We've become more and more hippie-ish in our near eight years living in San Francisco. We've mostly dwelled in compost-practicing households here, where it was a convenient process and just as easy to do as tossing waste in the trash. We now live in a large apartment building with around 30 units with no current compost option, although a few of us tenants are interested in setting one up. We throw away a lot of......

Dear those of you who write addendums on posters, signs, and sticker: We love you. signed, the People's Republic of Earth PS, this was snapped up by crow soup (Flickr), who writes "I was a life-long member of the Green Party...was. I re-registered as independent recently. I met Matt Gonzalez in passing one day in Hayes valley. He was a smug prick. That is all." Hmmm. True or false, people of Earth? Is the......

In case you don't know, today is Earth Day. (Please go stick a sapling in the ground, or whatever.) And more than any other day, really, today is San Francisco's day to bask in its green, self-righteous, CO2-reducing glory. Or is it? LA Times scribe Margot Roosevelt threw down the gauntlet today when she asked, which city is greener? According to Nancy Sutley, Los Angeles' deputy mayor for energy and environment, we just don't......

Better than a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow or a bowl brimming with Lucky Charms, crack retailers in Marietta, Ohio, dyed their cocaine rocks a festive green for St. Patrick's Day this year. OMG, fun! The Smoking Gun has the full report and mugshots galore, going on to say: Asked by TSG if he had ever seen drugs marketed in such a fashion, Mincks said that several years ago some......

Lust, greed, and murder, it seems, are a thing of the past, according to the Vatican. Drug use and life-saving genetic experimentation are what's hot, at least according to the updated thou-shall-not list, which Pope Benedict XVI has modernized for today's lifestyle. The Associated Press tells us that among this season's newest sins, environmental sustainability, or lack thereof, made the list. On the environment, both Pope Benedict XVI and the late Pope John Paul......

Just a quick FYI: vice presidential eye candy Matt Gonzalez will be taking calls live today on the Green Show with Angie Coiro. You can find them chatting away over at 960 AM, from 3 p.m.- 4 p.m., so give them a call with your most pressing questions. But be careful: with so much liberal thought packed into just one hour, your hemorrhaging heart may very well jump out of your chest and beat......

While not all of us are fortunate enough to zip around in swank Aston Martins, or have sleek Tesla waiting for us on the horizon, the "bus of the future" is the next best thing. Well, almost. Yesterday, if you recall, we reported on the Connected Bus' dramatic at the Federal Building. On the green machine, according to Mayor Gavin Newsom, you can "[y]ou can download music, you can play video games. It's a......

LIVE MUSIC: Parenthetically named '80s pop outfit Was (Not Was) is known for the song, "Walk the Dinosaur" And that ditty? Went a little something like this: "Open the door, get on the floor/Everybody walk the dinosaur/Boom boom acka-lacka lacka boom." Bring your favorite Gen-Xer to hear them live at Cafe Du Nord. *FILM: Just in time to make you feel less bad about being single on Valentine's Day is Woody Allen's Annie Hall.......

Our friends over at Curbed posted this interesting nugget of news, reporting that the new Federal building doesn't qualify for LEED certification. Holy schnikes! According to Curbed: Too damn ahead of its time, the systems used for environmental control in the Fed Building are so innovative that they have yet to be considered so by the overly-prescriptive commandments of Green. The Green Buildings Council, however, claim that LEED is a work-in-progress, and have consented to......

While perusing the colorful aisles of Walgreens this afternoon -- because nothing sooths the soul and an ADHD-addled mind like a trip to Walgreens -- we came across Pez's take on the election. It took us some time to dig through all of the elephants to find a donkey, but we did. Rainbow Grocery should have it's own Green version available soon, we hope. Maybe a Pez-dispensing gray whale, a Nazi solider, or something......

Here at SFist, we hate to be killjoys, but sometimes all we can do is just pass along the news. Apparently, your sex toys may not be safe to use (and we don't mean it in a Catholic "masturbation is bad for you" kind of way). According to Green Daily, the plastics used in your favorite sex toys have a compound called phthalates in it--which is what gives plastic its softness. However, there are......

www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/25/SPJPUM98P.DTL&tsp=1"> get into a nasty spitball spat with Lane Kiffin. Apparently, Al is a little upset that the Raiders once again didn't have a winning season and blames himself Lane. He is also pretty miffed that Lane talked him into trading Randy Moss. It's a little unclear as to what is going on as ESPN and the Chron have differing accounts but it appears that Al is trying to get Lane to quit so he doesn't have to fire him. ...

It wouldn't be SFist if it weren't rife with errors and bipolarity-tinged posts. But we got word of an especially egregious error we made today--something, we're ashamed to admit, we never knew. From the SFist inbox: Re: Starbucks post, it is Geary Boulevard west of Gough, Geary Street east of Franklin. Thanks. Now, we know how to correctly pronounce "Noe," "Gough," and "Montandon." We know to always pretend that the SF Green/Progressive Party is......

It's not too late to see the Green Presidential Debate that Matters...

