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May 10th, 2011 - 12:48 pm § in Sustainability

Rebel Without a Car – LA Green Screen highlights Plastics

Last month my husband Stephen Box and I launched LA Green Screen, a screening series to raise awareness about our environment, our planet and about the heath of our communities. We screened the film Bag It, which followed a panel discussion with Katherine Rubin, Managing Environmental Specialist from LADWP Sustainability Programs, Meredith McCarthy, Director of Programs of Heal the Bay, and Andy Shrader, an Independent member of the Clean Seas Coalition and co-lead grassroots organizer for Los Angeles citywide plastic bag ban push. read more


April 20th, 2011 - 10:34 am § in Community

You can do good stuff while barely doing stuff!

Thank you Julia Griswold for posting this note on facebook and for letting me reprint it here! Julia Griswold serves as a Tenant Representative and Recording Secretary on the board of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council, on the East Hollywood NC Arts & Culture Committee and she is also and A[...]


April 16th, 2011 - 7:12 pm § in Everything Bike & Metro

Northridge West NC Tables “Ridiculous” $150 Annual Bicycle License Proposal

A proposal to charge $150 annual bicycle “license” fee was abruptly tabled last night in the middle of public comment being heard by the Northridge West Neighborhood Council board.[...]


April 15th, 2011 - 1:43 pm § in Entertainment

Voices From Chornobyl Readings for 25th Anniversary

I’m back on stage this month, performing again in Voices From Chornobyl. This is my 4th year working with Cindy and the cast on this project, (if you search my site for Chornobyl, you’ll find my posts from previous years) and I never get tired of it. The subject has always been important[...]


April 7th, 2011 - 9:51 am § in Entertainment

Bag It – “Is Los Angeles ready for a ban on plastic bags?”

LA Green Screen presents: Bag It a film screening and a panel discussion “Is Los Angeles ready for a ban on plastic bags?” an Earth Week event[...]


April 6th, 2011 - 5:44 pm § in Sustainability

Rebel Without a Car – Limitless Ways to Reuse Paper

This article appeared in the on-line magazine for actors The Networker, in April 2011 and also in CityWatch. Our campaign for City Council has ended and our office is a mess. We had a great time, we learned a lot about people and politics and about ourselves. As we wrap up the details, I find [...][...]


February 6th, 2011 - 5:36 pm § in Sustainability

Rebel Without a Car – Election Campaign Office is still going Green!

This article appeared in the on-line magazine for actors The Networker, in March 2011. Last month, I wrote about us moving into our campaign office and about how we are doing our best to be sustainable. Now that we have settled in, I’m extremely proud of our staff and our volunteers! They are doin[...]