Environmental Services News
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Solar America Cities grant funds to the City of San José for seven solar projects – the largest number awarded to any city in the nation.
Governor Schwarzenegger announced the City of San José has won the 2009 Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) for its Zero Waste Events Program. GEELA is California's highest and most prestigious environmental honor.
The City of San José is hosting a series of resource fairs for National Pollution Prevention Week – and invites everyone to be part of the green solution by learning pollution prevention measures that can protect the environment and make our homes, schools, and workplaces cleaner and safer.
Mayor Chuck Reed and Councilmember Kansen Chu will be speaking on the City of San Jose’s efforts to move towards renewable energy as they unveil a new 3.36 kilowatt (kW) solar panel system at the Alviso Library. The event will also include a community resource fair to promote green job opportunities and simple, energy-saving tips.
The City of San José is conducting a study of its use of the Internet to increase its effectiveness in informing, communicating, and providing services via the Web. An important part of this study is to get feedback from users such as you about how well the City web site works for you. Please take a few minutes to take our survey and make your voice heard.
Free tours showcasing the science and technology behind the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant are available on the first and third Thursdays of each month, 10:00 a.m. to noon, and the first and third Saturdays 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. and from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., now through October.
Residents can now check out free energy meters from several San José public libraries to evaluate their energy use beginning July 20. Saving energy can save money and help reduce pollution and greenhouse emissions. This program is part of the City’s efforts to educate the community about energy use and efficiency.
The San José City Council has moved San José closer to becoming 100 percent energy independent by authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop guidelines and potential lease terms for the development of an organics-to-energy biogas facility on a 40-acre site near the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant.
Residents are invited this May 16 to tour the Plant and participate in a workshop where they can learn about a master planning process that could turn this facility into a regional asset and world-class showcase of the unique South Bay shoreline.
Celebrate Earth Day at Tuesday Market at City Hall, an environmentally friendly marketplace featuring locally grown produce, local arts and crafts, and information and resources to “green” your lifestyle. Tuesday Market will take place from 3-7:30 p.m. every Tuesday between April 21 and September 1.
San José’s Third Annual Schools Environmental Conference will help schools and school districts learn how to save money by protecting natural resources and fostering the next generation of environmental advocates. The Conference will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009, from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the San José Fairmont Hotel, 170 Market Street, San José.
In the nation’s center of green innovation, San José’s City Hall is one of the greenest buildings in town, achieving the top certification of LEED-EB Platinum from the U.S. Green Building Council.
This local kickoff to the statewide “No Drugs Down the Drain” campaign during the week of October 4 to October 11 is the first of six free collection events in the San José area.
The new website contains many resources to help event organizers green their events, including how to obtain recycling services in San José and find distributors of compostable food serviceware.
Event organizers in San José are composting or recycling almost everything, greening their operations and keeping waste out of local landfills.
San José Go Green Schools program will be recognized in September with an award for “Outstanding K-12 School Program” from the National Recycling Coalition.
This is the second year the City of San José is using grazing animals, bats and barn owls to achieve a sustainable, less-toxic land management system.
San José just doubled its performance with the July 1st launch of a new program to sort through garbage from all multi-family complexes in San José and extract everything that can be recycled or composted.
San José City Council approved a new City Policy limiting the use of public funds for the purchase of single-serve bottled water for consumption in City facilities.
Residents can exchange their old-fashioned glass mercury fever thermometers for a FREE digital thermometer (one per household) between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 31 at Edenvale Branch Library, 101 Branham Lane East, in San José.
Residents and business owners in San José, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, and Monte Sereno are invited to apply to become a member of a newly formed Community Advisory Group for a Master Plan project at the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant.
Starting in May 2008, garbage from all City facilities and litter cans along sidewalks and at parks, libraries, and other public spaces will be sorted for recyclable and compostable materials.
Through an expanded recycling program and a new food waste composting pilot, the Museum will recycle, compost or reuse almost all of the waste it generates.
This free lunch-time event will take place at San José City Hall Plaza, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22.
West Coast Green, the world’s largest residential green building conference, will take place at the San José Convention Center from September 25-27. |
