Hundreds gathered on Nob Hill last night for the kickoff event for the Ecocity 2008 World Summit, organized by Richard Register of Berkeley's Ecocity Builders.
Slow Food USA envisions a future food system that is based on the principles of high quality and taste, environmental sustainability, and social justice –
in essence, a food system that is good, clean and fair.
The mayor of San Francisco wants to make the recycling of cans, bottles, paper, yard waste and food scraps mandatory instead of voluntary, on the pain of having garbage pickups suspended.
Scientists in China have identified a single gene that appears to control rice yield,as well as its height and flowering time taking what may be a crucial step in global efforts to increase crop productivity.The researchers said they were able to pinpoint
There are a lot of cool gadgets out there, but there’s a fine line between what’s cool and what’s useful. This is a green list of gadgets that are useful, but boast the extra-cool factor of using renewable energy. No batteries required!
The concept: If the whole town had to be rebuilt anyway, why not be bold and build it as a global example of conservation, energy efficiency and creativity?
Market analysts say the organic market trend is here to stay, despite rising food prices. In fact, issues surrounding these price hikes - the globalization of food and environmental factors - may actually bolster this market.
The Greywater Guerrillas are a collaborative group of educators, designers, builders, and artists who educate and empower people to build sustainable water culture and infrastructure.
Ever wanted to help people in the developing world in a meaningful, personal, empowering way? KivaB4B provides this, doubling what you put towards the entrepreneur of your choice.
The Sierra Club has partnered with Clorox on a new line of natural, non-petroleum-based cleaning products: Greenworks. We've said for years that sustainability shouldn't be a luxury for only the affluent, and Greenworks is the first line of
How do you get your kids to care more about and take action on improving the environment, when the world they're focused on is on their iPod, their Wii, their phone, and online? By creating a web based kids show that doesn't preach, but instead engages.
CHERRY HILL, N.J., with its vast housing developments and miles of shopping centers lining every thoroughfare, was not designed to go easy on the Earth, but that isn't stopping local officials from going green.
Ex-Marine Jim Baker founded the natural food restaurant the Source on the Sunset Strip in the late '60s. One of the first vegetarian restaurants in the United States, it helped launch an alternative way of eating. Soon, hechanged his name to Father Yod...
There’s been a lot of energy behind wind power these days, with talk of larger and more dramatic installations every week. But this may leave you wondering, what does it have to do with me? How can I personally make a difference? Enter the helix turbine.
