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The California Academy of Sciences is the worlds greenest museum. The 412,000 square foot structure located in Golden Gate Park is not only physically impressive with its aquarium, planetarium and natural history museum, it contains a 2 acre Living Roof, an expansive solar canopy, an extensive water reclamation system, and walls insulated with recycled blue jeans. http://www.calacademy.org

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Thore au Center for Sustainability A former Army Hospital building, the Thoreau Center for Sustainability San Francisco is a thriving 150,000 square foot nonprofit center located in the historic Presidio National Park in San Francisco, California. The environmentally financially sustainable facility consists of 12 buildings, which house over 60 nonprofits, serving as a living model that incorporates both green building principles and historic preservation. The Center's green architectural plan used sustainably harvested The California Academy of Science Awarded the highest honor wood, recycled building materials, non-toxic paints and energy-efficient designs that maximize sunlight and from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), The California natural ventilation. http://www.thoreau.org/san-francisco Academy of Sciences is the worlds greenest museum. The 412,000 square Altamont Pass Wind Farm Altamont Pass Wind Farm is one of the oldest wind farms in the U.S. and foot structure located in Golden Gate Park is not only physically impressive the largest concentration of wind turbines in the world, located in a mountainous pass one hour east of San San Francisco is the second greenest U.S. city with its aquarium, planetarium and natural history museum, it contains a 2 Francisco, California. Altamont Pass wind farm was constructed in 1981 in response to the energy price acre Living Roof, an expansive solar canopy, an extensive water according to Popular Sciences March 2008 issue increases of the 1970s. The Altamont wind farm consists of about 4,800 small wind turbines with a capacity of reclamation system, and walls insulated with recycled blue jeans. 576 megawatts (MW) and annual generation of about 1.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity. http://www.calacademy.org Greenest Cities. Cities were ranked Americas 50 http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/overview.html Thore au Center for Sustainability A former Army quality, on renewable energy, transportation and air Hospital Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy The Parks Conservancy is a non-profit organization that the Thoreau Center for Sustainability San Francisco is a thriving building, 150,000 preserves the Golden Gate National Parks, including Muir Woods, Crissy Field, Alcatraz, the Marin Headlands, square foot buildings and public spaces, and recycling. green nonprofit center located in the historic Presidio National Park in San Francisco, California. The environmentally financially Stinson Beach and Lands End. It enhances park visitor experience, and builds a community dedicated to sustainable facility consists of 12 buildings, which house over 60 nonprofits, conserving the parks for the future. Since 1981, it has provided over $165 million in support to the Golden serving as a living model that incorporates both green building principles Gate National Parks and rallied 250,000 volunteers. Its most recent endeavor involves bringing endangered and historic preservation. The Center's green architectural plan used coho salmon back to the Bay Area through a $13 million project with the National Park Service, restoring sustainably harvested wood, recycled building materials, non-toxic paints Marin Creek near Muir Beach in Marin County. http://www.parksconservancy.org/about and energy-efficient designs that maximize sunlight and natural ventilation. A bikeable metropolis http://www.thoreau.org/san-francisco Goldman Environmental Prize Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, the Goldman Environmental Prize is with a walkable Altamont Pass Wind Farm Altamont Pass Wind Farm is one of the oldest a prize awarded annually to honor grassroots environmental leaders from each of the world's six geographic wind regions for sustained and significant efforts to protect and enhance the natural environment, often at great farms in the U.S. and the largest concentration of wind turbines in the urban center, world, personal risk.. The prize is the largest award in the world for grassroots environmentalists and includes a no- located in a mountainous pass one hour east of San Francisco, California. Altamont Pass petroleum-free mass in response to wind farm was constructed in 1981 strings-attached award of US$150,000 per recipient to further their vision for the future. Through recognizing the energy price increases of the 1970s. The Altamont wind farm consists these individual leaders, the Prize seeks to inspire other ordinary people to take extraordinary actions of about 4,800 small wind turbines with a capacity of 576 megawatts (MW) to transportation, protect the natural world. http://www.goldmanprize.org/theprize/about and annual generation of about 1.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity. hybrid taxis, http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/overview.html Build It Green Build It Green is a membership supported non-profit organization whose mission is to importance of local Parks promote healthy, energy, and resource-efficient homes in California. Located in the East Bay in Oakland, it Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy The provides a network of councils that bring together stakeholders from key building industries to foster Conservancy is a non-profit organization that preserves the Golden Gate food, LEED certified collaboration and accelerate the adoption of green building practices. It strives to establish California as a role Parks, including Muir Woods, Crissy Field, Alcatraz, the Marin National model to other states and the nation for developing pragmatic solutions to environmental challenges by architecture, Headlands, Stinson Beach and Lands End. It enhances park visitor partnering with the government to establish credible green building policies that promote private sector experience, and builds a community dedicated to conserving the parks for including a solar innovation, increasing the supply of green homes, and training professionals on the latest best green the future. Since 1981, it has provided over $165 million in support to the powered convention Golden Gate National Parks and rallied 250,000 volunteers. Its most recent endeavor involves bringing endangered coho salmon back to the Bay Area center and a major through a $13 million project with the National Park Service, restoring Marin

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