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		<title>Where Have All the Steelhead Trout Gone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The GreenTown Water Stewardship program works to reduce water consumption, runoff pollution and household chemicals and pharmaceuticals that are dumped into the wastewater system.]]></description>
		<link>http://greentownlosaltos.org/where-have-all-the-steelhead-gone/</link>
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		<title>Brooke Ray Smith and Others Lead Los Altos/Hills to #1 Spot in Drive Less Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top performers in the Drive Less Challenge contest for Los Altos and Los Altos Hills were honored at the GreenTown Los Altos Bike, Walk, Win! Party on Thursday, May 10 at 359 State St. Bicycles.  About 60 people attended, including a number of riders on their bicycle commute home on Bike to Work Day. Brooke [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greentownlosaltos.org/drive-less-winners-in-los-altos-and-hills/</link>
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		<title>Los Altos and Los Altos Hills Take No.1 Spot in the Drive Less Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GreenTown Los Altos is pleased to report that the Los Altos/Los Altos Hills Community came out #1 in the two-week Drive Less Challenge that concluded at midnight on Saturday, May 5. We took the top spot in both &#8220;green miles&#8221; and pounds of CO2 saved by changing our driving habits. Yea, team! Congratulations to everyone who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greentownlosaltos.org/los-altos-and-los-altos-hills-take-no-1-spot-in-the-drive-less-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Trash Talk &#8211; They Do What With My Green Waste?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder what happens to the yard waste, clippings and food scraps that you put into your green organics tote?  Read this article to find out more!]]></description>
		<link>http://greentownlosaltos.org/trash-talk-they-do-what-with-my-green-waste/</link>
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		<title>Epicurean Group &amp; GreenTown Los Altos Business Co-Op featured in On-Campus Hospitality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The April 2012 issue of On-Campus Hospitality, published by Executive Business Media, features Los Altos-based Epicurean Group which runs the Bay View Café at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the campus of the University of California-Berkeley. The Epicurean Group uses organic, sustainable products that are sourced within 150 miles of their kitchens. It also buys carbon credits to offset their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greentownlosaltos.org/epicurean-group-greentown-los-altos-business-co-op-featured-in-on-campus-hospitality/</link>
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		<title>Kimberly Beck, AKA The Biking Baker, Joins the Drive Less Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen Kimberly Beck on her yellow Electra cruiser biking around Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and surrounding communities delivering home-made baked goods, appetizers and dinners. A seven year resident of Los Altos, Kimberly started The Biking Baker in 2009. At that time she was recovering from a water skiing accident and doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GreenTown Spotlight: Friends of Deer Hollow Farm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet the Farm Babies at Deer Hollow Farm.  On Saturday, May 19, from 10am-1pm, kids are invited to go nose-to-nose with the new lambs and kids, a cow, pigs, chickens, rabbits, ducks, sheep and goats.  Trained docents will be stationed in the animal pens, explaining animal care and what life was like on a homestead farm.]]></description>
		<link>http://greentownlosaltos.org/greentown-spotlight-friends-of-deer-hollow-farm/</link>
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		<title>Drive Less Challenge Daily Prize Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4/22:  KevO 4/23:  Cycle Sista 4/24:  ddan 4/25:  blisskid 4/26:  nancynico 4/27:  jeanniec 4/28:  NathanH 4/29:  Blachrider 4/30:  Julie A. 5/1:     Alice 5/2:    Luciane 5/3:    Kate the Great 5/4:    Linda Z. 5/5:    Sierra T. They each received either a $5 gift certificate for Gourmet Works (205 Main St.) or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greentownlosaltos.org/drive-less-challenge-daily-prize-winners/</link>
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		<title>Get into Gear for the Drive Less Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take the Challenge
For a two-week period starting on Earth Day, April 22, you can challenge yourself to use an alternative form of transportation to run errands and to get to work or school. By leaving your car at home, you can improve your health, save money, conserve energy and eliminate CO2 emissions. ]]></description>
		<link>http://greentownlosaltos.org/get-into-gear-for-the-drive-less-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Family Bike Days Featured Bike Safety and Smoothies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last weekend in March was a busy one for bicycle safety. Oak Elementary School hosted the first of two Family Bike Days on Friday, March 30 from 3:30-6:30pm. Los Altos Mayor Val Carpenter kicked off the event, welcoming participants and noting the importance of bicycle safety education in preserving our children&#8217;s safety. Sixty kids [...]]]></description>
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