I came across a superb idea in my friend's Yes magazine. There was an article concerning

about local currencies across the country. Various communities issue their own money such as Berk Shares,

Ithaca Hours, Berkeley Bread and Detroit Cheers. Locally there is North Fork Shares which was started

about 2 months ago to help the depressed economy there. The town took a hit when the sawmill closed

in 1994. The major advantage to local money is that money stays in the…

It has always been my contention that P.G and E. "just as was found in San Bruno"; Failed in its "standard of duty" as to its failure to initiate a "public health and safety protocol" when their construction crews were operating and constructing the 75kva "new line" connection and connection using the "hot jump" technique as was employed the day the fire was started by arcing wires. As is San Bruno; P.G. and E. used this method just as they decided to implement the "least cost's" form of…

Utilities are forming alliances throughout the grid networks seeking to exploit and incorporate into their agenda "creatures of habit";  In that assuming you have fallen off the topic for the past ten years you would not understand that utility companies owe a "DUTY" under Federal contracts and State Contracts buried deep in the body of language to keep the grid and its affiliated infrastructure conditioned and maintained in a manner and to a standard to prevent harm coming to the public at…

http://www.meetup.com/rawfood-358/events/36541152/

We will have our 2nd Saturday of the Month Fresno Raw Food Potluck MeetUp at 1734 West Shaw Ave, across from the Administration Bldg at LinkCare at the Spacious Rec Hall/ Dining Room from 4:30pm to 7pm or even longer

Come prepared with a Raw Dish to serve 10 people, if you are a couple to serve 20 people.

RSVP to

Leon (Levon)…

            The Green Hope Veterans will be having a green jobs fair at the Sarah McCardle Room @ the Downtown Fresno

Library on Sat. Nov. 12th from 10 am to 4 pm. We are looking for green businesses that are hiring, green business opp-

ortunities and job training school resources. Please e-mail me back @ brazil8846@gmail.com or leave message @

519-5751 with contact info. This job fair will be opened to the general public and is…

Saturday morning Food Not Bombs is looking for committed volunteers to participate in the process of serving food to Fresno's homeless at Roeding Park.  Specifically, we are in need of people to help out with 3 critical tasks. 

First task is Wednesday pickup at Farmer's Market on Wed evenings at about 6pm.  This requires a vehicle that would allow transport of a few bins of donated veggies from the Farmer's Market at Shaw/Blackstone to United Methodist Church on Barstow and…

Today, September 8^th, the air quality index for Fresno is a whopping 156!

Fresno County is California's asthma capital: Nearly one in three -- or about 75,000 children -- have it, according to a 2005 statewide health survey. The estimate was 50,000 just four years earlier, and we’re now in 2011, the numbers just keep on…

Hello everyone,

You may have read my last blog about a new community outreach organization called Engage 360 that promotes energy conservation and efficiency right here in the Central Valley.  If not, give it a quick read.

We are a movement of Californians, for Californians, trying to accomplish an…

Hello everyone.  This is my first blog post here on Green Fresno.  I just joined the site a few months back, and so far it seems like a great community of people who are all concerned about our environment  I wanted to take a moment to introduce everyone to a new project I'm working on called Engage 360.

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Toyota has been silently eyeing the lower class car segment in India for quite a while and only recently did they introduce the Etios. The Etios, just like the other Toyota products in India, is a car which was discontinued in North America. However the Indian public has not been too kind to this kind of dumping. The very fact of owning a Toyota has sent the Etios sales and production figures to an all time high however, post the 6 month ownership thing, many customers have claimed that this…

Volkswagen has taken a new route as to ask people on their requirements for a car which is an extension of the focus group concept and now the company has launched a new car project based on it and it is called as the People’s car project. The project is to take the opinion about the outlook of the car for the domestic market of China from about 450 million internet users in the same country.

The concept named by…

The Earth Is Full

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN  …

Once again, we are back to the same topic of whether one should go for petrol or diesel. Yes, we know it’s a repeated topic and with petrol rates hitting an all time high of Rs 65, its not that hard to checkout whether a petrol or diesel car would suit you more. Everyone have their mindset skewed towards diesel cars. Forget the initial extra money that you have to pay to get a diesel car, but it still makes sense. Recently a conference held in India promoted the value of having diesel cars…

Weather pretty cool, turning over the soil and night is warming. So is it time to plant? Yes. Maybe, No? what are you planting and how much can you afford to lose and do over? Are your plants really hardy and ready to go? or could they stand a little more growth? Can you sow some seed now and wait a couple of weeks?



I always want to go NOW. And I really need to prepare the soil better. I need to move slower, do my best to gauge night temperatures better, dig in that compost. And one…

Please let me know about any local Earth Day events so we can include them in the April Community Alliance newspaper.  We need event listings asap. Include the WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHEN, and WHERE info as well as contact information.  Thanks,

Yeah, the new format for Green Fresno is cool.  Here I am just testing it out.  I'm super stoked about Fresno Earth Day!  Woohoo!

Also, I'm just getting started with some electronics projects (e.g. sun tracking circuits) and I have an Arduino I'm playing with.  I'd love to network with some other nerds and trade ideas if anyone is out there.  Something kinda like FOSUG (Fresno Open Source Users Group) but for "…

Unlike some, I do know we always need rain. we live in a DESERT. Silly People! And rain = SNOW PACK. No rain = NO SNOW PACK. Which means no water which means less water which spells D R O U G H T.

 Ugly reality of our lovely central valley.Bad bad bad word if you are a gardener. I can use less water, I can be water wise , I can use drips and propate mostly drought resistant plants. But in the end of the day i do need some water. My veggies need water. My roses need water. My…