Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- LA City Council unanimously agrees to ban the sale of fur Wed, 26 Sep 18, 6:30amThe Los Angeles City Council made a historic vote last week by unanimously agreeing to ban the sale of fur. The meeting resulted in a direct order to the L.A. City Attorney, who is responsible for penning the formal policy...
- Cities around the world lay the groundwork for a zero-waste future Wed, 19 Sep 18, 2:30amCities around the world are pledging to reduce waste over the next 12 years in an effort to curb global warming and eventually become zero-waste cities...
- Rise for Climate: thousands march across US to protest environment crisis Sun, 9 Sep 18, 7:07amProtests spearheaded by march in San Francisco ahead of climate change summit in the city next week
- Rise for Climate: thousand march across US to protest environment crisis Sun, 9 Sep 18, 7:07amProtests spearheaded by march in San Francisco ahead of climate change summit in the city next week
- 19 mayors, thousands of buildings, zero carbon emissions by 2030 Tue, 28 Aug 18, 9:00amA coalition formed by 19 mayors of major U.S. cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D.C. has proposed a plan to ensure that all new buildings be net-zero by 2030. The mayors are part of a group...
- 13 shipping containers are reborn as a new restaurant on Treasure Island Tue, 21 Aug 18, 1:00amOn the heart of San Francisco’s man-made Treasure Island, a chic restaurant has popped up inside a series of recycled shipping containers. In a nod to the city’s history as a major port, local design firm Mavrik Studio...
- Aclima sucks in $24M to scale its air quality mapping platform Tue, 26 Jun 18, 8:00pmAclima, a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel, has closed a $24 million Series A to grow the business including by expanding...
- Non-profit uses gunshot detection technology and solar energy to protect the rainforest Fri, 23 Mar 18, 10:56pmSan Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has created a unique, technologically advanced system to defend the rainforests of Brazil. The high-tech protection system incorporates machine learning and solar energy...
- Chevron admits "there's no debate about climate science" in court hearing Sat, 24 Mar 18, 3:01am"From Chevron's perspective there's no debate about climate science," attorney Theodore Boutrous Jr. said in a courtroom this week. In a case pitting Big Oil companies against the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, which...
- Non-profit uses machine learning and solar energy to protect the rainforest Fri, 23 Mar 18, 10:56pmSan Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has created a unique, technologically advanced system to defend the rainforests of Brazil. The high-tech protection system incorporates machine learning and solar energy...
- Agtech start-up Plenty plans to grow hydroponic peaches Tue, 20 Mar 18, 3:57amSan Francisco-based start-up Plenty is expanding the possibilities of what can be grown on indoor farms, with its sights set on peaches. Plenty uses a hydroponic growing system, which feeds crops through a steady flow of...
- Federal court orders first hearing on the science of climate change Thu, 8 Mar 18, 11:46pmLawyers will present climate change science in what could be the first-ever court hearing in the United States on the topic, McClatchy Washington Bureau reported...
- Playful guerrilla group unleashes 50 swings across San Francisco Tue, 27 Feb 18, 12:17amA guerrilla group in San Francisco has unleashed a bunch of swings across the city. Swing Bomb SF installed more than 50 sneaky swings in many undisclosed locations, delighting residents and instilling a much-needed sense...
- The Ocean Cleanup launches San Francisco base in Pacific trash-busting bid Thu, 15 Feb 18, 2:36amThe Ocean Cleanup Project seeks to dismantle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, guided by an ambitious design concept and the development of new technology to tackle the pollution threat...
- Ocean Cleanup Project launches San Francisco base in Pacific trash-busting bid Thu, 15 Feb 18, 2:36amThe Ocean Cleanup Project seeks to dismantle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, guided by an ambitious design concept and the development of new technology to tackle the pollution threat...