The area in front of San Francisco’s city hall doesn’t exactly represent lush farmland but that doesn’t prevent it from being a viable SF food source. For the first time since 1943, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Slow Food Nation founder Alice Waters and more than 100 volunteers planted the first edible garden in the […]
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San Francisco Victory Garden
Published by Keith July 11th, 2008 in Gavin Newsome, Mother Nature, Organic Food and San Francisco. 0 CommentsOld School Green Meets Greenwashing at PCBC
Published by Keith July 4th, 2008 in Green Building. 0 CommentsLet’s get right into it. As we walked into the immense PCBC exhibit halls both GE and Whirlpool proudly exhibited some of their Green appliances. Granted Whirlpool displayed what we would consider a green kitchen but Whirlpool only offers about 30 percent of Energy Star and other Green appliances. The percentage for GE remains even […]
The Unexpected and Questionable Green Products at PCBC
Published by Keith June 27th, 2008 in Green Building, Green Savings, Money and San Francisco. 0 CommentsAs we walked into the mammoth PCBC (Pacific Coast Builder Conference) at the Moscone Center we couldn’t help but notice the hanging banners with the words - Power. Forward. Sustain. Of course we could see Power and Forward, as we wouldn’t expect Weakness and Backward but then - Sustain. That omnipresent word like Green that […]
San Francisco Fryer Oil Skirmish
Published by Keith June 20th, 2008 in Alt Energy, San Francisco and biodiesel. 0 CommentsAs if there isn’t enough bio-diesel controversy over the food for fuel debate now we have a little skirmish arising here in San Francisco. When we walk by any San Francisco restaurant (particularly the ones that have that delish yet oh so bad for you fried cuisine) we can smell where this fuss originated – […]
Stop the Spray or Mothra Might Ruin the Economy
Published by Keith June 13th, 2008 in Environment, Health, San Francisco and oakland. 0 CommentsIn California, and San Francisco in particular, we see almost as many Obama for president placards in home and business windows as we see Stop the Spray signs. It seems like the precursor for a B-grade sci-fi film with the storyline pitting the the government versus this evil moth. But this isn’t Mothra we’re talking […]
City Speaks with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Alice Waters
Published by Keith June 6th, 2008 in Foundations, Gavin Newsome, Organic Food and San Francisco. 0 CommentsBack in the day before “sustainable” and “organic” represented the trendy food terms, Alice Waters created her restaurant Chez Panisse as a place for her friends and her friend’s friends to eat. On Monday, she spoke with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome who took time off from trying to balance the city’s budget while turning […]
Let’s Refuel America Program
Published by Keith May 30th, 2008 in Alt Energy, Money and biodiesel. 0 CommentsIt’s not often that we venture into Colma but when we do we thought that it would serve as the base for this post. For those not familiar with the city, Colma contains the highest per capita cemeteries in the USA and its said that Colma has “1,500 above ground residents and 1.5 […]
Biodiesel Station in San Francisco Coming Soon
Published by Keith May 23rd, 2008 in Organic Food, San Francisco and biodiesel. 0 CommentsIt’s hard to believe that one of America’s greenest cities lacks a true biodiesel station. Yes, San Francisco has an Olympic station on Third Street however is only supplies commercially licensed diesel vehicles with “B20” which even in controversial bodies world isn’t that green. If the building and fire departments sign off then Dogpatch Biofuels […]
Film Review- A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil
Published by Keith May 16th, 2008 in Environment, Money, Movies, New York City and Solar panels. 0 CommentsWhen discussing the world most progressive “eco” cities one might toss out San Francisco for it various green initiatives (such as banning plastic bags), New York City for its effective subway system, or Munich with it’s use of alternative energy especially solar but after watching this recent documentary “A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, […]
First 100% off-grid green building in San Francisco
Published by Keith May 9th, 2008 in Alt Energy, Bay View, Environment, Grants, Green Building, Health, LEED-NC, Money, San Francisco, Solar panels and Water Recapture System. 0 CommentsIn San Francisco, some well financed and publicized condo projects like the Arterra spend big marketing dollars to push its LEED – NC status (wonder why they didn’t shoot for LEED on its other project the Hayes?) while the EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park LEED certified facility opened in relative obscurity.
This landmark youth education facility […]