A new Surfrider West LA/Malibu Chapter initiative wants to stop the littering of cigarette butts. Hold On To Your Butt because the Surfrider Foundation West Los Angeles / Malibu Chapter just brought a new program to our town with plans to do a whole lotta butt kickin’! Cigarette butts are made from a non-biodegradable plastic [...]
Healthy Harvests for Venice…One Block at a Time Every corner with a patch of soil or some empty space has the potential to feed a community. With nutrition, with connection, with hope. A community initiative is sprouting in Venice: The planting of 108 garden boxes to grow organic produce. The planning, building, and sowing has [...]
Szilvia Gogh’s decade of volunteering with A Chance for Children “Ten years ago, one of my scuba diving students told me about her volunteer work at A Chance for Children youth camp,” said Szilvia Gogh, PADI Scuba Course Director, inspirational jewelry designer, and entrepreneur. Something connected in that moment. “I wanted to work with a [...]
Southern California is infamous for having animal shelters filled with dogs and cats that could easily be winners at pet shows. In 2009, in the City and County of Los Angeles, 102,000 homeless pets were put to sleep due to lack of space. Over 30% of these animals are of purebred and desirable mixes including [...]