Tag: San Diego
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When Will Solar Be Cost Competitive in Your Town? Interactive Map Helps Visualize Grid Parity
Solar grid parity will vary from city to city. A new interactive map helps show how it will spread.
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The Week in Animal News: Long Lost Cat Comes Home, Animals Bathing, and More (Slideshow)
A Colorado family that had long ago given up on finding their cat got some incredible news this week, when Willow was found in New York City -- five years later and 1,800 miles from home.
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UC San Diego and CleanTECH to Create Smart Grid for Region
In partnership with CleanTECH San Diego, the University of California, San Diego plans to develop and construct a smart grid system for the San Diego region. In total, over 25 local national and global organizations will
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Surfboard Swap Next Weekend in San Diego
Now that the summer surfing season has come to a close, (is there ever really an end to surfing season?), it's time to give your board a little TLC, upgrade any thrashed gear and prepare for the big waves of the
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Pacific Plastic Gyre Cleanup Results Almost In
Image via: Project Kasei on Flickr Project Kaisei, the mission to research and figure out just what the heck we're going to do about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, made it to the Gyre just a few days ago. Their results: yep, there's a lot of plastic
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Four Boutique City Hotels That Let You Use the Bikes for Free
More and more, urban biking has become one of the best ways to see a lot of a city in a short span of time, so it's a no-brainer that more hotels are offering free bikes along with the price of the room. In
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In San Diego? Sample the City's Green Scene on the Cheap
While San Diego was not considered a very green city just a few years ago, this sunny patch of paradise is quietly coming into its own by leaps and bounds. Enough businesses are seeing the light, and new green ones are opening
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Los Vecinos: First Platinum LEED-Certified, 100% Solar Powered, Affordable Housing in San Diego
Image via: Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation Los Vecinos, the first LEED-Certified Platinum, 100% solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego, offer 42-units of state of the art in green housing. The $17.6 million USD project opened its doors
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San Diego Homeowners, Unite for Cheaper Solar Power: One Block Off the Grid Expands Program
If you live in San Diego and find the prospect of banding together with your neighbors to get better rates on installing your own solar panels interesting, then this one is for you: 1BOG (that's One Block Off the Grid ...) has announced that they will
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EcoZoic: Cycling Clothing Made From Bamboo Charcoal
Images via: Zoic.com San Diego based cycling clothing company Zoic just released their spring line, which now includes EcoZoic - an organic and bamboo charcoal blend of clothing that is both functional as well as eco-friendly. But while Zoic wants to
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2009 San Diego Custom Bicycle Show, April 3-5
If You're in San Diego this Weekend... You love bikes? You really love bikes and you're near San Diego? Well then, you've got to check out the 2009 San Diego Custom Bicycle Show! It takes place this weekend on April 3rd, 4th and 5th. Of course, best not
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Stingaree Nightclub Brings the Green to Partygoers
Image via: Flickr Stingaree Nightclub in San Diego is hosting weekly events titled "The Green Side of Sting" each friday in March. Each week a new, local, green group will host a green event at the club, bringing green fashion, sustainable energy and
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Event: Recycled Swimwear Designer Aaron Chang Opens Green Art Gallery
Image via: Aaron Chang Gallery Aaron Chang, popular recycled fashion swimwear designer and professional photographer, not to mention surfing legend, is opening a green art gallery in San Diego, February 28, 2009. Each of the pieces are printed with
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Aquaculture Industry Looks to Sustainable Feeds
Experts agree that as wild fish stocks decline and the world's population grows we will increasingly rely on aquaculture to feed the hungry planet. But many conservationists are concerned about the
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Resurf: First Group to Recycle Surfboards and Wetsuits
So you hit a gnarly wave and end up on shore with your board in two pieces. Bummer dude. But your green side can't bear to just trash that board that's gotten you through some pretty wild rides. You could repair it yourself,
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Better Burgers at Burger Lounge
The Burger Lounge, which opened in 2006, now has 3 locations across San Diego offering organic and healthy burger alternatives for one of the healthiest, if not greenest, of cities. Created by Dean Loring and Mike Gilligan,
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Nature Inspires Art in San Diego
Watching the world around us and the changes big and small that occur all the time, sometimes you just have to do something to reflect what you are experiencing. It is this need to create that brings
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Surf eCo School Saves Rainforest
Torrey Trust, owner of Surf eCo, wanted to do more to protect the oceans and the environment so she opened up her own surf school that teaches kids young and old about the environment while helping them catch a few waves. Located in Encinitas, CA,
