Halloween blessings and scary stuff in Griffith Park.
I am a Bad, Bad Blogger. But I’m back, so hold your horses.
I must tell you about this fascinating FREE seminar given tomorrow, Sat, October 18, at the convenient Riverside Auditorium, on Riverside Drive, right near the 5 entrance, and across the street from the fountain, where cheap people have their weddings.
It’s called: Re-Enchanting The City Conference V: Global Climate Change, and will have Dr. Danny Harvey, who worked with Al Gore on his book, and who won a the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. The emphasis will be on animals, for our park, but heck, we all sweat.
It will also include lots of other interesting speakers, such as Ronald Kosinski, Deputy District Director, Environmental Planning, CALTRANS, who will speak on Los Angeles “Wildlife Bridges, Overpasses and Undercrossing Changes.” I can’t wait until we get some wildlife bridges, like other, more enlightened cities, already have! Free lunch included, and it will break up into group discussions afterward with wildlife artists and photographers and biologists. Really nifty.
It starts at 8 AM. Unfortunately, due to private circumstances, I won’t be there that early, so I will have to miss the Chumash opening ceremony. But I don’t want to miss Dr. Harvey, who starts at 9:30. About 200 people are expected, nice!
I had a chance to talk with Chairperson Dr. Rosemarie White, who organized this whole shebang, today, and she said that Dr. Harvey came into town yesterday, and gave her a preview of his latest global warming news:
I warn you, the message is not good.
(cue scary music.) She told him:
That’s okay, the city needs to be slapped into attention. This is our destiny.
How can you resist a production like this? See you tomorrow.
Sponsors are:
The Sierra Club, Endangered Species and Wildlife Committiee
The Humane Society of the United States
The Recreation and Parks Department, City of Los Angeles
The Canada Goose Project / Migration Foundation
Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge
Donna Barstow
Griffith Park is the 2nd biggest park in the US, and I'm just the person to investigate it! I've lived here for over 25 years. I was part of the PROS Committee in Griffith Park Neighborhood Council and am on the Housing & Tenants Rights Committee in the Silver Lake NC. I'm in the LA Press Club, and you can find some of my articles in the LA Weekly and the Los Feliz Ledger. I'm a cartoonist for Parade Magazine, The New Yorker, LA Times, Slate, & most major media. Questions and contacts welcome.
2 Comments
Anonymous
How can I “…resist a production like this?”
Very easily. Concerned community members wishing to speak on perfectly relevant issues were CENSORED by event chair/sponsors. Why? Probably because LaBonge is one of the sponsors.
I will never be attending this event again. EVER.
Donna Barstow
I was late to the meeting, Anonymous. The several hours I was there, however, they did allow questions from the attendees for each section. I didn’t see any censoring, but perhaps I missed it.
If you would care to elaborate, with a reason and/or details, I’ll definitely include it in my followup post.