The Baz
September 25th, 2007, 10:23 AM
According to move.com/yahoo.com Santa Monica is one of America's most green cities.
Santa Monica, California
Just 12 years ago, the environmental future of this seaside city looked unimpressive. Thanks to an active city council, which wrote and enacted the Sustainable City Plan, Santa Monica has turned green. Three of every four of the city's public works vehicles run on alternative fuel, making it among the largest such fleets in the country. All public buildings use renewable energy. In the last 15 years, the city has cut greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 10 percent, a feat in car-crazy Southern California. City officials and residents have made the ongoing cleanup of the Santa Monica Bay a priority -- an urban runoff facility catches 3.5 million gallons of water each week that would otherwise flow into the bay. Add in the miles of beaches, extensive curbside recycling, farmer's markets, community gardens, the city's nimble bus system and Santa Monica is clearly more than just another bathing beauty.
http://www.socalbeachmag.net/images/2005_05_24__santa_monica_laguna-beaches_164-resize-logo.jpg
Other interesting cities to make the cut were
San Francisco, CA
New York, NY
and Chicago, IL
http://promo.realestate.yahoo.com/the_top_ten_greenest_cities.html
Santa Monica, California
Just 12 years ago, the environmental future of this seaside city looked unimpressive. Thanks to an active city council, which wrote and enacted the Sustainable City Plan, Santa Monica has turned green. Three of every four of the city's public works vehicles run on alternative fuel, making it among the largest such fleets in the country. All public buildings use renewable energy. In the last 15 years, the city has cut greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 10 percent, a feat in car-crazy Southern California. City officials and residents have made the ongoing cleanup of the Santa Monica Bay a priority -- an urban runoff facility catches 3.5 million gallons of water each week that would otherwise flow into the bay. Add in the miles of beaches, extensive curbside recycling, farmer's markets, community gardens, the city's nimble bus system and Santa Monica is clearly more than just another bathing beauty.
http://www.socalbeachmag.net/images/2005_05_24__santa_monica_laguna-beaches_164-resize-logo.jpg
Other interesting cities to make the cut were
San Francisco, CA
New York, NY
and Chicago, IL
http://promo.realestate.yahoo.com/the_top_ten_greenest_cities.html