Fairmont takes on composting prototype to meet new standard
The Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows has long been lauded as one of Santa Monica’s top places to stay, with ...
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Is CA organic waste recycling a failure?
According to one watchdog agency, California is "falling short" in its ambitious organic waste recycling efforts
California keeps sending toxic soil to out-of-state landfills — Newsom and legislators are slow to change course
California sends toxic soil to landfills in Utah and Arizona, including sites near Native American reservations. Will lawmakers step in ...
What are some examples of ways food and drink producers are fighting the ever-growing torrent of plastic waste they have helped create?
Dear EarthTalk: What are some examples of ways food and drink producers are fighting the ever-growing torrent of plastic waste ...
Know Before You Go — Week of Dec. 21, 2015
Here are Santa Monica closures and construction updates for the week of Dec. 21: EXPO LIGHT RAIL LINE For this ...
Santa Monica schools compete to be trash-free at lunch
You're not going to find many plastic bags, paper napkins or one-use water bottles in students' lunch boxes ...
Sustainability on the backs of Santa Monica residents
A recent SMa.r.t. column on sustainability compared the City of Santa Monica's residential and commercial sectors' progress towards the ...
SMMUSD board approves $1.29-million in expenses
It costs a lot of money to run a school district. The $1.29 million in new purchase orders passed at ...
Santa Monica’s future: sustainable or untenable?
In 2013, Santa Monica was named the nation's fifth-most sustainable city according to a prominent national organization dedicated to sustainable ...
Santa Monica, Culver City collaborate for ‘repair cafe’
What do you do with a dress that has a tear? With a toaster that no longer works? Or, a ...
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