Santa Cruz Green Building Program presents awards honoring waste reducing and resource efficient building practices to local homeowners.

With the minimally regulated cannabis market in California, there have always been different levels of quality in product. But who defines what’s good and what’s good for you?

The county board of supervisors, in support of Neal Coonerty, has taken a symbolic stance against SB 292 — a potential legislative threat to environmental policy — and is now pushing Governor Brown to veto the bill. 

This years Earth Summit brought students, faculty, and community members together through public input and various community organizations collaborating in order to create a more sustainable future at UCSC.

Santa Cruz Water District and Santa Cruz community members weigh in on the possible implications of bringing a desalination plant to Santa Cruz as a supplemental source of water during periods of drought.

City on a Hill Press sits down with UCSC students Gabi Kirk and Lindsey Roark, who are currently working toward ending the sale of plastic water bottles on campus and across the UC system.

Water levels in local streams have proven to be a threat to endangered fish species; the city has proposed a plan to provide an optimal habitat, but it also includes the installation of a controversial desalination plant.

BP recently applied to resume drilling oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Because of the magnitude of the oil spill and the suffering felt by American communities, the federal government should reject its request.

The UCSC Farm is poised to lose 60 percent of its university funding due to system-wide budget cuts. Community and faculty express their concern over the decision.

Further establishing itself as a hotbed of environmental forwardness, the city takes on a new role as overseers of a Green Business Measurement Tool and Tracker, meant to monitor the effectiveness of green business practices as well create a network of certified green businesses.