568 Support List As of 9/6/11

SPONSOR: Clean Water Action Miriam Gordon, Ph# 415-369-9170

Cosponsor: Surfrider Foundation Angela Howe, Ph# 949-492-8170

Restaurants/Food Service " Alamo Gelato Italian

" AXE Restaurant • Baja Betty's .. Bamboo Asia

" Bangkok Noodles • Bar Pink .. Big Sur Bakery and Restaurant • Big Sur River Inn Restaurant .. Big Sur River Inn Store .. Big Sur Roadhouse .. Cafe Blanco • Cafe Metropol .. Center for Tactical Magic • Chan Chan Restaurant • ChanDara • Classic Organic Farm & Market • DaDa Restaurant • Deetjens Inn Restaurant .. Egg Plantation Restaurant .. Estancia Beef .. F em wood Resort and Redwood Grill • Gelato Vero Cafe • George's at the Cove (Restaurant) .. Global Gourmet Catering .. Gossip Grill .. Grass Rootz Cafe .. Ike's Quarter Cafe .. Jacques Couture

" Jake's Del Mar

" Karl Strauss Brewery Restaurants

" KD Foods .. Kiku Sushi .. Las Pena Cultural Center

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.. Lefty's Chicago Pizza

.. Lestat' s on the Park

.. McConnell's Fine Ice Creams, Inc .

.. Mediterranean Gourmet Pizza • Modo Cafe

" Morgan's .. Ocean Beach People's Organic Market .. Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Coop .. Onyx Organics

" Parkhouse Eatery

" Passion Fish (Cafe) • Phil's Sliders .. Power Source Cafe • Rachos Cocina .. Rawvolution Cafe • Revive Drinks .. Rosie Lee's British Foods .. Sierra Mar at Post Ranch Inn (Restaurant) .. Stone World Bistro • The Tap Room .. The Linkery .. Thera Nova, LLC .. Turkish Kitchen .. Twiggs .. UrbanMo's .. Vesta Flatbread • Waterways Consulting • Y oppi Yogurt

Chambers of Commerce (Total businesses represented 3,356) • Berkeley Chamber of Commerce (34 7 businesses) • Carmel Chamber of Commerce (550 businesses) • Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce ( 400 businesses) • Fremont Chamber of Commerce (1000 businesses) • Green Chamber of Commerce (151 businesses) • Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce (908 businesses)

Businesses and Business/Green Economy Groups

• 4LEAF, Inc. • Absolute Wireless Incorporated " Aero Sports • Accu-Logistics LLC • ADEH Environmental " All Stages Marketing

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" Allen Associates .. Alvista America Inc . .. AmfectLLC .. Andrew Coffing

" A.V. Arias & Co. • BACA • Barbara Epstein .. Barkley & Associates

" BARS+ TONE • Bay Central Printing .. Beyond Basics Construction • Be Green Packaging, LLC • Bear Vault Inc . • Big Hearted Films • Big Sur Lodge

" Biosphere Industries .. Boku International, LLC • Bowman Design Group .. Bring it .. Brown Custom Woodworking .. Bruner Interiors .. Busby Biological Services • California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative • CBio, Inc .

" Cerebrotech Medical Systems .. Chiara .. CMC • Complete Real Estate • Concentric Communication • Conservation Value, Inc .. Cyber-Infrastructure

" Daniel Hofmann Productions • David Clarke Design .. David J. Romano .. Davis Jeffries, Architect .. Diane L Edge DDS • DSE • EadocLLC • Eco Greenwares .. EcoLayers, Inc . .. Earth Cup .. Eduardo Hueso • Eileen Siedman .. Elemental LED .. Emma Stark .. ENLUMA

