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# Big Blue Bus revels in being green By Daily Press staff
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/big-blue-bus-revels-in-being-green-by-daily-press-staff/
- Published: 2004-10-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:18:12.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus and Sustainable Works, a local nonprofit offering business and community greening programs, have joined forces to create an educational program that shows college students real-life examples of environmentally friendly business and municipal practices. The Big Blue Bus provides 800 free trips to the Sustainable Works program to take Santa Monica College students to places throughout Santa Monica that are key examples of sustainability.

“We realize it’s important for students to see, touch and experience how a sustainable city works, to ensure that future generations have the same resources available to them as we do today,” explains Stephanie Negriff, Director of Transit Services. “The Big Blue Bus is very committed to Santa Monica’s Sustainable City Plan, and we are always looking at ways we can expand our role.

Trip destinations include: The Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility (SMURRF); green buildings such as Colorado Court and NRDC; and businesses that have incorporated sustainable practices such as Patagonia, which features organic cotton clothing, Peets coffee, which provides Fair Trade coffee, the Library Ale House, which has won Sustainable Quality Awards from the City of Santa Monica, and Co-Opportunity, which provides less-toxic cleaners, recycled paper products and organic foods.

Since 1998, Sustainable Works, formerly known as the Santa Monica Green Team Project, has educated more than 2,000 SMC students, 1,600 Santa Monica residents and 50 businesses through the Business Greening Program. Students also provide three hours of community service as Sustainable Crew members, giving back to the community a total of 1,200 volunteer hours to groups such as Meals on Wheels, the Farmers’ Markets and the School District Organic Salad Bar Program.

“Ultimately, we try to convey the message that we are all responsible for our impact on society, the economy and the environment” said Chantel Zimmerman, Executive Director of Sustainable Works. “And we help our students see that they have a choice and a role in our future. The Big Blue Bus has been partnering with Sustainable Works for three years and continues to do its part to contribute to the goals of Santa Monica’s Sustainable City Program.”

For more information about the partnership with Sustainable Works, the Big Blue Bus Sustainability Initiatives, or any Big Blue Bus services, call (310) 451- 5444 or log onto www.bigbluebus.com. For more information about Sustainable Works, call (310) 458-8716 or visit www.sustainableworks.org.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 16, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101604.pdf?ref=smdp.com)