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Gobierno corporativo: Apple, Nike y la Cumbre del Climablogs
Apple ha abandonado la Cámara de Comercio, principal patronal de Estados Unidos, por la oposición de este organismo a acuerdos que regulen las emisiones, medidas a las que ya han tenido que adaptarse las empresas europeas; siguiendo los pasos de Apple, Nike deja el consejo de dirección de la patronal ...
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5 months ago by: nicolas.boullosa staff comments
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Road midget sighting: golf cart on streets of San Francisco?videos
We're a bit obsessed with road midgets: those vehicles that look like golf carts, but are street legal. They're officially called NEVs (Neighborhood Electric Vehicles) or LSVs (Low Speed Vehicles) and their range of shapes and sizes is big.There are those that simply look like mini cars ...
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4 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
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A suburban bus trip: San Francisco to Santa Rosavideos
Thanks to the 3.9 million miles of highways in the U.S., 86% of our travel is by personal car. The remaining passenger miles are covered by planes, trains and buses.While in 2008 American public transit use reached its highest level in 52 years, bus service didn't ...
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7 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
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Visiting a seasonal, artisanal mall in San Franciscovideos
During our visit to the Ferry Building Marketplace, we paid attention to the individual shops, specializing in all types of goods, and it was soon obvious there was a pattern behind the entire place. Those behind this local, seasonal, artisanal mall explain their mission as not only to support the ...
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7 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Visita al mercado Ferry Plaza de San Franciscovideos
Durante nuestra visita al Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, prestamos atención a cómo los distintos establecimientos, especialistas en todo tipo de abastos, intentan construir un mercado con vocación local, estacional y sostenible en un edificio histórico que comunica por ferry el centro económico de la ciudad con los núcleos residenciales del ...
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7 months ago by: nicolas.boullosa staff comments
Nueva *faircompanies: más usable, sencilla, participativablogs
Ya está aquí la nueva versión del sitio que visitas en estos momentos, http://faircompanies.com.Teníamos pendiente hablar de las novedades que han ido llegando a *faircompanies desde que anunciáramos que estábamos trabajando en otra aplicación.Si te has conectado en las últimas semanas y también lo habías hecho ...
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8 months, 3 weeks ago by: faircompanies faircompanies comments
SMART: resurrecting abandoned rail north of San Franciscovideos
With the rising cost of gas, car commuters are returning to the rails. Amtrak and light rail are experiencing record numbers of riders and are looking to expand service wherever possible. In the counties north of San Francisco, communities are trying to get trains running again on abandoned tracks that ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Global warming fashion and plantable packagingvideos
"More companies are realizing that they can make their clothes and still be kind to the environment," explains Nyssa from San Francisco's Azalea Boutique. Beyond the requisite organic cotton (and they have plenty of it), in this video Nyssa showed us global warming fashion from Threads for Thought and ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Buy/sell/trade last month's impulse buyvideos
The US EPA estimates that 10.6 million tons of textiles were generated in 2003, that's about 80 pounds per person. Given that our wardrobes are becoming increasingly more disposable, this number will probably just get worse… unless we skip a trip to H&M or the Gap, and ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
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A local, free range, hormone-free (mostly organic) brew pubvideos
Brew pubs were founded on the idea of catering to locals and San Francisco’s Magnolia Pub & Brewery has taken that one step further; they make sourcing their food locally a number one priority. Of course, that means they feature a seasonal menu and it’s usually supported by independent ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments