The 1.7 million plants spread over 2.5 acres of rooftop are just one sign that the new California Academy of Sciences museum, based in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, is built with the kind of green design that is its goal to promote. Click here to read and take a video tour. It's an amazing look into what's possible.For more information, or to plan a visit, browse the Academy's website: www.calacademy.org.
And while we're on the topic of California and the environment . . . As the federal goverment has been less than impressive in its environmental leadership, more and more states feel pressed to make their own changes. Once again, California, in another original and bold move, leads the charge. In "Cut the Sprawl, Cut the Warming," The New York Times reports on a new California state bill designed to dramatically cut carbon emissions.
