Green Traveler Guides

MAY 31, 2013

Central America Costa Rica Experiences/Events News Nosara Osa Peninsula San Jose The Americas Tours Alta Hotel Cayuga Collection Coati Green Travel News Harmony Hotel Lapa Rios Eco-Lodge Nature Air Playa Guiones Reuters Enter online to win a week in Costa Rica at eco-luxe lodgings, with organic meals and travel on the world''s first certified carbon-neutral airline. Win the ‘ultimate’ Costa Rican dream green vacation is a post from: Green Traveler Guides.

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Green Traveler Guides

MARCH 12, 2013

All Central America Costa Rica Eco-adventure Eco-lodges Farmers' markets Osa Peninsula Restaurants/Cafes San Jose Coopedota Feria Verde Finca Bellavista James Kaiser Playa Nicuesa Lodge Product C Reuters Santa Maria de Dota| The Americas’ Greenest | Costa Rica and eco-travel have long been synonymous. And for good reason.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 14, 2021

Brooklyn-based design firm Efficiency Lab for Architecture has recently transformed an existing, three-story commercial office building into the Community Information Center, a marketing center for Avenues: The World School’s new campus in San Jose, California.

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Green Traveler Guides

MARCH 12, 2013

All Central America Costa Rica Eco-adventure Eco-lodges Farmers'' markets Osa Peninsula Restaurants/Cafes San Jose Coopedota Feria Verde Finca Bellavista James Kaiser Playa Nicuesa Lodge Product C Reuters Santa Maria de Dota | The Americas’ Greenest | Costa Rica and eco-travel have long been synonymous. And for good reason.

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Cool Green Science

OCTOBER 23, 2013

San Jose Mercury News ). We’ve got promising green news on how we move forward with energy needs in a world of climate change threats. The experience of seeing a California condor in the wild has been more rare than the bird itself…until now. ( The nation’s largest labor unions are gathering to talk about how to create green energy jobs and fight global warming. ( NBC 10 Pittsburgh ). What’s hungry, aggressive and is destroying Caribbean reefs?

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Green Living Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

SAN JOSE, The post SunPower Launches Industry’s First 400-Plus-Watt Home Solar Panels, the Most Powerful Residential Solar Panels in the World appeared first on Green Living Guy. The Highly Anticipated Next Generation Technology Solar Panel.

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Environmental Economics

APRIL 30, 2015

  The poll, which was conducted by the San Jose, Calif. The Hill: A majority of voters would support a 10-cent increase in the federal gas tax if the money is used for specific transportation improvements, according to a new poll released on Wednesday.  Mineta Transportation Institute, found that 71 percent of voters would be willing to pay a dime more than the current 18.4

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 15, 2020

This stunning 4,585 square foot home in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico exemplifies sustainable indoor-outdoor living at its finest.

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Environmental Economics

APRIL 13, 2011

Brown signed the bill at a solar panel manufacturing plant near San Jose. USAToday : Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed legislation requiring California utilities to get one-third of their power from renewable sources, giving the state the most aggressive alternative energy mandate in the U.S. California utilities and other electricity providers have until the end of 2020 to draw 33% of their power from solar panels, windmills and other renewable sources.

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Green Prophet

JUNE 16, 2014

Following the successful completion of a long pilot program, Starbucks announced that San Francisco branches will be among the first to offer the wireless charging technology to customers. Stores in San Jose, California and Boston, Massachusetts are already using the technology, but most other stores across the nation will have to wait until 2015.

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EcoFriend

APRIL 12, 2012

Grashow crafted 100 life sized monkeys and hung these playful things inside the San Jose Museum of Art. B.Sameer Kumar: We did talk only yesterday about Caine’s cardboard arcade and while it might not match the sculptures that are on offer here, it had an allure that was altogether different. This though is the cardboard world of James Grashow, and this master sculptor’s cardboard art is nothing less than wondrous.

