Hats off to Lux Art Institute, which recently became the first art museum in California to be awarded LEED certification for new construction, and the first LEED-certified art museum in San Diego County for energy use, lighting, water, and material use, as well as a variety of additional sustainable strategies. LEED-certified buildings reduce greenhouse gas…
The San Diego Air & Space Museum and Ford Motor Company Fund are encouraging students to better the environment by offering five $500 scholarships as part of the 2009 Green Ideas for Life video contest. Filmmakers ages 6-18 must submit a short video illustrating changes and actions they and others could make to green their…
Students entering UCSD this fall will find a next-generation array of green innovations ranging from Econauts and drought tolerant bio-swale landscaping to organic foods and “hydration stations” that eliminate the need for disposable water bottles. And as an incentive to keep energy consumption as low as possible, each student in the new Village apartments will…
Bountiful Borrego California Overland offers a wine tasting excursion aboard a refurbished M35A2 Troop Carrier through the Julian backcountry. Amidst working ranches and under bursting skies and canopies of oak, this unique 5.5-hour tour features a gourmet barbeque on the grounds of Menghini Vineyard, along with four wine tasting stops and pick up/drop off at…