By Bill PicturePublished: August, 2009 Large-scale events—such as trade shows and music festivals—have historically earned high marks for bolstering local economies and low marks for earth-friendliness. Huge venues filled with tens of thousands of people generally translate into tons and tons of landfill-bound trash, as well as countless watts of electricity consumed. Over the last […]
By Mary Swift Swan Published: March, 2004 The beginning of spring is a beautiful time of the year. It is fun to get out just to see the show from late February to May. Some flowers bloom for a few days others up to six weeks but then another bursts into a blaze of color. […]
By Georgia Lambert Published: November, 2014 People and projects involved with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge swept up four trophies at the “Excellence in Motion” transportation awards ceremony in Oakland on October 22. In all, 17 unique trophies featuring an actual ball bearing with moving parts were presented by members of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission […]
