Piedmont Connect is a collaborative community organization supporting resident initiatives and city efforts to build a sustainable future.
Piedmont Connect PHS Green Club Grant - Bee-Friendly Flower Project
A Piedmont Connect matching grant helped the PHS Green Club launch their “Bee-Friendly Flower (BFF) Project,” an ambitious plan to install bee-friendly plants in concrete-lined boxes that extend along the walls and walkways of the library and the student center. The planting started April 29, 2023 and will be a mix of native flowers that are low maintenance and low water use.
PUSD is providing the project’s infrastructure allowing the BFF Project to remove the old landscaping, add new soil amendment and install new irrigation where it’s needed. The Green Club currently consists of 45 students and has 20 active members, who meet every week to discuss projects and potential volunteer activities, both within and outside Piedmont.
2022-2023 Climate Speaker Series
Piedmont Connect and League of Women Voters of Piedmont, the city’s two leading environmental education and advocacy organizations, jointly developed a Climate Speaker Series that launched in September 2022 and ran through April 2023.
We hope citizens will participate to learn more about what’s possible and what’s necessary to transition to a net-zero-emission economy within the timeframe required to meet our obligations under the 2015 Paris global climate accord.
Climate Speakers
Miss any or all of the speakers? Watch the entire Climate Speaker Series on LWVP’s YouTube Channel:
Mark Jacobson: Transitioning California and the World to 100% Clean, Renewal Energy and Storage for Everything
Daniel Sperling: Electric Vehicles: Can They Deliver on their Promise?
Rupa Basu: Health Impacts from Heat: What to Know and What You Can Do
Paul Gosselin: Sustainable Groundwater Management in California
Rebecca Burgess: How Textiles Affect Climate Change
Sara Paul: Wildfire Mitigation in the Bay Area: What Can Be Done?
PIEDMONT CLIMATE CHALLENGE
City of Piedmont’s residential competition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our homes, cars, diets, and in our personal consumption and behaviors. Simple everyday things you can do to reduce your impact. Join today!
HOME ELECTRIFICATION
The City of Piedmont is encouraging residents to make the switch to electric appliances and backup batteries. By electrifying Piedmont homes and reducing natural gas use, Piedmont is tackling its second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Photo Credit: Bufano Bears at Crocker Park by Quincy Harley Jr.