We’re all living through it. Pinching pennies, watching families walk or crowding onto bikes, and eating veggies instead of meat. The economy has been grim for months. Thousands are out of work in the Bay Area. Silicon Valley has an unemployment rate of almost 12%, the state is over 12%. Yesterday’s State of the State from… [Read more…]
Cross-posted from Green for All Yesterday, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced nearly $100 million in grants to train workers for clean-energy jobs. This critical investment, which Green For All and our supporters advocated for, was authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In a statement yesterday, Green For All… [Read more…]
If these aliens could speak that is what they’d tell us, gently, with a soft flourish and delicate touch. Don’t let their fragrance or prettiness fool you. These aliens have got to go. No, I’m not talking about little green men with antenna or even blue giants. These alien invaders show up in your yard, line… [Read more…]
A large solar project, 1.2 million panels on roughly 3,200 acres, is being proposed for the Panoche Valley, South of Hollister. The project poses an interesting question, which environmentalist gets the nod? According to the Audobon Society the issues center around wildlife habitat and corridors for travel. With several endangered species living in the valley… [Read more…]
That’s the advice for plants and animals in a study released yesterday by the California Academy of Sciences. Some, like the flat ecosystems of California’s deserts, mangrove forests and grasslands will be packing their bags and are expected to move as much as 4 miles a year to find hospitable habitats. The study, paid for… [Read more…]
We’ll be posting infrequently through the remaining part of the year. Getting ready for more activity, news and information in 2010. Look forward to interviews with Silicon Valley green all-stars in the coming months! Updates: Eating challenge, being part of the 100 Mile Diet experience is proving to be very challenging. Broke down and went… [Read more…]
That’s the day I pick up my CSA produce from Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale. This 11-acre farm sits in the middle of Silicon Valley on property owned by Peterson Middle School. Coincidentally, the site where scrumptious produce is now grown was also the site upon which my significant other’s and my relationship also grew—on… [Read more…]
Wait! Don't throw out that grungy old window. Salvage scroungers love tear downs because that's where the recycled doors, windows and even teeny-tiny, out-of-circulation screws come from for high-end salvage retailers.
Even during Winter in Northern California you can find great local produce. Lately, the buzz has been about the 100 mile diet, or, eating locally grown products. Silicon Valley is fortunate to be within 100 miles of some of the great farming regions of the world. This is good because I’m going to take the… [Read more…]
Two years ago religious leaders convened next to one of Greenland’s retreating glaciers in prayer for the planet with the blessing of Pope Benedict. Today the Christian Science Monitor reports the sea near Alaska has increasingly higher acidity – a side effect of the ocean’s ability to scrub CO2 from the atmosphere. What this could… [Read more…]
January 7, 2010 by thenewipo
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