Santa Cruz Sentinel
Fri, 05/17/2013
Valencia Elementary School is going green. For the past year, students, led by the sixth-grade Green Team, have been working to waste less and recycle more. The goal is to win a Green Ribbon, a national recognition for schools that implement sustainable practices and environmental education.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Sat, 05/18/2013
Pacific Gas & Electric teamed up with UC Santa Cruz to help design energy-efficient labs in the new Biomedical Building. In addition to advising UCSC on energy-saving practices, it offered help cover the project costs. In April, PG&E gave UCSC $320,000 as part of its incentive program for participating campuses.
The league's support is based on its study of the reuse of Fort Ord. The study resulted ... areas as part of the state legislative reauthorization of FORA.
In a report released Thursday, the Transportation Agency for Monterey County says converting the outdated two-lane Highway 156 into a nearby four-lane toll ...
How will you vote? Should Watsonville develop land for business development or keep it for agricultural purposes?
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By Staff SANTA CRUZ -- The California Higher Education Sustainability Conference will honor the campus next month with a 2013 Best Practice Award for ...
Buildings' energy use comprises 16 percent of Santa Cruz's total greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, energy-efficiency measures in buildings are ...
My proposal to address some of Watsonville's needs for jobs and tax revenue is modest. Measure T would allow the city to annex 80 acres of land next to ...
... long-time supporter of solar and sustainability projects in the district. ... He was an early and effective champion in Santa Cruz County for organic ...
There's still room in Saturday's "Compost Made Easy" workshop at Monterey Regional Waste Management District, starting at 10 am at the MRWMD administration ...
The soon-to-be-completed GWR cost-sharing agreement between the Monterey Regional Pollution Control Agency (PCA) and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management ...
The local session, to be held at the Monterey Institute of International ... the Sand City desalination plant and efforts to fix leaks and reduce the amount ...
Rubin The clock is ticking on water rights to the Salinas River that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency has held on to for 55 years.
Thanks to a partnership with Waste Management, SalinasValleyRecycles.org is ... is the recycling coordinator at the Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority.
... pass from the California Coastal Commission apparently isn't one of them. ... by Monterey County planners and the state Coastal Commission, the Carmel ...
By Chevron Energy Solutions SANTA CRUZ, Calif., May 17, ... District Board and long-time supporter of solar and sustainability projects in the district.
By Jonathan Welsh Zero Motorcycles said it delivered 59 of its ... The Scotts Valley, Calif., bike maker said the Hong Kong deal is part of its biggest ...
With the help they give you, it's really easy." Ric Grover, who recently ... and serves on the Santa Cruz County Commission on the Environment and the ...
Cal Am admits it’ll miss the state’s deadline on Carmel River cutbacks.
But, according to state data, in 2010 chloropicrin surpassed methyl bromide as the most used pesticide in Santa Cruz County for the first time in a decade ...
According to Tom Page, a farmer from Ramona who is vice president of the Pacific Southwest Chapter of California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), they need the certification to be able to sell to places like Whole Foods or local natural-food ...
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CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers), a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1973 and is one of the nation's oldest and largest third-party organic ...
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By JM BROWN SANTA CRUZ — A draft environmental impact report released Monday for a controversial water supply project reaches two critical conclusions: No ...
The Fort Ord Reuse Authority is expected to make a decision by Wednesday on whom it will hire to check signatures and run a possible special election on ...
Celia Organista and Amy Newell are co-chairs of the Committee to Save Jobs & Farmland opposing Measure T. Organista is a long-time Watsonville community ...
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For his efforts, Ponce has been recognized by Santa Cruz NEXT as one of four locals ... at The NEXTies at 7 pm Saturday at Hotel Paradox in Santa Cruz.
By Callum Beals Plantronics Vice President of Design Darrin Caddes, seen in the Plantronics headquarters in Santa Cruz, will be honored by Santa Cruz NEXT ...
Located in Monterey County, the Carmel River Reroute and San Clemente Dam Removal Project involves rerouting 3000 feet of the Carmel River into the San ...
Salinas-based Mann Packing plans to release a new video and ad campaign at the United Fresh conference to reinforce the sustainability features of its ...
Measure T, on the ballot of a special election June 4, asks whether Watsonville should be allowed to pursue annexation of 95 acres of farmland for economic ...
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Randy Tunnell/Monterey Bay Aquarium Small bites prepared for the 2012 Cooking for ... Of course, the aquarium is no newcomer to the sustainability stage.
In honor of National Bike Month (May) and Santa Cruz Bike Week, ... He typically rides his bike to work twice a week and has fashioned the 50-mile round ...
Santa Cruz-based California Certified Organic Farmers has converted many of its paper reports to digital with the expanded MyCCOF tool for CCOF-certified ...
At issue is the Fort Ord ballot initiative – wait, make that initiatives. ... The Fort Ord Reuse Authority and city of Seaside have rejected an offer by a ...
Just over the county line, nine miles northeast of Greenfield and south of Pinnacles National Park, Citadel Exploration Inc. is poised to drill up to 15 ...
By JIM JOHNSON The long-awaited San Clemente dam removal project is scheduled to begin this summer after California American Water earned the final go-ahead ...
WATSONVILLE — The Santa Cruz County Business Council Board of Directors voted unanimously May 2 not to support Measure T, a proposal to amend the ...
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As Executive Director of Save Our Shores, Laura Kasa dedicates her days to protecting our beaches, oceans and marine wildlife. She had never sailed across ...
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The Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) plans to conduct a series of collaborative community workshops to initiate a regional dialogue ...
Fracking opponents have challenged some of the bureau's earlier Monterey Shale leases in court, and won. Last month, a U.S. magistrate judge ruled that the bureau broke the law when it failed to examine fracking's potential risks during a 2011 sale of ...
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By JM Brown SANTA CRUZ -- Desalination opponents lined up Tuesday to warn top ... Before a draft environmental impact report for a proposed $128 million ...
In addition to the bill, Stone will lead as the Chair of the newly convened Assembly Select Committee on Coastal Protection. The Select Committee will carry ...
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The faceoff pits the newly formed Fort Ord Access Alliance against the Monterey County Business Council and the United Veterans Council of Monterey.
Earthbound Farm, which is headquartered in San Juan Bautista, CA, is the largest shipper of organic produce in the United States with annual sales topping ...
The owners of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk are trying to breathe new life ... project previously defeated by the California Coastal Commission in 2011.
By JM Brown SANTA CRUZ -- Ahead of the city's publication of an environmental analysis for a proposed seawater desalination plant, the Santa Cruz Water ...
If composting is an activity on your list of ways to live greener, here's a how to get started in Gilroy. Emily Bishton, a designer of sustainable ...
The Fort Ord Access Alliance (the alliance), which supports the proposed county ballot measure, ... and the Fort Ord Reuse Authority, or FORA (April 12).
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