Greener Empowerment Foundation

Greener Empowerment Foundation Greener Empowerment Foundation is a non profit organization focused on promoting ecological literacy.

01/05/2026
10/28/2025

The Coast live oak (Tongva: weโ€™aashar) is known for its inspiring strength, not solely embodied in physical stature or impressive age. Strength is also revealed in the ways that a living being supports the other life in its environment.

This amazing oak is a keystone species, meaning it helps hold the biodiversity of entire ecologies together. Hundreds of species of birds, caterpillars and butterflies, bees, wasps, and amphibians rely upon it for nesting, habitat and food. Over 22% of land mammals in southern California are known to use oak acorns as a food source (acorns are rich in fat, protein and carbohydrates). The fungi that coast live oakโ€™s extensive root systems support can improve soil health and support other nearby plants.

Weโ€™aashar has long supported humans as part of its environment, generously providing sustenance, medicine, wood, shade and shelter.

It is known as live oak because its branches have leaves year-round (it produces young leaves simultaneously to the shedding of dead leaves). Leathery and notably cup-shaped with dense tufts of hairs on their lower surfaces, the highly photosynthetic leaves on the outer tree canopy experience exposure to intense sunlight, and collect dew and mist. This high moisture content allows them to survive for years with limited rainfall and equips them with resistance to flammability in the face of the flying embers of fire; pair that with the dense canopy that serves to catch such embers, and coast live oaks play an essential role in fire resiliency. The inner canopy leaves are longer and flatter and depend upon capturing reflected and scattered light from the outer canopy for photosynthesis.

Consider the complex, nuanced and beautiful strength of weโ€™aashar leaves and their functional systems.

Spend time with an oak. Protect an oak. Plant an oak. Thank an oak.

10/10/2025
๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฑCome visit us๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ  between 9am-1pm. Today, we have many native pollinator plants and organic seeds.Some Greener Stuff fo...
03/07/2025

๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฑCome visit us๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ between 9am-1pm. Today, we have many native pollinator plants and organic seeds.

Some Greener Stuff for sale today:
CA SAGE BRUSH ("Cowboy Cologne" )
VERBENA
YARROW
GOLDENROD
CALIFORNIA ASTER
EATON'S PENSTEMON
BLUE EYED GRASS

๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆ‹Plant a Pollinator Garden๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ

Wildcrafted SEEDS:
California ASTER
Dino Kale
Arugula

Root Remedy & Full Circle Compost for Sale

๐ŸŒฑ Learn About Compost๐ŸŒฑ


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Got Pots? Greener Empowerment Foundation needs your used pots and trays. Due to the ๐Ÿ”ฅfire๐Ÿ”ฅ that burned our Saddlepeak pr...
03/07/2025

Got Pots? Greener Empowerment Foundation needs your used pots and trays. Due to the ๐Ÿ”ฅfire๐Ÿ”ฅ that burned our Saddlepeak property in Topanga Canyon, we need to replace pots so we can ๐ŸŒฑbegin again๐ŸŒฑ and rise from the ashes.

Come visit us between 9am-1pm. Today, we have many native pollinator plants and organic seeds.

Some Greener Stuff for sale today:
CA SAGE BRUSH ("Cowboy Cologne" )
VERBENA
YARROW
GOLDENROD
CALIFORNIA ASTER
EATON'S PENSTEMON
BLUE EYED GRASS

๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆ‹Plant a Pollinator Garden๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ

Wildcrafted SEEDS:
California ASTER
Dino Kale
Arugula

Root Remedy & Full Circle Compost for Sale

๐ŸŒฑ Learn About Compost๐ŸŒฑ



๐ŸŒฑ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐ŸŒฑWe at Greener Empowerment Foundation continue to grow a greener community ...
03/06/2025

๐ŸŒฑ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐ŸŒฑ

We at Greener Empowerment Foundation continue to grow a greener community and hope you will join our effort to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet ๐Ÿ‘ฃ.

