Martinez is the latest City in Contra Costa County to adopt an Organics Recycling Program to divert organic materials from the landfill! The program, which began on January 1st, 2016, allows residents to toss food scraps, food-soiled paper, yard deb
Two hundred and twenty sustainability advocates, including business and government leaders, students, teachers, and nonprofit founders filled the beautiful Concord Hilton at the annual Sustainability Awards Gala on October 30th. 
The venue was elega
Read more…You made it through spring cleaning! But now you have a pile of electronic waste to deal with - did you know you can support a great local non-profit and ensure your electronic waste gets recycled, at the same time?
Futures Explored, Inc. (based in La
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I've been looking around to see if there are any festivities planned for Earth Day this year. I haven't been able to find anything yet. Does anyone know what is being planned?
Thank you.
Read more…The Program Director leads Greenbelt Alliance’s Natural Landscapes and Local Farms & Ranches initiatives through which the organization works to protect the region’s 3.6 million-acre greenbelt of na
Read more…While many local schools have clubs or programs that celebrate the earth year-round, we wanted to highlight some of the thoughtful and exciting events planned around this year’s Earth Day (April 22nd). From Fair Oaks Elementary School’s Family Garde
Solar is growing by leaps and bounds in California, but many residents and businesses in the state still can’t go solar today. The traditional panels-on-your-roof approach to solar simply doesn’t work for renters, tenants of multi-unit buildings, pro
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Winter rains in California may mean grey skies, but bursts of sunshine are dotting fruit trees around the Bay Area in the form of lemons, limes and oranges. Citrus season is here and grocery store crates are overflowing with the many varieties of th
For this year's Community Resilience Challenge, there are many different ways you can commit to conserving energy. If you've already read Kerry's article, "Conserve Energy: Complete a Home Energy Audit" and want to know more about getting a home ener
Read more…GMOs – Going Against Nature?
Editorial by Lois Courchaine
There are always different sides to a story, and it’s no different with GMOs. For those of you that aren’t in the “know” about GMOs, the acronym stands for Genetically Modified Organisms. Defi
It is time to stop the unnecessary use of the Leaf Blower.
Please visit the link below for information!
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I just had a wonderful meeting with K.O. who teaches the kids at the B& G how to make small electric powered cars and she needs old tractor fed printers (for the motors) old old scanners, toy car wheels and axles. rare earth magnets, old CD's 6 gaug
Read more…I just wanted to remind everyone so that they could spread the word about two propositions that are on this year's ballot.
First up is Proposition 23 that is funded by Tesoro and Valero out of Texas and seeks to suspend California's highly progressiv
Read more…Danielle Stewart provides cost and lighting factors on CFLs and LEDs to help us make intelligent choices.
"Choosing the right light bulb could drastically reduce your power bills and positively affect the environment, but with so many light bulb optio
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