In March 2008 Julie Solomon was able to save a 94-year-old historically sustainable home from demolition and chose to remodel and showcase it with all ecologically-sound products and processes. Her eco-renovation was filmed for Discovery's new channel, Planet Green and is airing on their flagship show called "Greenovate".
As one of LA's oldest neighborhoods, Elysian Heights has been home to many artists, writers, architects filmmakers, counter-culture and radical political activists from the early 1900s to present day. Nestled in the verdant hills of this historic area, her "garden home" was originally a real estate office on the Miracle Mile of Wilshire Boulevard and moved to its current location in 1914 on a horse-drawn flat bed.
Julie has recently established a non-profit organization called The Green Beacon Foundation (GBF) to serve as a community resource for the public to have tactile experiences of "going green," such as on-going workshops, lectures, tours, etc. on the property. The GBF will host public tours of the home and garden on the 1st Saturday of every month starting December 6th at 3:00 pm.
On November 13th there was a kick off garden workshop facilitated by the gals at Heart Beet Gardening whose mission is to promote food security, sustainable gardening practices, and urban agriculture by enabling households to have their own vegetable gardens. These hands-on workshops appeal to the urban gardener with a sustainable tie-in such as the use of drip irrigation and native plants. The lecture entitled "Go Green, $ave Green" will be facilitated by Nancy Astrid Lindo, whose specialties include sustainable interior design, green building and permaculture.
The natural body care and aromatherapy workshops will be facilitated by Lauren Johanson, creator of Chivas Skin Care which specializes in soaps made with organic ingredients, fair trade shea butter that supports a women's co-op in Togo, Africa, and fresh French Alpine goat's milk where the goats are raised humanely by a local family in Ventura County, CA.
For more information about the Green Beacon Foundation or to make a reservation, please call 323.717.9636, or email Julie: contactgbf@gmail.com [OK, this is a little bit on the commercial side, and their workshop are definitely not for free, while groups such as the Westside Permaculture group offer similar information just for volunteering at their events, but this is still worth a look, we feel...]
TOURS:
The Green Beacon will be conducting tours on the first Saturday of each month starting December 6th at 3:00 PM. This hands-on tour will show you how easy it is to "greenovate" your own home/living space with practical tips while giving access to products, services and processes that will help save money while lessening your carbon footprint.
ECO-CHIC WORKSHOPS:
The best organic gardeners and eco-consultants in Los Angeles will facilitate the workshops using organic and repurposed materials. The price of the workshops and lectures are all-inclusive. We will serve wine compliments of Bossa Premium Wine Imports and tasty treats from different local restaurants at each of the Thursday evening workshops.
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Now, we know for a fact that the absolute "best organic gardeners and eco-consultants" in Los Angeles are not (yet? ;) involved with this project, since we are in no way affiliated with them! :) However, when people try to do something that goes in the right direction, even if it's perhaps a bit too commercial for our taste, we think we should support their efforts with a little post. So have a look at their web site here: http://www.greenbeacon.org/Home
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