S u s t a i n a b l e Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n

General Public
Folding Bike Program
Provides up to $200 savings on a folding bicycle for Santa Cruz County area residents. Discounts on bus
passes are made available for residents who wish to take their folding bike on to a Metro bus.
Contact: Bonnie McPike, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 128 • bmcpike@ecoact.org

Bike Week / Bike To Work Day

Bike to Work/School promotes bicycle commuting with two annual events. Provides incentives, support and
resources to get more students and workers to bicycle, reducing single-occupied automobile trips in Santa
Cruz County. Bike commuting resource information available at www.bike2work.com
Contact: Bonnie McPike, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 128 • bmcpike@ecoact.org

Safe Routes to School

Bike To School Day
Bike to School Day promotes bicycling to school at some 30 schools county wide.
Biking resource information available at www.bike2work.com
Contact: Bonnie McPike, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 128 • bmcpike@ecoact.org

Bike n’ Hike to School Classroom Tracking Program

School students track the number of miles they bike, walk and bus to school and calculate how much CO2 they keep out of the air, how many
calories they burn, and how much money they save by foregoing a ride in the family car.
Contact: Liana Harp, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 134 • liana@ecoact.org

Bike Smart! Youth Bicycle Safety Program

Bike Smart! is a youth bicycle safety education and advocacy program. This unique program conducts hands-on bicycle training events at Santa
Cruz County schools and community events and inspires youth to bicycle for transportation and recreation. www.bikesmart.org
Contact: Saskia Lucas, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 129 • saskia@ecoact.org

Go Green Cabrillo College

Go Green Cabrillo College is an alternative transportation campaign that encourages Cabrillo College students, faculty and staff to bus, carpool,
bike or walk to campus. For more information on how to Go Green, visit www.gogreencollege.org.
Contact: Piet Canin, Director, Sustainable Transportation Group • 831-426-5925 ext. 127 • pcanin@ecoact.org

Bike Safety Trainings to College Students and Parents

Bicycle safety classes are conducted for UCSC and Cabrillo students as well as area parents to increase bike safety practices and awareness.
Contact: Saskia Lucas, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 129 • saskia@ecoact.org

Membership (Contact Piet Canin to sign your business or agency up for membership benefits • 831-426-5925 ext. 127)
Emergency Ride Home Program
Provides a free cab ride home when you have an emergency during regular work hours and when you travel to travel to work using a sustainable
transportation mode such as bus, bicycle, carpool, vanpool, or walking.
Contact: Bonnie McPike, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 128 • bmcpike@ecoact.org

Discounted Bus Pass Program

Purchase a monthly Metro pass for unlimited rides at a 20% discount!
Contact: Bonnie McPike, Program Specialist
831-426-5925 ext. 128 • bmcpike@ecoact.org

