Green Weekend: Green Drinks and a mountain planting

Weekends at Emerald City start on Thursday! Enjoy it, greenly. Like to plan ahead? Check out the Emerald City calendar to find out about all the green events around town.

Thursday, Dec. 20

Day Without a Bag  (free) - All of Los Angeles County. All Day. Tote your own bag -- or get one free at one of the many locations around the city giving 'em out.

Silver Lake Green Drinks (free, pay for own drinks) - The Good Luck Bar, 1514 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles. 7 p.m. Green Drinks has no agenda or theme. The event is simply composed of the people who attend.  All you have to do is show up ready to hang out and meet a few like-minded people over drinks.

Saturday, Dec. 22

Mountain Planting (free) -- Angeles National Forest. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Enjoy the holiday season with TreePeople! Join us in the mountains for a native tree planting as we continue to restore our beautiful forest. For more info, contact Kristina Clark at (818) 623-4846 or kclark@treepeople.org.

Happy holidays!