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Pebble Beach Food and Wine Event- Pebble Beach homeowners have a festival of impressive proportions to match estates

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 at 12:32am. 380 Views, 0 Comments.

The Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival is a real neophyte in the world of festivals. Three years does not make an event, unless you are in Pebble Beach. Golf history is made here, the world is enamored of the natural beauty of the location.

So why would an event only 3 years old have such a following? As you can imagine, what is done at Pebble Beach is top notch, world class. So having a food and wine event with the plethora of the natural agricultural and viticultural bounty of Montery County and California would be a spectactular place to do it.

While the Pebble Beach homes will be mere bystanders for this event, I am sure many will be rented to the high roller crowd, the top chefs such as Wolfgang Puck,Mark Ayers, Tyler Florence,Thomas…

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Why Air Particulates Create a Need for Tougher Emissions Control

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 12:42am. 331 Views, 1 Comments.

Airborne particulate matter is a complex mixture of organic and inorganic substances that are divided into two groups: coarse and fine particles. The fine particles include formed aerosols (gas that turned to particles), combustion particles, and metal vapors. The large particles are things like dust from the road or a factory. The fine particles are the ones most directly linked to acid rain and those are the ones that we are going to deal with today. They have the most relevance to the new laws in California regulating the emissions from semi-tractor trailers. While Santa Cruz is not a big city, we have a major artery, highway 1 which runs through our lovely ocean side communities as well as mining in the mountains which generate particulates too.

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Santa Cruz Eco-Friendly Homes: What makes a home Eco-Friendly?

Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 11:48pm. 204 Views, 0 Comments.

Nestled along California's Central Coast, Santa Cruz is a city whose very existence is characterized by an Eco-friendly mentality. Whether it's current efforts to add a desalinization plant to provide water, or the community's interest in green power sources, Santa Cruz is one of many communities across the United States that has inspired Eco-friendly behavior in its citizens.

There is probably nowhere easier for people to take environmentally positive steps than between the walls of their own homes. So what does it mean to have an Eco-friendly home? We'll discuss the materials used in home construction, the energy efficiency of a home, and the construction techniques relevant to Santa Cruz real estate that make Santa Cruz homes, Eco-friendly…

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Five Ways Kids Can Help the Environment

Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 4:59am. 178 Views, 0 Comments.

As a kid, it might seem like you're too young, too small, or the problem is too big for you to help the environment. While the problems we face dealing with the environment are big, there are a number of things that a young person can do to help preserve and protect the world around them. If you live in a Capitola Condos, you can still help preserve the natural world and make it a more enjoyable place. Here are a few things that you can do to help save the world. What matters is that you can make a difference at your age regardless of where you live.

Conserve Electricity

The more we use electricity, the more greenhouse gases we release into the air, and the more of our resources we consume. While using electricity isn’t necessarily a bad thing,…

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