0% Interest Bicycle Loan Program

Borrow up to $750 interest-free for one year to purchase a bicycle and related safety equipment.
Contact: Bonnie McPike, Program Specialist
831-426-5925 ext. 128 • bmcpike@ecoact.org www.ecoact.org
Transportation Membership Services
Ecology Action’s Sustainable Transportation Group Members can access all of the programs listed above.
We can also help you develop a customized sustainable transportation program for your staff. It is an
affordable way to help your employees do their part to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Contact: Bonnie McPike, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 128 • bmcpike@ecoact.org Community and Environmental Excellence through Partnership and Innovation
Energy Efficiency
RightLights Program / San Francisco Energy Watch Programs
Energy efficiency rebate programs providing professional consultation to hundreds of commercial electricity
customers in designated PG&E territories each year. These programs are focused on lighting and refrigeration
measures and feature substantial rebates for efficiency upgrades.
Contact: Aaron Brown, Operations Manager • 831-426-5925 ext. 107 • abrown@ecoact.org
LodgingSavers Program
The LodgingSavers Program delivers a comprehensive range of energy-efficiency measure rebates to hotel
and lodging properties in PG&E’s service territory. The program focuses on cost-reducing solutions that
maintain or improve guest comfort levels by addressing lighting, HVAC, hot water and other significant
energy use areas.
Contact: Aaron Brown, Operations Manager • 831-426-5925 ext. 107 • abrown@ecoact.org
Climate Solutions
Climate Solutions Program
A bold leadership initiative to mobilize the entire Monterey Bay Area to radically reduce our carbon footprint. Through regional public-private
collaboration, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito Counties can serve as a model for other regions committed to linking economic and
environmental sustainability. The Climate Solutions Program is here to help harness that potential. We are building cooperation to identify the
most rapid and cost effective way for this region to meet the challenge of reducing GHG by 80% by the year 2050.
Contact: Elizabeth Thompson, Program Manager • 831-426-5925 ext. 125 • ethompson@ecoact.org
Z e r o Wa s t e
Santa Cruz County Waste Free Schools Program
The Waste Free Schools Program for Santa Cruz County is an innovative, collaborative, award-winning
program which assists Santa Cruz County schools in institutionalizing on-campus recycling, composting
and reducing / reusing programs while instilling in the students and school staff a sense of environmental
stewardship. The WFS program is a joint program of the County of Santa Cruz, Ecology Action, Life Lab
Science Program and the Santa Cruz County Office of Education.
Contact: Molly Ober, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 111 • mollyober@ecoact.org
Tourism Recycling Programs
Ecology Action’s tourism recycling and waste reduction programs work in partnership with local agencies,
venues, special events, bars, restaurants and hotels to implement comprehensive recycling and waste
reduction programs through technical assistance, outreach and education.
Contact: Brennen Jensen, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 117 • bjensen@ecoact.org
Monterey Bay Area Regional Multifamily Housing Recycling Program
Ecology Action’s Multifamily Recycling Program works in partnership with local agencies and haulers in
Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties and with private management companies to implement recycling and waste reduction programs at low-
income multifamily housing units throughout the Monterey Bay Area by providing technical assistance, infrastructure, and education and
outreach.
Contact: Mandy Caruso Brooks, Program Specialist • 831-425-5925 ext.133 • mcaruso@ecoact.org
Santa Cruz County Home Composting Program
Sponsored by the Santa Cruz County Public Works Department Recycling and Solid
Waste Division, the Home Composting Program encourages the diversion of organic
waste from the Buena Vista landfill by providing composting training and technical
assistance to county residents and businesses.
Contact: Sherry Lee Bryan, Program Specialist - Bilingual Outreach
831-426-5925 ext. 114 • sherry@ecoact.org
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Pollution Prevention
Monterey Bay Area Green Business Program
Ecology Action partners with local agencies on the Monterey Bay Area Green Business
Program which assists businesses to go above and beyond environmental compliance by
providing free technical assistance about environmental practices and promoting their
efforts in the community.
Contact: Molly Ober, Program Specialist
831-426-5925 ext. 111 • mollyober@ecoact.org
Monterey Bay Green Gardener Certification Program
The Green Gardener vocational training program provides landscaping professionals with a solid foundation
in the principles and practice of ecological landscaping. In doing so, the program helps reduce reliance on
fertilizers and pesticides, reduces water pollution by helping prevent urban runoff and encourages water
conservation.
Contact: Kurt Hurley, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 108 • kurt@ecoact.org
Our Water Our World Program (OWOW)
The OWOW program protects urban water quality by partnering with retail outlets of pesticides to label less-
toxic pesticide options on store shelves. Participating store managers and employees are trained in Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) and distribute IPM literature recommending less toxic pest management strategies to
their customers.
Contact: Sherry Lee Bryan, Program Specialist / Bilingual Outreach
831-426-5925 ext. 114 • sherry@ecoact.org
Model School Program
The Model School Program’s goal is to reduce pest problems, flooding and erosion while also reducing the use of toxic chemicals by providing
training and technical assistance to school districts.
Contact: Kyrrha Sevco, Program Manager • 831-426-5925 ext. 109 • ksevco@ecoact.org
Livestock and Land Program
The Livestock and Land program is a partnership with Ecology Action and regional Resource
Conservation Districts to assist livestock owners with implementing Best Management
Practices on their property. The program is focused on reducing sediment, pathogen and
nutrient pollution from livestock facilities into local waterways.
Contact: Jennifer Harrison • Senior Program Specialist
831-426-5925 ext. 132 • jharrison@ecoact.org
Santa Cruz County Motor Oil Recycling Program
The Santa Cruz County Motor Oil Recycling Program is designed to improve water quality by increasing
awareness of Motor Oil pollution, dispersing recycling information and increasing the means to recycle
used motor oil.
Contact: Molly Ober, Program Specialist • 831-426-5925 ext. 111 • mollyober@ecoact.org
Cleaner Beaches Coalition
The Cleaner Beaches Coalition is a coordinated effort, to hold monthly beach cleanups and the Annual Coastal Cleanup. Coalition partners
include Ecology Action, Save Our Shores, Surfrider Foundation and Pack Your Trash.
Contact: Aleah Lawrence-Pine, Program Coordinator • 831-426-5925 • alpine@saveourshores.org
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