About
GoToGreenLA.com
is where you’ll find all of the green events taking place in and
around Los Angeles. For our purposes here, “green” events
are anything with a sustainable, eco-friendly, environmentally-conscious
motivation.
This
service is not affiliated with any group or organization, and is brought
to you out of the desire to bring the Los Angeles green community together.
GoToGreenLA Team
Jessica
Peltz, M.F.A.
Founder + Creative Director
Occupation: Designer, Professor, Supporter of Sustainable Design
An
eager transplant from the East Coast, Jessica moved to Los Angeles two
years ago to “live amongst the green people” and to help spread
the green message. Her online professorship and freelance business allowed
her to live anywhere in the world, so naturally, Los Angeles it was. But
soon after she arrived, she noticed that the “green people”
weren't so easy to find. In fact, they seemed to be downright missing.
Scouring the Internet yielded a few meetings here and there. Eventually,
she managed to make peace with piecemeal information. But, one question
kept haunting her: Shouldn't someone do something about this?? The more
people she talked with, the more she kept hearing the same thing over
and over again: “I never know what’s going on “green”
here! I want to get involved, but I don’t know how.”
Jessica
currently runs the LA Green Drinks-Valley Chapter, lends her graphic design
services to Los Angeles-based green initiatives and businesses, and is
researching, writing, editing, and designing a book on the sustainable
lifestyle.
She’s
also passionate about bringing the Los Angeles green community together.
Luciano Elias
Technology Director
Occupation: Web Entrepreneur, Green Living Advocate
A transplant from Brazil, Luciano's adventure in the U.S. started in 1999 when he moved to Savannah, GA, in pursuit of his Master's Degree in Graphic Design.
Living in San Diego since 2001, Luciano found himself experiencing a taste of the "dark side" while working for a worldwide Biotech company. At the same time, he's been developing underground links to Green community, while striving to maintain what he considers to be an ecologically correct life style.
Since leaving the Biotech field, Luciano has been slowly putting his priorities in place and working with projects that matter. He's currently developing a few web projects of his own, and is overjoyed by the opportunity to be part of the GoToGreen project.
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