Angeles River and Los Angeles skyine in Background. Maywood, Los Angeles, California, USA





Angels Flight Funicular Railway runs between Hill Street and California Plaza, The fare is 25 cents and has two cable cars na...
Angels Flight Funicular Railway runs between Hill Street and California Plaza, The fare is 25 cents and has two cable cars named Sinai and Olivet. Bunker Hill, downtown Los Angeles, California, USA





Sidewalk parkway in front of the We Can Foundation Community Learning Center in South Central Los Angeles. Larry Santoyo of E...
Sidewalk parkway in front of the We Can Foundation Community Learning Center in South Central Los Angeles. Larry Santoyo of Earthflow Design Works helped the Center design, plan and implement the permaculture system used in the parkway which makes use of drought tolerant plants and sheet mulching.





Solar Array on roof of house. Urban garden encircles house in Rancho Palos Verdes. Judy Frankel’s three year old garden has a...
Solar Array on roof of house. Urban garden encircles house in Rancho Palos Verdes. Judy Frankel’s three year old garden has a variety of citrus, Nectarine, Peach, Apple and Cherry trees as well as seasonal vegetables in planting beds in the back yard. Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA





March for Water, World Water Day 2009, in downtown Los Angeles. March 22, 2009. A community march highlighting the local stat...
March for Water, World Water Day 2009, in downtown Los Angeles. March 22, 2009. A community march highlighting the local state water crisis that has resulted from a dysfunctional management





Plastic sample jars. The ORV Alguita returns to Long beach after four months at sea sampling the waters of the “great Pacific...
Plastic sample jars. The ORV Alguita returns to Long beach after four months at sea sampling the waters of the “great Pacific garbage patch"" in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG).





Watering plants. School Children learn about and tend the vertical garden at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in d...
Watering plants. School Children learn about and tend the vertical garden at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles.





On 3/5/2013 the steel framing continues to be assembled over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a comm...
On 3/5/2013 the steel framing continues to be assembled over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction.





Bush Bean Contender seeds (Phaseolus vulgarus) from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. The Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) ...
Bush Bean Contender seeds (Phaseolus vulgarus) from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. The Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) is located at the Learning Garden at Venice High School.





Plastic bags and other trash get caught and accumulate in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River at the Glendale Narrow...
Plastic bags and other trash get caught and accumulate in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River at the Glendale Narrows. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean at Long Beach. Los Angeles, California, USA





Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show ""This New House"". Bob Hayes of ...
Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show ""This New House"". Bob Hayes of Prevailing Winds and his crew install a Dyocore SolAir 800 I wind turbine which integrates two small solar panels into its design and is capable of producing up to 800 Watts at 12 mph. The two solar panels produce up to 45watts. Redondo Beach, Ca, USA





Norma Bonilla leads a workshop at the Venice Community Garden on Saturday August 28, 2010 . The Venice Garden broke ground in...
Norma Bonilla leads a workshop at the Venice Community Garden on Saturday August 28, 2010 . The Venice Garden broke ground in April, 2010. Soil tests revealed high levels of arsenic and lead because of previous uses which included a railroad line going through the lot. Steps were taken which included adding protective layers and adding new soil. Planting began in August and the first harvest was in October, 2010. Venice, California, USA





Crowds come out on October 12, 2012, to see the Space Shuttle Endeavour at a parking lot in Westchester, as it is transported...
Crowds come out on October 12, 2012, to see the Space Shuttle Endeavour at a parking lot in Westchester, as it is transported over three days, 12 miles from Los Angeles Airport to its new home at the California Science Center. Los Angeles, California





Big Blue Bus Terminal, buses powered by Liquified Natural Gas (LNG). Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA





The Plaza at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels by architect Rafael Moneo, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA





Edendale Farm is a model of permaculture and urban farming, a closed system of organic gardening, water and energy conservati...
Edendale Farm is a model of permaculture and urban farming, a closed system of organic gardening, water and energy conservation and sustainable design. Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA





Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held May 9, 20...
Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.





School garden at the Wonderland Elementary School, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA





Vernon's Water tower along the Los Angeles River with downtown in the background. Vernon's official slogan is ""Exclusively I...
Vernon's Water tower along the Los Angeles River with downtown in the background. Vernon's official slogan is ""Exclusively Industrial"" and at the last census had a population of 91. Los Angeles, California, USA





82 Kilowatt Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA





On July 22, 2010, over a thousand protesters marched to Occidental Petroleum offices in Westwood, Los Angeles to demonstrate ...
On July 22, 2010, over a thousand protesters marched to Occidental Petroleum offices in Westwood, Los Angeles to demonstrate against the California state loophole that allows oil companies to extract oil, tax free.