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Eco Friendly Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Another pioneer is Nanosolar , whose mission is to place a solar panel on every building’ San Francisco Chronicle reported in December, Nanosolar’s manufacturing plant will be based in San Jose, California. The $102 million plant on San Jose’s Hellyer Avenue will make enough solar cells each year to generate 400 megawatts of electricity, roughly enough to light 300,000 homes.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 22, 2021

Alison Bridger, of the Meteorology and Climate Science Department at San Jose State University, noted that there is danger in terms of the intensity and the widespread nature of these heat domes. Climate experts are raising alarm over the scorching weather across much of the western U.S. Although high-pressure zones are not uncommon in the summer, the “heat domes” with persistent high-pressure zones usually come toward August.

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EcoFriend

MARCH 30, 2012

But, Grupo Musa, a real estate developer, along with TIJUANA, Mexico & SAN JOSE, Calif. Pratima Kalra: As far as the renewable energy market of Mexico is concerned, a majority of it is linked to wind power. SolFocus, Inc. and energy developer Synergy Technologies, collectively aspire to harness the energy of the sun too. The landmark power plant they have planned will be set at Baja California, near Tecate.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

We still don’t know if the chick survived, or how well the free-flying birds have done,” Sorenson told the San Jose Mercury News. The beloved giants of Big Basin Redwoods State Park have been facing massive wildfires in California. Fortunately, many survived, proving how tough and resilient these trees can be, although there has still been considerable damage.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 19, 2020

San Jose-based Studio Saxe has completed Tres Amores, a contemporary family home that takes in spectacular ocean and mountain views in Costa Rica. Nestled on the hilltops in the town of Nosara, the luxury home was designed to blend in with its lush surroundings through its staggered massing and natural materials palette, which includes exterior cladding of charred teak wood with black-framed windows.

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Green (Living) Review

JANUARY 17, 2013

USCC thanks the following companies for the generous commitment to sponsor ICAW 2013 activities: A1 Organics, BioCycle, City of San Jose, Composting News, Filtrexx, MSW Management, NatureWorks LLC., BETHESDA, MD, January 16, 2013 : A high school junior from Michigan has been recognized by the United States Composting Council (USCC) as the International Compost Awareness Week poster contest winner. This year contestants were challenged to visually portray the theme, "Compost!

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 20, 2020

The rest of the lodge was almost entirely prefabricated off-site in San Jose. Costa Rican architectural firm Gussa has unveiled a peaceful eco-lodge located on the country’s beautiful Caribbean coastline. Esquina Verde is a cozy rental accommodation made out of locally sourced materials and reclaimed wood salvaged from a 100-year-old home.

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Environmental Economics

MARCH 2, 2018

The cuts made by the publicly traded company, which is based in San Jose, Calif., are largely You should beware U.S. companies making announcements about decisions and using government policy as a cover these days, but this seems to make economic sense: American solar company SunPower will lay off about 3 percent of its workforce in March, a decision that comes after President Trump began imposing new tariffs on imported solar materials earlier this month. 

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Green (Living) Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The USCC would like to thank the 2012 ICAW sponsors for their generous support: A-1 Organics, BioCycle, Chick-Fil-A, GenPak, Ingeo, City of San Jose, Garick, WeCare Organics, Recology, Chamness Technologies, St. BETHESDA, MD : The US Composting Council (USCC), the national association that hosts International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), announced today the call for entries for its ICAW Poster Contest.

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Green (Living) Review

APRIL 15, 2012

Other GRID Alternatives Earth Week installation sites include: San Jose Hamilton City San Diego and nearby El Cajon Arroyo Grande Riverside Taken together these projects will save California families over a million dollars over their systems’ lifetimes, while taking the equivalent of more than 600 cars off the road and training 300 people in solar installation.

