Showing posts with label guidance green. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guidance green. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Safety Tips for Tomorrow's Bike-To-Work Day at Guidance

2011 Bike-to-Work Day at Guidance
Before Your Ride:

  • Plan your route. The Guidance office is a great central location for riding. Bike paths lead to Marina Del Rey from the South Bay, the West Side and Culver City. Two good resources for mapping a bike ride are www.mapmyride.com and www.gmap-pedometer.com.

  • Check your bike. Do you have air in your tires? Is everything working properly? If you will be riding in the dark, are your lights working?

  • Do you have everything you need? Be sure to bring a bike lock if you are parking your bike outside! If you need a change of clothes, it will be easier if you pack them the night before. If you are using the shower here, don’t forget your towel. If you don’t have a helmet, pick one up tonight. Be sure to ride with a cell phone, money for emergencies, ID and an emergency contact.


On Your Ride:

  • Wear a helmet. A helmet is to riding a bike as a seatbelt is to riding in a car.

  • Watch for cars. While there are lots of bike paths in the area, you will be riding on the streets with cars in part. Do not assume that they see you, even if you have the right of way.

  • Watch for obstacles and slick streets. Tomorrow’s forecast is sunny, but the streets might still be wet, so ride carefully. Also keep an eye out for potholes and debris. If you are riding by parked cars, be extra careful for people opening their doors.

  • Wear comfortable clothing. The morning might be chilly, but you will warm up as you ride. Layers will help keep you as warm or cool as you need to be.

  • Enjoy your surroundings! You will notice a lot more on your bike ride than you do when driving into work. It’s spring and Ballona Creek is blooming! The ocean looks great from the strand, and there are lots of people out and about.


Have a great ride!

Rachele
Guidance Green

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*Participation is completely voluntary.

Friday, April 22, 2011

HP features interview with Guidance CIO Jon Provisor

HP, the world's #1 provider of PCs and workstations, has featured an interview with Guidance CIO Jon Provisor on their HP Communities blog, 367AddisonAvenue.com (that’s the street address of the birthplace of Silicon Valley - the HP Garage). Check it out at http://bit.ly/gDyont.

It's Earth Day!

P4PHappy Earth Day everyone! To honor the occasion, Guidance has joined Tree Musketeers’ Partners for the Planet (P4P) Network. As a P4P Member, Guidance is helping mobilize and inspire communities worldwide to plant and care for trees, while providing leadership opportunities for youth.

How are you celebrating Earth Day? Guidance CIO, Jon Provisor, answered this and other questions for HP’s blog 367AddisonAvenue.com (that’s the street address of the birthplace of Silicon Valley - the HP Garage). Here’s a link to the blog post - http://bit.ly/gDyont.

To learn more about Guidance Green, visit http://www.guidancegreen.org.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Look who's been featured by HP

Green HostingHP, the world's largest IT company and leading provider of PCs and workstations, has showcased Guidance on its latest YouTube video campaign. Guidance has been featured alongside HP clients' DreamWorks and Viacom for using energy-efficient HP hardware to reduce our carbon footprints.

Since 2008, Guidance has been working with HP to promote green computing and other eco-friendly solutions as alternatives to traditional computer hardware. Guidance uses HP's energy-optimized ProLiant® servers (DL360 G5 and DL380 G5), with the low-voltage Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor L5420 to offer green hosting solutions to clients. In addition to energy-efficient monitors and desktop solutions, Guidance has also reduced the company's internal energy consumption by virtualizing most of the company’s development environment.

Click on the image below to watch the short video clip HP posted on YouTube. Enjoy!

HP Environmental Showcases Guidance

Friday, March 4, 2011

Guidance Green turns 4!

Our environmental committee, Guidance Green, is turning 4 next month! Since 2007, Guidance Green has spearheaded our company’s efforts in reducing its carbon footprint and overall impact on the planet’s natural resources.

To celebrate our fourth anniversary, Guidance is hosting an event on Wednesday, March 9th from noon to 1pm at our corporate headquarters in Marina del Rey. Join us as we review our green accomplishments over the last four years, along with catered food, eco trivia, contests, prizes and much more.

You can also enter our “From Trash to Treasure” contest for a chance to win cool cash prizes. Bring something you have created out of recycled items and turn your trash into cash!

Guidance Green Anniversary Event

For more information, contact us at green@guidance.com.

Hope to see you on the 9th!

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Debbie E.
Guidance Green

Come to the Green Side. They Have Pancakes.