2783 panel Solar Array at the Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Array provides about 15% of the facility's energy n...
2783 panel Solar Array at the Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Array provides about 15% of the facility's energy needs. Installation by Martifer Solar USA. Camarillo, Ventura County, California, USA





Marcus Eriksen talks to students. Plastics are Forever Youth Summit - March 12, 2011. The Summit brought over 130 students an...
Marcus Eriksen talks to students. Plastics are Forever Youth Summit - March 12, 2011. The Summit brought over 130 students and teachers from around the world to work together to find solutions to plastic pollution and toxicity. Hotel Maya, Long Beach, California





Residential home construction site using steel for framing. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94...
Residential home construction site using steel for framing. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction, Los Angeles, California, USA





Fava Beans seeds, Broad Windsor, from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. The Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) is located at ...
Fava Beans seeds, Broad Windsor, from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. The Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) is located at the Learning Garden at Venice High School.





Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles Music Center, Grand Avenue, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA





Family working together at Tree Planting at Calvert Elementary School in Woodland Hills. Los Angeles Conservation Corps works...
Family working together at Tree Planting at Calvert Elementary School in Woodland Hills. Los Angeles Conservation Corps works with local community groups to plant trees as part of Mayor’s office One Million Trees LA Initiative. LA Conservation Corps provides job skills training, education and work experience with an emphasis on conservation and service projects that benefit the community.





Author Erik Knutzen speaks at the do it yourslef stage about gardening. The Los Angeles Green Festival was held on November 1...
Author Erik Knutzen speaks at the do it yourslef stage about gardening. The Los Angeles Green Festival was held on November 17, 2012 at the LA Convention Center. The Festival featured hundreds exhibitors and community environamental organizations, dozens of speakers, demonstrations at do it yourself seminars and many activities for children and adults alike. Los Angeles, California, USA





Brooklyn Grange is a 40 thousand square Foot Rooftop Farm in Long Island City that opened in Spring of 2010. The nearly one a...
Brooklyn Grange is a 40 thousand square Foot Rooftop Farm in Long Island City that opened in Spring of 2010. The nearly one acre farm grows seaonable vegatables such as Okra, Spinach, Kale, Tomatos, Eggplant, Jalapeno Peppers and lettuce and has a beehive as well. Queens. New York, USA





Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels by architect Rafael Moneo, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA





Bamboo flooring, Environmentally friendly flooring at Contempo Floor Coverings in West Los Angeles, California, USA





Body detox and cleanse baths, Go Green Expo, January 24 2009, Los Angeles Convention Center, Attendees viewed a variety of Gr...
Body detox and cleanse baths, Go Green Expo, January 24 2009, Los Angeles Convention Center, Attendees viewed a variety of Green and sustainable products ranging from solar and insulation building materials, alternative transportation, organic clothing and water bottles





On the third day of the trip the “Junk” sets sail about 65 miles from shore. Pictured is Joel Paschal. On Sunday June 1, the ...
On the third day of the trip the “Junk” sets sail about 65 miles from shore. Pictured is Joel Paschal. On Sunday June 1, the raft named ""Junk"" left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre.





Stanford Avalon Gardens is a 7.6 acre community farm with over 200 plots. The site was started by farmers dislocated by the l...
Stanford Avalon Gardens is a 7.6 acre community farm with over 200 plots. The site was started by farmers dislocated by the loss and bulldozing of the South-Central Urban Farm in 2006. Farmers grow many different fruits and vegetables as well as Mexican herbs and spices such as Halache, Pipicha, Epazote, Papalo and Chipiline. Watts, Los Angeles, California, USA





A crowd of local residents and high school students march to, and protest in front of the Tesoro Oil refinery headquarters in...
A crowd of local residents and high school students march to, and protest in front of the Tesoro Oil refinery headquarters in Wilmington, California near Long Beach.





