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Recent Announcements

  • Jul 7 - Petroleum (Rock Oil): What is it and how is it found? Paul Heiple, a petroleum exploration geologist, will present a simplified three-step view of how oil deposits are found and some of the techniques involved in drilling for oil. Some ...
    Posted Jun 2, 2009 5:22 PM by Angela Hey
  • Jun 26 - 8 pm - Star Gazing At the Football Field Bring along your telescope to look at stars with your fellow Portola Valley residents.  Star gazing will take place on the football field behind the Town Center from 8:00 ...
    Posted Jun 2, 2009 4:58 PM by Angela Hey
  • July 28 - Renewable Energy Hear Craig Rush talk on "Everything you always wanted to know about Solar Energy but were afraid to ask". 7:00 pm Community Room, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
    Posted Jun 2, 2009 4:30 PM by Angela Hey
  • June 23 - Green Interior Design Hear Kirsten Flynn  from Sustainable Home talk on "Green Building Comes Inside - Decision Making for Interiors".7:00 pm Community Room, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
    Posted Jun 2, 2009 4:26 PM by Angela Hey
  • Green Speaker Series - Local Heroes on Local Issues Every 4th Tuesday April - Sept 2009, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pmThe Town of Portola Valley is pleased to announce the launch of our Green Speaker Series: Local ...
    Posted Jun 2, 2009 5:43 PM by Angela Hey
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Recycle Your Batteries and CFLs

Put your batteries and Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs in a clear plastic bag :
  1. Put them on top of your recycling bin  - not in the bin - for garbage collectors Green Waste (see their recycling guide) or
  2. Take them to the Portola Valley Hardware Store (located at the corner of Alpine and Portola Roads)
If you go further afield, you can take your light bulbs to IKEA. 
Whole Foods will also take items such as batteries for recycling (depends on the store). 
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If you click on Ideas you get some book suggestions.

If you click on "EERE News" you get news from the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency News.

Yahoo! competition for Green Ideas
Deadline June 30th, 2009
Invent something green!