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Allison Leahy
San Francisco Cyclists Make 75,000 Bike Trips A Day
The SFMTA’s 2011 Bicycle Count Report indicates a 71% increase increase in ridership in San Francisco and with an e-bike share program rolling out this year, the city may soon have the highest per-capita bicycle use in North America.
Fungus May Be the Key to Cheaper, More Efficient Biofuel
Biofuel may soon be produced quickly, efficiently, and at a cost comparable to gasoline thanks to a discovery from researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. The research team has identified several genes that improve yeast’s ability to digest the natural sugar xylose. The unlikely source of the genes: fungus living symbiotically with bark beetles.
SF Underground Market Undone By County Health Department
ForageSF’s Underground Market has brought together hundreds of passionate players in the flavor game–the supportive community of creators, makers, eaters, and enjoyers sees 50 new vendor applications each month. Now, with more members than the health department can snap a latex glove at, they are saying “cease and desist”.
Why “Big Plastic” Is Taking ChicoBag Reusable Bags To Court
ChicoBag, a small reusable bag company, is under fire from three of the country’s largest plastic bag manufacturers. Is this a frivolous lawsuit aimed at silencing an outspoken environmental protagonist (ChicoBag CEO Andy Keller) and collapsing his company, or an anti-greenwashing crusade to bring fairer practices into the marketplace?
Van Gogh Comes Alive at the National Gallery
A living wall at the National Gallery in London offers passers-by sweet, clean air and a setting ripe for ecological discussion.