Bio-reactor Basin, Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant, Camarillo, Ventura County, California, USA





August 14, 2010. Isabel and Aeryn fill their planting box with the newly arrived soil. The Venice Garden broke ground in Apri...
August 14, 2010. Isabel and Aeryn fill their planting box with the newly arrived soil. The Venice Garden broke ground in April, 2010. Soil tests revealed high levels of arsenic and lead because of previous uses which included a railroad line going through the lot. Steps were taken which included adding protective layers and adding new soil. Planting began in August and the first harvest was in October, 2010. Venice, California, USA





Herbs at the Culver City Farmer's Market Tuesday afternoons, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA





Heavy rains flow down streets into Street Gutters and Storm Drains and eventually Ballona Creek, a nine-mile waterway that dr...
Heavy rains flow down streets into Street Gutters and Storm Drains and eventually Ballona Creek, a nine-mile waterway that drains the Los Angeles basin. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean at Santa Monica Bay. Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA. Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA





Seeds from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. The Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) is located at the Learning Garden at Veni...
Seeds from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. The Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) is located at the Learning Garden at Venice High School.





82 Kilowatt Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA





Michael Jackson star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA





LA Conservation Corps plant a tree at a Tree planting to reforest Stetson Ranch Park in Sylmar after the 2008 devastating wil...
LA Conservation Corps plant a tree at a Tree planting to reforest Stetson Ranch Park in Sylmar after the 2008 devastating wildfire. Organizations such as LA Conservation Corps, Tree People, North East Trees joined Million Trees LA and other volunteers to plant 150 trees to celebrate Earth Day 2009. California, USA.





Wes Miller often begins his morning milk delivery route around 3:30 in the morning. Wes has being delivering milk for Alta De...
Wes Miller often begins his morning milk delivery route around 3:30 in the morning. Wes has being delivering milk for Alta Dena for fifteen years, his father did it for forty-five years. Alta Dena is one of the last dairy companies that still home deliver in Los Angeles. Santa Monica, California, USA





Vertical Sand Media Filters remove organic and inorganic contaminants in agricultural irrigation.San Joaquin Valley, Kern Cou...
Vertical Sand Media Filters remove organic and inorganic contaminants in agricultural irrigation.San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, California , USA





Captain Charles Moore, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 10 years ago, showing plastic...
Captain Charles Moore, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 10 years ago, showing plastic samples collected in the North Pacific Gyre.





Dex Design Studio participates at the third annual Park[ing] Day LA, was held on Friday, September 18th. To highlight the lac...
Dex Design Studio participates at the third annual Park[ing] Day LA, was held on Friday, September 18th. To highlight the lack of park space in urban areas, community groups, design & architecture firms, professional organizations, non-profits, cyclists & pedestrian advocates all work together create a park for the day by occupying a parking space. Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, Los Angles, California, USA





LA Zone Gallery at the Ecosystems Exhibit at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. Los Angeles, California, USA





The California Aqueduct is the state's largest and longest water transport system, stretching 444 miles from the Sacramento-S...
The California Aqueduct is the state's largest and longest water transport system, stretching 444 miles from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in the north to Southern California, Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California, USA





82 Kilowatt Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA





Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, Cal...
Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA





Aligning steel beams. Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a commo...
Aligning steel beams. Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction. Studio City, California, USA





Gay marriage ban declared unconstitutional in California. Several hundred people gathered for a candlelight vigil on Olivera ...
Gay marriage ban declared unconstitutional in California. Several hundred people gathered for a candlelight vigil on Olivera Street near downtown Los Angeles, on the evening of August 4, 2010, to celebrate a California federal judge’s ruling that Proposition 8, the state's ban on same-sex marriage that was passed by voters last November, was unconstitutional.





Solar Technicians with Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter in Control room for 82Kw Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal,...
Solar Technicians with Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter in Control room for 82Kw Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA





Permaculture Garden designed by Larry Santoyo of Earthflow Design Works. Permaculture design, a movement founded by Bill Moll...
Permaculture Garden designed by Larry Santoyo of Earthflow Design Works. Permaculture design, a movement founded by Bill Mollison & David Holmgren, recreates systems from nature allowing each element to contribute to the success of the whole. Los Angeles, California, USA





On 3/14/2013 the steel framing continues to be assembled over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a com...
On 3/14/2013 the steel framing continues to be assembled over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction.





