Do It Now: Live Green opens at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design

Exhibit opens August 25 and is on view through October 20, 2007
Otis College of Art and Design
9045 Lincoln Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Local phone(310) 665-6800
http://www.otis.edu

"Do It Now" focuses on the home, featuring products made from renewable, recycled, and repurposed sources by individuals and companies who are manufacturing and distributing their goods with environmental integrity in our community. The more individual consumers making informed choices on how they spend their money, the sooner economic structures can evolve from a “take what you can, don’t give anything back” model to one of cyclical renewal and longevity. This exhibition is a celebration of changing consciousness and innovation that is being implemented today, not tomorrow. Do It Now: Live Green is curated by Colette Brooks of Big Imagination Group and Biobling, Meg Linton of Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis, and Yvette Roman of Beyond the Lawn.

Conversation: Greener Transportation

A lively discussion about the future of sustainable transportation and vehicle technology with experts, Bill Reinert of Toyota and Reverend Gadget, founder of Left Coasts Electric, Inc., moderated by Colette Brooks.

Green Tour II: How Green is it on the Other Side?

Tickets: $69, Lunch and transportation provided. To register, please call 310.665.6909. www.otis.edu/ce Join us as we tour a green home in Malibu and speak with the owners Colette Brooks and Eric Cadora about living a sustainable lifestyle; stop by a client’s home of Architect Roger White; explore a prefab residence in Venice designed by Living Homes; visit a beautiful residence created by David Hertz of Syndesis, Inc.; and finally, speak with the owners of Living Green and see their showroom of sustainable goods and building supplies.

Screenings: Ecology, Art:21 – Art in the Twenty First Century

Artists Robert Adams, Mark Dion, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, and Ursula von Rydingsvard address the impact of human activity on the natural world and question scientific authority and the impact of technology on society. Art:21 – Art in the Twenty-First Century is a groundbreaking documentary television series focusing exclusively on contemporary visual art by artists working in the United States today.

Lecture: Radical Simplicity: Jim Merkel

Jim Merkel is author of Radical Simplicity, and is the Sustainability Coordinator at Dartmouth College, and founder/director of the Global Living Project (GLP) in Vermont. Merkel initiated the GLP Summer Institute where teams of researchers attempted to live on an equitable portion of the biosphere. www.radicalsimplicity.org

When: Wednesday September 19, 2007 - Monday October 8, 2007 -

Where: Otis College of art,

Organizer: Otis College of Art

Contact: (310) 665-6800

	The event has already occurred.