Green stuff to do this week, starting tonight:

Tuesday, Aug. 12:
Green Business Networking happens tonight, from 6 pm – 9 pm at The Ambrose Hotel, 1255 20th St., Santa Monica. More details here; $10 cover. I will not be there because I’ll be answering phones for KCRW’s pledge drive. Call me! 800.600.KCRW.

Wednesday, Aug 13:
A Tour and Presentation of the LEED Certified North Central Animal Services Facilities happens from 6:30 pm – 8 pm at the North Central Animal Center Facilities, 3201 Lacy St., Los Angeles. RSVP with the US Green Building Council – LA. Cost: $15 for members; $25 for others.

Thursday, Aug. 14:
A free Interactive Planning Workshop on the Broadway Streetcar happens from 10 am to 2:30 pm at the New LATC, 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles. Find out more about the streetcar, which is part of the Bringing Back Broadway movement.

Then head over to the westside for Santa Monica Farmers Market in Conversation, a free event starting at 7 pm at the MLK Jr Auditorium, Santa Monica Main Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Farmers’ Market manager Laura Avery will lead the discussion with farmers and chefs. Afterwards, farm fresh food will be served.

Saturday, Aug. 16:
A talk and slide show by Graham Burnett, a permaculture trainer and author from the UK, starts at 7 pm at the L.A. Eco-Village, 117 Bimini Place, Los Angeles. Cost: $10. Reservations are recommended; call 213.738.1254 or email crsp@igc.org.

Sunday, Aug. 17:
Wake up early to get the best deals at the Culinary Historians of Southern California Used Cookbook Sale, happening from 8 am – 1 pm at the Hollywood Farmers’ Market, on Ivar Boulevard between Sunset and Hollywood, Los Angeles. The sale includes both vintage and recent books, all at incredible prices.

Then head downtown for Sustainable LA at the Downtown Film Festival. This day-long eco event runs from noon to 10 pm on Grand Ave between 2nd and 4th, and will include:

a farmer’s market complete with an organic food court, gardening and cooking demonstrations, and a beer-and-wine garden; free screenings of a wide range of “green” documentary films at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) auditorium, and an incredible line-up of panel discussions about next-generation urban parks, the evolving electric automobile, the fast-growing “slow food” movement, and the red-hot political topic of “green collar” jobs.

Gardeners can attend a Biodynamic composting class with Jack McAndrew, who runs a 37-acre farm in Topanga that is Demeter certified. The workshop starts at 3 pm at The Permaculture House, 3983 East Blvd., Mar Vista. Try to take something to eat and/or drink for informal potluck.

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