$30,000 Grant for Reusable Transport Packaging
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Dumpster Diversion Project needs items for boys and girls club MTZ
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…Upcoming Ballot Measures
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…LED Lights vs. CFL Lights: What Works for Your Home?
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
Read more…SCOCO Sustainability Center
The first edition to the evolving SCOCO Sustainability Center:
I'm creating "The Kate and Elmer Olsen Library of Sustainability" at the SCOCO office. I am contributing my collection of gardening and related books. I invite you to donate appropriate bo
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Urban Gardening Conference
I would like to invite anyone and everyone involved in Contra Costa's urban agriculture scene in all of its many facets including:
Community Gardening
School Gardening
Horticultural Therapy
Urban Gleaning
Foodscaping
Urban Farming
Farm Circles
Farmers Market
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Permaculture Kids: Building Myths for the Future by Jessica Cox, openmythsource.com
Permaculture Kids: Building Myths for the Future by Jessica Cox, openmythsource.com
“Just before his death Joseph Campbell was interviewed by Bill Moyers and that interview was later turned into the documentary, “The Power Of Myth.” In this interview
Read more…Make the Transition to Organic Gardening
Kick the chemicals out of your backyard shed and go organic! Making the switch to organic gardening is one of the many pledges you can make for this year’s Community Resilience Challenge, so we want to help you get started. If you’re new to the trade
Read more…Please sign this petition TODAY to help stop the Keystone Pipeline! (see note below from Bill McKibben of 350.org)
Dear friends,
When we started the Keystone fight there were just a few of us, and no one thought we had a chance.
But with hard work and lots of great organizing we scored an unlikely victory when the President eventually rejected the pipeline last mon
Read more…October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and STAND! is asking you to advocate on behalf of victims of violence TODAY! Visit their new website for more information on how you can help: www. standffov.org
Read more…BayFriendly Blog Post 2/15/12: "One More Reason to Cover Up Your Lawn: Chemical Toxicity
Hi! I just published a blog post on the BayFriendly Blog, I'd love to share it with you. This is about the impact of conventional lawn chemicals used throughout the Bay Area. They are associated with many conditions we don't want to see in ourselves,
Read more…CCC IPM ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
The County IPM Advisory Committee will be voting next week, Oct 13th as to whether or not they should include another member from an "environmental organization." The meeting will be held at 2366 A Stanwell Circle, Concord, from 10-noon, Wednesday.
Read more…What's Your Packaging Pet Peeve?
Have you recently come across bothersome packaging, like products sealed into the kind of clear molded plastic package that requires bolt cutters to open? Or the disposable coffee cup you were handed before you could even ask for a ceramic mug? Waste
Read more…Genetically Modified Foods: Do you think they are safe?
50% of people in CA voted to label GMOs. Prior to the recent efforts to spread the word about our Right to Know, most people didn't know or want to be bothered with the subject - so 50% is huge!
Dr. Oz hosts a debate about genetically modified foods
Read more…Contra Costa Leaders in Sustainability Honored
Contra Costa Leadership in Sustainability
Award Winners Honored
Over 200 local leaders came together to celebrate the sustainability movement in Contra Costa at the 3rd Annual Sustainable Contra Costa Awards Gala. The Awards honor those who demonstr
Read more…The Lemon Lady is looking for volunteers!
HELP to Anna Chan "The Lemon Lady" - HELP'S those less fortunate, the true poor who are struggling for food.
Read more…CoCo San Sustainable Farm -- Green Jobs Incubator
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE MEETINGS
February 20, 2013
We will meet at the offices of Brown & Caldwell at 201 North Civic Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94596. It is just north of Ygnacio Valley Blvd on Civic. There is lots of free parking in the buildi
400 PPM: Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Reaches Prehistoric Levels
This is not a fun topic to talk about - I much prefer to talk about what steps we can all take right now. We have to take a look at the honest truth about where we're at so we can adapt to our changing world. For our children's sake - please share...
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