State and provincial governments along the North American west coast are united in an effort to impact climate change.
Most Los Altos and Los Altos Hills residents can benefit from this recycling event.
Wondering why your energy bills are so high? Los Altos residents who want to eliminate energy wasters in their homes can receive a personalized energy diagnosis with the new Home Energy Analyzer.
To make the conservation of energy easier, the students who worked on Stanford's entry in the Solar Decathlon green-building competition have redesigned household mainstays to make reducing energy and water consumption a cinch.
The removal of a concrete barrier gives steelhead trout access to historic spawning grounds on the Peninsula.
This is the first time scientists have assigned a monetary value to the pest-control benefits rainforest birds can provide to agriculture. Their study could provide the framework for pest management that helps both farmers and biodiversity.
Alternatives cost more for businesses, but the City is trying to protect creeks.
No state recycles more of its waste than California. However, Fresno and Bakersfield are not eco-friendly at all.
See how Los Altos and surrounding cities have been trying to improve cycling culture and what initiatives bring them onto the map.
LEED Platinum Certification also means AV and teleconferencing to reduce business travel.
Throwing your kitchen scraps into a composting bin can give you a potent fertilizer for your plants or garden and reduce your carbon footprint.
Users will be able to pick up a bicycle at any sharing kiosk and return it to any other kiosk within the system.
The Platinum LEED-certified Media & Learning Center, plus renovations and retrofits, keep tons of CO2 emissions out of the air and loads of money back into the colleges' pockets.
A ban on polystyrene, which Los Altos Hills has already banned, is the next ordinance the city is working on.
Los Altos Hills mother Lauren Ward was killed Nov. 4, 2010, and 11 cyclists a week land in the ER at Stanford Medical Center; A new group has started working with different agencies for solutions.
The World Water Monitoring Challenge is on, and what better way to think globally and act locally?
These recycling oddities might surprise you.
The numbers speak for themselves; sales of EVs show healthy growth rate.
Town volunteers identified a grant program and used the $83,000 to restore the creek habitat with native plants.
Experts and average residents can have their say in how to grow healthy cities in Silicon Valley, and improve traffic and transit conditions.
The pioneer of high tech pollution reduction will hold a talk at Saratoga Library at 7 p.m. Feb. 19.
The federal government wants to bring fast, powerful—and free—Internet connections to communities across the nation.
New government estimates say families are spending nearly $3,000 a year just to fill up their gas tanks.
Sealing windows and adding insulation to your home can take as much as 30 percent off your heating bill, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Homeowners get a second chance at tax credits that expired, as well.
If your New Year's resolution is to live a greener lifestyle, check out these 20 tips to help you stick to your plan.
A Bay Area assemblyman wants to prohibit single-use plastic bags in California in 2015.
Commuters, recreational users: Do you walk, bike or otherwise use the Stevens Creek Trail? Would you like to? Don't miss hearing about this process!