* TreePeople - dedicated to restoring and maintaining the urban forest of Los Angeles.  Their calendar includes volunteer opportunities for tree plantins and tree maintenance around our city.
* Heal The Bay - Research, education, community action and advocacy to make Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean. Monthly beach cleanups.
* Friends of Ballona Wetlands - Interpretive Nature Tours of Ballona Freshwater Marsh (second and fourth Saturday of each month), Interpretive Nature Tours of Salt Marsh and Dunes (second Sunday of each month), Restoration Parties Ballona Dunes (fourth Saturday of the month).
* Ballona Stewards - Community Clean-up and Restoration of Ballona Northeast, the second Saturday of each month.
* Los Angeles River Watershed Council - Their calendar lists many area-wide events related to the Ballona watershed, including Friends of the LA River events.
* Santa Monica BayKeeper http://www.smbaykeeper.org/
* online "field guides":
Butterflies excellent site maintained by a professor at UC Irvine
E-Nature can be sorted by zip code
* Books on display:
Wild Neighbors, circulated by the Humane Society.
Birds of Los Angeles, by Chris C. Fisher and Herbert Clarke

Insects of the Los Angeles Basin, by Charles L. Hogue
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Butterfly Gardening in Southern California (ISBN 0-938644-35-1)
Roadside Plants of Southern California, by Thomas J. Belzer

* 10 Reasons to Eat Local Food (pdf)
* Find your local Farmer's Market. Gives times and locations by city.
* The Greenopia Guide, a directory of over 1,000 Los Angeles area green businesses.
* Seafood Watch cards, from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The latest information on sustainable seafood choices available. Print a copy to carry as you shop.
* "Why Organic?" from Organic Times, Spring 1992, Excerpted from an article by Sylvia Tawse, via Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont.

* Local Harvest website allows you to input your zip code and "find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area"
* More info about local food is in the resources listing for the Environmental Change-Makers' "100 Mile potluck" event.

* The San Francisco Bay area Locavores
* Books on display:
Eat Here: Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket, by Brian Halweil
Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets, by Deborah Madison.

The Greenopia Guide

* "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -- Mahatma Gandhi
* The Environmental Change-Makers of Westchester www.EnviroChangeMakers.org Our forthcoming book Environmental Change-Making
* Santa Monica College environmental lecture series

* City of Santa Monica environmental resources

* SoCalNature blog, from Playa del Rey

* LA Eco-Village, an intentional community near the 101 and Vermont, Los Angeles,
offers events, speakers, workshops, tours.

* Eco-Home Network in the Los Angeles / Los Feliz area offers lectures, home tours

* Path to Freedom urban homestead in Pasadena, offers lectures, events, and amazing online resources

* Santa Barbara Permaculture Network sponsors lecture tours, and often includes Santa Monica sites
* Groups working toward Sustainability in other portions of Los Angeles
* Books on display:
Superbia: 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods by Dan Chiras and Dave Wann

* Information about mpg and greenhouse gas emissions, by car make and model, for "greening" your next car purchase www.fueleconomy.gov
* Metro website includes bus and rail timetables, the Metro Trip Planner
* Santa Monica Big Blue Bus
* LA County Bicycle Coalition. website includes a bicycle resource guide (pdf)
* Vehicle sharing organization www.FlexCar.com
* Tips for Improving Fuel Economy in the car you currently own are from www.fueleconomy.gov
* Plug In America network of electric car information

* Carbon credits information: review of carbon credit providers (pdf)

* "Relocalizing Your Urban Lifestyle" (pdf)

The 2007 booth was assembled and managed by two boys, ages 11 and 12.  They have been taking leadership classes through TreeMusketeers in El Segundo.

* www.ChildrensNatureInstitute.org
* www.TreeMusketeers.org
* www.TreePeople.org check calendar of events
* Ballona Stewards cleanup events
* "Raising Children to a Climate Change Future" (pdf)

* "10 Things You Can Do About Global Warming (Yes, even if you're not yet an adult)" a booklet for children, reading level grades 4-8
* Books on display were selected from this Children's booklist.(pdf)

RECYCLE
* List of items which can be put in an L.A. blue recycling bin, from the City's Bureau of Sanitation

* many items which can't go in our L.A. blue bins can be taken to the Santa Monica Community Recycling Center, 2411 Delaware Ave, Sta Monica (310) 453-9677
REUSE
* Mail Call, 8729 Sepulveda, Westchester, will accept and reuse your clean styrofoam "peanuts" and bubble wrap packaging
* reuseable cloth shopping bags; reuseable cloth napkins; reuseable cloth kitchen towels
* Canvas bags are available at Trader Joes, Rainbow Acres, Whole Foods, and more

