It may be a buyer's market out there, but it isn't a broker's. Which makes this year's theme at the 2009 Realtors' Conference in San Diego (November 13 -- 16) -- "Chart a Winning Course" (keynoter: Condi Rice) -- seem both hopeful and sad. Here's a look at the business of homes.READ»
By most accounts, the recent opening of the High Line park in New York City has been a raging success. The formerly abandoned 1.5-mile-elevated railway has transformed into a popular public park, with surrounding retailers reporting ...READ»
San Francisco mayor and California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom is attempting to jack up his eco-cred in a slightly controversial way by announcing the world's first airport carbon offset kiosk at San Francisco International ...READ»
The popular new San Francisco museum presents a range of environmentally-themed exhibits using environmentally-appropriate exhibit design by local firm Volume.READ»
This past June, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom announced that city data from the SFEnvironment website would be used in an iPhone app to help residents find recycling drop-off points. Now the mayor (and future California ...READ»
This morning, San Francisco mayor (and 2010 gubernatorial candidate) Gavin Newsom announced the launch of DataSF.org, a Web site that will serve as a hub for the mountains of data streaming out of San Francisco's government agencies. ...READ»
This week's Clean Energy Economy report from Pew Charitable Trusts showed that the cleantech industry is rapidly expanding, and shows no signs of slowing down. Now PhysOrg provides us with a list of the top five cities that ...READ»
Seattle is Fast Company's City of the Year, and singular bright ideas have earned 12 other cities places on our honor roll. Their initiatives are improving neighborhoods, transforming lives, and helping build better cities for the future.READ»
Many people joke about stashing their cash under the mattress, but what if that were really the only option? Bank on San Francisco, a public-private partnership formed by the city and several financial organizations, gives citizens access to bank accounts and financial education.READ»
These Sky-Terra concept skyscrapers look like giant pieces of artwork shooting up from the ground, but they do more than just look pretty. The network of interconnected towers, one of the entries in the 2009 eVolo Skyscraper ...READ»
Let the carbon emissions neighborhood wars begin. Cisco Systems and San Francisco's Department of the Environment announced their collaboration recently on the Urban EcoMap, a free Web-based carbon footprint-tracking tool that ...READ»
Cisco CEO John Chambers is "healthily paranoid," he told the BBC today. Maybe that's why he's planning to spread sci-fi, panopticon-esque vigilance across entire cities and even ecosystems, in a collaboration with NASA ...READ»
Buying a solar system on the cheap just got a whole lot easier for Los Angeles residents now that 1 Block Off the Grid (1BOG), a community solar purchasing program, is in town. 1BOG, a hit in the Bay Area, is partnering with ...READ»
Do you spend your days traipsing around San Francisco? Then congratulations, you live in America's least wasteful city according to a study conducted by Nalgene. The water bottle company questioned 3,750 people in America's 25 ...READ»
We've all seen hybrid cars and lower emissions buses. But what about an environmentally friendly ferryboat? The San Francisco Bay Area recently unveiled the first in a new fleet of 149 passenger "green" ferries that ...READ»
Only one week after unveiling three plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) charging stations in San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced the submission of a permit application to bring renewable ocean energy off the city's ...READ»
The occupants of the White House have changed, the website has made the switch, and yet a group from San Francisco felt they needed to take the next step: They've switched 100% of the signs on Bush Street for "Obama" ...READ»
Yesterday, Emirates Airlines launched what it calls the world's longest "green" flight -- a new service from Dubai to San Francisco that saves an estimated 2,000 gallons of fuel and 30,000 pounds of carbon emissions on the 16-hour ...READ»
It’s official: the iPhone 3G will drop on July 11, with a base price of $199. That’s pocket change compared to last year when prices were in the $500-600 range when the first iPhone was released. The turtle-necked guru himself, ...READ»
It’s all things Apple-related time again. The Worldwide Developers Conference commences today at 10 a.m. PST in San Francisco, and many tech industry insiders (and Mac fanatics around the globe) are eagerly awaiting the potential ...READ»
