Evan Little's Blog

click here to sign-up for my email newsletter Some months ago I accidentally drove bye one of two community gardens in Costa Mesa. I'd seen community gardens on TV shows before, but didn't realize that such a resource existed outside of larger, urban cities like Chicago or New York. After a littl...

click here to sign-up for my email newsletter CITY OF COSTA MESA P.O.BOX 1200CALIFORNIA 92626-1200 FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER PRESS RELEASE January 9, 2008 “Green” Fee Waivers Currently Available Through June 30, 2008 The City of Costa Mesa is currently offering fee waivers for green ins...

click here to sign-up for my email newsletter Many of you have seen the fun house flipping TV shows where someone gets in way over their head and losses their ass or the master "house flipper" who has made a cool hundred thousand dollars in 3 months. The majority of "house flippers" should be cal...

About two months ago at a "green" building presentation, the president of Living Homes become the 2nd person to tell me that residential greywater systems are illegal in this area. They had tried to do one on a project of their's, but were prevented by the city. A few weeks ago, I heard the same ...

If you live in Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Newport Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Tustin than you should be proud of your Congressman, John Campbell, for standing and speaking out against the backwards stimulous pa...

How do we keep Orange County so green in what is, more or less, a desert region and at what cost are we paying for such extravagance? As our population in Orange County continues to grow, we'll need to use more water for the things we need to have and less water for things we'd like have. To my k...

In Orange County, CA, I believe that we're nearly there, if not right on top of it.New home sales and rental prices were one of my first indicators. New home builders are the first home sellers to drastically slash prices.  Their homes are rarely priced incorrectly because they're a cash flow com...

Yeah, that's right. Eco-friendly in more ways then you may be ready for. Here in Orange County we don't have enough rain water or local mountain springs to sustain our not so efficient population and lifestyle. I've heard that as much as 30% of the counties municipal electric bill is spent pumpin...

Why not turn this Into this? Growing up in a city built on rolling hills like Mission Viejo, I was always bothered by the fact that homeowners were forced to pay property tax on basically unusable hills they had purchased along with the rest of their home. Well, for those homeowners who have cur...

!! ASES National Home Solar Tour !!Alright, so maybe it's a little early to start talking about an event that's taking place in October 2008.  However, I don't want anyone who wants to participate in this event to plan something else and miss out on it.  Also, you may like to spread the word to o...