Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2014

Hosted by the Mayor and City Council of Manhattan Beach and featuring an uplifting live music performance from the Hawaiian ukulele recording group Pihemanu, this event will be live streamed to a worldwide on-line audience. Some cities just turn out the lights for an hour to celebrate Earth Hour.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

If you hate Hermosa Beach, its children, its history and its future then you’ll love the Barbarians’ plans to turn Hermosa into Bakersfield. Filed under: environment Tagged: climate wrecking oil loving sellouts & sycophants. environment climate wrecking oil loving sellouts & sycophants'

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 19, 2014

Filed under: environment Tagged: 350.org environment 350.org environment 350.org

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The Evil E&B Empire and their sellout storm troopers will be long be remembered for who they are and what they tried to do to Hermosa Beach. Filed under: environment Tagged: Keep Hermosa Hermosa , No on O , Stop Hermosa Oil Drilling. Their shame will live in infamy!

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Happily covering themselves in toxic waste, E&B Oil Drillers and their paid mercenaries in Hermosa Beach have been trying to float a b t story about a world made of plastic dependent on oil for its every need. . Without Oil A Day At The Beach Wouldn’t Be Much Fun.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Members of the newly formed South Bay Bicycle Coalition are happy with the Hermosa Beach "sharrows," which allow bicyclists to use a lane of traffic on Hermosa Avenue. I’ve written before about the sharrows Hermosa Beach painted on Hermosa Ave earlier this year and how much I like them. The result?

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Creative Greenius

JULY 27, 2010

The sensationally sustainable Sona Kalapura is bringing the Big Green Bus to Manhattan Beach on August 2 and August 3. The Greenius will be there both days to help support Manhattan Beach’s efforts and get to hang with some of the greenest, smartest and most environmentally hip people I know anywhere.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

South Bay 350 Climate Action Group Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden Enviroscape. Tags: Bicycles Environmental Politics Ocean Saving Energy Sustainability citizen volunteer climate change environment environmental legislation fossil fuels green education recycling sea-level rise water conservation Manhattan Beach V.O.I.C.E.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Last night at the Hermosa Beach City Council meeting I heard an ignorant little man reference my favorite Edward Abbey book, “The Monkey Wrench Gang,” which I read the year it came out – in 1975 as a senior in high school. It’s true. I am that young. Mann , The Monkey Wrench Gang. Mann , The Monkey Wrench Gang.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Members of our South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group speak to our representatives and fellow activists in Copenhagen at Friday night’s Candlelight Vigil in downtown Hermosa Beach. That’s our co-host and 350 supporter, the Mayor of Hermosa Beach, Michael DiVirgilio, behind the big number 5.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Like the issue of oil drilling in Hermosa Beach. That’s “Beautiful Beach” for those of you who don’t habla Espanol and it is indeed that. The Math also dictates that the Redondo Beach power plant has to go. While we’re on the subject let me add this truism that Bill McKibben says, .

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Vision trucks will be put into service and evaluated by Cal Cartage and TTSI, two trucking companies that operate at the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles. The Port of Long Beach is contributing $425,000 to assist in the project development and demonstration. Tags: Brief.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 12, 2010

Courtesy of YouTube and the Hermosa Beach City website and converted and enlarged through the magic of Greenius we bring you this exclusive look at the Carbon Neutral ClueTrain leaving the Hermosa Beach station this week. After all, I AM Spartacus… Tags: Environmental Politics News Media Saving Energy Sustainability Yes We Can!

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Creative Greenius

MAY 29, 2015

I first met Ron when we were both working on the No Oil Drilling in Hermosa Beach campaign with Keep Hermosa Hermosa. So Ron had to pay $500 in bail money, take a day off from work and prepare a court defense over the ticket the city of Hermosa Beach had issued him as a result of the bully’s “arrest.”

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 27, 2023

News: 2023 Pebble Beach Concept EV Debuts 6 Exotic EVs Announced at Monterey Car Week Another winged flyer-the Pininfarina Battista Edizione Nino Farina Electric cars to this point have pretty much been designed to replace the daily drivers we all use—everyday sedans, SUVs and pickup trucks. Now for something a bit different!

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

The Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce quietly parted ways with its executive director last week , telling local reporters only that it wanted to embark on “a new direction&# that would include “more community outreach and more collaboration with local businesses and city government.&#.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 24, 2014

Too bad he missed o ur MB2025 forum in Manhattan Beach to see the 150 people who filled the Joslyn Center for the very first meeting we had featuring Sonoma Clean Power’s program. And he must have had other plans when 500 people from around the South Bay showed up on the Manhattan Beach pier to show their support for clean energy.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 13, 2009

First broadcast in December 1984 on NPR affiliate, KLON, FM-88, Long Beach, California. Tags: citizen volunteer 1984 Bruce Springsteen FM-88 George Will Joe Galliani KLON NPR Santa Claus.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 30, 2016

