Today the public is invited to participate in Car-Free Fridays with lunch breaks for cyclists. Car-Free Fridays was launched last summer to encourage community members to use alternative modes of transportation the first Friday of every month to promote a more active, green Long Beach. The campaign aims to get more people to recognize the [...]
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Lunch breaks for cyclists on Car-Free Friday
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Environment, Leisure, News
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Third Annual Groundwater Festival highlights water conservation
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Environment, News, Thinking Green
The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) is hosting its 3rd Annual Groundwater Festival “Treasure Beneath Our Feet” on Saturday, March 13 from 10am to 2pm at the WRD headquarters located at 4040 Paramount Blvd., Lakewood. The free event will have interactive educational activities and exhibits on water resources, water conservation and the environment. [...]
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Winter Workshops at Rancho Los Alamitos
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Environment, Leisure
In the first of the winter workshops, Rancho Los Alamitos, 6400 East Bixby Hill Road, will join with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works to host “Go Green, Grow Green,” a free smart gardening workshop on Saturday, February 27 from 10am to noon. Guests will learn about backyard composting, worm composting, water-wise [...]
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Councilmember Garcia proposes smart-phone app for residents to instantly report blight
January 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Environment, News
As part of his continuing effort to make Long Beach a leader in the use of technology to support city services, Councilmember Robert Garcia has proposed the creation of “Long Beach City App,” a smart-phone application that would enable residents to photograph and instantly report problems like graffiti, potholes, and other neighborhood blights to city [...]
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Signal Hill achieves significant reduction in water usage
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Environment, News
By Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
Signal Hill’s residents and businesses have learned how to use less water. In fact, from July through September 2009, water use dropped by 9.47 percent compared to the average annual water demand for the three previous years. Joshua Rosenbaum, public works management analyst, said that decrease is very impressive considering the fact [...]