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Gavin's Big Green Picture

Gavin NewsomWhatever you think of him, there can be no doubt that Gavin Newsom has brought a green consciousness to the governance of the city of San Francisco.  This video from YouTube is an overview of what he's been up to.

 

 

69% Makes Us #1

San Francisco as the #1 city in the country when it comes to waste management according to Sustainlane.  We apparently diverted 69% of our total waste from city landfills through recycling, green waste and composting programs.

New Biodiesel Plant Planned for Bayview

Darling IDoc Smith has a good writeup of the announcement of a new biodiesel plant at Pier 92.  The plant operator, Darling International of Irving Texas, has a checkered history in San Francisco, but now seems to have cleaned up its image enough to get the SF Department of Environment stamp of approval. 

Green Cabs

San Francisco Green CabSan Francisco's first all green cab company leads the way.  Hybrids may help the SF cab industry survive the crush of high gas prices.  Not much room for luggage, though.

Where Do I Recycle This?

databasepicWhere do I recycle this?  How many times a month do you ask yourself that question? (We hope it's often!)  The SF Department of the Environment web site has a handy form to help you find a place to reuse, recycle, (or if absolutely necessary, dispose of) everything including appliances, medicine, motor oil, batteries, and much more. Check it out.

Quesada Gardens

hand holding flowerHow does a neighborhood with  limited resources turn a blighted strip of land into a huge community garden?   The neighbors of Quesada Street transformed a litter infested median strip into beautiful garden with consistent hard work, borrowed tools, and a passion for gardening.  This video tells the story of their diligent struggle to create the Quesada Gardens.

Our First Hybrid Bus Arrives

Hybrid BusIt's quiet, it's pretty, and it's low to the ground. What's not to love about the new diesel hybrid bus.  On June 1 we received the first of 56 Diesel Hybrid buses we've ordered from Daimler Chrysler. At $488,000 each, these buses are not cheap, in fact they are about 40% more expensive than traditional diesel buses. But, Daimler Chrysler estimates that the buses will use 1.2 million fewer gallons of diesel over a 12-year period. That's a savings of about 13,000 barrels of oil. Oil was going for $72 a barrel today.

Clean and Green City Summit

Marshall FosterEvent: The Clean and Green City Summit
Date: February 15, 2006
The Scene: Clean and green workers and advocates swaping ideas, complaints, and plans at a unique one-day summit in Golden Gate Park.
Visuals: Photos at Flickr.   Video .
The Clean and Green City Summit brought together a coalition of city agencies, community-based organizations, business leaders and clean and green city advocates to develop innovative ideas to drive the City's cleaning and greening programs.

Gigantic 3 at Ocean Beach

recycle volunteersEvent: Gigantic 3
Date: March 11, 2006
The Scene: Vehicles arriving with trash and recylables and leaving without them on a gorgeous day at ocean beach.
Visuals: See photos at Flickr . Video .

The March Gigantic 3 event rolled into Ocean Beach with the backdrop of the beautiful Pacific ocean and plenty of space to drive in and drop off unwanted garbage, recycling and composting.   In April the Gigantic 3 boxes will be at the Crocker-Amazon Playground (Moscow St. at Italy Ave.).

So what exactly is the Gigantic 3? Click on "Read More" to find out!

Grafitti removal with the Community Clean Team

painting out graffittiEvent: The Community Clean Team grafitti removal at Ocean Beach.
Date: March 11, 2006
The Scene: Scores of volunteers painting over grafitti on the seawall at Ocean Beach.
Visuals: Photos at Flickr.  Video.

The Community Clean Team brought their unparalleled cleaning enthusiasm to Ocean Beach where they painted over all the graffiti on the entire length of the seawall.  The hard work was followed by a burrito lunch and lots of socializing. Teamers included regular volunteers, college groups, church groups, and neighborhood residents.  

From Twitter

  • Green drinks is starting right now at 111 Minna. Get out there and meet some fun green peeps. http://ow.ly/gJsc — 1 year 8 weeks ago
  • Just discovered the Bikemapper at http://ow.ly/gaXF Shows bike lanes & routes. Will be fun to watch changes with new bike plan. — 1 year 9 weeks ago
  • MANDATORY recycling AND composting. Or else. Seriously, separate that trash or you could be fined. Eventually. http://ow.ly/fHEU — 1 year 10 weeks ago
  • RT @current_green Debate between Chevron CEO Dave O’Reilly and Carl Pope, Executive Director of The Sierra Club http://bit.ly/R8MGO — 1 year 10 weeks ago
  • New events added to the http://www.sfgreenscene calendar. — 1 year 10 weeks ago
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