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User Stats: 21 reviews, 13 listings added, 21 useful ratings, 97 comments, 19 friends
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Elli's Posts

Urban Gardening - San Francisco Style

Urban Gardening - San Francisco Style September 24, 2009 | Posted in San Francisco

If it's in San Francisco, it has to be different. Does not get much different than that. Check the photos, I took them this weekend. Wherever you lay your hat, that's your lawn :)

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States Seek Slice of Rail Funding

August 25, 2009

WASHINGTON -- States applied for billions of dollars for passenger-rail projects Monday, marking the start of a stimulus program designed to kick-start high-speed rail service in the U.S.

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Hang your tomatoes upside-down

Hang your tomatoes upside-down August 17, 2009 | Posted in Lawn & Garden

You have probably seen it on TV commercials, upside down planters. Upside-down planting has a few advantages over potting. I give a short overview, DIY and a comparison to an existing of the shelf planter: Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter Review

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Brown Bag Lunch

July 30, 2009 | Posted in San Francisco

Brown Bag Lunch: "Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco"

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Kichri - Rice and Lentils Dish

2 comments | May 11, 2009 | Posted in In the Kitchen

This is a simple and quick dish that is very tasty and nutritious. Plus some history of the middle east as a bonus.

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Review of 23rd & Mission Produce

5 star rating Review of 23rd & Mission Produce May 10, 2009 | Posted in San Francisco, Food & Grocery

You ask why a review of a produce store when there are two on every block in the Mission? In contrast to other stores, this is a high volume place.

You will normally see guys from the restaurants and taquerias around picking up boxes of stuff. That much volume. What this means is that the turnover...

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Government Motors

May 4, 2009 | Posted in Transportation

Government takes control of US auto companies, setting the tone: Greener vehicles, not bottom line. Your tax money at work, billions of it.

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Climate change: Is it over?

1 comment | April 1, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

Quietly in public, loudly in private, climate scientists everywhere are saying the same thing: it's over.

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China Celebrates Status as Number One Polluter

China Celebrates Status as Number One Polluter March 25, 2009

Party officials in Beijing are celebrating the findings of a new UN study, which for the first time ever listed china as the world's number one producer of air pollution.

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The President's Inauguration Speech - Summary and Key Points

The President's Inauguration Speech - Summary and Key Points January 21, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

In simple and direct manner the president spent his first minutes in office outlining the array of challenges facing us, as problems and attitudes. He mentioned change once, but he sure meant it. "For the world has changed, and we must change with it."

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