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Sacramento Edition: July 3, 2012
+110,000 Points
July is All About Food, Dude We love our Challenge participants! Over 1,100 households have signed up across participating cities, so keep up the good work! Remember, your city earns 100 points for every person who signs up. |
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Congratulations Sacramento! Sacramento wins $10,000 Bonus Prize and moves into the Finalist Round! Sacramento is the June winner of the CoolCalifornia Challenge qualifying round, which means we will go to the final round and get a cool $10,000 to help Sacramento do an even better job of cutting our cubes! Great work everyone! |
 | Mystery of the Meaning of the Great Cube Finally Revealed! The great cube of re-usable scaffolding and mesh, measuring 30’ x 30’ x 30’ was on display for 2 days last week in downtown Sacramento. An event was also held last Tuesday to kickoff the Cut Your Cubes campaign. Read more |
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Announcing this week’s raffle prize winner! Congratulations to Elle, who won an LED bulb valued at $50. This bulb uses only 10 watts, but has the brightness output of a 60 watt incandescent. It’s dimmable, produces soft white light, and is rated to last 27.4 years. It recently won the U.S. Department of Energy "L-Prize" for energy efficiency. Thanks, Elle, for continuing to rack up points in the Cool California Challenge. |
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It's Getting More Fun! The Challenge continues to add new features to make the contest more motivating. Now you can see your rank in relation to other participants in Sacramento. You can also make your profile visible to others... |
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Did you know you can go back and add your energy info from March, April, and May? If you joined the contest recently, put in those numbers from your earlier PGE and SMUD bills to increase your points. |
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Farmers' Markets Certified Farmers' Markets happen every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday in Sacramento. For times and locations, go to http://www.california-grown.com/Market-times.html |
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Cut your cubes Stay tuned for the next CutYouCubes event in Sacramento! |
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Sacramento is in 2nd Place Sacramento now has +111,000 points, up from +83,000 two weeks ago. Congrats on earning over 28,000 points in the last two weeks, and keep up the good work! |
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Move More, Moo Less Did you know that producing one hamburger patty for your lunch releases the same amount of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere as driving a car nearly 10 miles? Cut down doubly on your emissions – pledge to ride your bike more often and eat less red meat! It’s easy to set up one meat-free day per week for your family. Take the pledge and browse recipes at MeatlessMonday.com. |
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Get Out and Get Down to Your Local Farmers Market Support local farmers by buying guaranteed fresh produce at your local farmers market. The fruit is so tasty this time of year! Who could forget the Fourth of July corn on the cob? Cut down your carbon footprint by reducing the number of miles your food has to travel to get to your plate. So get outdoors, bring your family and meet the people who produce the food you eat. |
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July is National Picnic Month It’s always more fun to eat outdoors! Enjoy the warm weather by having a picnic with friends and family. Celebrate nature, socialize, and eat yummy food all at once! Don’t worry, we’ve got recipes for delicious vegan and vegetarian picnic foods. |
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Just for Laughs "Why did the tomato blush?" "Because it saw the salad dressing." Source: http://www.channel4.com/4food/features/the-greatest-food-jokes-ever |
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