Posts Tagged ‘ sustainability ’

Farmer Jane hits up the Bay: Photos, Food and Amazing Women

May 13th, 2010 | By Vera | Category: Creative Spark

Listen up, all you eco-foodie gals:  this event’s for you.  On Saturday, May 15, The San Francisco Museum & Historical Society welcomes author and activist Temra Costa for an evening behind the scenes of her new book, Farmer Jane.  Costa will walk attendees through “a photographic journey” of the women featured in her book – [...]



Veggie Gardens growin’

Sep 28th, 2008 | By Vera | Category: Green Living

San Francisco made a big statement with its new veggie garden, planted right in front of City Hall, and a highlight to many seeing it for the first time at Slow Food Nation. Tickets to lectures and an exclusive 50,000 square foot tasting pavillion made it possible to hold the public event there for free, [...]



Boycott bottled water – take back the tap

Sep 12th, 2008 | By Vera | Category: Green Living

I recently created a Facebook group for  Take Back the Tap after reading Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte. Years ago we somehow got sold on the idea that bottled water was the healthy thing to drink. But doing so, we’re draining water reservoirs from communities that depend on it in plastic bottles that end up in [...]