A Special Note About Haiti from the EarthShare California Staff

At EarthShare California, we work tirelessly to provide funding to our member organizations because we believe in building sustainable and healthy communities worldwide. In our efforts, natural catastrophes give us a moment of pause as we realize the immense and uncontrollable power of nature to destroy great human efforts in the matter of minutes. We offer our deepest solidarity to the people of Haiti as they try to overcome the aftermath of this earthquake. We extend our gratitude to those in Haiti conducting emergency relief and to those of the international community who have taken great initiative in these dark times. May the human spirit prevail.

“Brag About Your Bag” A Huge Success

The County of Los Angeles’s Department of Public Works program to educate the public about the need to use reusable bags and recycle plastic bags has come to a very successful end.

The “Brag About Your Bag” program ran November 15 thru December 17, 2009, and resulted in 50, 000 reusable bags being given away at fifty supermarket locations. 51 cities committed to participating in the program. At each supermarket location shoppers were encouraged to exchange 5 plastic bags for a free reusable bag.

Approximately 6 billion single use plastic bags are used in Los Angels County each year. As a result 45,000 tons of single use plastic bags are disposed of by the county’s residents.

During the “Brag About Your Bag” program, a total of 30, 000 plastic bags were exchanged for reusable plastic bags. Staffers at Department of Public Works plan to use the bag collected to build the world’s biggest plastic bag ball.

EarthShare California was one of the participating campaign partners. EarthShare wishes to thank KLOVE 107.5, LA Nueva 101.9, ESPN 710am, Waste Management, The Gas Co, Green is Universal, Sanitation Districts of LA County, Heal the Bay, Ralphs, HOWS, Albertsons, Top Valu, Valu Plus, ABC 7, One Bag at a Time, EarthWise Bags, Luke Walton, Laker Girls and Department of Public Works. Click here for more information about “Brag About Your Bag.”

Cyber-Rain is donating 10% of sales to EarthShare of California

Did You Know?

The average American household consumes about 13,000 gallons of water a month – and nearly 60 percent of that is used for landscape watering.

Nearly 50 percent of landscape watering ends up as runoff contributing directly to pollution and water waste.

Be Part of the Solution!

In California, water sources have been severely impacted by record dry conditions and an ever-increasing demand by a growing population.

Cyber-Rain has developed a groundbreaking smart sprinkler control system that gives homeowners an easy way to save 30-70 percent on their landscape watering bills by using the ease and convenience of the personal computer and automatic weather updates from the internet.

Special Offer and Rebate

Cyber-Rain is donating 10% of sales to EarthShare of California! You can conserve water and support EarthShare of California in one easy step.

Plus, California offers a rebate program for the purchase of smart controllers, and many cities cover the ENTIRE cost of purchase. This is a no-brainer!

Please visit the EarthShare Cyber-Rain web page here. When you follow that link, not only will 10% of your purchase be donated to EarthShare, but you will receive a 10% discount!