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" Expansive Health Awareness, Inc. • Eyeball Photography " Fair Ridge Group • FawnRiver • Femto Science • FeN a- for everything N anything, LLC • Frances Kalfus, O.M.D., L.A.C • Full Scale Event Productions • Garden Sanctuaries • Gemini Benefits Partner • George Iny Enterprises Inc. • GeyerLamb • Gold Ring Power, LLC • Gi Paoletti Design Lab • Good Grace's Productions LLC • Greenleaf Project Management • Grant Foerster Fine Pruning & Plant Care " Green Fuse Energy • Green Station • GWC • Habitat Engineering & Forensics • Hale House • Harmony healing " Harmony Organic Gardens • House Earth • Howerton Construction, Inc. • Hugh Salamon • Hw:iter-Gatherer Artifacts • Imageworks • Imani Lee, Inc. • Infinite Functions, Inc. • Inn of the Seventh Ray • Inner Gardens • Institute for Local Self-Reliance • Instant Imprints • Integrated Resource Management, Inc. • John Kelley, AlA Architect • Judy Schriebman " Just Transition Alliance • Kahl Consultants " Kleine Editorial Services • Kuuki Biotechnology LLC • LA ProPoint, Inc. Lamebrane Records • Lam Bentz Vineyard, LLC • Larry Chinn • Laughing Star Designs

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• LB Designs • Leane Eberhart " Learning Fundamentals • Left Coast Instruments, Inc. • Leikam Enterprises, LLC • Life Settlement Financial • Linden Appraisal Services • Lindon Schultz Architect/Engineer • Lindsey Vaillancourt • Little Footprint Lighting • LMA • Lotus Crafts • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) • Louis h. Felthouse Architect Inc. • Lundco electric • M. E. Sawyer Company • Machado Fitness & Self Defense Training • Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects • MARI-FLITE Ferries, I~c. • Marianna Mejia • Marstel-Day, LLC • Mary's Green and Clean Handcrafted Soaps • McVay & Co. Builders • MD Resource Corporation • Metabo Scientia • Mineta San Jose International Airport (Airport Environmental) • Mohave Power Co. Inc • Mondo Life, Inc. • Moving Picture Weddings • Music Interactive • Native Designs • Natural Cleaning Products USA " Oakhurst Technology • Ocean Conservation Society • Ocean Innovations • Octy, Inc • Pacific Builders • Pacific Ink, Inc. • Pacific Latex Products I Malgam Ent. Inc • Parallel Interactive Communications • Party Lite candles I Candlescaping by Paula • Patricia Owen • Philip Auerbach • Pinnacle Installations, Inc. • Polyglot Ltd. • Pool Dan

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• Precision Powder Coatings • Premium Roofing & Waterproofing • Prima Collections • Pundir Group, Inc • Quality Piano Tuning • Redpoint Engineering • Renewable Energy Consultant • Richards & Sterling • Ripplewood Resort • Robert Cronin • Rosales Business Partners LLC • RV-ID, Inc. • Santa Cruz Fire Equipment Company • Save The Whales • SCOPE*TEK • Scott Johnson Consulting • Seat Advisor • Sfnewsfeed. us • Shaktiart • Shen Wei (USA) Inc. • Sherpali • Sierra Solar Systems • Sierra Wealth Advisors • Silent Tribunal LLC • Slatter Construction, Inc. • Solar Wind Works • Solectric Electric • Sound Service Company • Spottswoode Winery, Inc. • Starlight Productions • Starlight School • State Farm-Julie Cook, agent • Stein Neurology -• Steve Nice Consulting " Sue White • Suisun Creek Vineyards • Susanne Moser Research & Consulting • SWERVE • TaterWare • The Valley Women's Club • Tegrus Builders Inc. • The Added Edge, Inc. • The MacPete Law Firm " The Rosebud Agency " The Soul Mine • The Tucker Schoeman Venture (architects)

