I admit it, I haven’t given up plastic bags. Last year when San Francisco Banned Plastic Grocery Bags I was thrilled, but I haven’t eliminated them from my life, yet. Do try to stash reusable bags in my car in case I need them, but often I’m biking around town and haven’t remembered to bring [...]

Eating local is the latest crazy in sustainability. Across the West innovative restaurants have advocated eating fresh, local foods for many years. Some early innovators in the San Franscisco Bay area were Greens, a classic vegetarian restaurant opened in 1979, in the Fort Mason Center and Alice Waters’ famous Chez Panisse, opened in 1971, in [...]

This week I attended the Environmental Design Research Association Conference in beautiful Sacramento. EDRA is a professional organization for anyone who works to improve the physical environment for people. At the meeting architects, planners, interior designers and researchers discuss how to make the places we live, work, and play more comfortable and sustainable. Thursday [...]

Crunchy Chicken has declared June 1-7 Low Impact Week. You can head on over to her blog to hear about her progress or participate yourself. If you need more goals or inspiration check out No Impact Man. Let us know how it goes.
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Last week Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement offended sustainable food advocates in the Bay Area by declaring that the food at the Ferry Farmer’s Market was boutique-y and prohibitively expensive. Here’s the report from the SF Chronicle. Needless to say, this didn’t make local farmers, like Steve Sando, of Rancho [...]

Here at Green West we believe in sustainable solutions that work with our lives, that improve our quality of life and the environment. If you live close enough, biking or walking to work or for errands can be a truly win-win solution. Moving under your own power provides you with exercise, reduces your gasoline bill, [...]