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

>> Public Jam and Edible Estates launch event 3/29. Make jam, not war — by stopping by at the Museum of Contemporary Art this Saturday and joining the attack against the water-guzzling grassy front lawn!

>> Greenopia: An eco-guide to Los Angeles. Can’t find a good organic wine bar? Get a copy of the local eco-directory Greenopia and you’ll have five different options to pick from!

>> My enviro impact score’s lower than yours. Why take separate carbon footprint and water footprint quizzes, when you can do it all with Low Impact Living’s Environmental Impact Calculator? This new LILI calculator (in Beta) puts as many eco-impact criteria as possible into one interactive module, letting you see how eco-you are compared to others in your ‘hood.

>> Myspace/Our Planet: Social networking gets soy-inked. Odd thing about Myspace’s new eco-book, “MySpace/OurPlanet: Change Is Possible”: It kicks off with Myspace president Tom Anderson basically declaring the supremacy of the printed word over the web: “I wouldn’t be doing this unless I thought it was for something so unbelievably important that it had to be in print,” Anderson writes in his foreword.

>> Kleercut campaign keeps spoofing Kleenex. Spoofing Kleenex’s “let it out” ad campaign, Greenpeace has created a “Kleercut: Wiping Away Ancient Forests” site, complete with a header depicting forest animals crying on Kleenexes over their destroyed habitat.

>> The high cost of 100% post-consumer recycled paper. 100% post-consumer recycled paper would cost about 50% more than virgin paper. In fact, the reason L.A. hasn’t gone all post-consumer recycled already is due to budgetary reasons.

And a linky post:

>> A.M. Greenlist: Electric cars might get killed — again

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