Isabelle Duvivier, principal of Duvivier Architects, will be among the expert presenters at the seventh annual EarthFest LA, on Saturday, Sept. 15, at West Los Angeles College
“Ms. Duvivier’s firm recently completed the renovation of a home in Venice that raised it to LEED Platinum status. The home is one of the highest LEED-rated homes in the nation.
Duvivier Architects is won the 2008 Santa Monica Sustainable Quality Award. Ms. Duvivier has 15 years’ experience in urban design, environmental planning, ecology, architecture and environmental education.
EarthFest LA is a free environmental expo with informational booths, vendors and expert speakers as well as a benefit smooth jazz / R&B concert. Other speakers include:
Daniel Villao, primary author of “Beyond Green Jobs,” and state director of the California Construction Academy at the UCLA Labor Center. He will discuss the economic and environmental benefits of a greener economy.
DeAna Vitela, CEO and partner of AquaBio Environmental Technologies, will address the future of water sustainability. She has advised federal task forces concerning restoration and treatment of water ways, lagoons and effluents from urban runoff and waste treatment facilities.
A panel sponsored by Food & Water Watch will discuss the impact of fracking following an abbreviated screening of “Gasland” by Josh Fox.
For the schedule of presentations, see www.EarthFestLA.org.
The concert benefiting California Greenworks, Inc., will run from 2 o’clock until 6. Headlining is Grammy-winning smooth jazz artist Paul Brown. Also appearing are contemporary jazz musician Darren Rahn, R&B vocalist Wendy Moten, jazz fusion band DW3, and Motown-influenced singer/songwriter Chris Lightfoot.
Lawn seating is $20 when tickets are purchased online at www.EarthFestLA.org. Children 12 and younger are free. The concert will be on the lawn of the Student Services Building. Food will be sold, but picnic baskets are acceptable. No alcohol is permitted.
EarthFest LA produced by California Greenworks, Inc. a non-profit organization whose charter is to improve urban communities in Southern California, specifically Los Angeles County. The event is sponsored by Metro, Clear Channel Outdoors, Edison, Toyota Motor Sales USA, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the Boeing Employee Fund, the Water Replenishment District, Sheraton Gateway Hotel, The California Endowment, radio station KPFK, Culver City and West L.A. College.
Community organizations supporting this event: Food and Water Watch, the UCLA Labor Center and the California Construction Academy, Habitat for Humanity of Greater, the Angeles chapter of the Sierra Club, and Champions for Change.
Ms. Wolfberg may be contacted at shelly.wolfberg@culvercity.org
