A.M. Greenlist: Hilarities and adventures on the bus

>> The Bluest Big Blue Bus. Steven Leigh Morris overhears one memorable convo on the #3: "'What you go to jail for?' the driver asks. 'Attempted murder.' Three of the passengers who had been plugged into various listening devices now discreetly remove their headphones."

>> Big Blue Bus #10 triumphs over Metro 439. Will Campbell of la.metblogs races against Bustard of The Bus Bench, twittering and flickring along the way. The BBB made it from Santa Monica to Olive and 7th, downtown L.A., in just 40 minutes -- which again has me wondering why so many people on the westside decide to fight traffic and pay for parking by driving to downtown....

>> In case you missed it: Lots of fun Earth Day stuff's happening around town this weekend. Get dirty, have fun, and turn your kids into little environmentalists.

>> And if you take your camera to those events, share your photos on Your Scene, which has an Earth Day album all set up for you.

>> Conserve water by watering your lawns one day fewer a week, says the Metropolital Water District -- which plans to preach voluntary water conservation via a 13-week advertising campaign to drill that message in. (via LAist)

>> Which reminds me: Late last year, after seeing that voluntary water conservation efforts weren't working, Mayor Villaraigosa said something about instituting mandatory water restrictions. I guess he decided to stick with the voluntary thing....

>> How to really avoid watering your lawn: Go cactus shopping! Faboomama of la.metblogs visits the California Cactus Center and declares it heaven. "One of the first things I did as a homeowner was get some succulents. Not just because of my obsession, but also because of the water shortage thing. Oh and I’m lazy…I don’t like watering and can’t figure out the automatic timer. That works well with the succulents since they only need water about once a week, if that."

>> TIME magazine goes green, literally, swapping out its red border for a green one. My odd question about the cover story: Why does the URL read 2007? (via grist)

Comments

[jrb]

"Big Blue Bus #10 triumphs over Metro 439. Will Campbell of la.metblogs races against Bustard of The Bus Bench, twittering and flickring along the way. The BBB made it from Santa Monica to Olive and 7th, downtown L.A., in just 40 minutes."

My best time going in the opposite direction, 7th and Grand to Santa Monica and Bundy, was a little less than 30 minutes. The trick was leaving work 15 minutes before 5pm, and catching the first #10 of the rush hour.

[zena]

Stop cutting TREE's and FOREST. Contribute to help green cause, Two easiest way you can contribute -
1) Grow new trees, may be in your yard or some where appropriate
2) Stop using paper based bags.. use reusable bags like www.mygbags.com (they are 3 for a dollar)