Check out the Q&A on the new Green Financing program. Monday April 12. On cable Channel 78 in SF and on UStream on the Internet. Archive should be available at http://www.ustream.tv/mayornewsom after the show.
But wait, you say, isn't the Green Festival a fall event? Well yes indeedy, it usually is. But this year they're trying something new. Not only is there a Spring Green Festival, in the spring, but the event itself has been restr

It's a beautiful San Francisco Day. You have a meeting in the Richmond at a location you've never visited. You'd love to ride your bike, but don't want to find yourself climbing a mountain. How can you find the safest and flatest route to your destination? Google Maps is here for you. The Google Mappers have been hard at work responding to public demand for bike maps. More than 50,000 people signed the petitions like the one at http://www.petitiononline.com/bikether/petition.html for bike maps to:
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Make bicycling safer for millions of bicyclists around the world.
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Empower world citizens to better adapt their lifestyles to face the
challenges of global climate change.
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Help Google realize its core mission of 'organizing the world's
information and making it universally accessible and useful.
The new maps are currently available for 150 U.S. cities. Mobile apps will no doubt be coming soon.
Here are a few resources to help find that perfect Bay Area Green job. We will be rounding up more green job listings and reposting them here. If you know of a good resource for green job listings, please send an email to sfgreenscene@gmail.com.
Solar Jobs:
http://greenjobs.greenjobsearch.org/a/jobs/find-jobs/q-solar/l-san+franc...
LEED Jobs:
http://greenjobs.greenjobsearch.org/a/jobs/find-jobs/q-LEED/l-san+franci...
Cleantech Jobs:
http://greenjobs.greenjobsearch.org/a/jobs/find-jobs/q-cleantech/l-san+f...
Fishery advocates say a spawning stream built by the state near the Warm Springs Dam in Geyserville should serve as a model to communities throughout California looking to restore steelhead trout and coho and chinook salmon populations.
California air regulators have reversed a mandate that would have required sun-reflecting glass to be installed on all new vehicles sold in the state, giving auto manufacturers a temporary reprieve. The California Air Resources Board made the change Thursday after critics complained the new windshields might block cell phone signals in remote areas. Law enforcement officials also expressed concern that the windows would interfere with the electronic signals from ankle bracelets worn by paroled felons..
A coalition of environmental groups is criticizing plans for a resort on Lake Tahoe's north shore, citing concerns over its size and impact on traffic. The League to Save Lake Tahoe, the Tahoe Area Sierra Club and the California Watershed Network are among groups that have expressed concerns over the Boulder Bay project in Crystal Bay. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, which governs land use around the lake, has issued a draft environmental impact statement offering five alternative options for the project.
A Tesla electric car assembly plant is a step closer to reality in Southern California.
California's landmark global warming law will help boost the state's sagging economy by expanding the green technology sector and reducing fuel costs, according to a report released Wednesday by the state Air Resources Board. The panel's latest economic analysis revised its earlier estimate that the law, known as AB32, would add 120,000 jobs to the economy by 2020 a figure critics said was overly optimistic.
A group of about 40 students from a statewide advocacy organization gathered in Berkeley Wednesday to call for local and state bans on polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam, takeout containers.