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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Is "stage 2" the time to try a more pedestrian-friendly downtown?Should we be allocating more space for people and less space for cars in our downtowns? This question comes up
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 3, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on May 8, 2020 at 3:38 pm | 39 comments | 22200 Views
TIM TALK
Obamacare is rotten at its coreForget about the incompetent feds trying to fix a web site, it's the reality of the law that now is hitting home that is the over-riding concern. Incidentally,...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 5, 2013Last comment by JohnGaf, on Sep 6, 2017 at 8:10 am | 39 comments | 53037 Views
TIM TALK
Banning natural gas heating in Dublin?California’s extreme climate goals are continuing to take a toll. Last year, the state energy commission approved plans from several cities and Marin County...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 20, 2020Last comment by Cholo, on Mar 2, 2020 at 2:05 pm | 39 comments | 7445 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Am I saving enough water yet?We are in our third year of drought in California and it’s not pretty. SoCal residents are under some
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jun. 19, 2022Last comment by BobB, on Jul 6, 2022 at 8:47 am | 39 comments | 16193 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The Deck is StackedIf you have twelve seconds, take a look at this video clip from October 2015. Candidate Trump is talking with Chris...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jun. 7, 2020Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Jun 17, 2020 at 8:43 pm | 38 comments | 18417 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Would you take a bus to LA?Buses are climate-friendly, cheap to ride, and don’t require any special tracks or right of ways. They are an important transportation alternative on our warming...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jul. 28, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Aug 8, 2019 at 7:39 pm | 37 comments | 27015 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Constitution Guarantees Nationwide Right to Same-Sex Marriage"In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a nationwide right to same-sex marriage...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jun. 26, 2015Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on Aug 2, 2015 at 10:39 am | 37 comments | 33621 Views
TIM TALK
Pleasanton police vehicles damaged in Oakland protestEarlier today I wrote that the Pleasanton City Council elections were not surprising. I did overlook one election-related surprise---seeing damaged Pleasanton police...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Nov. 10, 2016Last comment by DKHSK, on Nov 18, 2016 at 9:45 am | 36 comments | 12328 Views
TIM TALK
A different take on Betsy DeVos' confirmationThe Senate continued to slowly confirm President Trump’s cabinet nominees this week with the confirmation of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos drawing the most...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 9, 2017Last comment by Oldtimer, on Feb 15, 2017 at 9:29 am | 36 comments | 12213 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What, You're Still Driving?!Yeah, me too. What’s up with that? Aren’t we all supposed to be on bikes and buses? A few months ago I was trying out a friend’s climate app....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 5, 2019Last comment by 60-years young and still bike., on May 13, 2019 at 2:36 pm | 36 comments | 18192 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What is your climate personality?People react to climate change in different ways. How do people in our area think about it? Do we accept it? Fight it? Fight against the fight against it? Are we...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 11, 2019Last comment by Game Over, on Aug 18, 2019 at 1:22 pm | 35 comments | 20207 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
We are testing geoengineering, and that is a good thingGeoengineering is the “deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change”. (1) It
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 24, 2020Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Jun 1, 2020 at 5:09 pm | 34 comments | 22566 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Will the power go out during this heat wave?Our local power providers and our grid operator (CAISO) are asking us to conserve electricity over the next few days as record-breaking heat and heavy use of air...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 4, 2022Last comment by Bystander, on Sep 12, 2022 at 1:27 pm | 34 comments | 12711 Views
COUPLE'S NET
It’s ‘International Being You’ Day
It’s good to be you, because everyone else is already taken! The world needs YOU, as you are (and yes, of course all of us have things to learn...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on May. 22, 2023Last comment by Gerard LaPointe, 3 hours ago | 34 comments | 2764 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
SB-50: To Save our Planet?Yesterday State Senator Scott Wiener and Berkeley professor Daniel Kammen wrote an...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 26, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Apr 7, 2019 at 12:23 pm | 34 comments | 17742 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Skeptics, Dupes, and ParanoidsI am a natural-born skeptic. I like to question things and play devil’s advocate, so much so that for a while some friends called me “Sherry Contrary”....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 1, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 9, 2019 at 9:41 am | 33 comments | 19775 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Vehicles turning right pose a danger to cyclists and pedestriansLast week I biked to Ace Hardware, just over a mile from my home, and when I came back I thought “Whoa, that was not fun.” There are some big four-way...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 20, 2022Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Mar 30, 2022 at 7:38 pm | 33 comments | 21562 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Why net metering is such incredibly bad policyAre any of you getting sticker shock when shopping for holiday flights? Yeah, me too. It made me wonder what it would be like if California ran an airline the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 13, 2022Last comment by PH, on Nov 20, 2022 at 11:07 am | 33 comments | 14005 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Bay Area to begin phasing out gas heaters this decadeIn a momentous and likely highly influential vote at the end of a six-hour meeting on Wednesday, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) voted to...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 15, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Apr 26, 2023 at 4:53 pm | 33 comments | 9604 Views
TIM TALK
The takeout math just doesn't work for restaurantsThe county health departments’ shelter in place orders on March 9 caught many, many people by surprise. With the hospitality and transportation industries already...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 26, 2020Last comment by DKHSK, on Apr 2, 2020 at 11:06 am | 33 comments | 10489 Views
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Looking for something for the kids to do this summer, learn something new and have fun? The Summer Camp Guide features local camps for all ages and interests.
