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Thu Oct 15 23:41:44 PDT 2009

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Cupertino Walk to Take Action for Climate Change
Sat., October 17 OR Sun., October 18
For more information, please visit our Green at Home Walk to Take Action webpage

12th United Nations Association Film Festival "Energy and the World"
October 17 - 25
For more information, please visit the UNAFF 2009 website

"3rd Tuesday" Habitat Restoration Day
Tues., October 20
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
For more information, please visit our "3rd Tuesday" webpage

Cupertino Green at Home HouseCall Volunteer Training
Tues., October 20 AND October 27
5:30 pm - 9:45 pm
For more information, please visit our Green at Home HouseCall Volunteer page

"Is Solar Energy Right for Your Home?"
Thurs., October 22
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
For more information and to register, please visit the Redwood City Events website

"Low Carbon Lifestyle" Class
Thurs., October 22, November 5, November 19 AND December 3
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
For more information and to register, please contact Debbie Mytels at debbiem at acterra.org

Habitat Restoration Days at the Pearson-Arastradero Preserve
Sat., October 24
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
For more information, please visit our Stewardship Restoration webpage

Wednesday Weed Warriors
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
For more information, please visit our Weed Warriors webpage

HouseCalls - Free Home Energy Audits
Green at Home offers HouseCalls in the participating cities of Cupertino, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Redwood City and Sunnyvale. To sign up or for more information, please visit our Green at Home HouseCalls webpage

Acterra Job Opportunities
We are hiring!  For more information, please visit our Careers and Internships webpage

Environmental Job Opportunities
To view local job opportunities sent to Acterra by other environmental organizations, please visit Acterra's Environmental Job Announcements webpage

Climate Heroes Program
Have you taken action to combat climate change? Submit your story to our Climate Heroes program. For more information or to submit your story, please visit our Climate Heroes webpage

For a listing of other local environmental events, please visit Acterra's EcoCalendar Home | Programs | Get Involved | Find Answers | About Us | Donate 
October 15, 2009

International Day of Climate Action - October 24th, 2009

On October 24th, people from more than 100 nations will be taking part in a global call to action against climate change.

School children will plant 350 trees in Bangladesh, scientists will hang banners saying "350" on the statues on Easter Island, 350 scuba divers will dive underwater at the Great Barrier Reef. These creative actions and more will send a powerful message to world leaders that the global community demands a reduction in the amount of C02 in our atmosphere to 350 parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit.

Locally, several organizations have plans to participate in this worldwide call to action - local churches will ring their bells 35 times, volunteers will work for 3.50 hours restoring Ravenswood Pond, and there will be a local "Green Roofs Initiative" kick-off event, to name a few activities.  If you would like to join in these or other activities, or if you would like to create your own event, please visit 350.org for information and further details.

To do our part, Acterra's Green at Home program is working to complete our 350th HouseCall before October 24. We need less than five more sign-ups to reach this goal! To sign up for YOUR free energy-saving HouseCall (residents of Redwood City, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and Cupertino only), please visit our Green at Home HouseCall webpage.  We have a prize ready for the 350th resident, so sign up today!

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Don't Miss it!  Native Plant Sale and Acorn Harvesting Workshop this Weekend!

Acterra's Native Plant Nursery will be selling plants at the California Native Plant Society's open-to-the-public Native Plant Sale!

When: Saturday, October 17, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Where: Hidden Villa
26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills [MAP]

Show up earlier rather than later to get the best selection of native plants that are indigenous to our area. For more information about the Native Plant Sale, please visit the event website.
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"Oaks of the Preserve and Acorn Harvesting"
White Oak, Blue Oak, Black Oak, what type of Oak do I see? Come learn to identify the oaks of Arastradero Preserve. Learn about their lives and their communities. Did you know a large oak can produce up to 500 hundred pounds of acorns in a year and that they support hundreds of species of wildlife? Which oaks are doing well, and which need our help? Come learn about and help the oaks by collecting and planting acorns along the way!

When: Sunday, October 18, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Where: Pearson-Arastradero Preserve

Cost: Free  [REGISTER NOW]

We hope to see you at these two great events!

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LEARN MORE AT "FIND ANSWERS":

Green Your: Halloween

Once a festival to celebrate the end of the harvest season, Halloween has transmogrified into a celebration of all things costumed and candified. Although some may associate the holiday with disposable pirate hats and "fun sized" treats, others are seeing ways in which this orange-hued holiday can be "green."  The Green Your website offers nine tips for making your Halloween green, as well as facts about the holiday and links to resources.  For more information, please visit the Green Your: Halloween website.

For more information about Acterra's "Find Answers" webpage and to access additional online green resources, please click here. 
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