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Great Green Ideas…Earth Friendly Thinking

CARB – Compare Carbon Footprints

March 10, 2010 By: Jacqueline Smith Category: Global Understanding, discover earth

Every vehicle releases greenhouse gasses. Would you like to compane your car to an SUV release or to a hybrid? Check the California Air Resources Board has a website just for you: DriveClean.ca.gov Check it out if you’re trying to decide on a new car or figure out your carbon footprint.

My Glasses are ECO

March 09, 2010 By: Jacqueline Smith Category: Corporate Green, Health and Beauty

My Optometrist Dr Rose  & Associates , takes good care of my eyes. AND they are green too!  All the Optometrists there are very good, they have the latest tools and techniques.  They are thorough and have a large selection of frames.  The staff really tries to make sure you get what you want, they [...]

San Francisco Magazine details local Skin Care Companies

March 07, 2010 By: Jacqueline Smith Category: Cosmetics, Health and Beauty

A great article, not without some irony.
Why is it people (not just women) will shop for organic local FOOD and then purchase expensive, toxic-rich skin care products????
In the March 2010 issue, San Francisco magazine makes it quite clear that we have choices. Many of the leaders in the best quality natural skincare are right here [...]

Greener Deli Food?

March 07, 2010 By: Jacqueline Smith Category: Corporate Green, Food

Our efforts to be more sustainable run headlong into tradition and culture. SFGATE writing in their Thin Green Line section, has done a great job pointing out the tortured path of a great beloved Berkeley Deli, SAUL’S,  going greener.
I love this article because it points out that green decisions can be simple but instill anger… which is funny [...]

Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Ventura CA

March 04, 2010 By: Jacqueline Smith Category: Events, discover earth

2010 National Tour of the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival: March 12 & 13, 7-10 pm
Join us at the Poinsettia Pavilion this March for two evenings of inspired, informative and innovative cinema, Friday & Saturday, March 12-13, 2010 from 7-10 pm.
Selections from the 2010 National Tour will be screened in a program of inspiring [...]

Royal Robbins comes to REI San Carlos March 4

February 26, 2010 By: Jacqueline Smith Category: Events, discover earth

REI has frequent free events; from slide shows to seminars they are always informative and fun. This one is coming to several REIs — I’m going to REI San Carlos on Wednesday March 4 at 7pm. That REI is a great one, easy to get to from 101. You can see it from the Highway.  [...]

World of Good goes to eBay

February 25, 2010 By: Jacqueline Smith Category: Global Understanding, Green Art, global 3D view

World of Good is a way of thinking about homey natural products. You could see these beautiful products displayed all over but always at Whole Foods and the Green Festival. This organic promoter was started in 2004 by Cal MBA Grads Priya Haji and Siddharth Sanghvi. We hope that eBay can keep the good vibe going [...]

Bloom Fuel Cells

February 25, 2010 By: Jacqueline Smith Category: Corporate Green, Energy Saving

Bloom Energy, a local Silicon Valley company has developed the next generation fuel cell. Already in use and looked at by our Governator, Arnold, it may be a big jump forward. Google is a customer of Bloom and has four Bloom Boxes that deliver energy: over the last year and a half, the project has [...]

Saving Fuel, using Windpower

February 16, 2010 By: Jacqueline Smith Category: Energy Saving

Ferries looking into Sails.  (article) – A local start-up from Napa, Wind+Wing Technologies, is proposing this energy saving idea. They are not just spitting into the wind, they have run a successful business venture saling charters in the Bay  for 18 years. They know this area.  What a great idea!
Solar Sailor out of Austrailia is also [...]

HYBRID Sports Car

February 16, 2010 By: Jacqueline Smith Category: Energy Saving

Porsche, are you kidding? Well this is good news, so I’ll believe it, a hybrid sportscar.
Check it out!