Tag: San Francisco - Page 8
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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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Eco-Rally to Transverse America
Photo from Eco-Rally USA Eco-Rally USA, a grassroots transportation group, is launching a trip across the United States aimed at helping to accelerate clean energy vehicles to become the standard for automobiles rather than the exception. The tour start
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Big Brothers Spies On Your...Recycling?
That's right, in communities across the US, recycling bins are now being outfitted with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips. And if you don't recycle, they'll let you know that they know.Savannah, GA,
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Wavy Solar Transit Shelters Are Lovely, But At What Price?
Photo credits Lundberg Design and Streetsblog via Jetson Green Preston at Jetson Green calls it "an interesting collaboration of five different organizations:San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency(SFMTA), Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc., Lundberg
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Raydike Tells It Like It Will Be When The Water Levels Rise
The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commissions' Rising Tides Competition sought ideas "from practical and pragmatic to aggressively imaginative and speculative" to deal with rising water levels that will result from climate change. The
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New, Luna Bike Gear For Women, By Women
The Luna brand is branching out from food into...bike apparel for women? Actually this marriage makes perfect sense, as we found out this weekend at the Wanderlust Festival.
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Vote on San Fran's Second Carrotmob Site
It's time to pick the next target of a little Carrotmobbing. San Francisco is the city. The location: up to you. Carrotmob is the organization and the idea that you can use conspicuous consumption and the masses to
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San Francisco to Reform Parking Policy - In Favor of the Car?
Image credit: SF Citizen San Francisco's new parking plan may bring little change Just a few days ago Mike posted on the counterintuitive nature of traffic - arguing, with the help of StreetFilms and the Open Planning Project, that the less space you
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San Francisco Turns Intersection into Park in 72 Hours (Video)
Image credit: StreetFilms Dangerous intersection reclaimed as public space One of my favorite things about the folks at StreetFilms is that they don't just report on innovative projects for livable streets - they deconstruct what has been done so we can
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Bike Backlash from Boulder to Long Beach But a Big Day at SF City Hall
You would think that car drivers would be happy that cyclists reduce the number of vehicles they have to grapple with, but it just ain't so. The more bikes on the road, the safer it is for cyclists, but also the
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It's Criminal Not to Compost: Mayor Newsom on Compulsory Composting
Mayor Newsom Speaks Out on Nation's First Mandatory Composting Law I love compost - I really do. I'm hard pushed to think of one single practice that does more for the planet. From sequestering carbon to preventing methane emissions to reducing landfill
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Quote of the Day: Marion Nestle on the Elitism of Organic Food
Photo credit: Peter Menzel I once heard Eric Schlosser answer a similar question aimed at his book, "Fast Food Nation." He pointed out that social movements have to begin somewhere and that several began with elites but ended up helping the poor and
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Gavin Newsom Talks Green Goals as Governor of California (Video)
Current TV's Leah Lamb interviewed San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom about his upcoming run for Governor of California. He answered a series of questions posed by viewers, including one selected by TreeHugger. This clip is his answer to our question;
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reMade USA Reclaimed-Leather Handbags Give Upcycling a Good Name
For San Francisco designer Shannon South, a worn leather jacket, aged to perfection, presents the ultimate blank canvas. The founder of reMade USA mines thrift stores for preloved leather clothing that she upcycles into foxy,
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Failure to Recycle to be Punishable by $500 Fine in San Francisco
San Francisco already has one of the highest recycling rates out of any city in the country—but apparently, it's not high enough. Unsatisfied by its nearly unparalleled progress, city officials are now about to make recycling
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Ask Gavin Newsom Anything! Current TV Taking Your Questions
Submit a Question San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is running for governor for the state of California. Current TV is interviewing him next week and they're asking for your questions. His green policies are famous, and he's been a key driver in making
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Who Said Taking the Train was Boring? Swinging on San Francisco's BART
Photo: Audrey Penven, CCIs This the Beginning of a New Meme? Swings in Trains?Somebody decided to make the world just a little bit more interesting, and three red swings appeared on the BART Public Transit System in San Francisco for the public to
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Spring/Summer Fashion 2009: Mr. Larkin
Meet Mr. Larkin, a classy gent with an understated, debonair sense of style. The fledgling San Francisco-based label, headed by designer Casey Larkin, mines decades past for vintage embellishments ('50s bugle beads, '30s metal