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• Thrive Eco Solutions Inc • Tierra Sol y Mar, Inc. • Tim Brophy Construction " Tim Devine Musical Services • Timesmithing • Tom Sawyer Software • Treehouse Design Partnership • TSA Contracting, Inc. • UCSD • United States Green Building Council (California Advocacy Committee) • V8 Media • Vicki L. Cyr, C.P.A. • Victoria M. Armigo, EA • Vigitron • VIVA Transcription Corporation • Viv Biz Club • White Wolf Journeys • William Mariner, D.C. • Work It Out, Inc. • Write to the Heart • World Centric • Zone One Pharmacy

Neighborhood Councils and Associations (Total population represented 725,550) • Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council (represents 25,355 people) • Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council (represents 37, 236 people) • Mar Vista Community Council (represents 55,000 people) " North Hills East Neighborhood Council (represents 29,250 people) • North Hollywood North East Neighborhood Council (represents people 12,000 people) • Reseda Neighborhood Council (represents 66,575 people) " San F emando Valley Young Democrats • Silver Lake Neighborhood Council (represents 34,675 people) • South Robertson Neighborhood Council (represents 45,000 people) • · Sun Valley Area Neighborhood Council (represents 81,788 people) • Tarzana Neighborhood Council (represents 37,778 people) • United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council (represents 70,472 people) • Van Nuys Neighborhood Council (represents 110,747 people) • Venice Neighborhood Council (represents 40,885 people) · • West Los Angeles Neighborhood Council (represents 30,873 people) " Westwood Neighborhood Council (represents 47,916 people)

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· Local Government (Total population represented 5,117,515) • City of Belmont (population 24,918) • City of Calabasas (population 23,058) • City of Capitola (population 9, 781) • City of Carpinteria (population 13,040) • City of Culver City (population 38,883) • City ofEncinitas (population 59,518) • City of Glendale (population 191,719) • City of Long Beach (population 462,257) • City of Manhattan Beach (population 35,135) • City of Millbrae (population 21,257) • City ofMonterey (population 27,810) • City of Oakland (population 390,724) • City of Palo Alto (population 61,200) • City of Pasadena (population 137,122) • City of Richmond (population 103,166) • City of San Clemente (population 61,61 0) • City of Santa Cruz (population 59,946) • City of Santa Monica (population 87 ,563) • City of Sebastopol (population 7,3 79) • City ofVentura (population 110,813) • City of West Hollywood (population 34,399) • City and County of San Francisco (population 815,358) • County of Los Angeles (unincorporated population 1,000,000 +) • County of Monterey (unincorporated population 158,561) • County of Santa Clara (unincorporated population 900,000) • County of Santa Cruz (unincorporated population 129,161) • County of Sonoma (unincorporated population 146,238) " Town of Fairfax (population 7,099)

Sanitation Districts, Refuse Workers, Recyclers and Composters • California Refuse Recycling Council (CRRC) • California Resource Recovery Association • East Bay Municipal Utility District • Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority • Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management Committee I Integrated Waste Management

TaskForce • Marin County Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Joint Powers Authority • Marin Sanitary Service • Monterey Regional Waste Management District • Napa Recycling and Waste Services • Recology • Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority • Santa Clara Valley Water District

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• Solid Waste Association ofNorth America, California Chapters (SWANA) • Sonoma County Waste Management Agency • StopWaste.Org (Alameda County Waste Management Authority) • Waste Connections Inc.

Environmental Justice/ Health and Worker Safety • Black Women for Wellness • Breast Cancer Fund • California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation • Environmental Justice Coalition for Water • Great Beginnings for Black Babies, Inc. • Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment • Pacoima Beautiful • Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles • W orksafe, Inc

Environmental and Ocean Conservation Groups • Ballona Creek Renaissance • Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment (BEACON) • Board of the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority • California Coastkeeper Alliance • California Coastal Coalition • California Coastal Commission • California League of Conservation Voters • Californians Against Waste • Defenders of Wildlife • Earth Resource Foundation • Ecology Action • Endangered Habitats League • Environment California • Environmental Working Group • Heal the Bay .. Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust .. Malibu Surfing Association • Natural Resources Defense Council

