Action Title Description
Creating Sustainable Landscaping Palo Alto - Free Workshops on Sustainable Landscaping

Every spring and summer, the City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) offers free classes in partnership with BAWSCA (Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency) on composting, mulching, waterwise landscaping, irrigation, graywater and rainwater harvesting and tree drought survival workshops.  Visit the website or call (650)329-2241 for more information.
Stewarding Neighborhood Infrastructure SF - 311

311 is the official site for obtaining information, reporting problems or submitting service requests to the City and County of San Francisco.
Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) LA - Plan your trip on bicycle

The city of LA has provided maps of bicycle routes and transportation options so that you may combine a bike journey with public transportation. Metro buses and trains allow bikes on all lines.
Bartering Goods and Services on the Block Palo Alto - Transition

Transition Palo Alto hosts twice monthly garden and skill shares where people bring garden produce and share ideas for growing, cooking, and preserving.  Bi-monthly Share Faires encourage people to share a wide variety of goods, from garden produce to books, clothing, kitchen supplies, craft supplies, and more. We encourage you to consider looking at the Transition sharing activities as a model for how you might do something similar on your block. All Transition Palo Alto sharing activities are ‘shares’ not ‘swaps’. There’s no quid pro quo. You can bring things, whether or not you’re also taking something, and can take goods, whether or not you’ve also brought something. This flexibility fosters a sense of community and true sharing.
Becoming a Wise Buyer Palo Alto - Transition

Transition Palo Alto hosts activities and events to encourage environmentally sustainable lifestyles. Transition is unique in its focus on both inner and outer sustainability and resilience. A critical part of the change is to recognize that consuming less while strengthening local connections can mean a more meaningful and more satisfying existence.
Developing Your Communication Systems for an Emergency * AlertSCC

ReadySCC - for Android

ReadySCC - for iPhone

AlertSCC is a reverse 911 service for emergency/disaster messages from Santa Clara County sent to your cell phone, mobile device, email, or landline. The ReadySCC mobile app provides critical alerts via push notification, location of emergency shelters and up to date evacuation maps. Additionally, your Block Preparedness Coordinator is a reliable source of information to and from the city.
Becoming a Wise Buyer SF - Consumer Responsibility

Consumer responsibility is taking personal responsibility for the environmental costs and consequences of your consumption patterns and lifestyle. Check out these tips to help reduce consumer consumption, provided by SF Environment.
Generating Power From the Sun SF - GoSolarSF Incentive

The City of San Francisco will help lower the out-of-pocket costs for installing a solar electricity system on your residence. GoSolarSF is a City program that has helped residents and businesses install thousands of kilowatts of solar energy on residential, business and nonprofit rooftops across San Francisco, reducing participants’ electricity bills and shrinking the City’s carbon footprint.

See also this Consumer Guide for Solar Water Heating.
Planting Trees LA - Beautification Team

LABT implements greening projects and tree planting -- planting trees and handling residential trees distributions events. Areas of responsibility includes part of Central LA and the East Valley.
Creating Sustainable Landscaping SF - Water-Efficient Garden Workshops

The SFPUC is offering new and expanded resources to help San Francisco residents respond to the drought by creating and maintaining beautiful and water-efficient gardens. All classes are held at Garden for the Environment, a half-acre organic community garden located in the Inner Sunset.

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