Filed under: Clients In The News, Ecocity, Environment, Events, Government, dallas sustainable square block | Tags: Astrid Haryati, dallas sustainable square block, Gavin Newsom, Nicole Cassani, San Francisco Civic Center Revitalization, San Francisco Sustainable Square Block, stacey frost, Sustainable Civic Center, urban revision
This week we are in San Francisco supporting Urban Re:Vision for a 2-day intensive design session to redefine the city’s Civic Center district using Re:Vision’s Unified Conceptual Framework which is currently guiding our sister project, Re:Vision Dallas.
To quote Mayor Gavin Newsom’s goal: “We are transforming our Civic Center into a global model for how to achieve a more sustainable future in urban environments.”
The ultimate goal is to enable the Mayor’s vision by generating sustainable design solutions for the Civic Center. Outcomes of this week will ideally include a set of design principles and a series of diagrams that show how the designs will function. Short and long term planning will be addressed in 3-month increments through fruition.
Partners in the revitalization project include The Art Institute, UC Berkely Extension, Art & Garden Cafe, Rana Creek Living Architecture, Jensen Corporation, Greenworks Design, Living Green, San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, SF Botanical Gardens, Sloat Garden Center and others.
Video from the press conference last month:
Filed under: Clients In The News, Environment, Events, General Media, Government, green cities | Tags: charlie christ, florida solar, green cities, green cities florida, greencities, greencitiesmedia.com, orlando solar, Renewable Energy
ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s good enough to power the most expensive real estate in the universe – the International Space Station. Now it will help power one of the biggest buildings in Orlando. Steve Gehlbach has the enlightening details.
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Filed under: Environment, Government, Technology | Tags: czar, green jobs, Grist, Hilda Solis, Kate Shepard, Robert Byrd, Van Jones, Wall Street Journal, WSJ
Kate Shepard at Grist points out that green jobs evangelist and best-selling author Van Jones might be tapped as the “green jobs” czar. She picks up on a weekend post at Greendig citing “texts from two people close to Van Jones” reporting that he was confirmed in the position Friday.
According to Greendig, the latest czar position would control the green-jobs related cash in the stimulus bill. That raises a few questions. Wasn’t green-jobs-legislation-sponsoring Hilda Solis pretty much meant to be a green jobs czar as Labor Secretary, anyway? And has Sen. Robert Byrd’s warning about czar overload in the White House fallen on deaf ears? There seem to be about half a dozen “czars” already, overseeing everything from health care to climate change without having to undergo a Senate confirmation.
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