Bay Area Region
How global warming challenges the old Bay Area assumptions
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07/01/2008Repeat after me the first rule of environmental activism: "Think globally, act locally."
But wait. What do we do when global concerns are at odds with what we hold dear at home?
That question hangs over the Bay Area as surely as last week's smoke obscured our skies. The environmental agenda is being redefined by the very real threat of climate change. In the process, some of our basic articles of faith - such as keeping development away from the bays and the hills - could be called into question.
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Day 2: Two Day Theater of the Oppressed Workshop
Jul 20 2008 - 10:00
Jul 20 2008 - 17:00
City:
San FranciscoAddress:
13th July (Mary Sano Studios, 245 5th St, San Francisco, Room 314); 20th July (CounterPULSE 1310 Mission Street, San Francisco)Cost:
$80 for both daysThe purpose of this TWO DAY workshop is engage participants in Theater of the Oppressed as an effective, creative and empowering tool for our educational and social change work. Specifically, we will build participants' skills at facilitating a popular Theater of the Oppressed technique called forum theater and build upon an interactive performance piece centered around climate change and justice.
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Supportive housing scattered across Bay Area
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06/28/2008Shelters don't end homelessness. Housing does.
That's the simple premise behind the permanent supportive housing movement, which aims to create affordable units and link them to support services.
Without a stable home, supporters say, people have little hope of resolving the underlying issues that contribute to long-term homelessness.
Shelters and transitional housing programs usually limit stays and require residents to be making progress in case management.
But residents of permanent supportive housing can stay as long as they want, and choose for themselves whether to participate in counseling and other services.
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Is Mass Transit Ready for a Commute Surge?
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06/26/2008If you think four dollar gas is expensive, think again. A major investment bank is predicting the price of gas will reach seven dollars in the next two years, forcing us to radically change our commuting habits. But are our transit systems ready for a massive switch to public transportation? With the governor is pushing to take $1.4 billion from public transit projects to bail out the state budget, the outlook is grim.
Mass transit wants riders, but seven dollars a gallon for gas is going to create a new kind of commute congestion.
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Day 1: Two Day Theater of the Oppressed Workshop
Jul 13 2008 - 10:00
Jul 13 2008 - 17:00
City:
San FranciscoAddress:
13th July (Mary Sano Studios, 245 5th St, San Francisco, Room 314); 20th July (CounterPULSE 1310 Mission Street, San Francisco)Cost:
$80 for both daysThe purpose of this TWO DAY workshop is engage participants in Theater of the Oppressed as an effective, creative and empowering tool for our educational and social change work. Specifically, we will build participants' skills at facilitating a popular Theater of the Oppressed technique called forum theater and build upon an interactive performance piece centered around climate change and justice.
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Roadshow: Free rides bring elbow-to-elbow crowds to Caltrain, BART, VTA
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06/20/2008
the bay Thursday, starting
in Campbell on light rail at 8 a.m., and jumping onboard Caltrain in
downtown San Jose, switching to BART in Millbrae and returning home on
BART through the East Bay, then taking the bus and light rail from
Fremont to Milpitas and back to Campbell by 1:33 p.m.
Ridership
numbers for most agencies won't be known until today. But on Bay Area
ferries, the counts were staggering: up more than 100 percent on the
Golden Gate ferries, from 2,168 daily riders to 4,552 on Thursday. And
on the Sausalito ferry, the daily count of 435 soared to 2,170.
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Editorial: No time to spare: Spare air every day
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06/19/2008In every epic quest, there comes a time when renewed focus and purpose is required to finish the endeavor. The fight for clean and safe air has reached such a moment.
For years, the people and businesses of the Bay Area have worked in partnership with government agencies such as the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to cut smog. Regulators approved new standards for clean cars, trucks and fuels; businesses responded with clean, innovative products; and consumers embraced these new and improved goods.
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