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Green Living Ideas

AUGUST 10, 2013

Almost all major industrialized cities whether it’s San Jose or Memphis or any other city have taken up metal management seriously. For instance, SIMS scrap yards can be found from San Jose, CA in the west to Frankfort, NY in the e ast. Recycle. The word is ubiquitous, found in leaflets, magazines, newspapers, and seen everywhere on TV.

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Greentumble

DECEMBER 20, 2018

A ban was put into place in 2012 in San Jose, California— “leading to a 89% reduction in plastic bags in storm drains, a 60% reduction in creeks and rivers, and a 59% drop in residential plastic waste [10].”. Convenience is easy, but easy doesn’t necessarily mean good. Due to our tendency of taking the easy way out, our beloved planet is taking a massive hit.

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Cool Green Science

OCTOBER 5, 2015

During the negotiations, I’d visited a half-dozen times, but never made it past a San Jose conference room. If ever there was a country that could declare conservation success, you could make a pretty strong case for Costa Rica. More than 25 percent of its lands are protected in parks, their ecotourism industry accounts for more than 12 percent of their GDP and public support for conservation consistently polls north of 90 percent.

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Eco Friendly Daily

APRIL 14, 2013

The chargers, along with car sharing systems and other green transportation, were part of the “Green Vehicle Showcase” in San Francisco. The charging stations are to be used by San Francisco’s municipal fleet as well as by car sharing organizations, such as Zipcar and City CarShare. San Francisco and many other cities across the U.S.A. The Bay Area in California is touting itself as the “Electric Vehicle Capital of the U.S.”.

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Green Prophet

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

The project is a ‘spin-off’ from space age technologies developed by NASA’s AMES Research Center, located about 15 minutes drive from San Jose California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. Situated above the treeline, SkyTran commuter pods will not interfere with normal traffic: Photo illustration by NASA/SkyTran. Developing economical and green urban transit systems have not been easy.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Topics Energy & Climate Featured Column Power Points Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere) Off Duration 0 Sponsored Article Off Exterior view of new multifamily residential building facade under construction in San Jose, California.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 9, 2019

San Francisco, California 2. San Diego, California 3. San Jose, California 6. Eco Green akt beach climate change conservation greenest-cities news oregon san francisco sustainably living texas urban-recreation walletEver wonder which American cities are the most eco-friendly? WalletHub recently unveiled its list of 2019’s Greenest Cities in the U.S.,

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Eco Chic

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Speaking of prints, last weekend I visited the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose in my perfect-for-exploring Gudrun Sjoden organic cotton Turtle dress and Kowtow printed leggings, which work together perfectly for a pattern-on-pattern adventure of their own. As readers here know, I’m a huge (and now, longtime!) fan of the wonderful Swedish brand, Gudrun Sjoden.

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Green Prophet

MAY 8, 2012

California’s San Francisco and San Jose International Airports were among the first to use computer modeling to simulate the effects of aircraft noise on buildings. A new adaptor ring cuts noise pollution at airports. AdaAirports are like Desperate Housewives. Unpopular neighbors, but crazy sensual. You can see them, feel them, smell them, and you absolutely hear them.

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Green (Living) Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Travelers will find Green Planet Water in many international airports, including San Francisco, San Jose, Phoenix, San Diego, Ontario and Portland, Oregon, as well as in hotels such as the SF Hilton, The Del Coronado in San Diego, Mandarin Oriental in Miami, and Hotel Felix in Chicago. s corporate headquarters and many fine dining restaurants such as Greens in San Francisco.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 18, 2021

As it happens, I met Naam — in his role as a radical energy analyst — at a VERGE event in San Jose, California, in 2016. A New Year’s resolution for Bill Gates John Elkington Mon, 01/18/2021 – 00:45 Bill Gates has a new book in the pipeline, ” How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.” ” Vital reading, particularly in a year that should see Glasgow hosting the COP26 climate summit.