" O'Neill Sea Odyssey .. Planning and Conservation League • San Diego Coastkeeper • Save the Bay .. Save Our Shores .. Sea Turtle Restoration Project .. Seventh Generation Advisors • Sierra Club California .. Sustainable Earth Initiative .. Teens Turning Green

" The Plastic Pollution Coalition

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• The Watershed Project • Trashbusters USA

Labor Organizations • California Federation of Teachers (CFT) • California Teamsters Public Affairs Council

Schools and School Workers • Cabrillo College • California School Nutrition Association • Sacramento Unified School District, Superintendent

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Middle School Students Tell LAUSD: No More Styrofoam!

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It wasn't until they dissected an albatross stomach that Ann Holtzinger's sb:th-grade students at Thomas Starr King Middle School truly understood what was happening with the trash they were throwing away every day at lunch. "We found bottle caps," a student named Sook says. "We learned not to litter plastic because fish might eat it. Once we eat it,

we get the chemicals in our bodies." That is just one of the reasons the sixth grader is a vegetarian, she informs me.

The lesson in ocean-bound plastic was a transformative moment for most of the class at the Los Angeles school. "Everyone's concerned about how it's affecting animals like seagulls and sea animals," Marisol tells me. "We want to show how you can make a difference by volunteering or doing service." In their case, making a difference meant collecting the used Styrofoam trays from their cafeteria and stringing them up into 30-foot art installation in the center of campus that they hoped would get their school' s-and their district's-attention.

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The project is part of the curriculum at Farm King, the school's garden, where Holtzinger's students go every Tuesday for duties like harvesting cavolo nero kale and calculating the number of worms in a square foot of soil. Volunteer and garden manager Brian Miller, who runs a photography company when he's not elbow deep in compost, came up with the concept because he wanted to give ecology studies some real­world relevancy. "These students will be putting lessons into direct action," he says.

After carrying their trash around for a week, the students visited the Burbank Recycling Center, where they uncovered a horrific truth about one of the most prevalent materials in their school: Styrofoam. "They don't even recycle it!" a group of students answer in unison when I ask what's so bad about it. "They don't collect it because it turns into little bits," says Miya.

The students began camping out at the recycle bins after lunch to intercept the Styrofoam trays, which they cleaned, brought to the garden, and began stringing onto a rope, like a giant white necklace. The garden itself is positioned in the center ofthe school, so their highly­visible, large-scale craft project has been noticed by all students (and teachers) as they change classes. But to reinforce their message, the children spent weeks designing and painting signs to encourage their fellow 2,000 students to monitor their own waste. "Plastic is not fantastic!" one of the signs scolds.

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Over the weeks, the Styrofoam creature grew, soon snaking through the beds of broccoli and sweet peas that kids eat eagerly right off the vines. And last Tuesday (aided by adults), the students looped a rope over one of the tallest branches of the giant acacia tree that shades part of the garden and hoisted it 30 feet into the air. As it hung between the leaves like an awkward wind chime, the students gawked at their creation.

The final count for the tower is a jaw-dropping 1,260 trays, which, Miller reminds the students, is less than the 1,400 trays that are thrown away at the school each day. For perspective, IAUSD operates about 730 schools.

But the triumphant tower wasn't all that Miller had planned for the students. As they stood in a circle, snapping photos of their styro­creation with their own cell phones, he presented them with another gift: brightly colored, reusable plastic trays. "How many of you would use this instead of a Styrofoam tray?" he asked. Their eyes lit up and their hands shot into the air. "Yeah!" they cheered. "Me!" Believe it: sixth graders, jumping up and down, shrieking with enthusiasm over a reusable lunch tray. You would have thought it was autographed by Justin Bieber.

It's not a perfect tray, Miller acknowledged, in that it's still plastic. But it would make this class leaders within the school, allowing them to tell the story to their fellow students about why they don't use Styrofoam trays. "It's their own choice," he said. "They have the experience and knowledge now, and we empowered them to make a change."

