Beth Terry, the (nearly) plastic-free guru who recently distilled her experiences into a book*, is one of those people you just want to sit down with over a cup of coffee (in a ceramic mug, of course). There are no hints of enviro-extremism about her. In other words, she doesn’t seem like someone who has spent hours cataloguing plastic in her Oakland, […]
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Living the Plastic-Free Dream
October 3, 2012
| By Aislyn Greene |
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The West Parks People, Not Cars
September 18, 2012
| By Aislyn Greene |
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In a city where innovating is as natural as breathing, it’s no surprise a group of San Francisco designers looked at a parking spot seven years ago and thought, “leafy urban oasis!”
Reclaim Your Formal Wear
September 3, 2012
| By Gina Marie Goff |
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These days everything from our floors to our dining tables are made from reclaimed wood (lest you or your place of business be stripped of your eco-chic card). But a necktie?
The Western lawn mower
July 2, 2012
| By Rebecca Hecht |
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This is a Western lawn mower: This herd works not at a farm but in Silicon Valley at a public transit agency. They got the job when the company learned that their grounds were the home to endangered burrowing owls. Since using a lawn mower would have destroyed the owls’ habitat, they found a shepherd to bring in sheep to […]