Guidance Green Goes to IHOPMy foray into Guidance Green started with the promise of an IHOP breakfast. As I enjoyed my blueberry banana nutty grain deliciousness at the Guidance Green Committee meeting in late January, I learned a few things.

For example, you can recycle batteries here at Guidance. As a matter of fact, we'll recycle all your household eWaste and hazardous materials - oil, paints, pesticides, electronics and more. I've been wondering what to do with this bag of old CFL light bulbs. Now I know, and I'll be bringing them by here soon. There's a full list of things you can recycle above the mail cubbies in the kitchen.

There is a Guidance Green section on Guidance Connect (Guidance's Intranet), and a section on the Guidance website. Both of these pages have great information about reducing environmental impact, individually and as a company.

Guidance Green's fourth anniversary is coming up in March. Guidance made a commitment to reducing energy waste, reusing items, recycling as much as possible and expanding the Guidance Green mission into the community back in 2007. Check out this blog post by Debbie to learn more about our upcoming anniversary event --
Guidance Green Turns 4!.

I am excited about being part of Guidance Green. As a member of the Guidance Green committee, I can offer ideas to help make Guidance as environmentally-friendly as possible. Working for a company that has this kind of philosophy is important to me. If you would like to be a part of Guidance Green, just drop us a note at green@guidance.com. It's a chance to do some good things and - if you are lucky - enjoy some pancakes.

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Rachele M.
Guidance

Monday, November 22, 2010

‘Green Your Holidays with Guidance Green’ is Back!


For the third consecutive year, our environmental committee, Guidance Green, is inviting So Cal neighbors to green their holidays by joining us in donating gently-used items to charities. In doing so, we will bring some holiday cheer to people in need while helping to keep these still useful items form ending up prematurely at the local landfill.

Gently-used clothing, accessories and shoes, as well as brand new toys, will be donated to the Venice Homeless Shelter. This year, we are also collecting new and gently-used jackets, coats, warm socks, hats, scarves, gloves and warm pajamas for children 0 to 10 years old to donate to the Kozy Klothes for Kids organization.

Items can be dropped off at Guidance’s headquarters – 4134 Del Rey Avenue in Marina del Rey, CA. We will be accepting donations until Friday, December 10, allowing us to deliver these to both charities in time for the holidays.

If you have any questions, please contact us at green@guidance.com.

Green Your Holidays with Guidance Green

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Guidance Green helps restore beauty to a local beach

Guidance Green Beach CleanupThe Guidance Green team strikes again! For the fourth consecutive year, the Guidance Green team helped to clean up the beaches in Southern California. For a second time, we returned to Mother’s Beach in Marina del Rey on Sunday, November 14th.

Here are some of our stats from our cleanup:

  • We collected over 10 pounds of trash

  • The most common piece of trash was bottle tops

  • We even found a golf ball!

After our busy morning we relaxed and enjoyed the California sun while enjoying BBQ hot dogs.

Check out pictures of our beach cleanup on our Facebook page.

We’ll keep you posted on our next beach cleanup. We hope to see you there!

Friday, August 20, 2010

Guidance employees partner with Tierra Miguel Foundation farm


Our two committees, Guidance Green and A Healthy Guidance, have teamed up to offer a unique opportunity to all Guidance's employees and contractors who sign up to participate in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

Tierra Miguel Foundation

CSAs are communities of individuals who pledge support to a farm -- in Guidance's case, the Tierra Miguel Foundation -- so that the farmland becomes the community's farm, with the growers and the consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production. Members or "share-holders" of the farm pledge in advance to cover the anticipated costs of the fram operation and the farmer's salary. In return, they receive shares in the farm's bounty throughout the growing season, as well as satisfaction gained from reconnecting to the land and participating directly in food production.

Tierra Miguel Foundation will provide us with organic, locally-grown, seasonal, fresh and nutritous produce delivered every Wednesday directly to Guidance. The commitment per person is 10 weeks @ $250. Each week, for the $25 invested, each participating employee will receive a box of 15 pounds of a mix of produce, including vegetables, herbs, and fruits. This is a great deal for local, certified organic produce!

To learn more about Tierra Miguel Foundation, please go to http://tierramiguelfarm.org/.

Here is to healthy eating!

