GreenBlog SF

Our local San Francisco website for all things GREEN including         San Francisco Programs and Policies, Resources plus links to get anything recycled in SF!
Check it out at: www.sfenvironment.org

Howdy!  Look what I received today in my ValPak mailer.  A coupon from PG&E promoting Recycling, and energy savings.  The info below is what was on the coupon with all of their website links too!
Check out the program put into place by PG&E in San Francisco
It’s easy to recycle your old (still working) refigerator!  Guess who [...]

Hey Folks!
Gavin Newsom just Twittered me about the launch of the new Green Cities Website, which is a collaboration of 10 cities GREEN Goals, we can participate in helping our City “Go GREEN”, read about Best Practices and keep up with what’s happening. Very inpsirational. I’ll be sure to post some of their San Francisco initiatives and [...]

We all use batteries at home and work-lots of them. In California, we buy over 500 million houshold batteries (anythingsmaller than a car battery)… by spending a little more for your home rechargeable batter set-up today, in the long run you will save time, money, and make your local community a safer, ehalthier place to live. That’s an investment you can get charged up about!

Renewable flooring materials like Bamboo cost less than hardwood and look great.
Bamboo grows significantly faster than hard wood so it is sustainable. Some bamboos grow to over 60 feet in just 6 months.
Vertically oriented ‘carbonized’ 5/8 bamboo tongue and groove with pre-urethane top coat performs very well and looks terrific. Note that when comparing [...]

More and more Americans are discovering the benefits of green homes. The advantages affect consumers’ health, wallet and the environment.

The Resource & Your Guide:

To truly make your bathroom greener, it is vital to manage the water coming in through the pipes, as well as water that flows out, whether it be through non-low flush toilets, or through the vapor from hot water.

Retrofitting is an easy way to institute lower-level upgrades to improve energy efficiency, indoor air quality, conserve resources and meet other green goals.