Divers help cleanup at Redondo Beach. Over 14,000 volunteers took part in Coastal Cleanup Day in Los Angeles County, cleaning...
Divers help cleanup at Redondo Beach. Over 14,000 volunteers took part in Coastal Cleanup Day in Los Angeles County, cleaning up beaches, parks, alleys, creeks, highways and storm drains at 69 different sites.





Herb Spiral in backyard garden. The We Can Foundation Community Learning Center in South Central Los Angeles utilized permacu...
Herb Spiral in backyard garden. The We Can Foundation Community Learning Center in South Central Los Angeles utilized permaculture to design their learning garden for the students that visit the Center.





Ed Begley Jr and General Contractor Scott Harris. On 2/13/2013 the steel framing continues to be assembled over the foundatio...
Ed Begley Jr and General Contractor Scott Harris. On 2/13/2013 the steel framing continues to be assembled over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Studio City, California, USA





Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at a tree planting along Mission Road in East Los Angeles, part of the Mayor’s Million Trees LA In...
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at a tree planting along Mission Road in East Los Angeles, part of the Mayor’s Million Trees LA Initiative. Los Angeles, California





Digester Tanks, Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant, Camarillo, Ventura County, California, USA





March for Water, World Water Day 2009, in downtown Los Angeles. March 22, 2009. A community march highlighting the local stat...
March for Water, World Water Day 2009, in downtown Los Angeles. March 22, 2009. A community march highlighting the local state water crisis that has resulted from a dysfunctional management, and to raise awareness of the plight of the people that are suffering from a global mismanagement of water.





The cleaned up Oakridge Trailer Park which was devastated after the Sylmar Wildfire in November 2008, behind a Tree planting ...
The cleaned up Oakridge Trailer Park which was devastated after the Sylmar Wildfire in November 2008, behind a Tree planting to reforest Stetson Ranch Park in Sylmar after the 2008 devastating wildfire. Organizations such as LA Conservation Corps, Tree People, North East Trees joined Million Trees LA and other volunteers to plant 150 trees to celebrate Earth Day 2009. California, USA.





Plastic samples collected from the ocean. 15th Anniversary Celebration of Algalita Marine Research Foundation, which is dedic...
Plastic samples collected from the ocean. 15th Anniversary Celebration of Algalita Marine Research Foundation, which is dedicated to the protection of the marine environment and its watersheds through research, education, and restoration. May 1, 2010, Long Beach, California, USA





Tiered Garden. Yvonne Savio, Master Gardener Coordinator at UC Cooperative Extension's Common Ground Garden Program, offers t...
Tiered Garden. Yvonne Savio, Master Gardener Coordinator at UC Cooperative Extension's Common Ground Garden Program, offers training at a workshop in her garden in Pasadena. Once trained, Master Gardeners provide free gardening workshops and their technical expertise to approximately 60 public community gardens, hundreds of school gardens, and many senior and shelter gardens throughout Los Angeles County. California, USA





School Children learn about and tend the vertical garden at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angel...
School Children learn about and tend the vertical garden at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles. The vertical garden is provided by Woolly Pocket and is part of their Woolly School Garden program. The Woolly Pocket hangers are created from 100% recycled materials. The school also has a flower and produce garden that goes around the school grounds, a small greenhouse and a worm compost bin that students collect for after each meal. Los Angeles, California, USA





Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Califo...
Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA





Heavy rains flow down streets into Street Gutters and Storm Drains and eventually Ballona Creek, a nine-mile waterway that dr...
Heavy rains flow down streets into Street Gutters and Storm Drains and eventually Ballona Creek, a nine-mile waterway that drains the Los Angeles basin. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean at Santa Monica Bay. Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA. Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA





Keller Williams volunteers help clean up at John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica. More than 30,000 associates from Keller...
Keller Williams volunteers help clean up at John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica. More than 30,000 associates from Keller Williams Realty across the United States and Canada participate in the third annual RED Day, May 12, 2011. RED Day, which stands for Renew, Energize and Donate, is a collective service initiative where the company’s associates donate a day to give back to the community. Santa Monica, California, USA





Plastic sample jars. The ORV Alguita returns to Long beach after four months at sea sampling the waters of the “great Pacific...
Plastic sample jars. The ORV Alguita returns to Long beach after four months at sea sampling the waters of the “great Pacific garbage patch"" in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG). The Algalita Marine Research Foundation has been studying and educating the public about the effects of oceanic micro-plastic pollution on the ocean's ecosystem and marine life for over ten years. Long Beach, California, USA.