Many precious hand-harvested seeds & native plants were miraculously saved from burning in the recent fires ๐Ÿ”ฅ that destroyed our property and countless others in Topanga Canyon.

We invite you to join upcoming educational hands-on workshops & land stewardship projects. We have organic vegetable starters and local native pollinator seeds at our Topanga Center location or at the Topanga Farmers Market.

๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŒผGrow a pollinator friendly flower garden๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿชป๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ today

๐ŸžLet's put our hearts and minds together to create sustainable community resiliency๐Ÿž

SUSTAINABLE SATURDAYS
Planting & Craft Demonstrations
Native Plants & Trees For Sale
Locally Grown Pollinator Plants
Vegie Seeds & Starter Plants

TOPANGA FARMERS MARKET
Native Plants & Seeds
Edible Starter Plants
Environmental Education
Community Composting

COMMUNITY RESILIENCY
Locally Harvested Hearts & Minds
Ecological Literacy Workshops
Build Community Connections
Stewarding the Land

๐Ÿ’šWe are non-profit and appreciate any support. You can make a tax deductible donation by clicking on link on our bio๐Ÿ’š

๐ŸŒฟJoin Greener Empowerment Foundation Fridays 9AM-1PM at Topanga Farmers Market ๐ŸŒฟNative seeds & plants local to Topanga f...
02/21/2025

๐ŸŒฟJoin Greener Empowerment Foundation Fridays 9AM-1PM at Topanga Farmers Market ๐ŸŒฟNative seeds & plants local to Topanga for sale!

Can't make Farmers Market? You can come get yours on Saturdays 1pm-6pm at Eco-Rebel Trading House.

Look for our next Native Seed Bomb workshop & take part in making seed bombs, and quietly nurture mind, body and spirit!

Plant your intentions through learning about growing ๐Ÿ๐Ÿpollinator friendly๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹ with local native plant horticulturalist, Hannah Wear.

Friday โœจ๏ธseed bombs, โœจ๏ธNative seeds & plants๐ŸŒฟ local to Topanga for sale!  Join Greener Empowerment Foundation  Fridays 9...
02/21/2025

Friday โœจ๏ธseed bombs, โœจ๏ธNative seeds & plants๐ŸŒฟ local to Topanga for sale! Join Greener Empowerment Foundation Fridays 9AM-1PM at Topanga Farmers Market ๐ŸŒฟ

Native seeds, seed bombs, and native and edible plants will be available for sale.

Can't make Farmers Market? You can come get yours on Saturdays 1pm-6pm at Eco-Rebel Trading House.

Seeds will be Santa Monica Mountain natives.

Plant your intentions with local native plant horticulturalist, Hannah Wear.

Look for our next Native Seed Bomb workshop & take part in making seed bombs, and quietly nurture mind, body and spirit!

๐Ÿฆ‹ grow native!๐Ÿฆ‹ plant a pollinator garden & help our pollinator friends๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฟ  ๐ŸŒผ ๐ŸŒธ ๐Ÿต ๐ŸŒผ See you Friday at the Farmers Marke...
01/31/2025

๐Ÿฆ‹ grow native!๐Ÿฆ‹ plant a pollinator garden & help our pollinator friends๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฟ ๐ŸŒผ ๐ŸŒธ ๐Ÿต ๐ŸŒผ See you Friday at the Farmers Market.

๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™We were able to save native seeds and a few native plants from the fire๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Greener Empowerment Foundation is committed to our mission toward reducing our and actively being in instead.

๐Ÿ’”The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter.๐Ÿ’”

"The recent Los Angeles-area wildfires damaged tree groves where these butterflies live, including a habitat site in Lower Topanga Canyon where more than 100 butterflies were recorded in last yearโ€™s count, she said.

Another alarming finding was made at a site in Santa Barbara County, which went from recording 33,200 monarchs last winter to only 198 this year.

An annual count recorded 9,119 butterflies this winter, according to results released by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. This is the second-lowest population recorded since tracking began in 1997. An all-time low of fewer than 2,000 monarchs was recorded in 2020."


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