http://www.greenorati.com Green Real Estate and Lifestyle Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:18:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.greenorati.com/2008/07/11/san-francisco-victory-garden/ Let'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 ... http://www.greenorati.com/2008/07/04/old-school-green-meets-greenwashing-at-pcbc/ As 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 ... http://www.greenorati.com/2008/06/27/the-unexpected-and-questionable-green-products-at-pcbc/ As 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 ... http://www.greenorati.com/2008/06/20/san-francisco-fryer-oil-skirmish/ 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 ... http://www.greenorati.com/2008/06/13/stop-the-spray-or-mothra-might-ruin-the-economy/ Back 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 ... http://www.greenorati.com/2008/06/06/city-speaks-with-san-francisco-mayor-gavin-newsom-and-alice-waters/ It’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 ... http://www.greenorati.com/2008/05/30/lets-refuel-america-program/ It’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 ... http://www.greenorati.com/2008/05/23/biodiesel-station-in-san-francisco-coming-soon/ When 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 ... http://www.greenorati.com/2008/05/16/film-review-a-convenient-truth-urban-solutions-from-curitiba/ In 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 ... http://www.greenorati.com/2008/05/09/first-100-off-grid-green-building-in-san-francisco/