I am here in Santa Barbara with Deb, celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary, having driven up the coast 100 miles from our home in Redondo Beach to see Bonnie play at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Or that the poster from that gig at the MSU Kiva hung proudly in Deb’s Seal Beach apartment when I first met her.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2010

The cars are designed for trips under three miles and are being used in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and south Redondo Beach. Tags: Brief. The vehicles, which operate at slow speeds, are designed to take the place of full-size, gas-consuming vehicles.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 18, 2015

December 2009 – Members of the newly formed South Bay Bicycle Coalition are happy with the Hermosa Beach “sharrows,” which allow bicyclists to use a lane of traffic on Hermosa Avenue. Our obesity and diabetes rates need it too. The group hopes to see more South Bay cities install such bicycle-friendly facilities.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2010

Some of my friends on the Hermosa Beach City Council don’t believe that drinking water out of a new, disposable plastic water bottle at every Council meeting does any harm – so they crack open a new bottle of water at every meeting to quench their thirst.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 22, 2010

Despite two unexpected days of May showers, the Bike to Work Week Challenge here in the South Bay had no shortage of participants from the cities of Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, El Segundo and Torrance. Read more about it in Redondo Beach Patch.com. Tags: environment.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 24, 2009

org Los Angeles Manhattan Beach South Bay 350 Climate Action Group. Tags: environment 350.org Check out some photos Mrs. Greenius took at the event by clicking HERE. And here’s a link to some great shots Greenpeace has put up too – like this one.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 24, 2010

I’m writing a weekly column on environmental issues for Hermosa Beach Patch and a weekly column on bicycling and the South Bay Bicycle Coalition news for Redondo Beach Patch. Unlike yours truly who has nothing BUT particular insight and perspective on not only this issue but so many more. Fiesta Hermosa, Greener Than You Think.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 6, 2010

The address on my California drivers license has said Redondo Beach since 1993 and when I travel anywhere in the world it’s the city of Redondo Beach they see listed as my hometown on my passport. Read the rest of the story on Redondo Beach Patch.com. Tags: environment.

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In a year when there was hardly anything on the national environmental scene to be thankful for (and frankly plenty to flat out freak out over ) it’s been the right time to think globally and act locally, especially if that locality happens to be Hermosa Beach where you have green champions such as: READ THE REST OF THE STORY ON HERMOSA BEACH (..)

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 20, 2010

It’s been a rewarding and exhilarating 34 weeks since I first sat down with DiVirgilio, Dency Nelson and Robert Fortunato at the Planet Earth Café to propose that Hermosa Beach become the first municipality in Southern California to go carbon neutral and rebrand itself as the “Green Idea City.&#.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 24, 2010

On Monday I wrote about how some of my friends on the Hermosa Beach City Council had ignored citizen requests that they stop using disposable Arrowhead plastic water bottles as their source of drinking water at City Council meetings. Now the question is – You can lead a City Council to the right water, but can you get them to drink it?

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 23, 2009

org International Climate Action Day Manhattan Beach Pier South Bay 350 Climate Action Group. Tags: environment 350.org

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Creative Greenius

JULY 4, 2010

Hermosa Beach doesn’t do Fourth of July fireworks as part of its annual Independence Day tradition. Both shows are easily visible from Hermosa Beach, as well as the skyborne pyrotechnics from Marina Del Rey and even Santa Monica. Read the rest of the story on Hermosa Beach Patch.com. Tags: environment.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 28, 2010

I walked down from my Hollywood Riviera home to the Riviera Village Summer Festival Saturday on a mission to get something good to eat while I listened to the groovin’ music on this perfect June beach day for the first weekend of summer. Read the rest of the story on Redondo Beach Patch.com. Tags: environment.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 28, 2010

A typical June gloom morning on the beach at 26th Street couldn’t put a damper on the determined group of 50 to 60 concerned residents who participated in a Surfrider Foundation beach cleanup Saturday. Read the rest of the story on Hermosa Beach Patch.com. Tags: environment.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2010

If you live in Hermosa Beach, you are the envy of people all over this planet. The beach, the ocean, the weather, the fresh coastal air blowing in, the Hermosa Beach culture and lifestyle–they all combine to build an image of a SoCal paradise. Read more about it on Hermosa Beach Patch.com. Or does it?

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 26, 2010

The Green Idea City of Hermosa Beach project has reached a major milestone in its goal to help the town become the first carbon-neutral city in the South Bay. Read the rest of the story on Hermosa Beach Patch.com. Tags: environment.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2010

South Bay Bicycle Coalition members including Redondo Beach Councilman Steve Diels, with County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas and County Department of Public Health Staff upon awarding of the grant. I could stand to drop 15-20 pounds and I do love me some beach bike path pedaling. Tags: Yes We Can! Yeah… me too.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Pro press photog, John Longenecker took the beautiful shot of our Amazing Waving Human Tide Line yesterday in Manhattan Beach. org 350ppm Mahattan Beach California South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group. Tags: environment 350.org

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