* Items with an asterisk designate an outdoor activity. We want to encourage everyone to appreciate our local environment and the outdoor activities that get us outside!
Note: Each quiz can only be taken on a computer or Chromebook due to firewall issues.
(Earn 3 stamps)
Step 1: Watch the video below called, "There is No Away"
Step 2: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start.
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Step 1: Watch the video below called, "Urban Water Cycle"
Step 2: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start.
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1: Which building downtown is the Martinez Historical Museum? Copy and submit a photo of it (from online) or visit it and submit a photo of you in front of the building.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start to answer this question: What are the three most important things you can do before you toss your recyclables in the recycling bin?
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1: Send us a photo of you in front of our local electronic recycling site called "Rapid Recycle"
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start to answer this question: What bin do plastic straws and plastic utensils go in?
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Step 1: Send us a photo of yourself at the Radke Martinez Shoreline (Marina) at one of the interpretive panels at the wooden bridge.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
(Earn 3 stamps)
Step 1: Watch the video below called, "How does trash hurt the ecosystem?"
Step 2: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start.
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Step 1: Watch the video below called, "When it rains..."
Step 2: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start.
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1: Take a photo of you in front of the only sustainable store in downtown Martinez! It’s initials are M.M.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1: Take a photo of a Republic Services truck collecting trash, recyclables and yard waste in your neighborhood.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start to answer this question: Which bin do paper products that are dirty with food go into?
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Step 1: Plants are an important part of our ecosystems. Take a photo with something a plant needs to survive.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: There are many California native plant gardens in Martinez, from the waterfront all the way up to Hwy 4...snap a selfie with one!
Hint: The Alhambra Native Plant Trail is the idea here, established and maintained by Elaine Jackson and the Friends of Alhambra Creek.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: Watch the video below called, "Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! Rot!"
Step 2: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start.
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Step 1: Watch the video below called, "Field Trip to the Wetlands!"
Step 2: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start.
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Step 1: Earth Day was 1 1/2 weeks ago, but remember, everyday should be Earth Day, which means it's a great day to “Upcycle”! Create a new item out of things around the house from items you would normally consider trash and send us a photo!
Announcement! The John Muir Association recently announced that the John Muir Birthday Day/Earth Day Celebration will be held October 23, 2021. New Leaf Collaborative will hold its 3rd Annual Upcycling Contest around this time, so be thinking about what you will create!
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1: Do you have a composting or worm bin? Send us your photo showing us what you have!
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: Send us a photo of yourself with the items you are ready to put into your recycling bin for garbage day pick up.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: Send us a photo of a plant living in the waterfront estuary that you think might not belong there, meaning it's not native to our area.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: A public building downtown contains a beautiful mural on the wall from the 1930s depicting westward expansion and settlement in Contra Costa County, can you find it? Send us a photo of you and this mural.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
(Earn 3 stamps)
Step 1: Watch the video below called, "How Big is your Ecological Footprint?"
Step 2: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start.
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Step 1: Watch the video below called, "How Much Water is even Drinkable?"
Step 2: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start.
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1: Take a photo of yourself in front of the Recycle It facility whether you are bringing items to recycle or not.
Step 2:Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start to answer this question: What is the number in the triangle shaped recycle symbol on a plastic milk jug or plastic juice container?
(If your container has #6 or #7, please find another plastic container. We are looking for #1 through #5. The game only allows up to 5 answers.)
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1:Take a photo of what you use as a countertop compost bin (before your food waste goes into the big green bin outside).
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: What type of biome do we live in? Definition: A biome is a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things. Send us a photo outside showing the biome.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: In the days before water was delivered to houses in Martinez by underground pipes, many homes had wells to reach groundwater and windmills to pump the water up for use. Can you locate an old windmill still standing in Martinez? Send us your photo of the windmill in Martinez. Hint: Check out the John Muir National Historic site.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
(Earn 3 stamps)
Step 1: Watch the video below called, "What Can Be Recycled?"
Step 2: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start.
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Step 1: Watch the video below called, "What Is a Watershed?"
Step 2: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start.
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1: Take a photo of yourself next to the new big belly recycling and landfill bins downtown.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: Take a a photo of yourself with some of your reusable containers to show how you reduce waste at home.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
(Earn 1 stamp)
Step 1: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start to answer this question: Tell us what are the only two items that can go into a compost bin?
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Step 1: Enter your username (the same one you signed up with on the registration page) and press start to answer this question: What is the state flower of California? Answer in one word.
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There are several outdoor murals in Martinez, one of which shows agriculture and other scenes of what life in Martinez was like 100 years ago...do you know where one of these murals is?
Step 1: Take a photo of yourself in front of the mural.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
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Step 1: Take a photo of yourself in front of a statue of John Muir, OR copy and submit a photo of one from online. Hint: There is one located in Martinez near John Swett Elementary.
Step 2: Submit your photo by filling out the form below. (Enter the same username you registered with.)