OMG! It's the Nicole Ritchie of laptops! (Ritchie before she got fat and pregnant, that is.) It seems that the new MacBook Air, just unveiled a few hours ago, features multi-touch ability on its oversized trackpad, similar to that of the iPhone; some sort of crazy wirelessness; recyclable aluminum case; a mercury and lead free display; and you can buy the thing in two weeks, starting at around $1799. Read more about it here.......

Whitest Kids U Know: In addition to winning the Best Sketch award at the 2006 Aspen Comedy Festival and being crowned one of "10 Comics to Watch" by Variety, these guys are, apparently, both very funny and very pasty. They're also a part of SF Sketchfest. (Unfamiliar with these Kids? Check them out here and here.) WKUK perform twice tonight at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. at the Eureka Theatre; $20. Heavy Petty: How......

We thought that this issue was neatly swept under the rug. What gives? Is the neighborhood patrol still kicking it in the Western Addition? Well, time to come home, fuzz. It looks like someone in the Marina/Cow Hollow vicinity was recently attacked, and SFist won't rest until San Francisco is a solid police state. According to Marcia Gagliardi over at the esteemed food site Tablehopper: I don't have many details about this, but I......

Festivus: Although we see no mention of the traditional "Airing of Grievances" or the post-dinner "Feats of Strength" battle, we can't imagine any proper Festivus celebration without them. Still, whether or not tonight's party follows strict Seinfeldian doctrine, a good time will be had by all at Green Aid's holiday bash. Mutaytor performs at this Black Rock City-ish night of fun. Starts at 7:30 p.m. at SomArts Cultural Center; $70. Dub Mission: Renowned for......

-- The 2007 'Stache Bash: The regular world now knows what bears have known for a long time: mustaches are kinda cool. This even will show you just how cool they, in fact, are. Burlesque troupe Kitty Kitty Bang Bang and DJ Ross Hogg's hip hop, dancehall, roots reggae, and dub sounds intertwine with a night of 'stache championing. Tonight's bash will feature a mustache pageant, a beer foam retention test, a mustache haiku......

According to CBS 5's Green Beat, today the Gav proposed new building codes that will hopefully win us the title of nation's greenest skyline. Ever. In the world. Which, of course, is a good thing since other cities will follow suit. They always do. ...

The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on annoying car alarms, a murder suspect used a fake Asian accent on the stand and a video of a man being beaten up by teenage girls on a subway shocked the city. And we interviewed soon-to-be-leaving-Gawker editor Choire Sicha, who said,......

Gavin wants your fat. According to Renewable Energy Access, yesterday our dear Mayor implemented a new program that will collect fats, oil, and grease from the city restaurants free of charge.Why? So that they can be to turn into biofuel to power city-owned vehicles. The program is called SFGreasecycle. Ew. But: awesome. Said fat and oil, when poured down the drain, "solidifies into thick layers inside drainpipes and sewer pipes, constricting water flow the......

Today, Hate Hurts America (chortle) and the Interfaith Coalition announced that WalMart and AT&T either stopped advertising or now refuse to place ads on Michael Savage's "Savage Nation" program, joining a list of advertisers that have shunned the talk show host. (AutoZone, Citrix, TrustedID, JC Penney, and OfficeMax have also pulled their advertising.) Why? Because Michael Savage is a big ol;' meanie , crusher of warm fuzzies, and wisher of AIDS upon you sodomites.......

Reporting from spa-side in Santa Ana, it's your American Football Spectacular preview of the next rung of pain on the agony ladder that is the 49ers' '07 season....

The Brothers Green -- San Francisco Supervisors Chris Daly and Ross Mirkarimi spoke to a large and enthusiastic crowd at the 2007 Green Festival. GreenFestival 2007 is now in the history books. See some photos and some noteworthy exhibits after the jump.......

Photos from GreenFest 2007...

And how might you observe Guy Fawkes Night here in San Francisco? Here are our suggestions:...

Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Standouts: 1. Nicole Atkins - Neptune City: This New Jersey native, reaches down deep to relate stories of her hometown, Neptune City on her debut release. "From the time I was a kid I started collecting these sad little tragically beautiful personal stories from the people in my life, and my own as well. That sense of history really appeals......

Back in high school, we had an English teacher who really drilled the Transcendentalists into our brains, especially that one Thoreau Emerson quote: "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." What can we say? It still makes us think. Like about restaurants that have hardly changed in at least 20 years (the amount we can vouch for, since that's when we moved here from Southern California) if not 35 -- Juan's Place, in Berkeley. We......

-- Wayward Sway, Diablo's Dust, Smoky as the Devil: Listen to some stellar country-ish rock music as you sup on one of Hotel Utah's tasty shepherd's pies. Mmm. Nothing more hip than shepherd's pie! Music starts at 9 p.m. at Hotel Utah,, $6. -- Coo-Yah: Stoners rejoice! And dance! Green B and Daneekah pump out roots, reggae, and dancehall tunes tonight in the Mission. Starts at 10 p.m. at Bruno's, free. -- Papillon (1973)......