| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reducing Your Household Waste | SF - Building REsources |
Check out San Francisco’s source for reusable, recycled and remanufactured building and landscaping materials. |
| Participating in Community-Supported Agriculture as a Block | LA - Out of the Box Collective |
With this box you get to decide what vegetables you get and what days of the week you want it delivered. Get fresh organic vegetables at a cost much cheaper than available in grocery stores while also supporting local farmers. |
| Drinking Refrigerated Water | SF – Water Quality Report |
This state mandated annual water quality report contains important information about the drinking water available from your San Francisco tap. |
| Reducing Toxic Products in Your Household | Palo Alto - HHW Station |
HHW Station - The City of Palo Alto provides environmentally safe and convenient hazardous waste disposal for residents and small businesses at the Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Station. Keep hazardous waste from contaminating our environment and find non-toxic alternatives to reduce the generation of hazardous waste. |
| Storm Drain Stenciling and Maintenance | LA - Storm Water Program FAQs |
Find out more about storm water stenciling through these frequently asked questions (FAQs) at the LA City website. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | LA - Freecycle |
Collaborative Consumption is an economic model based on sharing, swapping, trading, or renting products and services, enabling access over ownership. There are a number of sharing and swapping opportunities in Los Angeles to help you find a new home for your unwanted household items. Check out LA - Freecycle, an online community where you may give away or pick up unwanted items of all sorts. |
| Bringing your Footprint to Zero | LA - North East Trees |
North East Trees provides planning and planting solutions enabling community-based organizations and community leaders to improve the performance of the Urban Forest through planting street trees and (re)foresting open spaces, among other things. |
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“Cities are the platform for change in our world today. The Cool Block links the challenges facing our planet to the intimate, personal, social scale of the city block. This program starts and ends with the premise and promise—that the individual, household, and neighbors are the way forward in the face of seemingly insoluble global problems.”
