This inspiring project kicked off its second year this morning, inviting gardeners of all abilities and interests to join them for another season of growing at their collaborative Our Garden project in Walnut Creek. This garden teaches people garden
Read more…The county has an opening for an IPM (Integrated Pest Management) Advisory Committee member representing an "environmental organization." If you know of someone who may be interested, they should contact Susan JunFish junfish@gmail.com ASAP.
Read more…Please share with the SCOCO team how the Toby Hemenway presentation inspired you to take action. What new action(s) are you planning on doing this year? Did you learn more about permaculture, sustainability, or yourself? We would love to hear your
Read more…When thinking of Health and Wellness, I always think about Cindy Gershen, chef and owner of the delicious Sunrise Bistro in Walnut Creek. She is one of the most amazing and inspiring people I have ever met and she has accomplished so much, including
Read more…Green Award awarded to two outstanding recipients
This year’s Community Awards Night, sponsored by the City of Pleasant Hill, the Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce, and the Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District, featured the return of the Green Awa
Read more…Although most people think of legislators in Sacramento as a bunch of (insert expletive here), I wanted to share with you some of the successes of this legislative session. Even though the season has not quite ended, the environment has racked up qui
Read more…Did you know that in addition to donating to Goodwill, Salvation Army and other charities, that H&M is now accepting clothes to recycle?
Some clothes are too far gone for donating for re-use. The clothes taken to H&M will be used in one of 4 ways.
Read more…Anyone have ideas for a one day environmental volunteer activity on Sat April 24? Central Costa County area preferred.
Contra Costa County Climate Leaders (4CL) hosted a very informative workshop this week about this exciting topic. Phase 2 of the California First program is open to new counties only from April through July so hopefully Contra Costa County will get
Read more…Hi there... I wanted to share this video with you about the Walnut Creek Food Scrap Recycling Program. It won an award last week. It is too cute!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEn6aQynHXo
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No Impact Experiment
A One-Week Carbon Cleanse
Sunday--Sunday
The No Impact Project is an International environmental, nonprofit project founded in the spring of 2009. It was inspired by the No Impact Man book, film and blog.
The no impact projec
Read more…April is here and that means it’s time to get ready for the 2015 Community Resilience Challenge! Last year, the challenge team hoped to get at least 3,000 actions, and the total number of actions registered exceeded 8,000. So this year, the expectati
See this link about dishes made out of naturally fallen areca nut leaves.
This sure looks interesting. How long will it take to make it more available?
Read more…Green Remodel Forum was in partnership with SunShot (Department of Energy Sunshot Initiative Rooftop Solar Challenge), Contra Costa Economic Partnership, Diablo Innovation Alliance, Contra Costa Association of Realtors Sustainable San Ramon, and Sust
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Each year, tons of harmful and dangerous pollutants, bacteria and trash are carried through our neighborhoods and enter local creeks, reservoirs, lakes, the Delta and Bay. As water drains from streets, parking lots, and lawns,
Read more…Rumor has it that May 21st 2011 will be the next Green Fest in Martinez at the amphitheater. The Dumpster Diversion Project would love agencys, businesses Dare to use Discards and create an outfit to represent their agency or business for the Tras
Read more…I was just appreciating that I never get snails and walked out to find my vegetables covered in slugs! What do I do?
Read more…Last month, around Thanksgiving and the omnipresent "Black Friday," a friend of mind sent me an email about this really cool idea. The gist is to buy local for the Holidays. I have heard that this idea is taking off and actually becoming a movement.
Read more…Taking the time to consider where things come from and what they're made out of is an important step toward living sustainably. Finding things Made in the USA is not as easy as one would think, although it probably depends on where you shop. Question
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