LA Style Unveiled coming soon

When I first started Pink Cloud in 2006, no one really knew about “green weddings.”  One of my first interviews was actually with NPR about the new trend popping up and we became the first people to produce an eco-luxury bridal salon (check out pinkcloudevents.com/loveisintheair). So I’m really happy to say that the wedding industry nationwide has embraced the idea of going green  – and doing it with a bit of style. LaStyleUnveiled.com makes this evident, as a newcomer on the wedding website circuit with an impressive list of 101 ways to go green for your wedding day. I look forward to welcoming the editor, Heather Sharpe, into town next week at our favorite  super eco-venue, Smog Shoppe. Keep a look  out for Pink Cloud on lastyleunveiled.com and of course think pink for your green wedding!

Problems solved! Our slogan for 2009

Hello 2009!!
 

This new year (and truly, every day if you put it into perspective) brings us all apparent challenges and not so apparent solutions, both in large ways and small. As an event producer, I regularly find myself working with my team to solve the same problems – How do we finance this project? Who is onboard with our vision?? Will this work??? Regardless of the challenge that we face, I believe there are three necessary steps to take in order to find the best solutions, which I’ve outlined here with accompanying questions to get to the heart of the problem (or the answer!)

1. Look to our leaders -
Who inspires me to be great? What has that person done or experienced that is relevant to my circumstance? How was he/she successful? What mistakes were made? What projects are they working on now and why?

2. Work cooperatively amongst each other -
Who is my greatest advocate? How can I give support to their goals? Who challenges me the most? What makes us different? What common goals or values do we share? How can we achieve those together?

3. Mentor our youth - 
What concerns the next generation? In what ways do they think we need change?  How can I explain our processes, systems, and values in an easy way? Will our future be happy with our present? 

 It’s my sincerest wish that you overcome your challenges with trailblazing solutions, and celebrate with us at Pink Cloud Events in 2009. If you are creating an event that is riddled with problems, or would like to be on our mailing list – please email info@pinkcloudevents.com and we will get you sorted!

Happy Holidays!!

Mini Gordon Ramsay

Awesome promo video for caterer.com 

The Good Consumer

hooray for the bah humbug via bonfire of the brands.

Sustainable Works, SpaceX, Space 15 Twenty, Secondhand Sureshots

This weekend I bounced around to catch up with a some exciting people:

Barent Roth, who will be taking on his new position as Executive Director of Sustainable Works – a community program that provides hands-on instruction and consulting for businesses and individuals to understand and achieve sustainability. Currently located in Santa Monica and hopefully a city near you…

Elon Musk, a powerhouse behind PayPal/TeslaMotors/Solar City and SpaceX – an American space transportation start-up company. Elon spoke about the possibilities of space travel to the Hollywood Hill group at the home of Dennis and Victoria Hopper.

Jeff Bowers, one of the cool cats behind The Hope Gallery, which has an installation up at the new hipster mall in Hollywood, Space 15 Twenty that celebrated its opening this weekend.

Dublab’s Frosty, Daedelus, Ras G, DJ Nobody, Brandy Flower and the Hit and Run Crew for the documentary screening of Secondhand Sureshots – way sold out show and live performance where the guys mixed incredible songs within minutes from the audience’s vinyl record collection.

Check these people out!!

GOOD December Opens Tonight

Congratulations to our friend Kyla for making GOOD December come to life here in LA! Make sure to stop by and check out all of the cool stuff happening in the new GOOD space on Melrose, west of Highland – we’re stoked that a lot of our friends are participating in this project! We love GOOD magazine for bringing Creative Commons x dublab Into Infinity project, J Michael Walker, Islands of LA, and Fallen Fruit into the fold!!!!

Green is so White…..Until Pink Cloud!

Over the past few weeks I’ve been brooding over a conversation that I had with one of my sponsors. The topic was about how the green community seems to be entirely ineffective at talking with minorities about environmentalism. Now, I’m half-Korean and half-White, so I understood what she was saying – I always seemed to meet all of the “people of color” when at green events, and consistently noticed how white the “green” community can be. Furthermore, the people who still impress me the most are people like Van Jones and Majora Carter or Japanese car makers and green builders in China — all people of color. With the election of Obama — as there were just as many whites who voted for him as blacks — it makes me think that there is hope to make “green” black, pink, yellow, brown, AND white.

So, in my own small efforts to raise awareness in the African American community to go green, I have agreed to do my first gifting lounge for an awards show, bringing my team together for a special eco-section of the backstage lounge at the 40th NAACP Image Awards. The NAACP is celebrating 100 years, and environmentalists Al Gore and Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai will receive an honorary Chairman’s award. It’s going to be HOT!!! (In a very good way.)

Aardvark LOTERIA on LA City Hall Bridge

Yesterday we helped Aardvark Letterpress celebrate the opening of their LOTERIA exhibit on LA City Hall & City Hall East’s bridge. Eric Garcetti’s opening remarks encouraged all the public to come and take a look – “this is YOUR city hall” and also to support the artists by purchasing work from the LOTERIA series, after having come off a board member meeting at MOCA to address the tough financial challenge ahead of them. Many thanks to Garcetti’s office (esp. Cecilia!), the Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Kellie Hawkins of the LA City Commission on the Status of Women, Ciudad, Bossa Wines, and Honest Tea who helped Pink Cloud make this exhibit for some of my favorite people possible. Check out the Aardvark Fine Art Editions online or in person at City Hall (3rd floor)!!

TED, yup that’s what I said.

I’ve recently been given a tremendous honor and exciting challenge to be one of five ambassadors for the TED conference, helping them curate a group of individuals considered young visionaries, the next generation of TEDsters, to join me at the TED conference live simulcast in Palm Springs. TED will be celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2009, and it’s really exciting to be a part of their community. Check out the video I selected to show you, it’s from TED’s conference in 2006 – David Perry talks about the evolution and impact of video games. Watch more videos as they update weekly on ted.com and get inspired.