>> Food and Water Watch wants your help in getting bottled water companies to disclose how much clean water they’re pumping out of California communities. Join the meeting on Tues., July 8 at 7 pm in downtown L.A.

>> A Facebook for local food? Learn more about FoodHub, a site that tries to connect small local farmers with the growing organic consumer market. Deborah Kane, vice president of Food and Farms at Ecotrust, will speak on Fri., July 10 at noon at Farmlab, 1745 N. Spring St., Unit 4, Los Angeles. I plan to be there!

>> L.A.’s first CicLAvia is under works. Join the workshop with James Rojas for an afternoon of interactive bike planning. Refreshments will be provided, so head over on Sat., July 11 from 3 pm – 6 pm at g727, 727 S. Spring St., Los Angeles. RSVP required to ciclaviala@gmail.com. I plan to be there!

>> Learn to make organic tamales! Deborah Stern, the white-girl tamale maker of La Guera Tamalera, will host an Organic Tamalada on Saturday, July 11 from noon to 2:30 pm at 1326 E. 1st St., Los Angeles. The class, which you can register for online, costs $58 a person — but green LA girl readers can get a 2-for-$100 deal by calling Deborah at 213.880.0277.

>> Bicknell Avenue Green Street Grand Opening Event will celebrate Santa Monica’s first green street, “a street that has numerous features to harvest stormwater runoff and its pollution, and infiltrate it into the ground, keeping runoff pollution out of the Santa Monica Bay.” See the urban oasis first hand on Tues., July 14 at 10 am on the 100 block of Bicknell Avenue, Santa Monica. RSVP to  Neal Shapiro, Office of Sustainability & the Environment, at 310.458.8223. I plan to be there!

>> The next monthly Green Business Networking happens Tues., July 14 from 6 pm – 9 pm at The Ambrose Hotel, 1255 20th St., Santa Monica. There’ll be green entrepreneurs, desperate job seekers, and organic food and drinks. Cost: $10. Earlier: About GBN.

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