Calpirg Energy Service Corps L.A.

The Media team of CALPIRG ESC had a really fun time touring the LA Times!! It was amazing to see the inner workings of the newspaper and the media, and we learned so much about its history and the writers. So much of it goes under-appreciated, but putting out news in a timely, fast-paced fashion and getting everything printed out and delivered is a lot of work! News definitely does not come easy, even though buying a newspaper is cheap.

Talk about having an AWESOME cultural experience immersing into the Sikh/ Indian culture while serving the Riverside community! Who knew that AmeriCorps members would be so ethnically and culturally conscious during this trip? A big shout out and thank you to the Sikh temple and community for letting us stay/ sleep in their building and providing food for us THE WHOLE week we were there FOR FREE! They were so amazing and welcoming to us, and our trip wouldn't have been the same without them generously donating their space to us. We definitely had a great learning experience staying at the Sikh temple and being exposed to a culture/ religion different than our own!

We also got interviewed by ABC News and we're on Press Enterprise for our trip to Riverside!! For more info on our press conference last Tuesday, check out our article! Council Member Mike Gardner and UCR's Director of Sustainability John Cook spoke in the beginning about Riverside's efforts to becoming a more green and sustainable city and after we weatherized the Islamic Center!! Riverside is actually one of the leading cities in California for green energy, and AmeriCorps members were able to team up with leaders in Riverside to help further the city's green initiatives last week. Good stuff, good stuff. http://www.pe.com//20130810-riverside-students-weatherize-

Last week's community service trip to riverside was such a blast!! It was a super packed, busy, eventful, fun and successful trip! We weatherized low income homes to help them save energy and money, went door to door educating households about the things they could do to be more energy efficient, taught youth about the urgency of the energy/ environment crisis, got to meet council members, had an awesome time learning about Riverside's green iniatives with Ryan Bullard the Sustainability Coordinator of Riverside, had a sucessful press conference on tuesday, and had a fun cultural experience staying at a Sikh Temple. CALPIRG members did it all!! Hurray for an awesome trip!!

Hi ya'll. Come out to our Movie @ the Park Event in Inglewood tomorrow 8/17 at Rogers Park. Address: 400 W Beach Ave, Inglewood, CA At 4:00 pm we will meet at the park... From 4:30-6:30 we'll go to the surrounding neighborhood and have 1-on-1 conversations with households about their energy use. From 6:30-8:00 we will set up a table, do surveys with adult audience, and have fun educational activities with the kids. The movie starts at 8:00 pm It will be lots of fun. Hope to see everyone there!