California:
Ocean Beach's dreadlocked trustafarians and E -fueled hippy chicks have decamped for a multi-day bacchinalia in the desert or at least until the drugs run out. In recent years hipsters and stoners have taken their toll on Black Rock City....
Posted on August 24, 2007 12:03 PM • 7 Comments •
Significant swaths of California's wilderness are being burnt to a crisp this Summer due to drought and scorching temperatures. The third-largest wildfire in modern state history showed no sign of slowing down, as hot and dry conditions helped sustain the...
Posted on August 21, 2007 11:32 AM • 0 Comments •
Without a water source, developers building luxury resorts, orchards and wineries off the water grid aren't taking any chances. Some are hiring witchers as well as geologists, pitting them against each other in the water hunt. Meanwhile, some well drillers...
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Posted on August 3, 2007 11:21 AM • 2 Comments •
Swearing to remove the gridlock paralyzing Sacramento, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger swept into office as a man of vision and reform. Among his many broad promises with wide voter appeal was overhauling California's high way and transportation system. So what happended?...
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Posted on July 24, 2007 11:43 AM • 0 Comments •
The overseers at Seed media requested that I post on an upcoming conference covening August 4th in San Jose on creating sustainable cities. Held in tandem with the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Here at Gili Industries...
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Posted on July 10, 2007 11:28 AM • 1 Comments •
Cthuhlu shares shelf space with Wookies. UC Berkeley has the world's premiere collection on Mark Twain -- and Yale an unmatched trove of rare medieval manuscripts. But for research on Capt. Kirk, Frankenstein or Harry Potter, nothing tops the 110,000-volume...
Posted on June 21, 2007 11:28 AM • 0 Comments •
Increasingly, researchers are peering through their microscopes at the specks in seawater samples and finding miniscule bits of poisonous garbage instead of life-sustaining mini-critters. It's plastic-- broken by sunlight and water into itty bitty pieces, but still intact. And now...
Posted on June 18, 2007 11:58 AM • 0 Comments •
Severe dryness across California and Arizona has spread into 11 other Western states. On the Colorado River, the water supply for 30 million people in seven states and Mexico, the Lake Powell and Lake Mead reservoirs are only half full...
Posted on June 13, 2007 10:53 AM • 0 Comments •
The last time they took the stage together - in 1997 - Bill Gates was unable to be there in person, opting instead to be video-conferenced in via satellite. That's why there is, to put it lightly, mild excitement in...
Posted on May 30, 2007 12:05 PM • 0 Comments •
Six months after Berkeley voters overwhelmingly passed Measure G, a mandate to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050, the city is laying out a long-term road map for residents, business and industry. It includes everything...
Posted on May 25, 2007 01:30 PM • 0 Comments •
Enrique Gili is a freelance writer covering Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS), issues for regional magazines in the Southland and beyond. I live in Ocean Beach, San Diego the coolest beach town around.
