Sustainability and Regeneration
September is Coastal Cleanup Month, and we are celebrating with a special focus on sustainability in this issue of the Topanga New Times. Look for…
A Community of Eco-Heroes and Environmentalists
Living in a WUI (Wildland Urban Interface) appears to accelerate a heightened consciousness and connection to the planet; or is it that the consequences of…
Don’t Let the %$@#! Get You Down!
There is a new art show at Topanga Canyon Gallery that can be enjoyed in person on Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5 p.m., or from…
Coastal Cleanup Volunteers Are Rewarded with a Look at Natural Wonders
September is Coastal Cleanup Month, and as anyone who has ever participated in a cleanup event knows, fascinating things wash up on the local coastline…
The Solution Is Under Our Feet
Kiss the Ground is an organization dedicated to restoring and maintaining healthy soil and soil microbes. It is now also a documentary, narrated by and…
Recycling, Wishcycling
It’s almost impossible to live waste-free, but there are resources to recycle or safely dispose of many materials. Alas, it just isn’t as easy as…
Hugging Trees
By the time Jared Diamond published Collapse in 2005, he was ranked as one of the leading public intellectuals in the world; which is my…
Resilience Force: Reinforcement For Labor Workers
On August 3, Netflix released Immigration Nation, a six-part series that The New York Times called a “rare look inside Trump’s immigration crackdown”. Filmmakers Shaul…
September Is Coastal Clean Up Month
For more than 30 years, volunteers have come together for International Coastal Cleanup Day every September. The massive group cleanup events that have attracted more…
Sophie Kipner’s DontLookUpDontLookDown
Sophie Kipner is a visual artist and writer from Topanga. Her current ongoing project, #DONTLIFTUPDONTLOOKDOWN is one in which she uses blind contouring, the technique…
