Wood Streets Green Team

Brockton Avenue Traffic Calming

BROCKTON AVENUE TRAFFIC CALMING

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Community Garden

TEQUESQUITE COMMUNITY GARDEN - BECOME A MEMBER!

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Interested in Helping? Contact Pat Silvestri, silvestri.pat@gmail.com.

Ideas? Join the Tequesquite Community Garden Discussion Group

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Blog Posts

First IE NestWatch Meeting and Training

Whether in a shrub, a tree, or a nest box, bird nests are all around us. By monitoring a nearby nest you can help scientists study the biology of North America’s birds and how it might be changing over time. Every spring and summer, volunteers from across the country visit nests and report their findings to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s NestWatch program. As a NestWatcher, you keep tabs on bird family life, following the progression from incubated eggs, to fuzzy chicks, to gawky…

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Posted by Diana Ruiz on February 10, 2013 at 8:06am

Awesome Article About Impact of Community Groups on Energy Efficiency Programs

From the Ground Up: How Local Governments and Community Organizations are Delivering Energy Efficiency in Innovative…

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Posted by Steven Rawls on February 28, 2012 at 9:26am

What you eat makes a difference

I have not seen anything on here about diet choices being a major factor in our environmental footprint.

http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/environment.html

Posted by Steve Caddel on January 8, 2012 at 12:15am

Bye Bye Lawn

Hello everyone,

We recently moved back into the wood streets area after 10 years away. We greatly missed it here. In the three weeks that we have been in the new house, we painted the outside and pulled out the lawn. Below you will see some of the pics of the result of a few weeks of planning and a busy weekend. we have finished the left side of the front yard. Just started the right side and have some ideas for the divider between the sidewalk and the…

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Posted by Steve Caddel on January 7, 2012 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Events

June 5

Wednesday

Tequesquite Community Garden Planning Meeting

June 5, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm – RCC Alumni House

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2013 How-to-Garden Tour

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About the Wood Streets Green Team

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The Wood Streets Green Team is a local group dedicated to providing resources for sustainable living. Though the Team is geographically located in the Wood Streets neighborhood, all Riverside residents are invited to join the Team!

Green Team Topics:

Discussion Groups on Above Topics

The Green Team's Mission is to assist Wood Streets and Riverside residents in increasing the sustainability of their lifestyles.

The Green Team's Vision is to become a model sustainable community and have a voice in promoting sustainable living in the City of Riverside.

The following are the Wood Streets Green Team goals:

Develop resources on various sustainability topics
Provide educational workshops with practical applications
Promote sustainability behaviors for residents, the neighborhood, and the city
Support similar groups in Riverside and optimize partnerships
Advocate sustainability in Riverside
Address code compliance issues as they apply to local conditions
Promote values that encourage a culture of sustainability