sustainable style foundation - los angeles

[city sourcebook] los angeles

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:25:01 -0500

The City of Angels is full of ways to incorporate easy, fun, hip sustainable choices into your lifestyle every day. Scroll down for each industry for sources of sustainable style in LA:

Maku Furnishings

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:09:27 -0500

Founded by two "Global Surfers, Travelers, Marketers and Lifestyle enthusiasts", Maku Furnishings offers "non traditional furnishings for a modern world." Their surf-inspired aesthetic is tempered by a distinctly modern feeling that yields a pretty unique set of products; Maku calls them "experiential, organic, and relevant to passionate lifestyle participants and design enthusiasts." All of Maku's products are made from sustainably-harvested teak from Indonesia, and they're also proud members of 1% for the Planet. [Maku Furnishings]

CRU Restaurant

Wed, 02 May 2007 17:06:25 -0500

With options including Provencal Saffron Cashew Cheese Ball, Deep Green Salad and Red Thai Curry, CRU offers sophisticated organic, vegan, raw food in Los Angeles. Drinks like ginger limeade and a chocolate maca smoothie and desserts like gelato and a banana split round out the menu that's "thoughtfully prepared, artfully presented and deeply satisfying." CRU is at 1521 Griffith Park Blvd, open Wednesday through Monday, 12 pm to 10 pm. [CRU] via [green LA girl]

Earth Friendly Moving

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:04:14 -0500

Helping cut back on wasteful moving materials like cardboard boxes, wadded-up newspaper, bubble wrap and packing peanuts, Earth Friendly Moving offers clients sustainable alternatives to the traditional (and wasteful) moving gear. You pack, stack and move their reusable gear; when you're done unpacking them, call 'em up and they come get the empty boxes and such and pass them along to another earth-friendly mover. Just in southern California for now, they have plans to expand across the country in the next couple years. [Earth Friendly Moving]

Low Impact living

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:47:56 -0500

At Low Impact Living, they want to help you lower the environmental impact of your home and your daily life. To do that, they help you find the best green products, practices and service providers to help you achieve your environmental goals. And they will also help you understand the environmental benefits and economic trade-offs of your choices. Their primary goal is to make the path from inspiration to implementation as short and as smooth as possible. They offer several services through their website, such as helping you find the best green products and a calculator that will help assess your environmental impact and suggest ways to lower it. [Low Impact Living]

The Majestical Roof

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:34:37 -0500

All of the products sold at the Majestical Roof are either one-off hand made items, or items made in limited quantities according to fair trade principals. There are no mass-manufactured items in our store. Because of a close relationship with a few select suppliers, items can, in many instances, be customized to your specification. Most of the artists whose product they represent come from Pasadena and surrounding areas and they regularly run special events and activities. From art lessons to discussion forums and showcases....there's something for everybody. [The Majestical Roof]

Stone Brewery

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:08:27 -0500

Local San Diego Stone Brewery announced that it will use a B20 biodiesel blend to fuel its fleet of SoCal delivery trucks with plans to switch to 100% biodiesel later this year. With a brand new 50,000 sq ft brewery and bistro in San Marcos, Stone will produce its own biodiesel from greasy treats such as the Arrogant Bastard Ale Onion Rings made famous in past brewfests. [Read about it here]

GeoGreenBiofuels

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:41:01 -0600

Helping LA-area restaurants save money, and doing their part to reduce our committment to foreign oil, GeoGreen Biofuels offers totally free waste oil recycling, and they use it to make biodiesel right there in the City of Angels. By recycling waste oil and generating cleaner energy, GeoGreen Biofuels is making the world a healthier, more sustainable place. Learn more and sign up at their website. [GeoGreen Biofuels] via [green LA girl]

Art of Tea

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:42:43 -0600

Offering the very best organic teas and select botanicals while ensuring the employees and the teas are treated with great respect, Art of Tea is committed to creating a great tea-drinking experience by combining aesthetics with passion, flavor, and high quality control. It's tasty enough that it's the tea of choice at many of LA's fine restaurants. Join the Tea of the Month Club, dive in to Blooming Teas...the possibilities are endless. [Art of Tea] via [green LA girl]

Amoeba Music

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:46:49 -0600

California record store Amoeba Music -- with locations in Hollywood, San Francisco and Berkeley -- recently introduced "The Big Green Box" at its Hollywood location, encouraging customers to bring in their old electronics and gadgets for recycling instead of a trip to the landfill. Amoeba is also featuring a "Think Green" section on their website, with ten steps for a greener future, including "drive less," "recycle more," "check your tires" and "change a lightbulb." To make that last step easier, they sell CFLs alongside their rows and rows of music, which includes used CDs, LPs and DVDs that it buys and resells. They'll even put your new tunes in a biodegradable plastic bag! [Amoeba Music]

Hollywood Farmer's Market

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:48:36 -0600

With approximately 90 farmers, 30 local artisans, and 30 baked goods and prepared food vendors who sell their own products every Sunday, the Hollywood Farmer's Market offers stand after stand of organic farmers proudly showcasing a cornucopia of the earth's bounty; a reminder that good food makes for a better life. It is a direct-to-consumer marketplace with all produce and products from local, California vendors and growers. Check the website to see what's in season; hope to see you there! [Hollywood Farmer's Market]

Tender Greens Restaurant

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:23:32 -0600

Featuring a menu including free range chicken and line-caught ahi tuna, Tender Greens believes there should be a conscious connection between eating food and the source of the sustenance. They're able to get their fresh produce to the table within hours of harvesting, use organic whenever they can, and source everything from a handful of local farms who believe that organic and local aren't just better for the planet; they taste better, too. [Tender Greens]

Organic Interior Design

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:22:09 -0600

Offering a complete complement of design services Organic Interior Design specializes in creating extraordinary interiors using elegant furnishings that help to protect the environment and its resources. The Venice Beach store and online shop carries a wide selection of products that are both better for the Earth and its people, including bedding, bath, mattresses, sofas, paint, books and more, and it's all pure sustainable beauty. [Organic Interior Design]

Samuel Moyer Furniture

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:45:49 -0600

Out to change the way we look at modern furniture, Samuel Moyer's work offers an interesting contrast between old and new, minimal modernism and organic warmth. Working with reclaimed wood, he takes the over 100 year-old relics of another time and introduces them to the 21st century. Says Mover, “I love to use wood with a prior life. The wood leads; if you study it long enough, it will reveal what it must become." Each piece is made by hand in downtown Los Angeles. [Samuel Moyer Furniture]

Figtree's Cafe

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:00:01 -0600

A part of the Venice community since 1978, Figtree's Cafe specializes in sustainable foods like local organic fresh fruit & veggies, free-range organic eggs and wild & line-caught fish. Breakfast, lunch, dinner & dessert are all served in the unique and beautiful backdrop of Venice Beach; Figtree's also offers to-go service and cafe products, like organic granola and "Figwear" like t-shirts & sweatshirts. [Figtree's Cafe]