Northern California

New Program Prepares At-Risk Youth for Green Jobs

Mar 23rd, 2009 | By ashleysue | Category: Northern California

In an effort to train young adults for the state’s green-tech industry, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the new California Green Corps in Sacramento last Monday.  The first national program of this size and mission, the Corps will give at-risk young adults (ages 16 to 24) the opportunity to acquire job skills to prepare them [...]



California University Sets Stage for Zero Waste with Plan Green Conference

Feb 23rd, 2009 | By ashleysue | Category: Northern California

The University of California at Davis, in preparation for their commitment to become a zero waste college by 2020, provided the venue for the first annual Plan Green Conference on February 18, 2009.  The Plan Green Conference focuses on providing the tools and information for planning sustainable events from small-scale meetings and banquets to conferences [...]



SFBA’s cleantechies.com gets blogging right

Feb 9th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Northern California

At first glance, you might think that www.cleantechies.com is a job site. But take a minute… name 5 online destinations that cover the Clean Tech market, nationally, from a professional (no rants) and dynamic viewpoint? Oh, and they get great traffic from the industry leaders and entry lines at the same time. Can’t think of [...]



POPSCI: America’s Second Greatest City

Feb 5th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Northern California

Popular Science (the magazine) recently named San Francisco the USA’s second greenest city. They also profiled 6 of the top contenders and explored how they made the list.
[ 50 Greenest Cities in America: Full Rankings ]
Gavin Newsom and Jared Blumenfeld discuss SF Forward in the video window below: