San Francisco visionaries

In this interview with two Ecocity World Summit Presenters, we see a little of the strategic vision being set forth in San Francisco. Mayor Gavin Newsom and director of the San Francisco Department of the Environment Jared Blumenfeld talk about the changes they’ve made, such as reversing the pay scale for garbage hauling companies - paying them more for less garbage, thereby encouraging recycling.

Featured Presenter: Jared Blumenfeld

Jared Blumenfeld is Director at Department of the Environment, City and County of San Francisco. Previously he served as Director, Global Habitat Protection at IFAW, Director, Earth Summit Watch at Natural Resources Defense Council and Editor, International Environmental Law at Cambridge University. Jared has a degree from the University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. SF Environment’s mission is to improve, enhance, and preserve the environment, and to promote San Francisco’s long-term wellbeing by developing innovative, practical and wide-ranging environmental programs in recycling, toxics reduction, environmental justice, energy efficiency, commute alternatives, and urban forest.