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What you need to know about social media vs. social change organizations
ECM is a small organization, and I spend most of my time organizing change-making projects and events for the general public. When I post to social media, I strive to make it really high quality stuff. You won’t get news…
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VegGarden365 app
How do you know what to plant when? Here in Southern California we have a year-round growing season. But that doesn’t mean super-delicious tomatoes every day of the year. Rather, it means working with the seasons — warm, hot, and…
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Placemaking with Mark Lakeman – Mar 22, 26-27
How do you create a neighborhood feel, within a city that is renowned as having been designed and built as “automobile-centric”? Come find out, at an evening with Mark Lakeman, founder of City Repair, Tues Mar 22 …
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A quick and easy cool-season vegetable garden
After a rain, the weeds sprout — so quickly that you can almost hear them. What if the green that magically appeared wasn’t weeds, but food plants? Your cool-season vegetable garden can be just that easy! And, this time of…
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What can crop rotation do for you and your garden?
Do you need a powerful tool to help you with organic pest control AND maintaining soil fertility in your vegetable garden? Crop rotation means following a conscious system of planting in which related plants are grown in different spots year…
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Placemaking and City Repair in Los Angeles
Are you interested in this kind of fun? Here’s a marvelous video about Mark Lakeman’s City Repair work in Portland. We’re putting together a project in Los Angeles! If you’re interested (or curious), contact the Environmental Change-Makers. The initial planning…
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What’s in your El Niño garden?
Oh, this is the season for leafy greens and root vegetables — and an El Niño year is no exception! They grow plenty of veggies in English gardens and (although we in So Cal may be unaccustomed to it) that’s the…
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What’s cooking – Jan 9 and 14
The new kitchen is ready to go, and this month you can enjoy two fabulous cooking classes: artisan Sourdough Bread, and Soups & Stews.
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What’s your get-ready-for-rain routine?
We’re ever hopeful that we’ll get some rain. Here in L.A., deep into this historic drought, that still remains a big hope! But each time the weather forecasts call for precipitation, I run around doing my routine … garden tools…
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Seeding the new forest garden
A forest garden is a garden of perennial plants that produce food. It is often designed to look “forest-like,” with trees forming a canopy above, and smaller plants creating a “forest floor” effect underneath. As part of the Westchester Community…