In 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 […]
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Stop the Spray or Mothra Might Ruin the Economy
Published by Keith June 13th, 2008 in Environment, Health, San Francisco and oakland. 0 CommentsFirst 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 […]
Lettuce eat Green
Published by Keith April 18th, 2008 in Bamboo, FSC, Flyash, Green Building, Health, No VOC Paint and San Francisco. 0 CommentsRestaurants here in San Francisco open, and close, almost as often as the fog rolls in so we don’t usually pay an extreme amount of our precious attention to another restaurant du jour. Mixt Greens recently opened but they don’t qualify for new kid on the block status nonetheless they do deserve green props. Thus […]
Ab Fab and Green
Published by Keith February 22nd, 2008 in Bamboo, Green Building, Health and San Francisco. 0 CommentsDaahling you look fab and Green. That’s what people may be saying after experiencing treatments in San Francisco’s eco chic Epi Center MedSpa. Yes, the whole concept sounds soooo Los Angeles to us too. Some of us don’t even get the whole mani-pedi thing so it might take a little coaxing to have some lipo […]
Largest Green Fleet in the Country
Published by Keith December 5th, 2007 in Gavin Newsome, Greenhouse Gases, Health, San Francisco and biodiesel. 3 CommentsSan Franciscans utter a lot about our lovely municipal transit system otherwise known as MUNI but now they have even more reason to spout off about it. Normally when we hear MUNI coming out of someone’s mouth it usually follows on the heels of “Damn.” Now we can change that utterance to “Green Muni”. […]
Green Festival 2007 - The San Francisco Version
Published by Keith November 12th, 2007 in Environment, Health, Organic Food, San Francisco and Vegetarian. 1 CommentWe felt a little guilty strolling through the San Francisco stop on Green Festival tour while others removed black gold from the beaches and various wildlife that the Cosco-Busan cargo ship an Exxon Valdez-like tanker recently dumped into San Francisco Bay. At least a good percentage of the environmentalists, vegan hipsters, LOHAS types and simple […]
Back to School - The Green Way
Published by Keith November 8th, 2007 in Bamboo, Green Building, Green Hotels, Health, Orchard Garden Hotel and San Francisco. 1 CommentSchool was never like this when we were kids. Recycled this, renewable that. We certainly weren’t phi beta kappas but the Mission based Children’s Day School gets an A- for its recent Green additions. We expect it to bump that grade to a full fledged A when some of the other Green items come on […]
Green Zebra spreads its stripes
Published by Keith October 31st, 2007 in Environment, Green Savings, Health, Money, Organic Food and San Francisco. 0 CommentsLike a fine bottle of organic wine, the Green Zebra guide seems to get better with age. Okay, this 2008 version represents only the second San Francisco edition but it marks an improvement over numero uno. We must not be the only ones into this whole Green money saving coupon thing as the Zebra spread […]
Green spotlight on 2007 BSR Conference
Published by Keith October 25th, 2007 in Environment, Health, Money and San Francisco. 0 CommentsThose of you who think we have it bad with the tap water here in San Francisco might think twice after attending one of the more thought provoking sessions at the 2007 BSR (Business for Social Responsibility) Conference here in San Francisco. The panel of John Frazier, Director of Considered Chemistry and Environment for Nike; […]
The not so Green Sunset Idea House TIC
Published by Keith October 8th, 2007 in Eco Homes, Green Building, Green Real Estate, Health, Photovoltaic Panels, Real Estate, San Francisco, Solar panels and Water Recapture System. 1 CommentWhile everyone’s all abuzz about the Sunset Idea House, we thought that we would comment on the Greenness of the attached TIC. True the bargain priced $1,089,000 two-bedroom TIC has received a lot of interest because of the Mission location, and its Green attributes. Sure, the new owner will undoubtedly pay close to nothing to […]