The Mar Vista Green Tent

Come to the Green Tent tomorrow, December 1, and a create a unique sculpture using Thanksgiving leftovers!!!  Let the fabulous artists from Playhouse Art LA show you how. Cranberry STEM Structures with Playhouse Art What should you do with those leftover cranberries from Thanksgiving?  Turn them into a super-fun STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) project for the kids!  You just need a bag of fresh cranberries (or a leftover handful or two will do) and a bunch of toothpicks, and let the kids become little engineers, building 3-D structures.   For the little ones, you can start small with simple structures, like squares or rectangles, and once they get the hang of it, the sky’s the limit with what they can build.  Older kids will love the challenge of seeing how high and wide they can build their creations.   You can also make it a game by writing shapes, such as houses, letters, buildings, people, ...

Vegan Dishes for Thanksgiving Let nature help with the holiday menu.  Use locally grown seasonal produce. Thanksgiving can be a time of coming together and strengthening bonds.  Sometimes that means setting aside differences and focusing on inclusion.  This often means making sure that there are foods for everyone.  If you are a guest at someone's home, why not offer to make one side dish where you can introduce the other guests to some of your favorite vegan delicacies?  A hearty root vegetable puree or tofu or tempeh stew will be very welcome this as we experience a California winter.  Maybe you can provide a dairy-free dessert ... great for folks who also keep Kosher. But it's not just about the food.  Consider how you will shop and deal with leftovers to shrink your carbon footprint.  Get support year-round from the Zero Waste Chef .  Perhaps the biggest share you can offer is preparing your own heart.  We are living...

Protect Solar Power - Send an Email Today Last week, a group of construction workers at the NYC solar company Bright Power were fired for organizing to form a union.   The workers has been inspired by the vision of the Green New Deal, which would create millions of good, union jobs in their industry, and were in the midst of forming one of the first ever unions at a solar company. What happened at Bright Power is absolutely unacceptable, and shows us why we need bold, comprehensive policies that will expand renewable energy   and   ensure that workers rights are protected. We are teaming up with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to drive as many letters to the Bright Power CEO as we can.   Can you send a letter to Jeffrey Perlman, the CEO of Bright Power, demanding that the company rehire these workers and formally recognize their union? The workers at Bright Power often worked under dangerous conditions -- in hazardous weather, without basic safety protocols in pl...