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The Green Changemakers

MARCH 2, 2012

This publication is the result of a collaborative effort between Earth Charter International, the University for Peace and the UNESCO San Jose office. [link] “Exploring synergies between faith values and education for sustainable development” is the new publication of Earth Charter International.

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The Green Changemakers

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Hilary Nixon, San Jose, CA Greenspace & Health: the Evidence Dee Merriam, Atlanta, GA How Community Organizing, Public Health, Urban Planning, and Public Policy Combine to Reduce Obesity Rates Phil Valko, St. Louis, MO Urban Landscape Pattern & Childhood Obesity Jun-Hyun Kim, San Luis Obispo, CA 3. Keynote Speakers Activities and Events that Create Child-Friendly Communities Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.,

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

San José’s bold new plan for climate-friendly transit Elizabeth Stampe Tue, 10/13/2020 – 00:22 San José is rolling out the green carpet for biking, thanks to the city council’s unanimous passage of the Better Bike Plan 2025. The plan is realistic about the past, acknowledging San José’s sprawling 180-square-mile spread, its car-oriented layout and its inequitable history of transportation decisions, which continue to shape people’s lives.

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Sightline Daily

MARCH 19, 2013

On average, their minimum compensation at Sea-Tac is nearly $4 to $6 less than airport workers doing comparable jobs in Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco. Similarly, the city of San Francisco more than a decade ago passed standards that established a minimum living wage for airport ground service workers, access to health insurance and training designed to attract and retain a quality workforce.

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Green (Living) Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Lohr Vineyards & Wines has earned the Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing (CCSW) distinction from the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA) for its estate vineyards in the appellations of Paso Robles and Arroyo Seco, Monterey County, as well as for its two wineries located in Paso Robles and San Jose. Pilot program benchmarks J.

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Green Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

The opening of the San Francisco Bay Area bike share on August 29, 2013, brings the combined fleet of shared bikes in the United States above 18,000, more than a doubling since the start of the year. Aspen, Columbus, Fort Worth, and Salt Lake City are among the more than a dozen programs that opened in 2013, joining a list of cities that have enjoyed bike sharing for longer, including Denver, San Antonio, Chattanooga, Madison, and Fort Lauderdale.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

San José’s bold new plan for climate-friendly transit Elizabeth Stampe Tue, 10/13/2020 – 00:22 San José is rolling out the green carpet for biking, thanks to the city council’s unanimous passage of the Better Bike Plan 2025. The plan is realistic about the past, acknowledging San José’s sprawling 180-square-mile spread, its car-oriented layout and its inequitable history of transportation decisions, which continue to shape people’s lives.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In San Francisco, a professional cellist gave impromptu performances from his doorstep, creating a magical experience for neighbors and people walking by — an experience that was only audible due to the reduction in car traffic.

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Eco Chic

JANUARY 22, 2016

“This just blows me away about how popular this has been,” Dan Gallagher, operations manager at the Dublin San Ramon Services District, told the San Jose Mercury News. The project detailed below only recycled water for tertiary use (watering plants, etc.) but other water recycling schemes are creating drinkable water too. Guest Post by: Matt Weiser, managing editor of Water Deeply.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 27, 2020

He was present at most every sustainability gathering in the San Francisco Bay Area and often farther afield — as a speaker or just an attendee. Over the years, we would meet up regularly at Flex headquarters in San Jose, where Bruce would share insights about the company and the industry. Remembering Flex exec Bruce Klafter pete may Mon, 07/27/2020 – 01:45 Longtime GreenBiz friend Bruce Klafter died July 18 after a short and intense bout of pancreatic cancer.

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Sierra Club Compass

JUNE 4, 2013

University of San Diego. Cars off the road: 294 (Image courtesy University of San Diego). Making our list with the third biggest campus solar array in California, Contra Costa College in San Pablo has a 3.2 University of California, San Diego. The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal named Stanford''s new Knight Management Center its "Green Project of the Year" in 2010. San Diego Community College District.

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