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Pittsburg: July 17, 2012
25,000 Points
Cool Down and Keep Up the Competiton Cool Californians enjoy summer and know how to beat the heat while staying green! This is Pittsburg's last chance to win $10,000 and become a Cool California City. So, make sure to upload your energy bills and vehicle miles traveled! Tell your friends to sign up, too |
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Get Out and Get Down to Your Local Farmers Market Pick up something fresh at the Pittsburg Farmers' Market. With locally-grown produce, decadent baked goods, gourmet food items, and live music, it's the place to be! Every Saturday from 9am to 1pm located on Railroad Avenue between 5th Street and 6th Street running until Oct 1st! |
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The Green Zone is Here! Want to learn about gardening, composting, and other green activities? Check out the Green Zone at the Pittsburg Library! When you are hungry for facts and fun related to sustaining Planet Earth, the Green Zone will satisfy your cravings with a world class menu of books, magazines, and audio/visual materials. |
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Making Your Garden Grow The Recycling Center and Transfer Station in Pittsburg is now selling compost! Mixing compost into soil will have many benefits, like providing nutrients that help plants grow and helping the soil hold onto moisture. It can even help slow down weed growth. Compost is also good for preparing soil for new lawns and can also be used as a top dressing or mulch. Stop by 1300 Loveridge Road or call (925) 473-0180 for more information or to buy some today. |
Shuttle and Shop Take a shuttle to shop? Let us know what you think! The City of Pittsburg would like to know if a shuttle could serve your daily travel needs and bring you to shopping, dining, recreation, and work destinations in the City. Your participation with this study (by completing the survey) will help determine its feasibility. Taking the survey will also enter you into a drawing for a gift card! Visit: www.pittsburgshuttle.weebly.com to take the shuttle and give us your opinion. |
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Pittsburg is in 7th Place Pittsburg now has more than 25,000 points, up from 17,000 two weeks ago. Congrats on earning over 8,000 points in the last two weeks, and keep up the good work! |
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Are You Going to Eat That? Americans throw away 1/3 of the food we buy – more than 34 million tons a year. When you send food waste to landfill, “it quickly rots and becomes a significant source of methane - a potent greenhouse gas with 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide” (EPA). Why not compost instead? It’s good for the planet and it’ll give you nutritious soil for your garden, too! Learn more about composting in Contra Costa County or attend a free home composting workshop. |
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Calories = Carbon The average American eats about 2800 calories per day – 25% more than the recommended 2000 calories. Since food production generates greenhouse gases, eating fewer calories can help you be healthy and reduce your carbon footprint! Can you guess which type of food produces the most greenhouse gases? Click on the pie chart to find out. For more info, check out the CoolClimate Carbon Footprint Calculator. |
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Cool Down With Water A 12-ounce can of Coke has 140 calories and 39 grams of sugar. To cool down this summer, drink tap water instead! It's healthy, refreshing, and super cheap! |
 Photo by USDA via Flickr* |
More Healthy Recipes! You've gone to the farmers market. Now, what can you do with all the fresh, in-season produce you've bought? Make some delicious meals, of course! We’ve got recipes for you. |
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Worldwide Environmental Events July is Park and Recreation Month July is National Picnic Month |
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 Photo by John Markos O’Neill via Flickr* |
Just for Laughs "How do you make an apple turnover?" "Push it down a hill." Source: http://www.channel4.com/4food/features/the-greatest-food-jokes-ever |
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