http://greenerati.com Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Time is running out. No, that isn’t another car sell or a joke to keep GM in business but if you want to have your hand out to receive the $10,000 tax credit for purchasing a hopefully green new construction property (or even a condo in a dirty building) then ... http://greenerati.com/2009/07/03/10k-tax-credit-ending-soon/ At one point, it seems as though virtually everyone has sat in front of washing machine and watched the soaked clothes tumble through the suds. That tradition may be a thing of the past if a new “virtually waterless” laundry machine finds its way to the mainstream. Although only in prototype ... http://greenerati.com/2009/06/26/virtually-waterless-laundry-washing-machine/ It wasn’t exactly a quite hush that settled over the San Francisco’s Moscone Center for the 50th PCBC convention but the crowds and exhibitors for this annual builders convention came in about one-half of last year. Nonetheless, in this era of minimalism and slimming down the show offered an array ... http://greenerati.com/2009/06/19/green-and-greenwashing-at-pcbc-2009/ For those in America who have yet to read The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Fast Food Nation or even The Jungle, the new docu pic Food, Inc. smoothly stirs the boiling pot of food production controversy while allowing those not familiar with the dark secrets of the food production industry to enjoy ... http://greenerati.com/2009/06/18/food-inc-documentary-movie-removes-shroud-of-secrecy/ For those who say that plastic is evil or plastic represents the devil then those proactive types can do one of two things – 1) educate people about why not to use, buy or sell plastic goods (a tough assignment) or 2) use the plastic that we have for some ... http://greenerati.com/2009/06/08/david-de-rothschild-discusses-his-upcoming-plastiki-voyage/ San Francisco’s zany Bay to Breakers race brings out not only world class runners but crazy costumes as well. Some companies took advantage of the crazy and healthy atmosphere to promote various items (energy drinks, anti pain patches) but we had to question the Foster Farms "Say No to Plumping" ... http://greenerati.com/2009/05/22/foster-farms-runs-no-plumping-chickens-at-bay-to-breakers-race/ In the continued effort for San Francisco to stay ahead of the green curve as well as the technology curve, the San Francisco EcoMap comes to a computer near you. Although still in “preview” stage the real deal launches in a couple days. The EcoMap gives San Franciscans the ability to ... http://greenerati.com/2009/05/18/san-francisco-unveils-first-ecomap/