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October 2023, City of Mill Valley & Town of Tiburon

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Love the Planet? Bring Your Own cup!

$0.25 Cup Charge Starting November 10th

Tiburon and Mill Valley have both adopted the Reusable Foodware Ordinance introduced by Marin County. The ordinance includes a $0.25 charge for non-reusable cups to help reduce single use waste. Businesses who provide takeaway food services keep this money to help their transition to more sustainable foodware. Enforcement of this ordinance begins November 10th. View the visual guide for the ordinance

Questions About the Reusable Foodware Ordinance? Join an Information Session!

Tiburon and Mill Valley are hosting a series of virtual information sessions to answer any questions and provide additional information about the Reusable Foodware Ordinance. Enforcement of the ordinance will begin on November 10th.

The schedule will be as follows:

October 12th, 9am - 12pm

October 18th, 9am - 10am

October 25th, 9am - 10am

November 1st, 9am - 10am

November 8th, 9am - 10am

Marin Green Home Tour on October 26th

This free virtual event highlights strategies that residents can adopt for healthier, more comfortable homes, smaller energy bills, and cleaner air. The tour will include 8-minute video tours of 6 homes, plus short presentations by experts, links to relevant businesses, and useful resources, rebates, and incentives so attendees can benefit from the experience of our local sustainable living trend-setters. Register and learn more

Marin Sustainability Tracker

Are you familiar with the Marin Sustainability Tracker? This tool from the Marin Climate and Energy Partnership (MCEP) is an interactive map that shows how each jurisdiction is doing in terms of sustainable development. It covers categories such as energy, transportation, green house gas emissions, waste, and water. Check out the tracker here

Sustainability Tip of the Month

Get spooky and have fun while keeping Halloween low waste!

Want to know something scary? This year, US consumers are expected to spend over 10.5 billion dollars on Halloween- including plastic-wrapped candies and costumes made of synthetic fibers that end up in our landfills on November 1st.

Here are some great ideas to tone down plastic waste while still having a festive Halloween. Rethink costumes and save some money too.

When the party's over, compost that pumpkin! Remember that a pumpkin in the compost (green barrel) improves our soil. A pumpkin in the garbage bin produces harmful greenhouse gases. You can also donate extra candy to prevent it from going into landfill.

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October Events

October 1st - 31st

Draw Down Ecochallenge Learn how you can participate

October 4th

Energy Efficiency Day Find out what actions you can take

October 4th | 10am - 12pm

MCL Land Use, Water and Transportation Committee Meeting View the meeting details

October 4th | 12pm - 1pm

AARP California “Power Your Savings” Webinar and Q&A, learn how new tax credits and cash rebates can help lower your energy bills. Register for the virtual webinar

October 4th

California Clean Air Day See how you can take part

October 5th | 9am - 4pm

Pachamama Alliance Climate Convergence 2023, an all day event highlighting the dynamic dimensions of the climate justice movement. Register and see the speakers

October 5th | 11pm - 12:30pm

Planning for Sea Level Rise on California's Coast, hosted by California Coastal Resilience Network. Register for the virtual webinar

October 9th

Indigenous Peoples Day Learn more a bout the Coast Miwok people of Marin County

October 12th | 3pm - 5pm

MCL Parks and Open Space Committee Meeting View the meeting details

October 16th

World Food Day Explore different ways to get involved

October 18th | 10am - 12pm

MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting View the meeting details

October 26th | 6pm - 8:30pm

Marin Green Home Tour, free virtual tour features an all-new lineup of Marin County homes, with solutions for homeowners and renters. Sign up and see more

October 30th

Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority Chipper Days, during the week of October 30th. Learn more and register

Ends on November 15th

Bay Area SunShares Discounts on Home Solar Get more information

Climate Action Plans (CAPs)

City of Mill Valley's and Town of Tiburon's goals for reducing green house gas emissions

City of Mill Valley Climate Action Plan

Town of Tiburon Climate Action Plan

Links to Sustainability Organizations

Zero Waste Marin

Ride and Drive Clean

Marin Conservation League

Resilient Neighborhoods

Sustainable Marin

Climate Action (Sustainability) Coordinator Contact Information

Grace Ledwith

gledwith@cityofmillvalley.org | gledwith@townoftiburon.org