Need Help Moving? Mean Green Trucking!

Hi Everyone,

I just noticed these guys driving down the street and I love sharing practical information about companies that are taking steps towards a more sustainable way of life. 

Mean Green Trucking is doing what they can to better our environment, while providing a necessary service. 

Their New York warehouse is solar powered, their trucks run on vegetable oil and they plant a tree (through americanforests.org) for every move they do. They have already planted over 1,000 trees this year!

So, if you live in NY or Los Angeles and you need help with a move, why not use these guys and help our environment at the same time? 

Sounds like a win/win situation to me.

Happy Monday!

Niki 

SuperForester Savannah's Music Column: G Love and BeGreen!

Hello All!

We're very proud to present the first of (hopefully many) SuperForester Savannah's music columns! Savannah is out there finding the best and brightest in music and posting it to SF.

Here we go!


I finally made it!!!! Helllllloooooo SuperForest! Such a privilege to finally be chilling with my bro Jackson and all our our super fantastic SuperForest friends.

What am I doing here you may ask? Well for starters I'd like to make your ears smile!! Or your eyes dance! Or your feet talk! Music is my bag kiddies so sit back and relax while we do it to your eardrums! SuperForester Savvy has many cool things to share however I figured I'd start with what I know best.

But where to start I have been asking myself the last week? What shall I play first? Who shall I present for your listening and viewing pleasure? The answer became very clear the other day and it was inspired by Jackson's Peace Alphabet.

For the past month SuperForest has been rockin' the peace vibe to the supreme extreme and it couldn't come at a better time. It made me think of another friend who took his message of Peace, Love, and Happiness to the airwaves this summer.



G Love and Special Sauce, one of my all time favorites, got funky on their new single bringing a fresh modern take on the ideals so many of our parents stood for and they didn't even wear flowers in their hair (although that might have looked pretty). Besides the fact that the video is rad and takes place hovering over the city of Los Angeles which is oh so lovely from above I wanted to shout out G Love for another reason.....he is oh so SuperForest.


As an artist he is continually committed to making a difference. This year he teamed up with BeGreen in order to work at offsetting the carbon footprint of his very busy touring schedule. BeGreen offers many ways for us as individuals to calculate and offset our own carbon footprints. Their parent company Green Mountain Energy has been the nation's leading clean energy provider for nearly a decade. So they've got they knowledge and the know how.


G Love and BeGreen created their own site so you can learn about their combined efforts, or check out begreennow.com to explore all that BeGreen itself has to offer. Gooooooo G! Hope you enjoy the hot beats kiddies! Wishing you all peace, love, and happiness!!!!

LOVE!

-Savannah

Robotic Dinosaur Loose in Museum!

Amazing.

This dinosaur and others are now roaming loose at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles.

Phantom Planet: Raise the Dead!

Los Angeles based band Phantom Planet have put out an incredible new album, with one of the hottest singles I've ever heard. No joke. It's e-p-i-c.

A good song to get your weekend started off right.



The lovely lads in Phantom Planet have been a good friend of SuperForest's for a long, long time. It's good to see their fourth album come so correct.

Go, PP!

Love,

Jackson and Team SuperForest.

P.S. You like that song? You'll like this song.

Los Angeles Gets Solar Powered Parking Meters

And they take credit cards.

You as smart as you is lovely, City of Angels.

Sent in by the unstoppable SuperForester Alex.

Seen anything else get solar-paneled recently? Snap a pic and email it to superforestnyc@gmail.com. Yes, please do!

Los Angeles Passes Awesome Green Building Laws!

Most of us know that green buildings are great. They use less energy, are less polluting, get fresher air, recycle water, have green roofs, are healthier for occupants, etc.

Most of us aren't building contractors.

Check this:

"Last week the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved of a green building ordinance that promises to cut millions of tons of pollution over the next decade. The law will require new commercial buildings and high-rise residential structures over 50,000 square feet to meet LEED standards, including drought-resistant landscaping, use of recycled materials, and energy efficient heating, cooling, and lighting. This makes LA the latest of 14 US cities that have required private developers to meet greener building practices. These legislative efforts were heralded by several groundbreaking reports released earlier in the month.

The CEC’s study found that “promoting the green design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings could cut North American greenhouse gas emissions that are fueling climate change more deeply, quickly, and cheaply than any other available measure”. The two-year study brought together an international group of architects, developers, sustainability and energy experts, and local and national government representatives to explore the potential and pitfalls in greening our built environment.

Hot on the heels of these findings comes Costar’s report, a brazen testament to the economic viability of LEED and Energy Star buildings versus non-certified structures. The study analyzed roughly 1,300 LEED and Energy star certified buildings (351 million square feet) and compared them to non-green properties similar in size, location, class, tenancy, and age. The findings were incredible: LEED buildings sell for $171 more per square foot, command rent premiums of $11.24 per square foot, and have 3.8% higher occupancy rates. Energy star buildings showed similar stats, selling for $61 more psf, with rent premiums of $2.38 psf and 3.6% higher occupancy rates."

-Mike Chino @ inhabitat

Can't argue with those numbers.

Change the behavior, change the laws. We all win.

This is great news.

Ramona Otto: All You Need is Love

So important to remember.

Thank you to the amazing Ramona Otto for sending SFNYC this incredible art piece. If you look closely, you'll see that the piece is made entirely of hotel room keys!

Yay!

SF

Derringer Cycles Redux

SFYNY's got a man on the street in Los Angeles who went to Derringer Cycles with camera in tow.

Check out the bikes!









Ahhh, craftsmanship. And eco-friendly craftsmanship at that.

We've got a lovely video too!:


Again, a great big thanks to Scott Nathan for the snaps and viddy.
Because of your valiant reporting and commitment to high MPG good-funnery, you get the coveted SFNYC Good Person Award!



Check out his site: SMN Photography.

Eco-Limo Los Angeles

I recently needed a ride to LAX, (I was in Los Angeles.) So I searched "environmental limo service" on google and got the site of EcoLimo, a car service that uses only hybrids.

My lady and I got a clean, smooth, friendly ride to the airport, and the good people of Los Angeles got to breath air that was slightly cleaner.

Win-win!



Here's the ecolimo website.

P.S. Our driver's name was Daniel, and he drove like an absolute champ.

Call these cats if you need a ride.

The Incomparable Ramona Otto

There is an artist in Los Angeles whose work I adore.

Her name is Ramona Otto, and for many years she's been making the most wondrous things, all out of found and recycled objects!

check her site out:

ramonaotto.com