96 gal recycling cans come to Discovery Bay, CA
Three years ago the Garaventa Family, owners of Mt Diablo Recycling Center [caption id="attachment_864" align="alignright" width="150" caption="64 Gal Garbage Yard Waste"][/caption] in Pittsburgh, CA had a grand vision and this month in Discovery Bay we get the opportunity to participate in their vision and help make it a reality. As our bins are being delivered over the next few weeks we have choices to make that effect the way our community embraces and accepts the responsibility that has been bestowed upon us. As in "Field of Dreams," The Garaventa Family built a state of the art 90,000 square foot recycling facility now it's ...
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Renewable Solar Energy for The Home of The Future
The increasing public interest in renewable solar enery for housing , combined with the ever rising price of carbon based fuels used to produce commercial electric energy ensuring your home energy cost grow ever bigger , meaning that now we all would like to be able to benefit from an open-minded approach shown by a city in California . San Francisco and the greater Bay Area have created a way forward to support the improved use of renewable solar energy not ...
Going Green, Burning Fat and Drinking Organic, Fair Trade Coffee from Boresha®
Okay my loyal fans, I really want you to give this a fair sip. If I told you I found a coffee that is 100% certified organic, as well as fair trade certified, and helps you burn fat would you be interested in hearing about it? I'm banking on the fact that you are reading this blog because you want to make better buying decisions this year and you want to burn off excess fat. We've all been continually reading and watching the news and know that coffee beans are the #2 internationally traded commodity but not all coffee is treated ...
Visit the Greenest Building in Berkeley, CA “The David Brower Center”
Come Visit Us! 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 Tel: 510.809.0900 Fax: 510.809.0909 Inaugural Exhibition Then and Now Photographs by Sebastião Salgado An exhibition curated and designed by Lélia Wanick Salgado Exhibition on display through January 31, 2010 Get an in-depth look at Berkeley’s greenest building and one of the most advanced high-performance structures anywhere. Tours of the David Brower Center are your chance to get a glimpse of the remarkable innovations that will shape the places we work and live for decades to come. Tours are free and reservations are required. To make a reservation and get more information, e-mail us. Check back with ...
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