Imagine the bay 1-4.5 ft higher in the photo above - that's what the Nobel Peace Prize winning UN IPCC estimates if we do nothing.

Many people making small changes makes a big difference.
If each resident of Mountain View (~75,000 people) each kept 1 pound of garbage from going into the landfill everyday, that would be 27,375,000 lbs of garbage per year or about 13.7 thousand tons, which is 23% of Mountain View's annual garbage. Reducing Mountain View's garbage by 23% in a year would be a big step. Especially since Santa Clara County forecasts that its landfills will be full in about 15 years.

Methane is 72 times more potent than Carbon Dioxide as a greenhouse gas over 20-years. Many Mountain View residents know (remember the flames on the grass at Shoreline Amphitheater?) that landfills generate methane. So, reducing garbage going to landfills helps significantly in beating climate chaos.

165 Mountain View residents learned to compost in 2007 by participating in free composting workshops that Santa Clara Count offers. Can you beat that this year? Go to the Contests page to learn more.

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• If you're ready to start composting, join the Mountain View Compost Challenge. In addition to your intrinsic reward of committing to change, you'll receive a reward of a discount on a composter, in case that helps you get started.

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