Co-working has come to Sonoma County.
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To view the SoCo Depot website click here .
Click here for a slide show of the early development of the So Co Depot co-working space.
Anthony Tusler
The So Co Depot conference room (before the art went up).
Read what Mother Jones has written about the co-working phenomena.
There’s a list of other co-working sites worldwide when you scroll down here .To read about the creator of CoWorking, Brad Neuberg, click here .
It's CAMP season in California once again.
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As of this summer, CAMP, the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting, has been underway for 25 years. They have charted the operation's annual impacts on charts on the state's CAMP website.
The Marijuana Policy Program argues that CAMP is not only ineffective but harmful to the community. They advocate the decriminalization of marijuana as a first step toward theregulation and control of its cultivation and use. You can read more about MPP here .
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To view the website that contains this map of the Bay Area Ridge Trail as well other useful information, click here.
There's a second trail project around San Francisco Bay, but running as close to the water as possible. Learn about the San Francisco Bay Trail here.
This unusual view of the Golden Gate Bridge can be seen as the Bay Trail crosses under the northern approach. There are sectional maps of this trail here.
For a list of upcomiong hikes on trails within the Sonoma County Open Space District, go here.
Gertting people out of their cars altogether is a long-term endeavor, so in the short term, the sebastopol-based Post Carbon Institute is preparing to model an alternate way to reduce fossil fuel consumption through their Solar Car Share program.
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Visit the Post-Carbon Institute to see what other projects they have going.
For details about the Solar Car Share project, click here .
As businesses across California and the country seek new ways to become sustainable in the 21st century, North Bay wineries are setting the pace for local agriculture.
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Meeet John Garn, managing Partner of ViewCraft.
Our audio report on the greening of the wine industrycontinues below.
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There's more information about the California Wine Institute's sustainability program here.