Posts Tagged San Francisco

EAT, DRINK AND MAKE MONEY AT SLOW MONEY NATIONAL GATHERING IN SAN FRANCISCO

Tweet Growing Movement Pairs Family Farms and Food Businesses With New Investment Media Contact: Joan Simon Full Plate Restaurant Consulting jsimon@fullplateconsulting.com San Francisco –The Slow Money movement, cited by Entrepreneur.com as “one of the top five trends in finance in 2011” is coming to San Francisco this fall; bringing with it small food business entrepreneurs [...]

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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! to Speak at San Francisco Green Festival

Tweet “WHEN: 12 noon WHERE: San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th Street at Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 DESCRIPTION: Amy Goodman speaks at the San Francisco, CA Green Festival, a celebration of what’s working in our communities. The Green Festival™ begins with finding solutions to help make our lives healthier—socially, economically and environmentally. [...]

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SIERRA CLUB ANNOUNCES 2011 NATIONAL AWARDS

Tweet Honorees include leading environmentalist Bill McKibben, Congressman Edward Markey, Congressman Keith Ellison, conservation photographer Ian Shive, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert and others SAN FRANCISCO – Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and world-renowned environmental activist, will conclude his global day of action by accepting the Sierra Club’s highest honor, the John Muir Award.  A [...]

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Bay Area Moving Planet This Sat Sept. 24 Still Needs Volunteers – and you can get FREE SF GREEN FESTIVAL TICKETS by volunteering!

Tweet ***The first 50 volunteers will get free T-Shirts and ALL volunteers will get free tickets to the 10 Anniversary Green Festival in SF!*** Moving Planet, Sept 24th is this Sat!!! About 200 volunteers are needed this Saturday to make Bay Area Moving Planet happen smoothly. That’s where you come in! There are many kinds [...]

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Green America’s 2011 People’s Choice Award – Vote today for Green Business of the Year

Tweet “Below are the top ten most popular green business nominations. See what other Green Americans are saying about the businesses, check out their Web sites, and vote for your favorite before October 6. Then, join us at the Green Festival in San Francisco in November to find out who won this year’s award, orsign up [...]

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Discounted Room Rates For HIA Members Exhibiting at San Francisco Green Festival

Tweet “… We have arranged for special room rates starting at just $99 for Sunday and Monday nights at the Holiday Inn — Civic Center. Through a special arrangement, the hotel is also offering the same room rates for a limited number of rooms for HIA members who are exhibiting at or attending the SF [...]

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[VIDEO] Wild & Scenic Film Fest Media Lounge – Dr. Kevin Danaher, Green Festivals

Tweet Dr. Kevin Danaher discusses his upcoming projects and vision for a more sustainable business model and world with See Jane Do’s Elisa Parker in the Wild & Scenic Film Festival Media Lounge.

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Celebrating A Nutrition Revolution In The South Bronx

Tweet “On Tuesday, May 24th, 2011, Family Life Academy Charter School (FLACS), celebrated one year of a major change in the way their food is prepared and how students are fed. This little school of just approximately 368 students, situated within the poorest congressional district in the USA, took it upon itself to do something [...]

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Rooftop Beehives Create Buzz At San Francisco Restaurants

Tweet “A good restaurant is always a buzz of activity, but some chefs are taking the concept literally, installing rooftop beehives. The idea appears to be mainly to give the ailing bee population a boost, something that became a concern with reports of colony collapse disorder a few years back. Though having a ready supply [...]

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SF tries again with cell phone radiation law

Tweet “Almost three months after it shelved a controversial cell phone radiation law, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is keeping the issue alive, but adopting a different strategy for doing so. At its meeting tomorrow, the board will vote on amended legislation that would require retailers in the city to informational notices on radiofrequency [...]

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