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Students learn about the 4Rs hierarchy and brainstorm ways to practice the 4Rs.
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Students learn about renewable, nonrenewable and perpetual resources by looking at products made from natural resources.
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Barbara Finnin, a Master Composter, goes over the basics of worm composting in this video produced by Freshtopia.
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A one page flyer that shows the process of how our food scraps are turned into compost.
News | 09/24/2014Heeding the Governor's call to cut back on water use, in June the city of Pleasanton replaced the lawn around its administration buildings with new landscaping designed to reduce water consumption by as much as 93 percent.
Success StoriesThe 33-acre Stanley Boulevard Safety & Streetscape Improvement Project earned 133 points from the Bay-Friendly Rated Landscapes program, making it both the largest and highest scoring project to be awarded the coveted high performance landscape label.
Success StoriesOhlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology was the first college campus to be designated a Bay-Friendly Rated Landscape. It was also the first college campus in the world to achieve LEED Platinum certification, the highest level of recognition offered by the LEED green building rating system.
News | 09/24/2014California is in the midst of an extreme drought, and we're all doing our share to save water. But that doesn't mean our yards and gardens have to be barren landscapes.
Success StoriesArroyo Commons, a twelve-unit campus housing project in Livermore, was built in 1998 by AID Employment for people with developmental disabilities and very low incomes. Prior to construction, Green Building in Alameda County selected Arroyo Commons as a Resourceful Building Demonstration Project.