A local plan for sustainability
In December the City of Sacramento adopted its first Sustainability Master Plan, but the real step toward making Sacramento a truly sustainable city came this week with the adoption of the 2008...
View ArticleMarch 8th: Second Saturday fundraiser for ECOS
Second Saturday in March is going to be a preview for our big Green Second Saturday event on April 12th... And, to get the ball rolling early, we'll be hosting a bake sale at McMartin Realty for the...
View ArticleApril 12th: Green Second Saturday
Take dozens of great artists and thousands of artlovers, add local craftspeople and musicians, and mix with an environmentally conscious, earth-friendly theme and you get Green Second Saturday 2008....
View ArticleApril 20th: Sacramento Earth Day 2008
Sacramento once again thinks globally and acts locally at the 2008 Earth Day celebration, being held this year at Southside Park at 8th & W downtown. The event is being held on Sunday, April 20th,...
View ArticleGreen on F
Nine on F: The Greenest Homes in Sacramento. It was late summer 2007 when I first heard about a big "green" residential project that was being built downtown in the Alkali Flats neighborhood. I was a...
View ArticleMarch 29th: Test drive a fuel-cell vehicle with CaFCP
Ever wonder what driving a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle is like? This weekend you'll have a chance to take one for a test drive at the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) open house in West...
View ArticleMcClellan Park adds PV manufacturer OptiSolar
Good news: The Sacramento area is getting another green tech company with photovoltaic (pv) manufacturer OptiSolar of Hayward. The county has announced $20 million in incentives for the manufacturer to...
View ArticleAl Gore has a plan (and a sense of humor)
Who knew Al Gore was funny? Below is a video from 2006—just a couple months before "An Inconvenient Truth" was released—from TED.com (spend some time on the site, explore TED Talks). In it, the former...
View ArticleApril 12th: Green Second Saturday adds Co-op, SMUD, alternative-energy vehicles
PARK YOUR ART & Green Second Saturday @ McMartin Realty April 12th, 2008 6-11pm | 21st & K in Midtown Sacramento Our March event was rockin', but April is gonna be huuuuge! So huge, in fact,...
View ArticleFun stuff: Sac Green Home Expo and a friendly mention
Green Home Expo opens in Sacramento May 8th Okay, so maybe you don't think of the North State Building Industry Association as a bunch of party people (and you obviously don't know them very well if...
View ArticleFREE: Let there be (compact fluorescent) light!
Let me put $368 in your pocket* with FREE compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) while supplies last I started giving away energy-efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs at our Green Second Saturday...
View ArticleFeeling Good all over again
Did you miss last weekend's open house at Good (LJ Urban's newest project at 4th & B in West Sac just off the I Street Bridge)? This just came from the fine folks over at LJ Urban: Many of you have...
View ArticleSacramento reduces greenhouse gas emissions, ranks 12th in 100 largest metro...
Sacramento ranks 12th best in nation by Brookings Institution In its recently released analysis, "Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America", the Brookings Institution found that the...
View ArticleGreenraising: Online purchases can benefit ECOS
This just in from Jaclyn over at the Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS): Hello ECOS Supporters! ECOS is participating in Greenraising (Earth Friendly Fundraising). I know that many of us...
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