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Author Archives: Kris Jensen
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2019 Lawn Be Gone Bike Ride
We had another great Lawn Be Gone Bike Ride on Saturday, April 13. We saw some yards without a blade of grass and lots of green and colorful plants. It can […]
Continue Reading27 Dec 2018 |
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Night Bike Ride
by Gary Hedden GreenTown led another fun Winter Solstice Night Bike Ride – our fourth. No rain, not too cold and the lights on Christmas Tree Lane were terrific, as […]
Continue Reading19 Dec 2018 |
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Green Team Installs New Set of Idling Signs
Check out the great work of the Los Altos High School Green Team!
Continue Reading11 Dec 2018 |
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Divine Intervention
~by Gary Hedden It may require Divine Intervention to solve the challenge of climate change, but the Green Team at St. Nicholas/St. William Church isn’t waiting. The Green Team is a small […]
Continue Reading02 Dec 2018 |
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Buy Fresh, Buy Local: the Case for Being a Locavore
On November 29, GreenTown hosted an incredible panel of experts, each of whom spoke about the importance of eating locally. Our three speakers, Laura Stec, Peter Ruddock, and Rosalind ‘Ros’ […]
Continue Reading02 Dec 2018 |
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Applying Community-Based Social Marketing to GreenTown Programs
In late October, I attended a community-based social marketing (CBSM) training by Doug McKenzie-Mohr, an environmental psychologist who has been teaching CBSM to organizations for more than 20 years. My […]
Continue Reading24 Oct 2018 |
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From Gee Whiz to Global Impact!
By Gary Hedden From “Gee Whiz to Global Impact!” — that’s what Lindsay Hower with Nature Conservancy entitled a recent panel discussion. Held on the Google Campus, it featured the […]
Continue Reading18 Oct 2018 |
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Waymo Waybetta in Los Altos
By Gary Hedden You have seen them. A lot of them – Waymo’s self-driving Chrysler minivans. Waymo is an independent company under the Google umbrella that started testing in 2009 […]
Continue Reading01 Oct 2018 |
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Plastic, Plastic, Everywhere…
~by Margie Suozzo On Wednesday, September 12, GreenTown hosted a screening of the documentary film, A Plastic Ocean, at the Los Altos Library with over 50 people in attendance. Tim Giacomini […]
Continue Reading01 Oct 2018 |
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California leads the way with “Straws on Request”
~by Kim Jelfs California has become the first state in the nation to address the issue of single-use plastic pollution with its straws on request policy [1]. Beginning January […]
Continue Reading01 Oct 2018 |
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GreenTown’s ReCycle Bike Drive: Make Someone Smile
~by Margie Suozzo GreenTown Los Altos’ next ReCycle Bike Drive is coming Sunday, October 14! We are seeking YOUR donations. Please donate gently used bikes so that we can clean, repair […]
Continue Reading29 Sep 2018 |
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Bike Tour of Historic Los Altos
~by Gary Hedden Started six years ago, GreenTown led another bike tour of historic homes and places in Los Altos Sept. 23. With almost thirty riders, many of them kids, […]
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