Ideas from SteptItUp2007 on November 3 2007, in Mountain View

Stop drinking fancy bottled water to save our groundwater

Get Costco MtView sample stations to dispose of fewer plastics and foam utensils

It is not only about planting trees it is also about caring for the ones we have.

Sign up to stop junk mail to your home

Eat less animal protein and increase intake of plant proteins- beans, nuts, seeds, legumes.

City sponsored and public funded large solar power generation stations.

People can buy into the system instead of installing panels on their own houses. They would get a credit for power generated and share in a part of rebates.

Place vegetable gardens and park space in large developments, and enforce  'green' building codes for city.

Light wells in large developments.

Guidelines and methods for renters to get apartment complexes to make green improvements to their properties.

Ask local businesses to be Green Certified.

Ban plastic bags and styrofoam

Compost bins for households

Retail stores should be giving out paper, not plastic bags to customers.

More outlets for recycling plastic bags.

Limit use of plastic water bottles and get reusable ones to refill (Drinking Mountain View tap water builds character!)

No Smoking in the Plaza! How about it City Council?

Downtown supermarket, downtown dense housing, WALK

Hang 50% of your laundry out to dry on the clothesline

Use San Francisco as a model!

Turn off your lights!

Recommend a subject about Environmental Sanitation in early curriculum for our children in schools (Roger Asaido)

Reuse things before you recycle them: Reduce waste, Reuse, Recycle, Rot (compost!) Zero waste!

Campaign and bumper stickers and billboards to drive no faster than the speed limit. Maybe reduce speed limits too.

Organic farms and gardens on city land!

Mandatory double pane glass windows in all rental units in Mountain View

Bonds to provide loans for installing residential solar systems- offset by tax asessment on home with solar- this is what Berkeley is doing.

Bring your own takeout container for restaurant leftovers- avoid styrofoam

Please do not send junk mail, or advertisements to people. This stuff kills lots of trees.