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Sam G. & Debbie E.
Guidance

Monday, August 9, 2010

Pictures from our 2010 Guidance Green Picnic

Our 3rd Annual Guidance Green Picnic was a success! It's been our best and biggest yet and we loved having everyone over for a wonderful afternoon of eco-education, delicious food and fun gathering.
On behalf of Guidance, I would like to thank all of our speakers for sharing with us their expertise in areas of sustainable living:
  • Dave Chameides (a.k.a. Sustainable Dave)
  • Justin Yoffe
  • Ron Culver
  • Samson Gonzalez
  • Wanda Shapiro
  • Joseph Culp
I would also like to thank our sponsors and supporters for their generous donations:
  • Gelson's
  • Whole Foods of El Segundo
  • Naked Juice
  • Buddha's Belly
  • Veggie Grill
Check out pictures of our event on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=197442&id=11521514227&ref=mf.

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Debbie E.
Guidance

2010 Guidance Green Picnic

Monday, August 2, 2010

Meet our guest speakers

Our 3rd Annual Guidance Green Picnic is almost here! We are very excited to be hosting this event for the third year, this Wednesday, August 4th from noon to 1:30pm at Guidance (click here for a map). We’ll have games, prizes, a raffle, great food, giveaways and goodie bags from Gelson’s, Whole Foods, Naked Juice and some of our other sponsors.

This year, we have lined up a great list of speakers who will cover a variety of subjects around sustainable living:

Smarter Commuting: Decreasing our Dependency on Oil

Sustainable DaveDave Chameides, a.k.a “Sustainable Dave” is a two-time Emmy award winning cameraman and DGA director (ER, Third Watch, Studio 60), father of two, and self-taught environmental educator. For the year of 2008, he kept all of his trash and recycling in his basement in order to better understand his waste footprint. In the process, he was able to cut his yearly trash output to a mere 28.5 pounds. His website, 365DaysofTrash.com, and story became an international sensation and his message of waste reduction was carried around the world. And what happened to the 28.5 pounds of trash? It ended up at The Museum of Trash of course, where it stands as a permanent exhibit to inspire people to change their ways.

Today, Chameides continues to lecture to schools all over the country and speak about how everyday people can do a tremendous amount to lessen their footprint without living in a cave. His simple, humor filled talks have inspired students to organize, start environmental clubs, and even consider environmental stewardship as their future vocations. He writes a weekly column for the site Care2, and his motto of "no one can do everything but everyone can do something" has been heard by millions.

He is presently writing a book based on his experiences that will tell the story of his journey, but more importantly, will offer concrete simple tips on how everyday people can change their ways. While he still works in the film industry, his hope is to take his seminar on the road and travel the country, impacting students everywhere he goes.

Arts:Earth Partnership

Justin YoffeJustin Yoffe is currently the President of the Board of the Electric Lodge Performing and Visual Arts Center in Venice, CA. (http://www.electriclodge.org/) one of the first solar powered theaters in the country and currently powered by 100% renewable energy. He is the Co-Founder of the Arts:Earth Partnership (AEP - http://www.artsearthpartnership.org/) a ground breaking green certification designed specifically for the cultural sector. In February of 2010, AEP was the first organization of its kind to sign a contract with a major municipality (City of Los Angeles) to green-certify all of its 33 city-owned cultural institutions. Mr. Yoffe also currently serves as the Cultural Affairs Supervisor for the City of Santa Monica and is the Director of the historic Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica.

Mr. Yoffe is a produced playwright, screenwriter and won an Emmy Award as a Producer for “Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming” in 2005 for a teen talent showcase called “Downbeat 720”.

Mr. Yoffe holds a BFA and MFA from New York University and currently resides in Del Rey, CA. with his wife Jeanette and son Nathan.

Integrating Sustainable Architecture, Interiors and Landscapes

Ron CulverRon Culver, AIA, LEED GA is President and Founder of C/ARC (a.k.a. Culver Architects, Inc.), an award-winning architectural firm that melds art and technology to create inspiring architecture, interiors and landscapes. C/ARC emphasizes progressive environmental and sensual modernist sensibilities – inside and out, and utilizes innovative green materials and energy efficient systems such as Adaptabode®, its custom prefab system.

Ron Culver is accomplished as an architect, musician, painter and sculptor. Originally from British Columbia where he became Principal Percussionist for the Vancouver Philharmonic at eighteen, his musical career led to LA where a longstanding passion for design and fabrication resulted in his founding design-build business ventures in both the USA and Canada. He has actively promoted green alternatives since the 1970s. At our event, Ron will be speaking about bettering our lives and the planet through integrating sustainable architecture, interiors and landscapes.

