Monday, October 13, 2008

FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

I'm contacting our local waste management agency to see what headway I can make in our local government agencies converting to sustainable water for their offices and sustainable trash bags.

Meanwhile, I read that San Francisco, a miracle of sustainability-minded government, announced a challenge on September 30, 2008.  According to sfenvironment.org, Mayor Newsom challenged SF businesses to go solar by this time next year!

If you thought Al Gore's challenge was, well, challenging, take a look at SF's plan to make it not only possible, but attractive for businesses to get on board. 

According to the release, the 1,500 businesses who have been invited to join the Solar Founders' Circle "have the potential to install 170 megawatts of solar on their roofs - more than 30x's the amount of solar currently installed in SF, and enough to power 42,ooo local households."

It sounds like an exciting initiative and I'll be checking in to see what's become of this.  This is exactly the kind of sustainability leadership that will make Al Gore's 10 year goal achievable.

What can YOU do? Send us YOUR story. What choice did you make today to live a more sustainable life? Send your first name, last initial, general locale, and what the greentech was. You will educate and inspire others to make the changes they can and more that they may have thought they couldn't.

ALWAYS REMEMER DOING A LITTLE IS MORE FULFILLING THAN THINKING THAT A LITTLE WON'T MATTER.