Woolly Pocket vertical garden hangers at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles and is part of t...
Woolly Pocket vertical garden hangers at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles and is part of their Woolly School Garden program. The Woolly Pocket hangers are created from 100% recycled materials. The school uses gardens to teach students gardening and also has a flower and produce garden that goes around the school grounds, a small greenhouse and a worm compost bin that students collect for after each meal. Los Angeles, California, USA





School Children learn about and tend the vertical garden at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angel...
School Children learn about and tend the vertical garden at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles. The vertical garden is provided by Woolly Pocket and is part of their Woolly School Garden program. The Woolly Pocket hangers are created from 100% recycled materials. The school also has a flower and produce garden that goes around the school grounds, a small greenhouse and a worm compost bin that students collect for after each meal. Los Angeles, California, USA





Dex Design Studio participates at the third annual Park[ing] Day LA, was held on Friday, September 18th. To highlight the lac...
Dex Design Studio participates at the third annual Park[ing] Day LA, was held on Friday, September 18th. To highlight the lack of park space in urban areas, community groups, design & architecture firms, professional organizations, non-profits, cyclists & pedestrian advocates all work together create a park for the day by occupying a parking space. Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, Los Angles, California, USA





Scott Hughes Architects participates at the third annual Park[ing] Day LA, which was held on Friday, September 18th.





Scorched earth and burnt trees along Big Tujunga Canyon road from Station fire in September, 2009. San Gabriel Mountains, Ang...
Scorched earth and burnt trees along Big Tujunga Canyon road from Station fire in September, 2009. San Gabriel Mountains, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles, California ,USA





Los Angeles Skyline and a snow covered Mount Baldy a few days after the rains, San Gabriel Mountains, California





Aligning steel beams. Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a commo...
Aligning steel beams. Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction. Studio City, California, USA





Nurdles are pre-production plastic pellets and resin materials typically under 5mm in diameter. When released during the tran...
Nurdles are pre-production plastic pellets and resin materials typically under 5mm in diameter. When released during the transport, packaging, and processing of plastics





LA Zone Gallery at the Ecosystems Exhibit at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. Los Angeles, California, USA





A roof mounted, grid tied Solar Voltaic solar panel array (24Kw) installed by Martifer Solar USA, on the roof of the West End...
A roof mounted, grid tied Solar Voltaic solar panel array (24Kw) installed by Martifer Solar USA, on the roof of the West End Hotel in Culver City. California, USA





After pruning, Boysenberry bushes are clipped to horizontal wires. Yvonne Savio, Master Gardener Coordinator at UC Cooperativ...
After pruning, Boysenberry bushes are clipped to horizontal wires. Yvonne Savio, Master Gardener Coordinator at UC Cooperative Extension's Common Ground Garden Program, offers training at a workshop in her garden in Pasadena. Once trained, Master Gardeners provide free gardening workshops and their technical expertise to approximately 60 public community gardens, hundreds of school gardens, and many senior and shelter gardens throughout Los Angeles County. California, USA





Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Center, Grand Avenue, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA





Young girls and their mother water the garden at their elementary school. Wonderland Elementary School, Laurel Canyon, Los An...
Young girls and their mother water the garden at their elementary school. Wonderland Elementary School, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA





Wind Turbines, Go Green Expo, January 24 2009, Los Angeles Convention Center, Attendees viewed a variety of Green and sustain...
Wind Turbines, Go Green Expo, January 24 2009, Los Angeles Convention Center, Attendees viewed a variety of Green and sustainable products ranging from solar and insulation building materials, alternative transportation, organic clothing and water bottles





Thomas the T. Rex, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dinosaur Hall, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA





Aligning steel beams. Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a commo...
Aligning steel beams. Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction.Studio City, California, USA





Jack O' Lantern Pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pero) from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. The Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) ...
Jack O' Lantern Pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pero) from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. The Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) is located at the Learning Garden at Venice High School.





