News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world.
Want to be inspired by some truly progressive sustainability projects being created by common folks? If so, I highly recommend checking out Working for Green, a website that documents noteworthy grassroots, sustainability projects around the country. The website founder, Susan Neisloss, even seems to visit every project and creates wonderful short videos showing what folks [...]
Hayes Valley Farm exemplifies urban ag at its best — it grows fresh, local food, helps to build community, and provides education around growing food and sustainable ecology. Now Hayes Valley Farm has gone online to where a lot of innovative, grassroots projects are going to help spread the word and raise money for specific projects: [...]
Cyclists get mistreated, illegally ticketed, and poorly protected on roads all over the U.S. Why people don’t realize that cyclists save them time (while a biker may block your way for a short time, he or she does so much less than an automobile), make the roads safer, and help keep the air cleaner is [...]
Peru is not a renewable energy giant, for sure. But it, like many countries around the world, is taking climate change and peak oil seriously and is looking to do its part. Peru is planning to implement 6 renewable energy projects, 3 solar energy projects and 3 wind energy projects, in 2012. In total, these [...]
Bad news in the Bay Area. The Contra Cost Blog reports: There’s a fire burning at the Tesoro Refinery in Martinez. The following was issued by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services…. Instructions: Residents of Clyde and North Concord are advised to shelter-in-place. Go inside, close all windows and doors, and turn off all heaters, [...]
