Category Archives: Green
Riverside Recognized In Top 10 Cities For Energy Efficiency
The City of Arts & Innovation has demonstrated a strong commitment to becoming a greener community by reducing our carbon footprint and annual energy use. The results of this are … Continue reading
UC Riverside Listed in “Guide to 322 Green Colleges”
Article reproduced from UCR Today: As the nation gears up to celebrate Earth Day on April 22, The Princeton Review and the Center for Green Schools at theU.S. Green Building … Continue reading
Riverside Recognized as an International Model for Its Green Initiatives
The Republic of Zambia’s Ambassador to the United Sates Sheila Siwela and a small delegation met with representatives from the mayor’s office and Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) last week, to … Continue reading
Green Leadership Summit Builds Support for Sustainable Activities Across All Sectors
Reproduced courtesy of the Press Enterprise: Riverside has made much progress in “going green,” but could do even more if like-minded people could more easily share information and resources, perhaps … Continue reading
UCR Receives $2 million Award to Power Electric Vehicles with Sunlight
Reproduced courtesy of the UCR Newsroom: The Riverside area will become a leader in powering electric vehicles from the sun under a $2 million award to the Center for Environmental Research … Continue reading
The City of Riverside Achieves “Silver” Status as a California Green Community
The City of Riverside has achieved “Silver” status from the California Green Communities Challenge (CGCC), an environmental recognition program designed to encourage cities to reduce their energy consumption and carbon … Continue reading
Alvord Unified School District Awarded Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Grant
Norte Vista High School’s Green Construction Academy application was recently approved by the California Department of Education. As one of only a handful of grantees in the state, the Green … Continue reading
CBU College of Engineering Receives $250,000 Grant for High-Tech Green Lab
Reproduced courtesy of the CBU Media Center: California Baptist University’s College of Engineering has received a grant of $250,000 from the W.M. Keck Foundation that will be used to purchase equipment … Continue reading
Habitat For Humanity Riverside Hosts TEDxManhattan “Changing the Way We Eat” Viewing Party
The “TEDxManhattan event, “Changing the Way We Eat” was a collaborative effort between Habitat for Humanity and community members to bring the live webcast to Riverside. The viewing party included time for … Continue reading
MLK Day of Service Inspires “Grow Arlanza” Community Build Event
The Child Leader Project (CLP) hosted an event called “Grow Arlanza” to begin work on the Arlanza Community Garden, located on the corner of Cypress Ave. and Challen Ave. The event … Continue reading
