[Salud_Ambiental] San Francisco Highlights Environmental Achievements at Green Cities Conference

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San Francisco Highlights Environmental Achievements at Green Cities

Conference

By Mike O'Sullivan

San Francisco

04 June 2005

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Mayors from around the world have gathered in San Francisco to share ideas

on preserving the environment in a time of urban growth. The meetings give

the West Coast city a chance to highlight its environmental achievements.

Local officials proudly claim that theirs is the greenest big city in

America. San Francisco is the first US city ever to host talks for United

Nations World Environment Day, which will be celebrated Sunday. This year's

theme of Green Cities focuses on the steps that local officials can take to

improve the environment.

Outside city hall, where some 70 mayors are meeting, a temporary house has

been built to make a point. It is made of discarded materials, including

metal scraps from a machine shop and glass from a building site, which are

re-used in the two-story structure.

San Francisco chief building inspector ce Kornfield says the display

conveys a message that the city encourages creative building techniques. " My

goal is to show that we're interested in approving alternate methods of

construction, alternative materials. We want to show that we are interested

in sustainability and green building. So that's my message, " he said.

Officials say San Francisco is also a leader in using renewable energy

sources, such as solar and wind power. A huge array of solar panels atop the

Moscone Center, the city's convention hall, provides one-quarter of the

center's energy needs. Kim of the San Francisco Public Utilities

Commission says that solar power, if used at key points in California's

electrical grid, could relieve strain on the overtaxed system, typically

seen afternoons when power demand is highest. He notes that is also the time

when the sun is shining brightly.

" So energy generated onsite could rely the transmission congestion that may

be requiring areas where they are thinking about putting in more

transmission lines, if there's more onsite generation during these peak

times, then that will not be necessary, " he said.

Another key component of San Francisco's green strategy is recycling.

Sangiacomo is the president of Norcal Waste Systems, an

employee-owned company that contracts with the city to collect garbage. He

says the business traces its roots to early San Francisco firms that called

themselves scavenger companies. " That word scavenger was there because these

people actually went through everything they collected and pulled out

anything that could be recycled, " he said.

He says recycling paper, bottles and metal was common 100 years ago, and is

once again happening.

His company sponsors artists like Junge who search through trash for

material for their art works. The San Francisco sculptor creates art objects

from old boxes, material like Styrofoam, and discarded appliances, working

at a studio near a recycling center. He says he is giving truth to the adage

that one man's trash is another's treasure.

" It's overwhelming, the amount of material that's in here, and it's a

constant inspiration as far as what shows up and what can be made from what

shows from what shows up. Every day is an adventure, " he said.

Local official Jack Macy says recycling is a way of life for San

Franciscans. He says many families and restaurant owners recycle table

scraps, producing compost, a rich organic compound that farmers use for

fertilizer. Offices recycle paper. Construction contractors recycle waste

from building sites. Mr. Macy says this allows the re-use of materials such

as concrete, and ensures that the energy that went into producing them does

not go to waste.

" For every ton that we throw away on a municipal level, 70 tons of waste is

generated in the resource extraction and the processing and the

distribution. All of that energy or resources are displaced or saved when we

reuse and recycle material, " he said.

The San Francisco official says many developing countries, which can become

polluters as they start to industrialize, are ahead of the industrial world

at another level. He says economic necessity has forced people in poor

countries to recycle what they have, offering a lesson that the developed

world is starting to rediscover.

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