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01 Apr 2013 |
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This Creek’s Bugging Me
The absence of pollution-sensitive bugs in Permanente Creek means there are contaminants stressing the creek bug population. Sources of pollution include discharges from the Lehigh Cement Plant and run off from streets and residential properties. We don’t know which pollutant is impairing the creek the most, and there’s little ...
Continue Reading12 Dec 2012 |
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RECYCLE Bike Drive – over 50 bikes donated. Thank you!!
Last Sunday, December 2, GreenTown Los Altos held its twice yearly RECYCLE Bike Drive. With the help of a dedicated group of volunteers, more than 50 gently used bikes were donated, cleaned and repaired at Egan and Blach Junior High Schools. All donated bikes will bring holiday cheer to those less fortunate in our community. ...
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09 Dec 2012 |
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Margie Suozzo Receives Recognition as Outstanding Volunteer
Margie Suozzo, GreenTown Los Altos co-founder and outgoing Leadership Chair was a recipient of a Los Altos / Los Altos Hills Community Volunteer Service Award on Friday, December 7, 2012, along with several other deserving community members. Below is the introduction about Margie, prepared and delivered by Acterra Board Member and ...
Continue Reading28 Aug 2012 |
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Register for the Sept. 22 Watershed Summit
Be part of the plan to protect and enhance our local watersheds On Saturday, September 22, 2012, environmentalists, policy makers and concerned citizens will gather at Foothill College and be inspired by excellent, knowledgable speakers, participate in collective problem-solving, and experience the comraderie of working together to ...
Continue Reading16 May 2012 |
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Where Have All the Steelhead Trout Gone?
The GreenTown Water Stewardship program works to reduce water consumption, runoff pollution and household chemicals and pharmaceuticals that are dumped into the wastewater system.
Continue Reading23 Jan 2012 |
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Energy Rebates Chase Away January Bills, Chills
By Peg Champion, GreenTown Los Altos Correspondent It’s January. It’s no fun checking your mailbox these days, because holiday bills have taken the place of holiday cards. It’s cold outside, and you’re chilly inside, keeping the thermostat down so your energy bill doesn’t shoot through the roof. The news isn’t all dreary. ...
Continue Reading15 Dec 2011 |
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Native Garden Installation at Los Altos’ Redwood Grove Nature Preserve
On Saturday, December 10, GreenTown Los Altos and Acterra partnered on building a new native garden at Los Altos’ Redwood Grove Nature Preserve. Here, Acterra Executive Director Michael Closson, left, watches GreenTown volunteers Kevin O’Reilly and Forrest Linebarger place rocks for a bioswale – a stone drainage course ...
Continue Reading06 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 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 ...
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