San Francisco is on a roll. In April, the city banned plastic shopping bags, banned bottled water in some restaurants, and banned Styrofoam takeout containers. In another progressive step, plans are now under way to turn the copious amounts of waste vegetable oil produced by the city's 2600 restaurants into biodiesel. The goal: offsetting 20% of the diesel fuel used by city buses.
Under a $1.3 million dollar
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It's Earth Day weekend, so get on out there and celebrate this greenest of holidays!
Atlanta: Arms Around Atlanta sounds like a blast. It's all going down at Grant Park on Saturday & Sunday.
Boston: Clean Up the Charles on Saturday, April 21!
Chicago: Check out Green Festival happening all weekend long! Green vendors & organizations galore!
Dallas: Run, don't walk to downtown today for EarthFest from 10am - 2pm.
Denver:
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From 11:11am to 5:55pm on May 6th, San Francisco’s 8th Annual How Weird Street Faire will shut down 5 city blocks in a celebration of all things community, music, art, and GREEN.
Featuring 7 biodiesel-powered dance stages and a sound system run entirely by people on bikes, the theme of this year’s How Weird turns green as it aims to incorporate sustainable technology and solutions into all aspects of the Faire.
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