Leslie Guevarra

Leslie Guevarra is an associate editor at Greener World Media. Leslie joins the company with more than 20 years of news experience, including work at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she served as a deputy managing editor. She has been a reporter and editor in print, an associate producer and public affairs program host on television, and a podcaster. In addition to the Chronicle and its website sfgate.com, her work has appeared in several other publications and on KTSF-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Leslie Guevarra is an associate editor at

Greener World Media

. Leslie joins the company with more than 20 years of news experience, including work at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she served as a deputy managing editor. She has been a reporter and editor in print, an associate producer and public affairs program host on television, and a podcaster. In addition to the Chronicle and its website sfgate.com, her work has appeared in several other publications and on KTSF-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Green Cities California Unveils Best Practices Website GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, October 21, 2009
Green Cities California, the collaborative of 10 cities and counties acknowledged as sustainability leaders, launches a website today that's to serve as a resource for other communities striving...
New RMI Green Footstep Carbon Calculator Aims to Lighten Buildings' Tread on the Environment GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, October 08, 2009
The Rocky Mountain Institute has created a new tool to help people understand how their buildings use carbon and what they can do to reduce emissions from building projects. ...
Leading US Companies Descend on DC to Urge Senate Action on Climate Bill GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, October 07, 2009
Representatives from more than 150 major U.S. firms spanning consumer goods, utility and technology sectors and more went to Capitol Hill this week in the hopes of spurring the Senate to pass...
Reinventing Fire: RMI's Quest to Foster a Future Free of Fossil Fuels
By Leslie Guevarra, October 05, 2009
What will it take to secure a future free of fossil fuels and transition to efficient and renewable energy that is not just economically viable, but profitable? The Rocky Mountain Institute...
Unlocking the Potential for Sustainable Design GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, September 15, 2009
The opportunities for sustainable design are everywhere, says environmental justice advocate Majora Carter, and they are limitless -- from the simple act of pruning a tree or crafting a chair from...
U.K. Zoo Explores Vertical Farming for a New Angle on Animal Feed GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, August 17, 2009
A UK Zoo has come up with a novel approach to locally sourcing some of its food for animals and dealing with the challenge of limited space: vertical farming....
The Look of LEED-Platinum GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, August 12, 2009
The U.S. Green Building Council's new headquarters in Washington, D.C., Citi's new data center in Frankfurt, Germany, and now the new data center for the education services company ACT offer...
All-Electric Trucks Roll Out in DC
By Leslie Guevarra, July 28, 2009
Coca-Coca Enterprises, AT&T, Frito-Lay, Staples, Pacific Gas & Electric and Kansas City Power & Light each took delivery of an all-electric truck from Smith Electric Vehicles at the...
Navajo Nation OKs First Tribal Green Jobs Legislation
By Leslie Guevarra, July 24, 2009
Two measures passed this week by the Navajo Nation Council establish a commission to promote green jobs and foster a green economy, an initiative that is the broadest of its kind to date,...
GE Spotlights Smart Grid Projects for Utilities, Industry and 'Net Zero Energy' Homes
By Leslie Guevarra, July 15, 2009
General Electric says it's uniquely positioned to handle smart grid opportunities and challenges. On Tuesday, the company took the wraps off a series of developments to showcase smart grid -- and...

Out of the Fryer & Into the Vegawatt: Used Cooking Oil Helps Power Restaurant GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, January 06, 2009
A Massachusetts firm says its new device called the Vegawatt can help restaurants save money by converting used vegetable oil from fryers into fuel to produce electricity and hot water. ...
UL Enters the Battle Against Greenwashing GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, November 23, 2008
Underwriters Laboratories, the 114-year-old organization known for consumer product safety testing, is adding a new dimension to its business and will soon offer assessment and certification of...
Johnson Controls Offers Online Tools to Public in Drive for Energy Efficiency GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, November 20, 2008
Energy efficiency giant Johnson Controls is reaching out to the public with interactive online programs that can be used in homes, schools and businesses as teaching tools. ...
Sugar Cane Drives Amyris Venture into Biofuel
By Leslie Guevarra, November 14, 2008
Amyris Biotechnologies Inc., a firm that made its mark developing a key ingredient for an anti-malaria drug, is looking to make diesel fuel derived from sugar cane the next big thing in the...
REI Forges Ahead with Solar Plan GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, November 13, 2008
Outdoor gear and apparel company REI has installed solar arrays on three stores in the San Francisco Bay Area — bringing the firm more than halfway to its goal of outfitting 10 percent of...
UPS to Be First to Roll Out Hydraulic Hybrid Delivery Trucks
By Leslie Guevarra, October 27, 2008
After 18 months of prototype testing, shipping giant UPS has ordered seven hydraulic hybrid vehicles in the first commercial purchase of the technology that combines a high-efficiency diesel...
Building Brands for Green Businesses that Stand the Test of Time
By Leslie Guevarra, September 28, 2008
Marketing strategists Dev Crews, the chief sustainability officer for Luminesa Communications, Sean Dunn, partner and account executive at Groove 11, and David Almy, principal at ADC Partners,...
West Coast Green Broadens Building Perspective at Third Conference GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, September 25, 2008
West Coast Green, the conference and tradeshow for eco-friendly building, opened with a program that emphasizes the breadth of environmentally conscious construction, the technology that fosters...
Honeywell, Dyson, Denver Water Agency Among Honorees for Green Excellence
By Leslie Guevarra, September 23, 2008
Corporate giant Honeywell, appliance innovator Dyson and Denver's water agency are among the North American recipients of Frost & Sullivan Green Excellence Awards, which honor companies,...
Launch of eBay's Green Marketplace Prompts Renewed Call for Ban on Online Ivory Sales
By Leslie Guevarra, September 07, 2008
EBay's launch of its WorldofGood.com marketplace has prompted the International Fund for Animal Welfare to renew its call for the e-commerce giant to bar sales of ivory products on its main site...

