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Introducing the Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francisco; Bringing design skills for resilient, healthy life in the city. The NEN is excited to announce a new partnership with the Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francisco who has provided training in resiliency design and specific techniques and strategies for sustainable living for over 300 residents all [...]
2010 Youth Leadership Award – Mitzi Chavez from NENtv on Vimeo. Congratulations to the 2010 Neighborhood Youth Leadership Award winner Mitzi Chavez for her work as a youth mentor, educator and peer leader. “She is truly a positive role model. Her intellectual curiosity and intelligence, open-heartedness, and her communication skills are three of her greatest [...]
Jul-2011
Don’t have much of a green thumb? Me neither, but I like the challenge of learning something new and I love to eat, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. So when Mayor Newsom passed the Healthy and Sustainable Food Directive our department looked at ways we can incorporate the directive’s goals into Department of Public Works‘s (DPW) everyday [...]
How can you make your house and your neighborhood greener? The NEN Clean & Green Summit 2010 is your chance to find out with some of San Francisco’s biggest green leaders and organizations. Join us for an environmental resource fair; a Mission-based green walking tour; and practical workshops on rainwater harvesting, growing food in your [...]