California's capital cruised into the right lane (SustainLane!) in 2007. It created a master plan for sustainability and now meticulously tracks its progress as it barrels toward its long-term goals. If we lived in Sacramento, we'd be sleeping easier -- because despite its proximity to two rivers and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which makes us want to get outside and play, air quality is still among the worst in the nation. While there’s little the city can do about the geographical contributors, Sacramento isn’t sitting back and breathing in the smog. There are plans afoot to enhance bike infrastructure and facilities, to further increase public transit ridership, and to significantly reduce the energy consumption. Sacramento's also taking its already-proven commitment to a green economy one step further with plans to add 20,000 clean energy sector jobs by 2015.
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The Natural Heritage Institute is seeking to immediately hire an experienced water resources technical specialist to develop and implement water resource management innovations in both the California and global settings. This position can be in either the San Francisco or Sacramento. more »
The Community Organizer is responsible for continuing to build a community-based movement in the Central Valley counties to protect public health from dangerous pesticides and to promote safer alternatives. The organizer will report to the State Director in Sacramento. more »
Enfinity seeks an experienced and highly motivated Sales Representative to grow Enfinity's Direct Sales funnel in the California market. This position reports to Enfinity's US Direct Sales Manager at US Headquarters in Sacramento. more »
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Philadelphia is happy to be in good company among the top ten cities, but our goal for the next ranking is to break into the top five and ultimately become number one. Our plan is to become a strategic consumer, manager and producer of energy. The City will use a growing demand for conservation to drive our workforce investments and guide our job training. We also want every Philadelphian to have equitable access to healthy environments. This would include, for example, every person having to walk no more than 10 minutes to purchase healthy food. It's important for Philadelphia’s citizens, corporations and government to partner together to meet our sustainability goal of becoming the greenest city in America. —Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia
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