In the wake of recent developments in the City’s lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration, the question of how the airport would be repurposed remains. One prominent idea involves the creation of a large, multi-purpose park. This possibility is led by…
For this week’s featured event, we turn to the Santa Monica City Council. Among the many items that will be up for discussion at the Council meeting this Tuesday, one particular topic is of a particular interest to the SM…
Since mid-2013, the Michigan Avenue Greenway has been gradually progressing down the road from vision to reality, holding numerous workshops in order to receive input from the very people it will benefit. Events such as the Pop-Up MANGo supplemented these…
With the potential to be greater Los Angeles’s first neighborhood greenway, the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway represents an excellent opportunity for Santa Monica to create a safe, low-traffic route to get from the Bergamot area to downtown Santa Monica. This would…
Santa Monica College’s Center for Environmental and Urban Studies represents one of Santa Monica’s major hot spots of environmental activism. Within the Center, one can find Sustainable Works, the Environmental Resource Library, and several sustainability-related clubs. For the past 12 years, it has…
From music videos to car commercials, Rube Goldberg machines have been twisting, turning, rolling, and dropping their way through popular culture for several decades. Named after an American cartoonist and inventor, Rube Goldberg machines are based around the premise of…
Among the many organizations that make Santa Monica such a receptive area for sustainable discourse, a new group called California Climate Change Exchange is launching with the specific purpose of making people more aware of the issue of climate change.…
For much of the past year or so, the area across from the Santa Monica city hall has been one giant construction site with fences partially obscuring the public’s view of the seven-acre space. Last month, the fences finally came…
If you’ve ever driven down Lincoln Blvd. during the Samohi school year, you may have seen electronic signs proudly illuminated with the words: “Santa Monica High School’s Bike It! Walk It! Day.” Bike it! Day is an event that has…
With Phase II of the Expo Line rapidly making its way into Santa Monica, it’s clear that we are in need of a safe, low-traffic route to get from the Bergamot area to downtown Santa Monica and the beach. Beyond…
In its current incarnation, Santa Monica Airport serves as a drain on the surrounding community in a number of ways. Flight loops cause almost continuous neighborhood noise; toxic air pollution is dispersed into all the neighborhoods in the near vicinity;…
As many of you know, the Santa Monica Bike Center is our first official sponsor. It’s thus with great pleasure that we present to you our second event of the week: the Senior Social Ride! More and more people of every…
Heal the Bay is offering a two-part training program for nature lovers, environmentalists, or just people who like to do some good and be on the beach. Marine protected areas (MPA’s), like any protected area, are regions in which human…