Clean Green and Save Green

Wanda ShapiroWanda Shapiro has been a member of Guidance Green since she started working at Guidance in 2007. A strong supporter of local and organic farming, Wanda has also gradually replaced petroleum-based cleaning products around her home with more sustainable, less toxic alternatives. You can find Wanda supporting the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market weekly.

In her spare time, Wanda is an indie author promoting her debut novel Sometimes That Happens With Chicken. In the tradition of indie film makers and indie musicians, Wanda is leveraging available technology to bring her novel directly to readers. Visit http://www.onegirlonenovel.com/ to learn more about Wanda, her novel, and her plan.

Born and raised in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York, Wanda attended college at Pace University in New York City, and currently lives in Venice Beach, California with her husband, Billy.

Community Supported Agriculture

Samson GonzalezSamson Gonzalez has been with Guidance for over 13 years and is currently a Managing Director, working with Guidance’s longest client to date, Foot Locker. Samson comes from a family with a strong history of diabetes, and when he came across alarming statistics about diabetes in the US Hispanic community, he decided to change his lifestyle and serve as example for his children. Additionally, he has been shifting from merely looking at organic labels, to making sure what he purchases is local as well, to save on carbon emissions due to transportation. Samson’s lifestyle changes have resulted in a quick and healthy 10% weight loss, among other health benefits.

In his search for a healthier lifestyle, Samson found out about the concept of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), a new way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer, and his topic of discussion for today’s event.

The Electric Lodge

Joseph CulpJoseph Culp is an accomplished film, TV and theater actor/director. His film credits include leading roles in Dream Lover, Iguana, The Arrival, Chase Morran, The Secret Life of Houses, and El Jardin del Eden. He is the first actor ever to play the infamous Dr. Doom in the first film version of Marvel Comic’s The Fantastic Four. He was featured in Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 and Mario Van Peebles’ Panther and Baadassss. His many television appearances include ER, Deep Space Nine and the hit series Mad Men.

Joseph won international critical acclaim for his performance as the starving writer in the award-winning film, Hunger, and he recently co-produced and starred in the investigative drama, The Reflecting Pool.

Active in theatre for many years, Joseph has performed in numerous plays in both New York and Los Angeles, including Nobody Hears a Broken Drum, for which he received a Los Angeles Drama-Logue award and the New York stage premiere of Foul Shots by Raymond J. Barry.

Joseph is the founder and artistic director of the L.A.-based Walking Theater Group, integrating theatre, film and transpersonal work for actors, writers and directors. As a director, his productions with the group include A Wilder Evening, The Judgment, In the Penal Colony, and the Reclamation Shows 1-3. The Walking Theatre Group performs regularly at the country’s first fully environmentally sustainable theater, the Electric Lodge in Venice, California. His musical play The Hound – An American Poem will also be performed by the Walking Theatre Group and is currently in development at the Electric Lodge.

Joseph is very active in social and environmental issues and will speak at our event about the solar powered theatre he is performing in, The Electric Lodge in Venice, and related environmental issues. He will also treat us to a “green” song.

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We hope to see you on August 4th!
Guidance Green

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Save the Date! - 3rd Annual Guidance Green Picnic

Guidance is getting ready to celebrate the summer with its 3rd Annual Guidance Green educational picnic, coming up on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010, from noon to 1:30pm.

Under the message of Eat. Learn. Live Green., Guidance's event seeks to educate employees, clients, neighbors and the community in general about green practices that helps us live eco-friendlier lives. Speakers will discuss this year's topic, "Sustainable Living", under a variety of practical applications like sustainable food, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable building, and others.

Save the date!

Catherine L.
Guidance

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Keeping our Hosting Green

Green hostingCommitted to providing superior hosting services, including green hosting solutions, Guidance has renewed its investment in Renewable Energy Credits for its co-location facilities.

Last week, Guidance purchased 60 MWhs of Renewable Energy Credits made from wind energy sources located throughout the United States. The credits help offset all of our hosting servers' electricity-related CO2 emissions. The company issuing the renewable energy credits, Green Mountain Energy, is a Green-e certified business.

Guidance's hosting servers are also energy efficient. Guidance uses HP’s energy-optimized ProLiant® servers (DL360 G5 and DL380 G5), with the low-voltage Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor L5420. In addition, Guidance offers virtual hosting servers using VMware technology.

