By Daily Press staff
Santa Monica College will launch its fall “Environmental Lecture Series” Thursday, Sept. 4 with a tour of its Center for Environmental and Urban Studies.
The tour, led by SMC biology professor Doug Allan, will begin at 6:45 p.m. in Room 140 of the Science Complex, 1900 Pico Blvd. Participants will then walk to the nearby center at 1744 Pearl St., where they will learn about the facility, its native garden and the nonprofit sustainable works program that is housed there. The tour and the lecture series are free.
The center — which is open to the public — features displays, a library and information center, video collection, native garden and other services and activities related to environmental and urban studies. SMC has been offering a multi-disciplinary associate of arts degree in environmental and urban studies since the fall of 2001.
Sustainable Works, which is funded by the City of Santa Monica, offers programs that promote environmentally sound practices in businesses, colleges and residential communities. The project trains SMC students, Santa Monica residents and business owners on ways to be “greener” through recycling, composting and native garden planting, reducing energy consumption, changing consumer habits and more.
The monthly Environmental Lecture Series covers a wide range of topics, from composting to “smart cities.”
All the lectures are at 6:45 p.m. in Room 140 of the Science Complex. Seating is on a first-arrival basis. For information, call (310) 434-3909.
The lectures are: ■ Sept. 25: “The Sustainable Communities Movement.” ■Oct. 9: “Recycling, Composting, Better Gardens and Less Garbage.” ■ Nov. 6: “Smart Cities are Sustainable Cities.” ■ Nov. 20: “Playa Vista Night,” which will focus on the recent Playa Vista development in the Marina del Rey area, one of the largest and most controversial projects in the history of Los Angeles County.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 16, 2003. Read the original PDF.