Latest from Emerald City, my enviro-blog at LAtimes.com

>> Food 2.0: What to eat while Googling. Now, I can eat like the Google people do, thanks to former Google chef Charlie Ayers. His new book, “Food 2.0: Secrets from the Chef who Fed Google,” is filled with his environmentally-conscious, locavore-friendly cooking tips — with more than 100 yummy recipes accompanied by mouth-watering pictures.

>> Bittersweet eco-fashion show on Sundance tomorrow. The Sundance channel will be featuring eco-fashions on its show “Big Ideas for a Small Planet” tonight, but eco-fashionistas will likely find the program rather bitter sweet. Why? Unless Sundance makes a last-minute major edit to the episode, Nau — the now-out-of-business sustainable fashion company — will be one of the three eco-companies featured.

>> Concert at Union Station on National Train Day, Saturday. Amtrak has reason to celebrate. Thanks to gas prices — and perhaps also due to environmentalists seeking to lower their carbon footprints — Amtrak’s ridership for 2008 is already up 12%. So perhaps it’s no surprise that Amtrak has declared Saturday, May 10, the first National Train Day — and is throwing a party at L.A.’s Union Station to commemorate it.

>> Next week is Bike Week Pasadena. Don’t miss it!. Alex Thompson says the Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo is not to be missed!

And a couple linky posts:

>> A.M. Greenlist: Transit plans and reservoir controversies

>> A.M. Greenlist: Cindy Crawford says BYOB

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