• Plastic bag ban comes into effect
    San Francisco’s first-of-its-kind ban on plastic supermarket checkout bags becomes effective November 20, and the City will start enforcing the ban December 1.  The Department will provide an email address for residents to report violations.

  • Toxic toy avalanche
    The State of California adopted a law banning toxic toys, which is very similar to an ordinance adopted first here in San Francisco.  Now, it looks as though it may be going nationwide.

  • It’s getting hot in here!
    If the sea level raises by only about a meter, at AT&T Park the words "hit" and "splash hit" will be interchangeable.

  • We’ve got plans for your carcass
    Just a friendly reminder: when you’ve finished your Thanksgivings turkey, we’d love to have the carcass…in the green cart, of course.  San Francisco makes nearly 350 tons of food scraps and yard trimmings into organic compost every day, and turkey bones help make a particularly nutricious soil.


Sparky's Oranges
 San Francisco’s compostables collection program takes all kinds of food scraps, as well as yard trimmings.



Meetings & Events
Tuesday, November 6
2:00 pm - 12:00 pm
Hybrid.Stand Documentary Screening

Friday, November 9, 2007 thru Friday, December 14, 2007
12 pm
Self Portrait as Revealed by Trash

Friday, November 16
8 pm ­ 10 pm
Junkestra and Videos from the Dump

Friday, November 16 thru Sunday, November 18, 2007
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Mt. Tam Trail Care

More info on these meetings and events


Mission Minded

 

Mission Minded is a team of experienced marketers passionate about good communication for mission-driven organizations. They provide marketing services to nonprofit organizations and foundations including branding, key message development, writing and design of websites, annual reports, and fundraising tools.

Clients include San Francisco Opera, Asian Art Museum, Business for Social Responsibility, Levi Strauss Foundation, YMCA, Marin Education Fund, and the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley among others.

“Mission Minded is committed to treading as lightly on the earth as possible. The San Francisco Green Business program encouraged us to institutionalize our actions to ensure they are sustained over time. We're proud to be green and hope our designation as a San Francisco Green Business encourages others to make a similar commitment.”
— Jennie Winton, Founding Partner

Actions/Accomplishments that make Mission Minded green:
  • Working from home-based offices to reduce transportation
  • Use electronic means of communication: email, efax, electronic reports, online client sign up
  • Re-use office paper, two-sided printing and removing themselves from junk mailing lists
  • As a marketing and design firm, Mission Minded encourages their clients to print on recycled papers and to use soy-based inks
  • Our desks are situated to take advantage of natural light
  • Donate or recycle all unwanted but usable furniture and office supplies
Learn more about San Francisco's Green Business Recognition Program







For more information please visit sfenvironment.org or call (415) 355-3700.
SF Environment: Our home. Our city. Our planet.
SF Environment is the Department of the Environment for the City and County of San Francisco.