ORV Alguita moored in Long Beach fpor the Plastics are Forever Youth Summit - March 11, 2011. The Summit brought over 130 stu...
ORV Alguita moored in Long Beach fpor the Plastics are Forever Youth Summit - March 11, 2011. The Summit brought over 130 students and teachers from around the world to work together to find solutions to plastic pollution and toxicity. Hotel Maya, Long Beach, California





SunPower 230 Watts Grid Connect Solar Module used for installation of a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Ma...
SunPower 230 Watts Grid Connect Solar Module used for installation of a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, California, USA





Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show ""This New House"". Bob Hayes of ...
Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show ""This New House"". Bob Hayes of Prevailing Winds and his crew install a Dyocore SolAir 800 I wind turbine which integrates two small solar panels into its design and is capable of producing up to 800 Watts at 12 mph. The two solar panels produce up to 45watts. Redondo Beach, Ca, USA





The Olive Garden or Children's Garden at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels by architect Rafael Moneo, Downtown Los Ange...
The Olive Garden or Children's Garden at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels by architect Rafael Moneo, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA





Brooklyn Grange is a 40 thousand square Foot Rooftop Farm in Long Island City that opened in Spring of 2010. The nearly one a...
Brooklyn Grange is a 40 thousand square Foot Rooftop Farm in Long Island City that opened in Spring of 2010. The nearly one acre farm grows seaonable vegatables such as Okra, Spinach, Kale, Tomatos, Eggplant, Jalapeno Peppers and lettuce and has a beehive as well. Queens. New York, USA





Primary Clarifier, Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant, Camarillo, Ventura County, California, USA





Solar Technicians with Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter in Control room for 82Kw Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal,...
Solar Technicians with Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter in Control room for 82Kw Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA





A Tree Planting in Highland Park plans to plant 100 Arbutus Trees around and along Figueroa Street. Part of the Mayor’s offic...
A Tree Planting in Highland Park plans to plant 100 Arbutus Trees around and along Figueroa Street. Part of the Mayor’s office Million Trees LA Initiative, Community groups LA Conservation Corps, LA Causa and North East Trees are joined by local volunteers, families and area students for the planting. Los Angeles, California, USA





Norma Bonilla leads a workshop at the Venice Community Garden on Saturday August 28, 2010 . The Venice Garden broke ground in...
Norma Bonilla leads a workshop at the Venice Community Garden on Saturday August 28, 2010 . The Venice Garden broke ground in April, 2010. Soil tests revealed high levels of arsenic and lead because of previous uses which included a railroad line going through the lot. Steps were taken which included adding protective layers and adding new soil. Planting began in August and the first harvest was in October, 2010. Venice, California, USA





Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles Music Center, Grand Avenue, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA





A climate change rally was held in Los Angeles on February 17, 2013 and drew hundreds of people to City Hall steps to hear sp...
A climate change rally was held in Los Angeles on February 17, 2013 and drew hundreds of people to City Hall steps to hear speakers and organizers and their message for President Obama to take the nation ""Forward on Climate"", and say no to the Keystone XL pipeline.





Aligning steel beams. Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a commo...
Aligning steel beams. Steel framing began on 1/14/2013 over the foundation on the Begley's new home. Steel, while not a common material for residential framing, is 94% recyclable, has been milled locally for this project, and is a more sustainable choice than wood, which is typically used for residential building construction. Studio City, California, USA





Seedlings at the entrance to Edendale Farm. Edendale Farm is a model of permaculture and urban farming, a closed system of or...
Seedlings at the entrance to Edendale Farm. Edendale Farm is a model of permaculture and urban farming, a closed system of organic gardening, water and energy conservation and sustainable design. Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA





Old Water tower in train yards on Vernon. Located just a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, Vernon's official slogan is ""E...
Old Water tower in train yards on Vernon. Located just a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, Vernon's official slogan is ""Exclusively Industrial"" and at the last census had a population of 91. Los Angeles, California, USA





Los Angeles skyline from Los Angeles State Historic Park. Field of Lupine and Desert Sunflowers in foreground. California, US...
Los Angeles skyline from Los Angeles State Historic Park. Field of Lupine and Desert Sunflowers in foreground. California, USA





Residential houses next to oil refinery at Wilmington. Wilmington has one the highest risks of cancer due to it's proximity t...
Residential houses next to oil refinery at Wilmington. Wilmington has one the highest risks of cancer due to it's proximity to the Port of Los Angeles at Long Beach, and the several oil refineries in the vicinity. Los Angeles, California, USA





Keller Williams volunteers help clean up at John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica. More than 30,000 associates from Keller...
Keller Williams volunteers help clean up at John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica. More than 30,000 associates from Keller Williams Realty across the United States and Canada participate in the third annual RED Day, May 12, 2011.

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