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

>> Heal the Bay’s benefit dinner shuns plastic bottles — except in the gift bags. Heal the Beach’s little brochure for the dinner — printed with soy based inks on 100% post-consumer recycled paper processed chlorine free — bragged that the event used neither single-use serviceware nor bottled water. Strangely, each gift bag given to attendees contained a plastic (#1) bottle of water — something Anna Cummins, also at the party, pointed out to me.

>> Green and Greener: Valley Village’s new eco-shop. Self-described as an “eco-living general store and design center,” Green and Greener will carry everything from sustainable clothing to clay plaster to gardening supplies. In addition to the products, Green and Greener will showcase eco-living inspired art, as well as offer eco-consulting services.

>> Take a bicycle tour of Orange and Blue Line stations. Valley bicyclists: Want better walk-bike-rail connections in your ‘hood? Then join the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition and Metro for a bike or walk tour and weigh in on a plan to improve bike and walk access to the Van Nuys Metro Orange Line Station.

>> ‘Not Just a Pretty Face’ or Poison perfume’s scary scent What perfume did you wear as a teenager? I went through a lot of Poison — and now I find out that toxic stuff contained four different phthalates!

And a few linky posts:

>> A.M. Greenlist: Old news tweaked to become new news

>> A.M. Greenlist: Local green happenings

>> P.M. Greenlist: Gas, money and pollution

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