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THE ORANGE COUNTY

I San Clemente restaurants shrug at plastic-foam ban By BRITTANY LEVINE 2011-01-09 22:50:12

the beach."

Though San Clemente has adopted a ban on plastic-foam containers at restaurants, several local eating establishments say it's no big deal.

Many owners interviewed said they don't use expanded polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam, and haven't for years. Those who do use such containers didn't seem upset either. It's better for the environment, they said, so they plan to figure out an alternative and go from there.

"I'm not really surprised," said Sam Kang, a manager at A Taste of China, which uses the banned material for to-go containers. "We live by

Restaurants such as BeachFire, Jacobi's on the Alley and Nick's San Clemente haven't used plastic-foam containers since they opened. Instead, the owners buy paper and corn-based biodegradable packaging.

"We've been open nine years and I've never served anything in Styrofoam simply because I don't think it's a responsible way to run a restaurant," said Dave Donaldson, owner of BeachFire.

Mark Jacobi of Jacobi's on the Alley doesn't even use plastic straws because of their potential effect on sea life. If you need to stir a drink, the restaurant offers wooden sticks.

San Clemente's ban doesn't include most plastics, aluminum, paper or compostable products.

When looking into the possible effects of a ban on plastic foam, the city last year sent two letters with informational packets to restaurant owners describing the possible change. No survey was conducted, but the letters encouraged business owners to share their comments about the proposal. City Hall got less than a half-dozen responses.

Jacobi, who used to be a chef at Sundried Tomato in Laguna Beach, said that when that city proposed a similar ordinance about three years ago, restaurant owners were up in arms.

"In Laguna, it was gloom and doom, but it didn't cause anybody to close. The restaurants certainly fought it," he said.

Why the shrug in San Clemente and the groans a few cities north?

It could be because the cost of alternatives has gone down while the price of plastic foam has increased slightly through some distributors.

"There are always different ideas and new products," Donaldson said. "We'll try them out and I've noticed that the products are getting better and better."

Some businesses that need to change don't know what they'll do yet. A Taste of China and Bad to the Bone .lliiQ are researching other materials but find them expensive. Marty Wells, owner of Bad to the Bone, said the cost may have to be passed on to consumers. His restaurant once tried a corn-based product for cups, but customers complained about it melting in car cup holders in the sun, he said.

Wells said restaurant owners who say the pennies difference between products doesn't affect them in the long run may already have the difference incorporated into their pricing, while his business does not.

"I don't like Styrofoam personally," Wells said. "But my distributor said the alternatives will be double or triple the cost."

The containers he currently uses have increased in price about 8 percent, he said.

According to a city staff report, a 12-ounce plastic-foam bowl costs 5 cents, while a sugar-cane-derived bowl costs 6 cents. For a 9-inch plastic-foam clamshell container, the cost is 10 cents, compared with 22 cents for a sugar-cane clamshell.

The city has a list of alternative distributors on its website. The ordinance allows businesses to be exempt from the rule by showing the ban would cause undue hardship.

Mark Norris, owner of Crispins restaurant, said .he charges a few cents if people want a to-go container. Crispins is known for its low prices, and Norris said he's able to keep it that way by unbundling costs. If you want an extra cup of coffee or an eco-friendly to-go box (which is all that's offered), it'll cost you, but you also get $3 breakfasts and $?lunches.

When Newport Beach passed a similar ban in 2008, the American Chemistry Council, a trade group, told city officials that bans elsewhere had little effect, as they can't stop people from littering. Last year a volunteer group collected more than 1 00,000 pieces of plastic foam at beaches in San Clemente, according to a city report. San Clemente's ban does not cover prepackaged food, which beachgoers often leave behind.

In 2004, San Clemente adopted an ordinance prohibiting the use of plastic-foam containers at all city facilities. The new ban takes effect July 1.

Contact the writer: blevine@ocregister.com

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