The Green Spot Initiative, by Team Spot, tackles the issue of abandoned urban spaces. Team Spot examined the issue of abandoned urban spaces — empty lots, brownfields, dead zones — and the adverse affects they have on the communities in which they are located. In a city with property values as high as San Francisco’s, it is [...]

The Greenhouse Cartel, by Team Agriculture, proposes an agricultural solution to California’s economic situation. The country’s number one cash crop is an environmental nightmare. Conducted in the dark both literally (under high-intensity grow lights) and figuratively (industry transparency is non-existent), cannabis production enjoys none of the best-practice environmental one-upmanship that currently defines the state’s wine industry — [...]

The Urban Energy Center project by Team Energy tackles toxic pollution in neighborhoods. San Francisco prides itself as one of the world’s most environmentally conscious cities. However, low income and communities of color in the Bay Area’s “Toxic Triangle” face devastating environmental injustice as they bear the burden of pollution caused by the activity of oil refineries [...]

Project Firefly , by Team Firefly, looks at the possibilites of alternate energies for San Francisco. Team Firefly envisions the possibilities of transforming San Francisco into the first people-powered city. By expanding the use of nascent piezo-electric capture systems (currently being used in small-scale situations such as floor panels in subway stations to power onsite displays, and nightclub [...]