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06 Dec 2011 |
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Join Artist Daniel McCormick To Create a Living Sculpture at Adobe Creek
Connect With a Local Watershed Through Art! January 14-16, 2012, Redwood Grove, Los Altos Register at: www.acterra.org/stewardship You are invited to join artist Daniel McCormick in restoring a creek bank using willow and other natural materials to create a beautiful living sculpture January 14-16, 2012. The project will help ...
Continue Reading06 Dec 2011 |
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Home Energy Assessment: Santa Clara County Offers to Pay 80% Through Feb. 2012
First Step to Improve the Performance of Your Home: Order an Energy Assessment Now – County Offers to Pay 80% of the Cost Through February 2012 There’s no excuse not to schedule an energy assessment now. Santa Clara County is currently offering 80% off the cost of a home energy assessment (up to $800). The […]
Continue Reading18 Nov 2011 |
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Ribbon Cutting at 359 State Street
Today was a ribbon cutting for the new “pop up” bike shop at 359 State Street. A few folks from GreenTown were in attendance. A pop up store, for those of you who are wondering, is temporary. Jeff Selzer, general manager of Palo Alto Bicycles and founder of Bike Arc, who runs 359 State Street, […]
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Will Los Altos Consider an EPS ban?
On Monday, November 14, Mike Barnes, Co-Chair of the GreenTown Los Altos Business Co-Op, presented information to the Los Altos Environmental Commission regarding Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) food containers and the GreenTown Co-Op’s efforts to reduce the use of these containers for carry out foods. See Mike’s presentation. The ...
Continue Reading16 Nov 2011 |
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Savings From a Rainy Day: GreenTown Designs for the Future at Redwood Grove
By Peg Champion, GreenTown Los Altos Correspondent On a damp and chilly Saturday afternoon, 20 volunteers gathered in a semicircle around Arnie Thompson, Acterra watershed project director in Los Altos’ Redwood Grove Preserve. “With any luck, we’ll have the installation finished before it starts to rain,” said Thompson. The ...
Continue Reading05 Oct 2011 |
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Transforming Trash: GreenTown Co-op provides compostable option to Styrofoam® waste
By Peg Champion, GreenTown Los Altos Correspondent Local restaurants and schools are joining GreenTown Los Altos in an effort to eliminate Styrofoam® and non-recyclable plastics used in food service. An innovative buyers’ cooperative is reducing landfill waste by replacing petroleum-based products with compostable materials. ...
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Los Altos Turns Out for Global Climate Rally
On Saturday September 24, more than 40 people in Los Altos joined a demonstration for clean energy in one of thousands of events that took place across 170 countries for “Moving Planet,” a global day of action to “move the planet away from fossil fuels.” The worldwide event was organized by 350.org. “The planet has been ...
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Packard Foundation Headquarters: Leading by Example
With conservation as one of its chief concerns, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is leading by example. The Foundation it applying its environmental values to its new headquarters building in Los Altos. The building is designed to be a net-zero energy, carbon neutral, LEED (US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy ...
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Living Classroom a Hit for Grades K-7 in Los Altos
One of the very interesting stops on our September 24th “Moving Planet” tour was the Living Classroom at Almond Elementary School. The founder of this unique learning environment, Vicki Moore, described the hands-on, garden-based lessons offered to Los Altos School District children. These popular activities support ...
Continue Reading03 Oct 2011 |
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Another Fun “First Saturday” Bike Ride
We kicked off the month of October on Saturday 10/1 with another great GreenTown Los Altos “First Saturday” bike ride. We had a record dozen children under 10 – with lots of kids on bikes or kids simply taking in the scenery from the comfort of bike trailers. There was even one amazing 3 1/2 […]
Continue Reading12 Sep 2011 |
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Turf Replacement Rebate – Getting Started with Native Plants
The Santa Clara Valley Water District offers a rebate if you replace some or all of your lawn with drought saving native plants. We realize that it may be hard to know where to start when thinking about what plants to use instead of the turf. California native plants and grasses are ideal because not […]
Continue Reading12 Sep 2011 |
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GreenTown Loses Colleague and Friend – Patty Rosewater
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of a dear friend, environmental activist, and superb project manager, Patty Rosewater. Patty was tireless in her work with GreenTown Los Altos. As a Core Leadership Team member, she ran our weekly phone conference calls with style and enthusiasm. She also acted as ...
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