Tag: San Francisco

  • Recommended Reading for Advent

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    The Catholic News Service has compiled a selection of recent releases that might be suitable for your spiritual reading during Advent, which begins Dec. 1, and the Christmas season: – “Advent and Christmas Wisdom from St. Augustine” by Agnes Cunningham, SSCM. Liguori Publications (Liguori, Mo., 2013). 102 pp., $11.99. –“The Art of Pausing: Meditations for…

  • San Francisco leading the way with sustainability development program.

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    San Francisco is, again, ahead of the curve in working with California’s sustainability guidelines to establish a program to reduce water consumption, reduce waste and enhance community-scale energy resources.  Architect News  reports on a new tool called Eco-Districts that will help them get to their goal: To aid in the fulfillment of these goals, the program…

  • Bloomberg still trying to create the nanny state – in a good way.

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    If the endeavor gets off the ground, all 8 million residents of the most populated city in the United States will have to start putting aside food waste and other organic materials, such as houseplants and eggshells, then package them separately to be picked up by specialized trash collectors. Compostable waste will have to be…