Guidance's Renewable Energy Credits certificateFor more information about our Guidance's green hosting services, please contact us at 310.754.4000.

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Catherine L.
Guidance Green

Friday, March 5, 2010

Happy Anniversary, Guidance Green

First time, second round … but third is a charm!

In the spirit of celebration, Guidance has sponsored planting of a new tree during Tree Musketeer's Arbor Day Celebration, this Saturday, March 6th from 9:30am to noon at Washington Park in El Segundo, Calif.

According to Tree Musketeers – the nation’s first youth environmental organization – each new tree planted will generate $163,000 worth of oxygen, air pollution control, water recycling and soil erosion prevention while sequestering 2½ tons of CO2 over 50 years.

Besides helping the environment, Guidance’s sponsorship helps commemorate the third anniversary of Guidance Green. Created in March 2007 by Guidance CTO & Co-Owner, Jon Provisor, the Guidance Green committee oversees the company’s environmentally-friendly practices while keeping employees and the community in general informed about individual and business-wide efforts to help keep the planet green and healthy. Guidance is 100% carbon neutral and has offered carbon-neutral hosting for its clients since 2008.

Happy Anniversary, Guidance Green!

Guidance Green

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

2nd Annual Guidance Green Picnic - Eat. Learn. Live Green.


Guidance Green PicnicLast week, Guidance hosted its 2nd Annual Guidance Green Picnic – Eat. Learn. Live Green. The event brought together Guidance employees and those of about seven other companies in our business park, for an afternoon of healthy eating and environmental education.

Organized by Guidance’s green committee (appropriately named Guidance Green), our annual Guidance Green Picnic events seek to celebrate Guidance’s green achievements for the year while educating Guidance employees and the community in general about environmental initiatives, tips, and programs that aim to improve the wellbeing of our planet. This year’s event counted with the participation of various environmentally-active guest speakers, including actress and comedienne Mindy Sterling (best known for her role of Frau Farbissina in all Austin Powers movies), actor and singer Joseph Culp (son of legendary actor Robert Culp, and best known for his appearances in Mad Men, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and ER), Dave Chameides (also known as “Sustainable Dave” and his website 365DaysOfTrash.com), and Mary Beth Trautwein (Director of the reDiscover Center in Culver City).


Jon Provisor, Mindy Sterling, and Dave Chameides

Mindy Sterling educated us on animal wildlife and how our everyday activities can affect their lives. Sustainable Dave emptied out the contents of his backpack to show us that by carrying with a few essentials like a reusable thermal mug, a reusable water canteen, a set of utensils (stored in a toothbrush case), a reusable shopping bag, and other items, we do our part in helping reduce the billions of pounds of waste that are collected every minute. Mary Beth Trautwein spoke to us about reDiscover, a community art center, reuse warehouse, gallery and event space that promotes creativity while encouraging environmental responsibility. Joseph Culp talked to us about the first solar power-based theater, The Electric Lodge in Venice, CA, where his musical play, The Hound – An American Poem, is being performed. Joseph also introduced us to Dr. Joel Shapiro, owner and creator of The Electric Lodge. Dr. Shapiro is also an environmental activist who in 2008 took a three-day journey down the 52-mile L.A. River along with a dozen kayakers to show the river was indeed navigable, therefore preventing the rollback of the Clean Water Act and allowing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to safeguard the river.

Mary Beth Trautwein, Joseph Culp, and Dr. Joel Shapiro

Guidance CTO and co-owner, Jon Provisor, also addressed the audience, encouraging everyone to join Guidance's commitment to sustainability and corporate responsibility, by following the advice shared at the event.

Gift bags courtesy of Whole Foods

Businesses like Whole Foods (El Segundo), The Veggie Grill, and Buddha’s Belly were among our event’s sponsors, treating our guests with giveaways, gift cards and prizes. In addition, organizations like Project Aware and the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church were among the supporters this year. And for the second year in a row, Go Earth Central donated its innovative line of compostable, sugarcane-based plates, utensils and cups for us to use at the event. We genuinely appreciate the generosity of these organizations and their support of our mission.

Guidance is proud to be an environmentally-aware, 100% carbon-neutral company that has significantly reduced its overall consumption of electricity as a result of a company-wide commitment to sustainable business practices, which we share in detail in our Green Toolkit. To learn more about our green commitment, and our committee Guidance Green, visit our website at www.guidancegreen.org.