Cutting Hair for a Cause: Recycled Tresses Are Made Into Mats That Sop Up Spilled Oil
By Leslie Guevarra, April 15, 2009
The aspiring stylists at Paul Mitchell Schools want your hair during Earth Week -- and not just to practice their art. They'll be giving any shorn locks to a novel environmental organization that...
Green Flies High at California Airport GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, April 10, 2009
Efforts to green the Mineta San Jose International Airport, where a $1 billion-plus expansion project is under way, are already paying off: A high performance upgrade to the HVAC system has...
Unleashing the Power of the Big Green Purse
By Leslie Guevarra, April 09, 2009
That's the idea behind Big Green Breakthrough, a new coaching program by Diane MacEachern, a veteran communications strategist and environmental writer. She says that with their growing numbers as...
Pro Teams, Arenas, Look to Score Points with Green Efforts GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, April 07, 2009
Pro sports is going for green in a big way this spring: The Atlanta Braves and Coca-Cola Enterprises are making a strong pitch for recycling. The American Airlines Arena, home of the Miami Heat,...
Australian Fest to Wipe Out Pest: Thousands of Toxic Cane Toads Put to Death
By Leslie Guevarra, April 01, 2009
Thousands of poisonous cane toads met their death in recent days in northern Queensland, where residents of five communities captured the detested amphibians and brought them live and unharmed to...
Texas Instruments Lands the First LEED Green Building Rating in the Philippines
By Leslie Guevarra, March 31, 2009
Semiconductor manufacturing giant Texas Instruments' flagship facility in the Philippines has attained a LEED Silver rating for a new building housing assembly and product testing -- the first...
Pizza Fusion Expands Eco-Friendly Dining Franchise to Saudi Arabia GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, March 31, 2009
Pizza Fusion, the casual dining chain of restaurants that lays claim to having the only LEED-certified pizzerias in the U.S., plans to open a franchise in Saudi Arabia. ...
EPA's Energy Star Program Awards 89 Firms, School Districts and Others for Efficiency Efforts GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, March 31, 2009
Eighty-nine companies, schools and other institutions were honored in a ceremony tonight by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program for their efforts to cut energy use and...
Jumping into the Green Job Market
By Leslie Guevarra, March 30, 2009
With record numbers of people out of work, the prospect of an emerging green economy is increasingly viewed as the light at end of a long dark tunnel by many jobseekers -- especially those from...
Serious Materials Reopens Failed Factory, Restores Jobs for Workers GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, March 18, 2009
In a small town in Pennsylvania, a growing green building materials company based in California is working to turn the tide that shuttered a more than 30-year-old window factory last October and...

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Greenbuild 2009: Gore Lauds USGBC for 'Leading the Charge' to Battle Climate Change GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, November 12, 2009
Nobel Laureate and former vice president Al Gore welcomed thousands of building professionals to Phoenix, praising the U.S. Green Building Council and its members for being the vanguard of the...
Greenbuild 2009: Conference Opens the Doors to Its Largest Expo Yet GreenerBuildings.com
By Leslie Guevarra, November 11, 2009
Day 1 of the world's largest showcase for green building products and innovation brought together more than 1,800 exhibitors and tens of thousands of attendees; here is a look at some of the...
BSR 2009: The Quandary of Mandatory Sustainability Reporting
By Leslie Guevarra, October 26, 2009
Increasingly, voluntary sustainability reporting is becoming a mainstream practice. Yet with the global economy still roiling, trust in business remains low and the question of mandatory reporting...

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