Stashing carbon dioxide underground is a much-debated approach to combating rising greenhouse gas levels, and is being tested in California, but is often criticized for its hefty price tag. Now, there may be another fatal flaw in carbon capture and storage. A new paper by Stanford University geophysicist Mark Zoback says the process would...
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Way Out West and Spot.Us, the crowd-funding journalism website, recently partnered to survey readers' interest in Bay Area green news. The results are in and Spot.Us and WOW are sharing them widely.
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A new “experiential” gift bazaar held in San Francisco last week tapped into research findings that experiences, rather than material objects, increase a person’s happiness. Once basic needs are met, say psychologists, most people derive more lasting pleasure from taking a baking class than from receiving a cake, for example. Although green groups have...
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Gretchen Wustrack’s family asked her for a Christmas list. But like many people, she found herself thinking,”I didn’t know what I wanted. I have enough stuff, and so do they.” Rather than come up with a handful of half-hearted suggestions, Wustrack asked her family if they would consider exchanging experiential gifts.
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A few weeks ago, we explored the Wonderlandesque outdoor art exhibit, Presidio Habitats, sprinkled along walking trails in the park. To help nascent artists (particularly families) get their Andy Goldsworthy on, the national park is hosting a build-your-own nature sculptor event this Saturday at Rob Hill campground from 10 am to 2 pm. Craft...
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PHOTO SLIDE SHOW - We recently explored the outdoor sculpture exhibit Presidio Habitats. Stretches of national park trails meander by works of nature-inspired art and the several hour walk takes you through fragments of forest, along the coastline, and to bits of the Presidio you probably never knew existed.
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On one of the biggest travel days of the year, a campaign has been launched urging people to opt-out of the body scan machines at the airport. National Opt-Out Day, set for tomorrow (Wednesday), is about not letting TSA officials see your junk, a last-straw move by airline passengers fed up with the ever...
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Way Out West/ SF Public Press - Proposed redevelopment on Treasure Island would increase traffic jams on the Bay Bridge, lengthening commute times and exacerbating Bay Area air pollution, critics say.
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Way Out West/SF Public Press - As one of his parting acts before leaving for higher office in January, Mayor Gavin Newsom is overhauling the board in charge of overseeing the massive redevelopment of Treasure Island.
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So, I just returned from Boston where most days I was wearing a long, down jacket and a Russian-style hat with ear flaps. I thought maybe the sudden transition back to sunny Bay Area weather would explain why when I left the airport I quickly wished I was wearing shorts rather than two sweaters...
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Remember the viral movielet phenomenon “The Story of Stuff,” which amassed more than a million views? Well, its got a cousin that Annie Leonard and the much-loved Bay Area-based Free Range Studios unleashed today: The Story of Electronics. The 8-minute video looks at how electronics are built for the landfill and what we can...
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