Category: environment

Bioregions of the San Francisco Bay Area

The screenshot above links to my page on Bay Area bioregions. The content was produced quite a while ago, but I’m gradually updating my pages to be more…

Spare the Air

If we are so concerning about sparing the air, why don’t we hold Chevron and the Port of Oakland to a higher standard?

2009 Goldman Environmental Awards

Last night the ceremony announcing this year’s winners of the Goldman prize for environmental activism was held in San Francisco’s Opera House. The award is the brainchild of…

San Francisco values

It’s all too easy sometimes to get down on the Bay Area. But then you come upon information like this. San Francisco recycles 69 percent of its total…

Send in the tugs!

How can we prevent another catastrophic spill in the San Francisco Bay? Oil is bad enough but there are also vessels carrying chemical cargo that could potentially require…

Cleaning the Bay

This photo is from a set posted to Flickr entitled “San Francisco Bay Debris – KQED QUEST.” The photos document voluntary Bay cleanup by a group of San…