By Jamie Crutchfield, Gaia Graphics and Associates In recent headlines there have been three rapes involving alcohol abuse in a nine-day period. Now Cal Poly university leaders are making a call for change in the university’s alcohol related “campus culture.” The call for change is not only aimed at students who abuse alcohol and also towards […]
by Susan McIntoshGaia Graphics & Associates Starting next July, the choice of paper or plastic will no longer be an option for residents of Los Angles County. In a bold move the State of California has yet to accomplish, the County of Los Angeles has banned the use of plastic grocery bags and will require […]
by Susan McIntosh and Huc Ambrose, Gaia Graphics & Associates We are very fortunate that the City of San Luis Obispo makes maintaining accessible open space a big priority! With the abundant variety of trails and environments to enjoy, it can be challenging to explore them all and to learn what makes each area unique. […]
by Susan McIntosh and Huc Ambrose, Gaia Graphics & Associates The Irish Hills panels, designed by Huc Ambrose, required a bit of digging into San Luis Obispo’s past as a mining town. We needed a few specific images for these panels, so Huc grabbed his camera and took a hike in this wonderful City of […]
by Susan McIntosh, Gaia Graphics & Associates Can a plastic bag’s journey touch your heart?! This mockumentary really tugged at mine, using wry humor to point out the unnatural disaster we are creating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. What will you do this week to go reusable and move plastic bags toward extinction? Learn […]
by Susan McIntosh, Gaia Graphics and Associates UPDATE: Please join Sammy Steelhead and friends on a beautiful Saturday in September this year to clean up our creeks and beaches! You can go to SLO County Creek & Coastal Cleanup Day for the most updated information. See you there! UPDATE: In my original Creek Day post, […]
By Lindsey Collinsworth Down the winding Bob Jones Bike Path in San Luis Obispo, past the Water Treatment Plant you will now find the City of San Luis Obispo’s newly constructed wetland. Thousands of native plants were put in the ground this spring with the goal of using stormwater runoff to create a wetland habitat […]
but with global reach By Terre Dunivant Captains David Robinson and Mark Kocina of SeaLife Conservation sailed the coast of California in late 2009, stopping in Morro Bay and other coastal cities to educate residents, City staff and Councils about plastic and ocean pollution. The evidence is shocking. People are taking action. Damaris Hansen and […]
Janine Benyus is a science author who is full of great ideas. One of her passions is to promote the ingenuity and function in our products based on the performance of the nature around us. This process, called biomimicry, is one that aims to examine the systems and elements at work in nature in order […]
Every morning when I wake up, one of my favorite parts of getting out of bed is knowing that I can have a cup of coffee to start my day off right, as well as jump start the neurons in my brain. But morning after morning, cup after cup, it’s hard not to wonder what better use […]