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Green Conference

POSTED BY Jonathan Hebel on November 14, 2009
Tags: environment green

We want to do our part for the environment so we are dong everything we can to make this conference green.  Here are some great tips!

  • Remember to sign up for towel reuse (specific how-to for hotel)
  • Public transit in San Francisco works well, so there's no need to rent a car or take a taxi from the airport. 511.org
  • Mountain fresh water from the tap. Whatever quality of water you have at home, skip bottled water and drink from the tap in SF. http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/categories/tap-water-quality
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Comments

Moscone Center

Submitted by BenStallings on November 25, 2009 - 9:40am.

Here's the info on the Moscone Center's sustainability initiatives:
http://www.moscone.com/community/sustain.html

carbon offsets

Submitted by BenStallings on December 28, 2009 - 10:31am.

Does "doing everything we can to make this conference green" include offsetting its carbon emissions?

http://www.terrapass.com

Buying an offset for my own travel to and from Kansas cost less than $12.

Transit from Airports

Submitted by smattoon on January 13, 2010 - 8:22pm.

Best way to help make DrupalCon green is to not drive.

BART has frequent service from San Francisco Int'l (SFO) and Oakland Int'l (OAK) airports. It stops within two blocks of the conference venue. Rates to downtown SF (exit Powell Street station) are $8.10 from SFO, and $3.80 from OAK.

BART has good options for mobile access to schedules too:
http://bart.gov/schedules/mobile

Transit by Bus Within San Francisco

Submitted by smattoon on January 13, 2010 - 8:56pm.

Best way to help make DrupalCon green is to not drive.

San Francisco's bus system, a.k.a., Muni (mew-nee) stops within two blocks of almost every address with the 49 square mile city limits.

For easy access to routes and schedules check NextMuni, and will tell when the next bus will arrive at the station near you. They've got a very usable mobile version too.

Bicycles?

Submitted by dooug on February 3, 2010 - 5:52pm.

Do you have any recommendations on renting a bicycle around town? Is SF bike friendly?

Same question. Would really

Submitted by Nicolewelsh on February 6, 2010 - 2:30pm.

Same question. Would really appreciate a response.

Some bicycling resources

Submitted by elly on February 9, 2010 - 2:44pm.

SF is pretty bike friendly - there's traffic and hills, but we have a huge cycling community and tons of bike lanes.

Check out the biking maps that the SF bike coalition has online - a good hill-avoiding route to know is THE WIGGLE:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiggle

http://www.sfbike.org/?maps

And for rentals, try:

http://www.sanfranciscocyclery.com/

or

http://www.blazingsaddles.com/

Thanks benStallings for the

Submitted by jack34 on February 10, 2010 - 12:37am.

Thanks benStallings for the Moscone center's link.