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The County and several community organizations hosted an Earth Day Fair on Friday at the County Operations Center. Interactive booths featured information about recycling, stormwater protection, food waste prevention and ways people can help protect and improve water quality with everyday actions.
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April is Earth Month. Celebrated throughout the globe, this year’s theme is “Our Power, Our Planet” and includes a call for people to pledge to do something to make our planet greener.
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The County’s first grassroots advisory group focused on ways to make the region more livable and resilient will hold its inaugural meeting tomorrow, January 29.
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What was once a vacant lot in Linda Vista now blossoms with fresh produce, flowers and budding friendships. The site boasts a new community garden – just one of seven that County Aging & Independence Services (AIS) helped bring to life.
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The gift-giving season is always fun, but the wrapping paper, packages and stuff can be hard on sustainability—that is, finding ways to give and still protect natural resources for years to come. However, it can be done. Here are some tips!
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The holiday season is back. It’s the time when many of us are personally mailing and shipping packages and gifts to faraway family and friends. Or maybe even traveling to deliver presents and bring back home gifts in return. Just remember—don’t pack a pest!
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The County’s Board of Supervisors adopted Wednesday the 2024 Climate Action Plan, a blueprint for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the unincorporated area and at County facilities to reach net zero emissions by 2045.
