We’re hearing from plenty of Oaklanders, especially with all the green-type events happening this month. Greening Oakland Homes will participate at the Earth Expo tomorrow, downtown, along with nearly a hundred dynamic green exhibitors. Stop by during your lunch break!
This year’s Earth Day festivities feel a bit more diverse to us, as Oakland aims to make progress on all Urban Environmental Accord actions. Recently the City Council had a special meeting to consider energy reduction goals, including transportation and home energy consumption targets.
When you bring up greening initiatives these days, we think it’s about individual accountability too. Neighbors naturally bring up retrofits they might do to reduce their carbon footprints and save dollars – which aren’t mutually exclusive goals.
There seems to be increased interest in “doing something” this summer, and Greening Oakland Homes intends to provide a helpful hand. We’re now developing a new green presence at the Temescal Street Fair on June 6th, and expect to coordinate resources and suppliers for Oaklanders there.
Anyway, we hope to see you in person soon. In the meantime, please reach us with your questions and ideas at greeningoak@gmail.com.