Make Cleaning Products!
Modern household cleaning products are expensive and often damaging to the environment, so a great green alternative is to make your own cleaning products. Safe and environmentally-friendly substitutes use ingredients such as baking soda, soap flakes, lemon, cornstarch and vinegar. It's quick to find recipes for them on the internet
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Irrigation Upgrades to Save Water
Thanks to City crews and volunteers from the Chula Vista Youth Sports Council, several hundred sprinkler heads and nozzles were recently replaced at Chula Vista Community and Discovery Parks. Materials and equipment have been paid for with Measure P funding. This irrigation upgrade will eventually be implemented at all sports fields in the City.
 The new sprinkler heads and nozzles will provide water and energy savings with smart technology that can be operated remotely. Plus they have flow sensors and master valves in the ground that can detect leaks. The technology also shuts itself off if running too long or using too much water. Staff from Hunter Industries, Ewing Irrigation and Graf Irrigation provided installation training to the 150 volunteers on two recent Saturday mornings. City staff will manage all the equipment using new intelligent irrigation controls. Special thanks to the Youth Sports Council for volunteering during the sports fields and park upgrades.
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A recent online article discussed how the quality of the air inside your home can severely affect your health. Areas like unkempt vents, air ducts or crawlspaces can circulate the dust or mold growing inside when you turn on the furnace or air conditioner. Residents with health conditions can be affected by the particles circulating around the house, conceivably making bad health conditions worse. This is why experts recommend checking the air sealing effectiveness around the home, as well as checking crawlspaces or vents for mold or dust.
Industrial hygienists can check the quality of the air inside your home using high tech tools that test the air in different areas of the house and sending those tests to a lab. In some states, doctors have even begun prescribing home inspections and energy audits to patients to see if their problems stem from fixable issues within their own homes. Improving the air quality within your home can not only benefit your health, but could reduce energy bills by improving temperatures within the home while also potentially raising the overall value of your home.
There are rebates from the Energy Upgrade California
 program that can help lower the cost of your upgrade or you can visit
www.gogreenfinancing.com
to review possible financing options. You can also learn more about your home by requesting a no-cost Home Energy & Water Check-Up from the City of Chula Vista Conservation Section at www.chulavistaca.gov/clean by emailing [email protected], or by calling 619-409-3893.
You can read the full article here, homeenergypros.org,
to learn why Charles Cormany, Executive Director of Efficiency First California and author of the article, stressed that air sealing might be the single most important measure of a home performance upgrade.
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Proud of your water-efficient yard? Would you like to be recognized for your work in support of water conservation and neighborhood beautification? If so, enter this year's WaterSmart Landscape Contest.
Known for many years as the California-Friendly Landscape Contest, the annual competition rewards drought-tolerant landscapes created or commissioned by customers of numerous San Diego County water agencies.
Please submit all required materials by April 30, 2018. Only residential entries will be accepted.
To learn more or to apply, please visit WaterSmart Landscape Contest.
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CLEAN Sustainability Champion Awards 2018
 Nominations for the Chula Vista
CLEAN Sustainability Champion Awards are now being accepted. Any person/group living or working in Chula Vista is eligible to be nominated for an award and potentially recognized for their local sustainability achievements. The Chula Vista CLEAN Sustainability Champion Awards, an initiative of the City of Chula Vista's Sustainability Commission, are designed to recognize individuals and groups who are helping to achieve clean air, clean water and clean land for future generations within Chula Vista!
Deadline to submit nominations is March 30th.
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Join us for the South County's largest Earth Day celebration!
Vendor registration is now open!
South Bay Earth Day exhibiting is open to all types of organizations that have a product, service, cause or message that addresses our environment and quality of life. This is a
FREE event, if you are interested in exhibiting at South Bay Earth Day please contact Victor Sanchez at
[email protected] or dial 619-691-5282. For more information visit
chulavistaca.gov/southbayearthday.
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