You can check out photos from our picnic at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=83180&id=11521514227&ref=mf. Drop us a line or become a fan while on our Facebook Fan Page!

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Alejandra E.
Guidance Green

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Guidance Green Announces New Coffee Grounds Recycling Program

Guidance's Coffee Grounds Recycling ProgramDid you know that the average American consumes about 3 cups of coffee a day? That’s a lot of used coffee grinds going into the trash.

Guidance Green is announcing an in-house coffee grounds recycling program. Guidance employees and visitors can pick up pre-measured bags of coffee grounds that are being saved and packed by Guidance Green members.

Coffee by-products can be used in the garden, as an exfoliant for skin, as a hair polisher to keep it shiny, as a deodorizer for your freezer, as ant & flea repellant, and to keep cats away from plants and the garden. To learn more tips on how to use post-consumed coffee ground, check out our Coffee Grounds Recycling Program document.

Friday, April 24, 2009

It's Arbor Day!

Happy Arbor Day!Before there was Earth Day, there was (and still is) Arbor Day. Founded by noted agriculturalist and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Julius Sterling Morton, Arbor Day originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska on April 10, 1872, when an estimated one million trees were planted. The day itself was first observed three years later. In 1885, Arbor Day was named a legal holiday in the state of Nebraska, and April 22nd, Morton's birthday, was selected as the date for its permanent observance. (Source: The Arbor Day Foundation).

The curret national holiday for Arbor Day is celebrated every year on the last Friday in April. Arbor Day is also celebrated throughout the world on different dates.

If you don't have a front/backyard where to plant trees (or yours is already at capacity) but would like to get involved in tree planting & cleaning activities, and you live in the Los Angeles area, check out Guidance Green eco-partner Tree Musketeers, the nation’s first youth environmental organization dedicated, at http://www.treemusketeers.org.

To learn more about Arbor Day, visit The Arbor Day Foundation website at http://www.arborday.org.

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Alejandra Espinosa
Guidance Green

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Guidance Green’s Earth Day Potluck

Guidance Green Celebrates Earth Day!There’s Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day … and then there’s Earth Day. We love Earth Day! That is why on Wednesday, April 22nd, Guidance employees gathered up to celebrate it with a wonderful potluck, which included plenty of organic meals cooked with locally-grown ingredients made by Guidance employees themselves.

Guidance Green's Earth Day Potluck Guidance Green's Earth Day Potluck

The festivities were organized by members of the Guidance Green committee, who took the opportunity to announce the company’s new Coffee Grounds Recycling Program. Guidance will be saving all used consumption coffee grounds to reuse in the garden and as deodorizer. Check out our blog soon for more tips on how to reuse coffee grounds.


Guidance Green's Coffee Grounds Recycling Program Guidance Green's Coffee Grounds Recycling Program

In addition, Guidance Green members Catherine and Debbie created a number of handmade crafts using recycled materials that they displayed during the festivities.


Crafts made with recycled materials Crafts made with recycled materials Crafts made with recycled materials

We had a blast on Earth Day. Can we top it next year? We'll sure try!

To see more pictures of Guidance’s Earth Day Potluck, check out our Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marina-Del-Rey-CA/Guidance/11521514227. Drop us a line or become a fan while there!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Happy Earth Day!

Last Saturday, while members of the Guidance Green committee helped rescue the Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly habitat, the City of Manhattan Beach, Calif. was celebrating Earth Day with their annual Earth Day Fair at Polliwog Park. I stopped by the fair in the afternoon and boy, was I happy to see so many people attending the event this year!

I was also glad to talk to a couple of people who remembered last year's Guidance Green booth at this event -- they even recalled the booth's exact location (WOW!). It's good to know we had a lasting effect!

Go Earth
Heal The Bay
Tree Musketeers
Morrissey/The Smiths Tribute Band

Some familiar faces were at the event this year, including the Go Earth team, the folks from Tree Musketeers and reps from Heal The Bay, among others.

The entertainment? A Morrissey/The Smiths tribute band -- and they were phenomenal! Couldn't tell the difference.

It's great to see our community being so active about such an important message. Now's your turn -- what are you doing to celebrate Earth Day this year? Whatever you do, make it a great Earth Day!

Alejandra Espinosa
Guidance Green

Friday, April 10, 2009

Guidance Green Celebrates Earth Day

Guidance Green is celebrating
Earth Day
Wednesday, April 22nd
With a Potluck Lunch
There will be Activities Too!
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.