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Airbnb to Owe City Hotel Tax in San Francisco
The pioneering site that brokers accommodation in private homes must now pay city hotel tax in San Francisco, according to a new ruling. What does this mean for collaborative consumption?
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Apocalyptic Map Shows San Francisco After 200 Feet of Sea Level Rise
An imagining of what San Francisco looks like in the climate change-wracked dystopian future.
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A Bike-Powered Music Festival? You Bet! (June 23rd, San Francisco)
If you are in San Francisco this weekend, check it out!
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Mobile Pizzeria is Built Out Of A 20' Shipping Container
Like no other food truck you ever saw
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Reusable Tote Mimics "Thank You" Plastic Bag
Reusable bag only looks like you're being wasteful and using a plastic bag.
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Hacker Hostels: Incubators With Ikea Bunkbeds
Housing is expensive in Silicon Valley; these high-tech B&Bs are a place to start
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Bay Area Leads New Ranking of US Eco-Friendly Cities
That's perhaps to be expected, but would you have guessed that Las Vegas has more green architects than any other city?
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Outdoor Games Created by Kids to Get Them Playing Outdoors
Outdoor play is important to the health and development of children. Use these free games to pull your kids away from the TV and outdoors.
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New Prefab Micro-Units in San Francisco Proposed by Panorama Interests
This is where prefabrication really shines.
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Visions From The Past of a House of the Future
In which we round up all of those great houses of the future that never actually came to be
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Zipcar Adds Honda Fit EVs to San Francisco Fleet
Coming to Los Angeles and Portland later this year.
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Jargon Watch: Park(ing) Day Evolves Into Parklets
An interview with Matt Passmore of REBAR about the new trend to semi-permanent occupation of parking spaces
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Beyond Parklets: A DIY City for the Digital Age
Urban Prototyping Festival in San Francisco showcases open-source, replicable concepts that combine digital technology and a physical presence to improve public spaces.
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How a National Forest Grew From a Derelict Alley
The Tenderloin National Forest lies in an alleyway in urban San Francisco. There are lessons here for every city.
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Tiny Earth Shed & Art Gallery Built from Hyper-Local Ingredients
This earthen structure in downtown San Francisco reminds us that precious resources are everywhere. And many are going to waste.
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Amid the Chaos of the SF Giants Parade, a Gardener Finds Peace (Photo)
The San Francisco Giants won the 2012 World Series, but this gardener doesn't seem to care.
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The Apple Engineer Who Quit His Job to Propagate Plants (Interview)
Why would an engineer at Apple quit his job to design a product to help gardeners propagate plants?
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Aether Store Is a Standout in Temporary Container City
Popup clothing store fits right in to a neighborhood in transition.
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The Bay Bridge shines in the light of 25,000 LEDs
Stanley Jevons was right; develop a more efficient technology and people will figure out ways to use it that in the end, consume more energy
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Let's stop calling the new headquarters for Apple, Facebook and Google...
You just have to look at the parking ratios to know they are environmental disaster areas.
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Clever customizable bike basket storage system uses elastics
This intriguing concept employs bright-colored elastics as a carrier system for your bike: perfect for outsized items.
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Bay Area Bike Share getting ready to launch in San Francisco on August 29th
Bay Area Bike Share is about to launch in San Francisco, with plans for 700 bikes and 70 stations around San Francisco, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Jose.
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San Francisco Bay could become chemical soup without new regulations
An annual water-monitoring report focuses on "contaminants of emerging concern."
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SOAK in a shipping container spa in San Francisco
It's all about healthy hedonism, where sustainability meets socialbility.
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Saltygloo: World's first structure 3D printed out of salt (Video)
Using an additive, powder-based 3D printing process, experiments with abundant and renewable salt have created this translucent and lightweight structure.
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1 mile of a protected bike lane is 100x cheaper than 1 mile of roadway (Chart)
Think bike lanes cost too much? Let's put it into a little perspective.
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Does the world need a glow-in-the-dark bike?
It's a nice idea, as long as it isn't sending the wrong message.
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KitTea could be the first cat cafe in the U.S.
Courtney Hatt and David Braginsky are working to crowd-fund a cafe and cat rescue in San Francisco.
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We're in the Great Dithering
Gabriel Metcalf asks "The waters are rising, and cities can’t move out of the way. Can we act decisively enough to avert catastrophic climate change?"
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The rise of biking and protected bike lanes in the United States (video)
Another phase of the wonderful Green Lane Project has just been announced, and PeopleForBikes has taken the opportunity to highlight biking and protected bike lane growth in the US through a new video.
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