* Organic cotton handkerchiefs on display were from GladRags.  Greenpeace Canada sells them too.  Kleenex clearcut discussion is here.
REBUY
* 100% Recycled Copy Paper and pads are available at Staples Westchester
* Items on display: Trader Joe's recycled unbleached paper toilet paper
* outdoor furniture and lumber products made from HDPE (high density polyethylene, commonly known as #2 plastic) itsrecycled.com
REDUCE
* Unshopping, from Co-Op America
* More info about reduce/reuse is in this "Dispense with Disposables" article by Joanne Poyourow
* Books on display:
Voluntary Simplicity, by Duane Elgin

* Our Garden display encouraged the following: Organic Gardening; Edible Landscaping; Backyard Wildlife Habitats; Native plants; Heirloom varieties (preserve biodiversity); Compost (natural plant nutrition); Mulch (a water-wise technique); Insect Pest Management (cultivating natural predators); Plant choices (match to micro-climate); Remove invasive species; Ecosystem management; Water wisdom (Xeriscape/drought-tolerant plants, Harvesting rainwater, Greywater)

* LADWP’s free shade trees program
* Composting, City of LA Compost bin events.  They offer discounted bins and classes on how to compost.
* organic gardening products, including ladybugs and decolate (predator) snails, are available at Armstrong Gardens
* "Why Organic?"" from Organic Times, Spring 1992, Excerpted from an article by Sylvia Tawse, via Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
* California Native Plant Society includes a Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains chapter.  They offer a handout "Why Natives?" part of which is online.
* Theodore Payne Foundation, a non-profit organization selling California native plants in Sun Valley

* "Including Native Plants in your Garden" (pdf) article by Joanne Poyourow
* Edible Landscaping resources
* National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat program.
* Backyard Wildlife Habitat resources
* FoodNotLawns.com website and Oregon community

* Catalogs on display: Bountiful Gardens (biodynamic vegetables and herbs), Larner Seeds (California native wildflowers), Gardens Alive (less-toxic pest control and fertilizers, including many organic solutions)
* Books on display:

Food Not Lawns, by Heather C. Flores

Backyard Composting ISBN 0-9629768-3-0

Bugs, Slugs and Other Thugs, by Rhonda Massingham Hart

Edible Container Garden, Michael Guerra

Rodale's Vegetables

* Non-Toxic Household Products Fact Sheet from the Tennessee Valley Authority
* Washington Toxics Coalition has long been active in eliminating toxins from our landscapes and lifestyles
* "What's Wrong with Using Pesticides?" (pdf) from the Washington Toxics Coalition
* microfiber cleaning cloths (they clean using just water); white vinegar; baking soda; Trader Joe's automatic dishwashing detergent (phosphate-free, chlorine-free); Begley's Best all-purpose spray (available at Wild Oats, Whole Foods and www. begleysbest.com).
* Santa Monica Green Building Resource Center

* City of Santa Monica environmental resources
* Book on display: 
Clean and Green, by Annie Berthold-Bond

* Our Global Warming display emphasised how Solutions to Global Warming are all around us.  Many are found at other displays at this Fair.

* "25 Things We Can Do about Global Warming" compiled by Joanne Poyourow (pdf)
* Parade Magazine “25 Ways to Help”
* "An Inconvenient Truth" Online list of solutions
* ClimateChoices.org, a California-oriented website from the Union of Concerned Scientists

* Global Warming Solutions for the Golden State (pdf) from the Union of Concerned Scientists
* Summary of Global Warming Impacts by 2070 from the Union of Concerned Scientists
* about LADWP’s Green Power program
* Sign up for LADWP’s Green Power Residential Program
* Environmental Defense’s “Make the Switch” campaign for compact fluorescent light bulbs.
* Nuclear Guardianship: Responsible Care for Radioactive Materials http://www.joannamacy.net/html/nuclear.html

* Carbon credits information: CarbonFund, Drive Neutral, TerraPass, Native Energy, review of carbon credit providers (pdf)

* Items on display: compact fluorescent light bulb, multi-outlet power strip, a tree
* Book on display:
Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change, by Guy Dauncey

* Also recommended:

Red Sky at Morning by James Gustave Speth

* Our Big Picture display emphasised that It’s all interrelated. Solutions to one environmental problem are likely to solve multiple environmental problems simultaneously.

* Definitions of Sustainability
* David Holmgren’s Permaculture Flower
* Timeline to Sustainability, by Joanne Poyourow.
* Book on display: 
Legacy: A Story of Hope for a Time of Environmental Crisis, by Joanne Poyourow www.LegacyLA.net