Program Focused. Water | Waste | Watts | WoW

Water

• Grey water seminars
• Drought tips including native planting education
• Permanente Creek clean up

Waste

• GreenTown Business Co-Op: Helps restaurants shift to environmentally-friendly products.  Get in touch.
• Successfully diverted 72% of landfill bound garbage to recycling.

Watts (All Things Energy)

• “Unleash The Power On Your Roof” Campaign to encourage solar installations
• Our efforts resulted in Los Altos joining CCE (Community Choice Energy) through Silicon Valley Clean Energy.

WoW! (Walk or Wheel)

• Increased walking/bike commuting at local schools, on average, to > 22%. Interested? Get in touch.

Community Driven: 2400 residents. 35 businesses. 1400 kids.

• Members include >2400 passionate residents, 35 businesses/organizations.
• > 1,400 youth participated in our programs
• >100 volunteers donated 8,500 hours to GreenTown programs

Collaboration Yields Powerful Results:

• Encouraged the City to sign the US Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement.
• Recommended the City complete baseline inventory of greenhouse gas emissions.
• Saved the City >$200,000 in consulting fees by providing in-depth research and analysis for waste contract.
• Educated Environmental Commission and City Council about waste collection issues, including importance of food waste and compostables collection.

Education:

• Educated citizens through articles and public speaker events on topics such as climate change, energy reduction, sustainable landscaping, toxins, how youth are helping the environment and water savings.